Boiling Springs, N.C. – Balanced scoring led Winthrop to a victory at Gardner-Webb Wednesday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Gardner-Webb scored first at the 9:30 mark of the opening quarter
- Christina Warren scored on a free position attempt to tie it up at 1-1 a minute later
- The Runnin' Bulldogs broke the tie with less than seven minutes to go in the first quarter
- Emily Hollinger then made it 2-2 just before the end of the frame
- Gabby Pierpont gave Winthrop their first lead of the day off a rebound on a free position attempt at the 11:32 mark of the second quarter
- Back-to-back goals in an 18-second span by Hollinger and Scarlet Cifarelli put the Eagles up by three with eight minutes left in the half
- At the 8:48 mark of the second quarter and Winthrop up 3-2 at that point, Eagle goalkeeper Mikaylah Lindsay reached 100 career saves
- Pierpont then scored at the 6:05 mark of the second stanza, giving the Eagles a 6-2 lead and led by that score at the break
- After a great second quarter, the visitors picked up right where they left off to start the second half as Warren scored to make it a five-point lead at the 14:09 mark of the third quarter
- Warren then got a hat trick on a man-up, free position shot to make it 8-2 with 11:44 to go in the third
- Gardner-Webb scored with six minutes left in the third to make it a five-point deficit again only to have Madison Mayer take it back up to six three minutes later
- Jane Tattersall's goal on the man-up with a minute left in the stanza gave Winthrop a 10-3 lead heading into the final 15 minutes
- The Runnin' Bulldogs cut it to four at 10-6 with 5:17 left in the contest but neither team scored again after that
NOTABLES (TEAM)
- Eagles are now 107-115 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 47-39 all-time in Big South play
- This was Winthrop's first true road victory this year
- Six different Eagles scored a goal, with Warren's hat trick leading the way
- Winthrop outshot Gardner-Webb on goal, 28-13
- Five different Eagles had three or more shots on goal
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- Warren has five man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 3rd in school history and needs another to move into a tie for 1st
TEAM SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 371 shots attempted so far this season, which is currently tied for 10th in school history and needs seven more to move into 9th
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 276 shots on goal so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 17 man-up goals so far this season, which is currently 5th in school history and needs two more to move into a tie for 2nd
- As a team, Winthrop currently has five game-winning goals so far this season, which is currently 9th in school history and needs two more to move into a tie for 8th
NOTABLES (INDIVIDUAL CAREER STATS)
- Cifarelli is currently 5th all-time in school history in assists (currently has 53)
- Cifarelli now has 114 shots and 98 shots on goal in her career
- Gabby Pierpont now has 81 draw controls and 55 groundballs in her career
- Madison Mayer now has 113 draw controls in her career
- Tori Iannotti has now gone over 50 draw controls in her career (currently has 74)
- Mikaylah Lindsay is 7th in school history in saves (currently has 102), reaching the 100 save mark in her career
- She has already passed teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 65 and 8th
ON DECK
Winthrop welcomes Mercer to town this Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
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