Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a one-point loss to conference-leading Mercer at home this past Saturday, Winthrop hosts Longwood in the regular-season home finale on Wednesday, Apr. 23.
A LOOK AT LONGWOOD
- This will be the 14th meeting between the two schools, with Winthrop leading the series, 8-5
- Longwood won the most recent meeting, 19-15 in Farmville, Va. last season on Apr. 6, 2024
- Winthrop's last win in the series was a 13-12 victory in Rock Hill on Apr. 29, 2023
- The first meeting was on Mar. 13, 2013 on the road with the Lancers winning 14-11 on the way to winning the first two games from 2013-14
- The first win in the series for the Eagles was a 15-4 result in Farmville on Apr. 17, 2015 on the way to winning five straight in the series
- A second-half rally came to a heartrending end for Longwood against Presbyterian at home this past Saturday
- The Lancers had erased a six-goal deficit to take a late lead, but Presbyterian scored two goals in the final 90 seconds to squeeze past Longwood 13-12
- Emma Claire Mills scored the game winner with a scorcher of a shot with one second to play.
- Longwood, meanwhile, rallied behind hat tricks from Kendra DeFilippo and Alexandra Hirst as the team outscored Presbyterian 6-3 in the second half
- Longwood's only win this year was a 17-13 margin at Radford back on Apr. 9
- Dwayne Hicks was elevated to the head coaching position at Longwood during the 2024-25 offseason
- Hicks, a Long Island native and University of Notre Dame lacrosse alum, is a coaching veteran. He helped Longwood vault back into the Big South Tournament in his first season in Farmville this past spring
- Hicks has more than 35 years of coaching experience and is the only lacrosse coach to be a National Coach of the Year in both men's and women's lacrosse
- During the spring, the Lancers tied a program record with five Big South wins which helped the program finish fourth in the standings. The finish propelled the team to the Big South Tournament for the first time in five seasons
- In addition, the team won five straight games in the middle of the season, the sixth five-game winning streak in the past two decades. Four of those wins came against Big South foes
- A trio of players earned All-Big South honors in Julia Koenig, Riley McDonald and Claire Libby. McDonald broke a pair of team single-season records, scoring a program best 63 goals and notching 20 free position goals
- Last season the Lancers went 8-10 and 5-3 in the Big South and advanced to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament
LAST TIME OUT
- Winthrop saw a furious late comeback fall just short at home to conference-leading Mercer last Saturday afternoon
- Six different Eagles scored, with Tori Iannotti and Ava-Claire Collins both registering hat tricks
- Winthrop had 13 saves to Mercer's eight
- Winthrop dominated in draw controls, 23-10
- Three different Eagles had three or more shots on goal while four different Eagles won three or more draw controls
A LOOK AT THE EAGLES
- Winthrop is coming off a 2-13 (2-6 Big South) record in 2024
- Eagles are ranked seventh in the Big South preseason poll and are in their first season under interim head coach Hannah Potter
- Potter is Winthrop's fourth head coach in program history
- Eagles welcome 12 newcomers to the squad and assistant coach Jordan Bowers
- Eagles also return 18 players, seven of whom played in all 15 contests last season
- Junior Scarlet Cifarelli is the only returnee who finished in the Top 5 in goals scored last season with 13
- She also led the Eagles in assists last season with 20 and was second on the team in points with 33 and fifth in shots on goal with 18
- Emma Calhoun, Lily Davis, Gabby Pierpont and Madison Mayer were all in the Top 5 in ground balls in 2024
- Mayer also led the team in caused turnovers with 13 and draw controls with 67, resulting in her being named Honorable Mention by the Big South Conference
- Davis and Grace Herrero were close behind in the Top 5 in draw controls with 11 and eight, respectively
- Calhoun, Tori Iannotti, Chloe Patterson and Pierpont were one of six players representing the program on the 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
- With the selection of these six, they were the first ever academic all-district selections in lacrosse for the Eagles
- Eagles are 107-116 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 54-45 all-time at home
- Eagles are 47-40 all-time in Big South play
SEASON HONORS
- Christina Warren-Big South Freshman of the Week-Mar. 18
- In her first career start, Warren scored a game-high seven goals to lead Winthrop to an 18-17 comeback win over Merrimack
- She converted all four free-position attempts and added one ground ball and one caused turnover
- Warren scored twice in the first half, added another in the third quarter, and netted four in the fourth, including the game-tying goal with 58 seconds remaining to force overtime
- She scored on seven of her 10 shots, nine of which went on target
- Christina Warren-Big South Freshman of the Week-Mar. 25
- Warren totaled 10 points on nine goals and one assist across two games for Winthrop
- She led the team with six goals and an assist at Old Dominion, including a first-quarter hat trick and two fourth-quarter goals
- On Sunday against California, she added another hat trick, scoring twice in a 26-second span in the second quarter and again late in the third to pull the Eagles within two
- She finished the week with a .529 shot percentage and recorded two draw controls
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME TIDBITS
- Cifarelli's nine points vs. Radford is tied for 4th in school history
- Cifarelli and Warren's seven goals scored vs. Radford and Merrimack, respectively, is tied for 5th in school history
- Warren's three man-up goals scored vs. Merrimack is tied for 1st in school history while Cifarelli's two man-up goals vs. Radford and Collins's two man-up goals vs. Mercer is tied for 3rd in school history
- Pierpont's 10 draw controls won vs. California is tied for 6th in school history
- Warren's four free position goals vs. Merrimack are tied for 1st in school history
- Mikaylah Lindsay's six groundballs vs. Mercer are tied for the 10th most in school history
TEAM SINGLE GAME TIDBITS
- The 22 draw controls won at Old Dominion are tied for 5th in school history
- The 23 draw controls won vs. Mercer are tied for 3rd in school history
- Winthrop's four man-up goals scored vs. both Merrimack and Radford are tied for 3rd in school history
- The nine free position goals scored vs. Merrimack is tied for first in school history
- The 14 saves at Old Dominion are tied for 10th in school history
- The 48 shots vs. Presbyterian are the 2nd most in school history
- The 25 groundballs vs. Presbyterian represented the 8th most in school history
- This is the 16th time in school history that Winthrop recorded just one man-down goal in a game, which is tied for 8th place
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- Warren has six man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 1st in school history and needs another to move into sole possession of 1st
- Lindsay has 98 saves so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
TEAM SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 217 points so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 152 goals so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 402 shots attempted so far this season, which is currently 9th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 298 shots on goal so far this season, which is currently 9th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 227 groundballs so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 214 draw controls so far this season, which is currently 8th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 117 caused turnovers so far this season, which is currently tied for 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 20 man-up goals so far this season, which is currently 2nd in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 29 free position goals so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 130 saves so far this season, which is currently tied for 6th in school history
CAREER LEADERS
- Scarlet Cifarelli is currently 5th all-time in school history in assists (currently has 55)
- Cifarelli now has 118 shots and 100 shots on goal in her career
- Cifarelli needs one more man-up goal to move into a tie for 7th in school history in that area
- Cifarelli also needs one more game-winning goal to move into a tie for 7th in school history in that area
- Gabby Pierpont now has 84 draw controls and 55 groundballs in her career
- Pierpont and Cifarelli both need one more man-down goal to move into a tie for 3rd in school history
- Madison Mayer now has 119 draw controls in her career
- Tori Iannotti has now gone over 50 draw controls in her career (currently has 76)
- Emma Calhoun now has 212 saves in her career
- This is good for 4th in school history in saves and needs 13 more to move into 3rd in school history
- Calhoun has moved into a tie for 4th in school history in goalie victories with six
- Mikaylah Lindsay is 6th in school history in saves (currently has 115)
- She has already passed teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 65 and 8th
TEAM LEADERS
- Winthrop is 3rd in the Big South in draw controls per game with 15.29
- Winthrop is 4th in the Big South in ground balls per game with 16.21
- Winthrop is 4th in the Big South in shots on goal per game with 21.29
- Cifarelli is 5th in assists per game in the conference with 1.36
- Lindsay is 5th in the conference in saves per game with 7.54 and 8th in groundballs per game with 2.00
- Mayer is 7th in draw controls per game in the conference while Pierpont ranks 10th
- Warren is 9th in the conference in goals per game with 2.60
- Cifarelli is 9th in the conference in points per game with 3.86
- Davis is 9th in the conference in caused turnovers per game with 1.29
- Cifarelli leads the team in goals with 35, assists with 19, points with 54, and shots on goal with 57
- Lindsay leads the team in ground balls with 26
- Davis leads the team in caused turnovers with 18
- Mayer leads the team in draw controls with 52
WATCH THE EAGLES ON ESPN+
Of the nine home games to be played during the 2025 season, six of them will air live on ESPN+. You can also catch select road games in Big South Conference play on ESPN+. To watch Big South games on ESPN+ you must have a subscription to ESPN+. For more information on how to subscribe, click
here.
LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop travels to Furman in the regular-season finale on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
To keep up with the latest news on the Winthrop women's lacrosse program follow the Eagles on Twitter (@WinthropLAX), Instagram (@winthroplax) and Facebook (winthroplax).
