Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a big win over Longwood in the home finale this past Wednesday, Winthrop concludes the regular-season on Saturday, Apr. 26 at Furman.
A LOOK AT FURMAN
- This is the 7th meeting between the Eagles and the Paladins with Furman leading the series 5-1
- Furman won the most recent meeting last season in 2024 by a final score of 16-9 on Apr. 13 in Rock Hill
- The first meeting was on Feb. 21, 2016 with the Eagles winning 15-5 in Rock Hill
- Furman has since won the next five meetings, once in 2021, twice in 2022, once in 2023 and the game last season
- Winthrop is looking for their first win in the series since the 2016 encounter
- In their most recent game, Lily Toole's goal with 1:21 remaining in overtime lifted Furman to an 18-17 victory over league-leading Mercer on Wednesday afternoon on the road in Macon, Ga.
- Furman won its fourth straight contest and tied their school record for wins in a season
- Furman handed the Bears their first Big South loss since April 23, 2022 and created a three-way tie atop the league standings with High Point. Mercer entered the contest with Furman having won 24 straight regular season games against conference opponents
- The win was the Paladins' first in overtime since March 17, 2023 when they defeated Kennesaw State, 8-7, in Kennesaw, Ga
- Furman improved to 9-1 all-time in overtime games
- Furman senior attack Anna Roser was named the Big South Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while the Paladins were projected to finish third in the Preseason Women's Lacrosse Poll
- Roser, a native of Easton, Md., was also selected to the preseason all-conference team along with senior midfielder Sofija Buzelis.
- Roser had one of the most productive offensive seasons in program history last year after setting a school single-season record with 66 goals while her 77 points rank second all-time. She was a first team All-Big South selection after leading the conference in goals and was fifth in points
- Buzelis, a Willowbrook, Ill., native, also turned in a career year in 2024 after finishing with 33 points on 25 goals and eight assists. A first team All-Big South pick, she ranked fifth on the team in both points and goals. Buzelis won a team best 68 draws and added 17 caused turnovers, which rank fourth and tied for ninth, respectively, during a season in program history
- Furman is coming off an 8-10 overall record last year
- The Paladins, who are entering their fourth season in the Big South, posted a 6-2 league record and finished third in the conference standings
- For the third consecutive year, Furman advanced to the semifinals of the Big South Women's Lacrosse Championship
LAST TIME OUT
- Winthrop dominated the second half in the home finale with Longwood Wednesday afternoon, 22-9
- Eagles finish 5-4 at Eagle Field this season
- Winthrop outscored Longwood 9-1 in the third quarter
- 10 different Eagles scored a goal, with Jane Tattersall scoring four to lead the way offensively for Winthrop
- Mollie Calabrese got a hat trick and represented her first goals of the season
- Janie Spicer also recorded her first goal as an Eagle
- Winthrop outshot the Lancers 44-23 and 31-15 on goal
- Winthrop won 22 draw controls to Longwood's 12
- Four different Eagles recorded a hat trick
- Seven Eagles had three or more shots and shots on goal
- Three Eagles won three or more draw controls, with Madison Mayer winning eight of them
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 108-116 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 55-45 all-time at home
- Eagles are 48-40 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 32 points vs. Longwood is tied for the 9th most in school history
- The 22 goals vs. Longwood are tied for the 5th most in school history
- The 44 shots vs. Longwood are the 3rd most in school history
- The 22 draw controls vs. Longwood and at Old Dominion are tied for the 5th most 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 102 saves so far this season, which is currently 10th in school history
CAREER LEADERS
- Scarlet Cifarelli is currently 5th all-time in school history in assists (currently has 57)
- Cifarelli has entered the Top 10 in career points with 124
- Cifarelli now has 127 shots and 104 shots on goal in her career
- Cifarelli and Warren both need 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 92 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 126 draw controls in her career
- Tori Iannotti has now gone over 50 draw controls in her career (currently has 78)
- Emma Calhoun now has 213 saves in her career
- This is good for 4th in school history in saves and needs 12 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 119)
- 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 15.73
- Winthrop is 4th in the Big South in ground balls per game with 16.07
- Winthrop is 4th in the Big South in shots on goal per game with 21.93
- Cifarelli is 5th in assists per game in the conference with 1.40
- Lindsay is 6th in the conference in saves per game with 7.29
- Mayer is 7th in draw controls per game in the conference while Pierpont ranks 8th
- Cifarelli is 9th in the conference in points per game with 3.93
- Davis is 9th in the conference in caused turnovers per game with 1.33
- Warren is 10th in the conference in goals per game with 2.55
- Cifarelli leads the team in goals with 38, assists with 21, points with 59, and shots on goal with 61
- Lindsay leads the team in ground balls with 26
- Davis leads the team in caused turnovers with 20
- Mayer leads the team in draw controls with 59
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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop travels to Furman in the regular-season finale on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
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