Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a loss at High Point last Saturday, Winthrop hosts Presbyterian for Senior Day on Saturday, Apr. 5. The contest is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+.
A LOOK AT PRESBYTERIAN
- This will be the 15th meeting between the two schools, with Winthrop leading the series, 13-1
- Winthrop won the most recent meeting, 11-9 in Clinton, S.C. last season on Apr. 24, 2024
- The first meeting was on Apr. 1, 2013 on the road with the Eagles winning 21-12 on the way to winning the first 12 meetings
- Presbyterian's only win in the series was an 11-10 margin on Apr. 12, 2023 in Rock Hill
- Presbyterian rode an electric offensive wave to a 13-12 victory at Radford on Saturday afternoon
- The Blue Hose were picked to finish 8th in the Big South Conference this season
LAST TIME OUT
- Winthrop fell at High Point last Saturday afternoon, 20-6
- Four different Eagles scored a goal
- Three different Eagles had three or more shots on goal
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 105-114 all-time as a program
- Eagles are 53-44 all-time at home
- Eagles are 45-38 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 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
TEAM SINGLE GAME TIDBITS
- The 22 draw controls won at Old Dominion are tied for 5th 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
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- Warren has four man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 5th in school history and needs another to move into a tie for 3rd
TEAM SINGLE SEASON TIDBITS
- As a team, Winthrop currently has 14 man-up goals so far this season, which is currently tied for 6th in school history and needs another to move into a tie for 5th
CAREER LEADERS
- Scarlet Cifarelli is currently tied for 6th all-time in school history in assists (currently has 49) and is one assist away from 50 in her career
- She needs four assists to move into 5th
- Cifarelli now has 100 career points
- Cifarelli now has 51 career goals and now has 97 shots and 81 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 65 draw controls and 49 groundballs in her career
- Pierpont needs one more man-down goal to move into a tie for 3rd in school history
- Madison Mayer now has 104 draw controls in her career and has moved into 6th all-time in school history
- Tori Iannotti has now gone over 50 draw controls in her career (currently has 67)
- 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 7th in school history in saves (currently has 86)
- She has already passed teammate Maddy Hodgson, who currently has 57 and 8th
TEAM LEADERS
- Winthrop is 2nd in the Big South in draw controls per game with 15.40
- Warren is 4th in the Big South in goals per game with 3.33
- Cifarelli and Warren are 5th and 10th, respectively in assists per game in the conference
- Warren and Cifarelli are 6th and 10th, respectively in points per game in the conference
- Lindsay is 6th in the conference in saves per game with 6.90
- Mayer is 5th in draw controls per game in the conference with 3.70
- Cifarelli leads the team in goals with 22, assists with 13, points with 35, shots on goal with 38
- Pierpont leads the team in ground balls with 18 and is tied for the team lead in caused turnovers with 10
- Mayer leads the team in draw controls with 37
WATCH THE EAGLES ON ESPN+
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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop plays at Wofford this coming Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
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