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Winthrop WINTHROP 30-23
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Winner USC Upstate UPST 36-21
Winthrop WINTHROP
30-23
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Final
12
USC Upstate UPST
36-21
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
USC Upstate UPST 1 3 3 5 X 12 15 1

W: DRERUP, Maddie (20-13) L: Addison, Lonna (19-8) S: BROWN, Ashlyn (4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Eagles Fall To Upstate In Big South Championship Game

Spartanburg, S.C. – Winthrop softball fell 12-2 to USC Upstate in the 2026 Big South Conference Championship game, Saturday afternoon at Cyrill Softball Stadium.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORD: Winthrop (30-23, 13-4 Big South) | USC Upstate (36-21, 12-6 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Rebecca Amos (1-3, R) | Darrah Nickens (1-3, R, 2B, RBI)

WHAT HAPPENED

  • Eagles struck first as Rebecca Amos led off the game with a single through the left side
  • Two batters later, Darrah Nickens doubled off the wall in center and as Amos reached third the throw got away and bounced into foul territory
  • Amos raced home on the play for a 1-0 lead
  • Tia Beckham followed with a deep fly to center to score Nickens from third for a 2-0 lead
  • Upstate answered in the bottom of the first as Taliyah Thomas led off with a single and moved to second on a single by Sophia Kardatzke
  • Ella Christopher came through two batters later with a single to the left side just out of reach of Grayson Buckner at short
  • Thomas scored from second on the single by Christopher to make it a 2-1 lead for Winthrop
  • Laney Jennings tied the game at 2-2 as she led off the bottom of the second with a home run to left center
  • Abby Polk followed with a single and then stole second to get into scoring position
  • After getting sacrificed to third, Thomas stepped in and took a 3-1 pitch over the fence in center for a 4-2 lead
  • Alyssa Davenport and Polk had RBI doubles in the third and Thomas drove in a run on a single to lead 7-2
  • Christopher led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run that sparked a five run inning to lead 12-2 

EXTRA BASES

  • This was the Eagles 16th Big South Championship appearance, the most by any league school
  • Nickens RBI gave her 43 for the season, tying Peyton Bryden for the 8th most in program history for a single-season
  • Amos had a single in the first, giving her 58 hits on the season which are the second-most ever by a Winthrop freshman

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