ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop softball will travel to Presbyterian College this weekend for a Big South series, beginning with a doubleheader on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The series will conclude with a single-game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
The series was originally scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, but with the threat of rain all day Saturday the doubleheader was moved up a day.
 
WHERE: Clinton, SC (PC Softball Complex)
WHEN: Friday, Apr. 6, 3:30 p.m. (doubleheader) | Sunday, Apr. 8, 1 p.m.  
RECORDS: Winthrop (13-19, 3-6 Big South) | Presbyterian College (2-29, 0-9 Big South)
LIVE STATS: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
LIVE VIDEO: Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE

• Winthrop and Presbyterian College have met 30 times with the Eagles holding an 18-12 lead in the series
• Winthrop swept the Blue Hose in Rock Hill last year
• Prior to that the Eagles were swept by PC in Clinton the year before which gave the Blue Hose seven straight wins in the series

 
GLANCE AT THE EAGLES

• Eagles have dropped six straight overall and five straight in league play
• The Eagles were swept at home last weekend to Radford being outscored 19-12 in the three games
• Winthrop sits about PC in the league standings but a series win this weekend would help the Eagle climb back toward the middle
• Ashley Westbrooks had a six-game hitting streak come to an end in the first game at Furman and continues to lead in the team in batting at .330
• Westbrooks also has a team-high 20 runs, tied for doubles with eight and leads the team with 18 RBI
• Morgan Lowers is second in batting at .317 and is tied with Westbrooks for team-lead with eight doubles
• Winthrop is seventh in the league in batting with a team average of .234 while ranking fifth in ERA at 3.31
• Kiley Majette ranks among the league pitchers as she's 7^th in wins, fifth in innings pitched per start, third in strikeouts and ninth in ERA

GLANCE AT THE BLUE HOSE

• PC has lost nine straight (all league games) and are 1-8 at home
• Two of the series sweeps were against league-leading Liberty and third-place Charleston Southern
• Macy Hyatt leads the team in batting at .321 to go along with five runs, three doubles and seven RBI
• Megan Anderson leads the team with 17 RBI while Jonnie Petree leads the team with 13 runs
• Pitchers Alex Cook and Kaylee Allen have combined for 25 of the 31 starts in the circle
• Cook is 0-9 with a 5.22 ERA and has 32 strikeouts to 13 walks
• Allen is 0-14 with a 6.81 ERA and 43 strikeouts to 30 walks

HEAD COACH MARK COOKE

• Head coach Mark Cooke is in his 34^th season overall and 29^th year at Winthrop
• Cooke announced this will be his final season coaching as he enters the year with a record of 763-807-3 at Winthrop and 847-856-3 in his career
• He is the Big South Conference's all-time leader in victories (763), conference wins (214), and conference tournament victories (53)
• During his tenure the Eagles have won four Big South Tournament titles and four Big South regular season championships
• Cooke has led his team to 11 Big South Conference Tournament Title games (tied with Coastal Carolina's Jess Dannelly for the most by any coach in league history)
• Voted Big South Coach of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008
• He guided the 2007 squad to a program record 50 wins and is one of only two teams in the history of the Big South to win 50 games in a single-season

2018 PLAYER HONORS/MILESTONES

• Kiley Majette was named the Big South Pitcher of the Week after the opening weekend for the Eagles and this past week for a second time this season
• Majette tossed her second no-hitter of the season and didn't allow a run in 16 innings pitched during the Winthrop/adidas Tournament
• For her first weekly honor she was 2-0 in three appearances that included a no-hitter against Samford
• It was the first no-hitter in the program since Kelli Johnson had one on Apr. 21, 2005 against Furman
• Majette reached 300 strikeouts in her career and now has 320, which ranks 7^th on the all-time list
• In the first game against Coastal Carolina, Blake Wallert played in her 100^th game and in that game hit a walk-off grand slam to run-rule Coastal in an 11-3 win

2018 SCHEDULE

• Eagles have 18 contests scheduled against teams that finished in the Top 125 of RPI in 2017, 12 in the Top 100, 11 in the Top 75, eight in the Top 50 and four in the Top 25
• Seven opponents on the slate this year competed in an NCAA Regional in 2017
• There are 26 different opponents on the schedule and 14 of them had a winning record in 2017 (15 were .500 or better)
• Seven of the opponents finished with 30 or more wins and four had 40 or more wins  

 
BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was picked to finish sixth in the annual preseason poll, despite returning eight starters and all four pitchers from the 2017 team that finished 5^th in the league. Longwood was voted to win the league, receiving 5-of-8 first place votes, followed by Liberty, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Radford, Winthrop, Presbyterian College and Gardner-Webb.
 
ON DECK
Winthrop will step away from league play for a midweek contest at home when it welcomes South Carolina to Terry Field on Wednesday, Apr. 11 at 6 p.m.
 
27^th EAGLE CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION (APR. 14)
The 27^th Eagle Club Scholarship Auction is right around the corner and there is still time to get your tickets for this great event. The event will take place on Apr. 14 at 6 p.m. inside the Winthrop Coliseum. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the silent auction beginning at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and the live auction starting at approximately 8 p.m. There is also Live Bidding, which began on Monday, Apr. 2. For more information contact Taryn Moreno, coordinator for the Eagle Club (803-323-2129, ext. 3067 or morenot@winthrop.edu) or visit www.winthropeagles.com/auction.