Rock Hill, S.C. – Coming off a three-game series at St. John's over the weekend, Winthrop concludes a four-game road trip with The Citadel Bulldogs in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday afternoon.
 

Winthrop (11-14-1, 4-2 Big South) at The Citadel (15-11, 0-6 Big South) | Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C.
Date	Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2024
First Pitch	5 p.m.
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Probable Pitching Matchups (2024 Stats)	Owen Sarna (3-1, 2.52 ERA) vs. Conner Cummiskey (2-2, 6.11 ERA)

 
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS THE CITADEL
The two schools will meet for the 60^th time with Winthrop leading the series, 31-28 and 16-14 in Charleston. Winthrop has won the last three meetings. This will be the first of two meetings between the two teams this season, with the return match taking place in Rock Hill on Wed., Apr. 10. The Eagles and the Bulldogs met for the first time on Mar. 31, 1988 in Rock Hill, with Winthrop winning 14-2 on the way to winning 17 of the first 29 contests from 1988-2006. From 2007-2015, The Citadel won 14 of the next 18 meetings. But since then, Winthrop has struck back by winning 10 of the next 12. The Eagles won both contests from the Bulldogs last season in 2023, a 4-3 victory in Rock Hill on Mar. 1 and followed it up with an 8-4 victory in Charleston on Apr. 4.
 
WINTHROP AT A GLANCE

• Winthrop has tied Coastal Carolina in overall wins all-time in league history, one away from becoming the all-time leader since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986 (currently has 1157 wins since 1986).
• Winthrop is the leader in all-time conference only wins with 478 since the Big South was elevated to NCAA Division I status in 1986.
• Winthrop is 2nd in the Big South in overall pitching with an ERA of 5.76.
• Riley Huge is 3rd in the Big South in earned runs allowed with 3.48.
• Teammate Reese Lumpkin is 7^th in the conference in earned runs allowed with 4.76.
• Huge also leads the Big South in batters struck out with 81, 30 more than Daniel Eagen of PC (51).
• Huge is the first Winthrop pitcher to record 10 or more strikeouts in four of the first five starts to a season since Heath Rollins had four in his first five starts in 2006.
• In their most recent series this past weekend with St. John's in the New York City area, Winthrop fell to the Red Storm in the opening game by a final score of 6-0 Friday afternoon at the home field of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
• Winthrop then dropped the first game of a doubleheader at St. John's by a final score of 18-4 in seven innings and then recorded a 6-6 tie in the second game on Saturday afternoon.
• St. John's tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with two outs in the second game.
• The game was called after the inning because of the Eagles having to return home via aircraft.
• This was Winthrop's first game that ended in a tie since Feb. 25, 2001, a home game vs. Indiana that ended 4-4.

BIG SOUTH WEEKLY HONORS
Riley Huge-Big South Starting Pitcher of The Week-Feb. 27

• Played 7.0 innings, giving up just one hit, no runs and no walks and striking out a career-high 13 batters in getting his first win on the season.
• This came in his lone start of the week in the first game of the four-game home series with Toledo on Friday (a 3-0 Eagles victory).
• This was Huge's first weekly award of the season and his career and the first time Winthrop was honored in 2024.

Riley Huge-Big South Starting Pitcher of The Week-Mar. 4

• In his lone start of the week in the first game of the three-game home series with Maine last Saturday (an 8-0 Eagles victory in the first game of a doubleheader), Huge pitched 7.2 innings allowing only one hit and two walks while recording 20 of his 23 outs via strikeout to lead Winthrop to an 8-0 victory over Maine.
• His 20 strikeouts are believed to be the all-time single-game Big South record and are the most by any NCAA pitcher since 2017.
• He struck out the first six hitters he faced before permitting a baserunner, and of his 23 outs, he factored into 22 of the 23 comprised of 20 strikeouts and two groundouts back to the mound.
• With this performance, Huge broke the Winthrop single-game strikeout record previously held by Kevin Slowey (19 vs. NYIT on Apr. 12, 2003).
• This is Huge's second weekly award of the season and his career and the second straight week Winthrop has been honored in 2024.

HUGE WINS THREE NATIONAL HONORS

• The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending March 3.
• Huge was named National Pitcher of the Week.
• The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.
• This is the first time that an Eagle has won a national player of the week honors by the NCBWA since Jacob Dempsey on May 11, 2006.
• Huge also was named the National Pitcher of the Week by both Perfect Game and the NCAA.

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LOOKING AHEAD
Winthrop returns to both Rock Hill and Big South play, welcoming USC Upstate this weekend for a huge three-game series with the conference-leading Spartans. Game two of the series will be the National Game of the Week on ESPNU and will be start on Sat., Apr. 6 at 6 p.m. The series starts on Friday, Apr. 5 with the first pitch taking place at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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