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Mark Olencki

Softball Tyler Zaubi

Softball Finishes Road Swing at Winthrop

The Essentials
  • Matchup: Wofford Terriers (14-16, 4-5 SoCon) at Winthrop Eagles (17-21, 5-4 Big South)
  • Where: Rock Hill, SC (Terry Field)
  • Series History: Winthrop leads 1-0
  • Time: 6 PM on ESPN+
Common Opponents
  • Buffalo: Wofford (2-0) and Winthrop (0-2)
  • Presbyterian: Wofford (0-1) and Winthrop (1-2)
  • Gardner-Webb: Wofford (0-1) and Winthrop (2-1)
In the Conference
  • Wofford holds the second lowest team ERA at 3.14, which is only 0.05 points behind second place Chattanooga.
  • Wofford's 130 runs are the second fewest allowed in the SoCon, which is only four more than first place Chattanooga.
    • This comes despite Wofford having the second highest batting average against in the conference with teams batting .294 against the Terriers.
    • Of those 120 runs allowed, only 94 of them are earned, which is the fewest amount in the conference (11 fewer than Chattanooga).
    • Wofford is also the only SoCon team to allow fewer than 100 earned runs.
  • The Terriers have issued the fewest walks in the SoCon at just 58- 34 fewer walks than second place ETSU.
  • Wofford has only allowed nine homeruns this season, four fewer than second place Chattanooga.
  • Against Northern Kentucky on Feb. 16, Wofford produced…
    • 14 runs- the sixth most single game runs by a SoCon team this season
    • 17 hits- tied for the second most single game hits by a SoCon team this season
    • 14 RBIs- tied for the fourth most single game RBIs by a SoCon team this season
    • 5 doubles- tied for the second most doubles by a SoCon team this season
  • Other conference highs…
    • 13 strikeouts pitching vs. Buffalo on Mar. 1- tied for the second most in a single game by a SoCon team this season.
    • 11 strikeouts pitching at Charleston Southern on Mar. 15- tied for the sixth most in a single game by a SoCon team this season.
    • 5 sacrifice hits against Charleston Southern on Mar. 16 are the most in a single game by any SoCon team this season.
  • Wofford hitters have been the toughest to strikeout in the conference, only striking 147 times this season (6 fewer than second place Samford).
In the National Rankings
  • 99th in the nation in team ERA (3.14).
  • 98th nationally in double plays per game (0.33/game).
  • 38th in the nation in fewest hit batters (11).
  • Abbi Campbell and Kaytlin Greenwood are both top-100 in the country in sacrifice bunts per game.
    • Campbell: 61st (0.20/game)
    • Greenwood: 61st (0.20/game)
  • Kaytlin Greenwood currently sits 63rd nationally in sacrifice flies with three.
  • A. Greenwood is also top-25 in fewest walks allowed per seven innings.
    • 14th (0.94/game)
    • She is also top-100 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (92nd at +3.33)
  • Desirae Devine is top-100 in stolen bases per game.
    • 91st (0.41/game)
  • Hope Ingle has cracked the top-100 in walks per game
    • 93rd (0.60/game)
Other Notes to Watch
  • Desirae Devine and Havalynn Abernathy lead the team in multi-hit games with six this season.
  • Devine, Abernathy, Abbi Campbell, and Gracie Parker, however, are the only Terriers with a three-hit game or better this season.
  • Hope Ingle's six-game hitting streak spanning Feb. 9, 2024, through Feb.17, 2024, is tied for the longest streak by a Terrier this season.
    • In addition to her six-game hitting streak, she safely reached base in 17 consecutive games from Feb. 9, 2024, through the first game of Saturday's doubleheader with Charleston Southern- the longest such streak by a Terrier this season.
  • Megan Towery tied Ingle's six-game hitting streak after collecting hits in each of Wofford's three games against Samford.
  • Towery and Kaytlin Greenwood joined Ingle as the only Terriers with a three BRI game or better (Greenwood and Towery both did so in game three against Mercer on Mar. 24).
  • Gracie Parker's streak of 12 straight games reaching base ties Kaytlin Greenwood for the second longest streak by a Terrier this season and became the third Terrier to record such a streak totaling ten or more games.
  • Wofford is 10-1 in games in which it scores four or more runs (only loss came at Gardner-Webb on 3/27).
    • The team is also 6-1 in games in which it strikes out five or more opposing batters
Notes From Last Series
  • Standout Performers at Chattanooga
  • Wofford ended Chattanooga's streak of four consecutive games won via run-rule
  • Chattanooga entered the weekend undefeated in the conference and lost 2 of 3 to the Terriers, Wofford's first program series win and first conference series win
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Players Mentioned

Kaytlin Greenwood

#00 Kaytlin Greenwood

INF
5' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Gracie Parker

#5 Gracie Parker

INF
5' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Kate Platte

#22 Kate Platte

INF
5' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
L/R
Desirae Devine

#7 Desirae Devine

INF/UT
5' 1"
Freshman
R/R
Havalynn Abernathy

#8 Havalynn Abernathy

OF
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Abbi Campbell

#13 Abbi Campbell

OF
5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
Megan Towery

#14 Megan Towery

OF
5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Margaret Axelson

#20 Margaret Axelson

RHP
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Hope Ingle

#25 Hope Ingle

C
5' 9"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Kaytlin Greenwood

#00 Kaytlin Greenwood

5' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
INF
Gracie Parker

#5 Gracie Parker

5' 6"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
INF
Kate Platte

#22 Kate Platte

5' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
L/R
INF
Desirae Devine

#7 Desirae Devine

5' 1"
Freshman
R/R
INF/UT
Havalynn Abernathy

#8 Havalynn Abernathy

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
OF
Abbi Campbell

#13 Abbi Campbell

5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Megan Towery

#14 Megan Towery

5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Margaret Axelson

#20 Margaret Axelson

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Hope Ingle

#25 Hope Ingle

5' 9"
Junior
R/R
C