Sports

Eagles fly through Rocket League tournaments

Alex Romano

After claiming the Big South Championship on Feb. 3, the Winthrop Rocket League team made another run in the Collegiate Esports Invitational Rocket League Championship, this time coming in second…

Softball Schedule Announced

Lily Fremed

Winthrop Softball is preparing to travel roughly 700 miles for the first event of their 2021 season, Feldberg’s Invitational in Miami, Florida. There, the Eagles will compete against Florida Atlantic…

Women’s Basketball collects fourth win in five games

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop women’s basketball team hosted Radford for a two-game series this past weekend, losing on Friday but winning Saturday night’s contest in overtime. The Eagles were originally supposed…

Eagle of the week: William “Mordio” Yang

Alex Romano

The world of competitive eSports is full of exhilarating, fast-paced competition, and William “Mordio” Yang is one of the most exciting players to watch. Originally from Wrentham, Massachusetts, Yang…

Swinging into golf season

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop men’s golf team tied for seventh out of ten teams last week at the Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate. The team traveled to Kiawah Island, SC for the three…

Preseason honors for lacrosse

Lily Fremed

Lacrosse midfielders Lauren Asher and Lauren Morris were named to the Big South Lacrosse Preseason All-Conference Team on Jan. 19. Additionally, the Eagles were predicted to finish third in…

Perfect no more

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop men’s basketball team (16-1) lost its first game of the season last week, ending a 21-game win streak that began last season on Feb. 27, 2020. The Eagles…

Cross Country’s First Meet

Lily Fremed

The Winthrop Farm was filled with colorful jerseys as runners from Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate and Winthrop took to the field on…

Eagle Of The Week: Olivia Paxton

Jada Strong

Born and raised in Rock Hill, Olivia Paxton is now a 22-year-old graduate student at Winthrop University. As the daughter of cross country and track and field coach Ben Paxton,…

Double Trouble

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop men’s basketball team secured two double-digit wins against Presbyterian on Jan. 19 and 20, giving the team 15 wins and zero losses on the season. Over the weekend,…