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Winthrop Team FTK and running club partner for 5K

Matthew Shealy

In an effort to raise money towards the fight against childhood cancer, Winthrop Team FTK and the Winthrop running club are hosting a 5K this Friday at the Winthrop Lake.…

Winthrop finds success at home track

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop track and field program had a handful of noteworthy performers at this past weekend’s Winthrop/Adidas Invitational. Sophomore sprinter Toluwayan Agbeyomi was one of Winthrop’s top finishers, placing…

Concheck checks off first win at Winthrop as Eagles defeat Youngstown State

Matthew Shealy

After four losses away from home to start the season, the Winthrop women’s lacrosse team returned to Rock Hill to earn its first win of the season. “I’m really excited…

Eagles fall to Longwood in Big South Championship

Matthew Shealy

After soundly defeating High Point in the quarterfinal round and fending off Gardner-Webb in the semifinals, the Winthrop mens’ basketball team suffered a brutal loss in Sunday’s conference title game…

‘Fight! Win! And have fun!’

Matthew Shealy

Sunday was not fun. Winthrop did not win. The Eagles fought, but were no match for the Longwood Lancers, suffering a devastating, beatdown defeat in the conference championship game…

Winthrop Baseball 2-5 after battling South Carolina and Liberty

Lily Fremed

Last week the Eagles traveled to Columbia to play the Gamecocks on Tuesday, Feb. 22, followed by a trip to Virginia on Feb. 25 to compete in a three-game series…

Charlotte FC inaugural home match set for Saturday

Spencer Horton

Major League Soccer expanded in 2019, awarding a team to billionaire Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, who branded the team Charlotte FC. Now, in the 2022 MLS season, Charlotte…

Eagle of the Week: Hannah Justice

Sam Hyatt

As a senior defender on the Winthrop lacrosse team, Hannah Justice started for the first time in her collegiate career against East Carolina University on Feb. 18. “I have…

Eagle of the Week: D’Essence Burnett

Sam Hyatt

D’Essence Burnett, a junior biology major and Spanish minor, remains busy as she competes in both soccer as a forward or striker and track and field as a long sprinter…

Winthrop adds digital sports production concentration to mass communication degrees

Spencer Horton

Winthrop added the digital sports production concentration option to mass communication degrees in the spring 2021 semester, and members of the mass communication department and the athletics department are excited…