Eagles’ Proctor ranked No. 55 in national rankings
Winthrop University junior Lauren Proctor is ranked No. 55 in the nation in the Oracle ITA Division I Women’s Singles Preseason Rankings released this week. Proctor is the only Big South Conference student-athlete in the tennis rankings.
In August, Proctor captured the ITA National Summer Championships title in Fort Worth, Texas, earning a wild card into the main draw at the 2017 Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships at Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. in October.
Proctor is also competing in Malibu, Calif., this month in the Oracle ITA Masters in a field of 32 collegiate tennis players.
The Winthrop women’s tennis team heads to Columbia this weekend for the USC Fall Invitational, competing alongside James Madison, Liberty, Marshall, Mercer, MTSU, North Florida and host South Carolina.
Women’s soccer
DAVIDSON, N.C. In a match of limited opportunities, the Davidson Wildcats took advantage of the ones they were given, downing the Winthrop women’s soccer team 2-0 Thursday evening.
Winthrop falls to 3-3-1 on the season, snapping a two-match winning streak, Davidson improves to 2-6, snapping a six-match losing skid.
Davidson grabbed its first tally in the 37th minute. After only two shots, with none on goal in the opening 36 minutes, Sabine Chandler sent a hopeful ball toward the goal from 30 yards out. The shot beat Winthrop goalie Kelly Horan over an outstretched hand, sneaking just under the ball on the left hand post.
The Wildcats got their second goal on another long shot. This time, Miranda Geffrey sent a ball from just in front of the Davidson bench that again beat Horan on the high side and found the back corner of the net.
Winthrop fired off a total of nine shots with four of them going on frame. One of Winthrop’s best chances came in the 80th minute as Brianna Palmer received a ball behind the defense and went one-on-one with Davidson goalie Becca Ravitz who came sliding out of the goal to take the ball off of Palmer’s foot.
The Eagles were scheduled to host USC Beaufort on Sunday but due to the effects that Hurricane Irma had on South Carolina’s Lowcountry, the USC Beaufort has yet to be reopened to students so the match has been cancelled. Winthrop will now be off until Sept. 23 when the Eagles open Big South Conference play with a road match at Radford.
This story was originally published September 14, 2017 at 9:39 PM with the headline "Eagles’ Proctor ranked No. 55 in national rankings."