ROCK HILL, S.C. – Campbell scored three times in the final half hour to defeat Winthrop 3-1 Wednesday night at Eagle Field.
 
The Camels (9-2-1, 3-0) won their sixth-straight outing after conceding an opening half goal for the first time since Sept. 1.
 
Thibaut Jacquel scored the equalizer – his league-leading 10th goal of the season – in the 65th minute off Dylan Sadler's service. Alex Egeonu added what proved to be the deciding strike on his 21st birthday, then Sadler nodded home Adrian Morales' corner kick just over three minutes later for the deciding margin.
 
Campbell finished with a 23-4 edge in shots, 9-1 on target, and took nine corner kicks to none for the Eagles (2-9, 0-3), who dropped their fourth-straight outing.
 
"I'm so proud of the maturity our guys showed and the character, fight, and willingness to stick to the game plan after going down early," said Campbell head coach Dustin Fonder.  "We stayed patient, worked the ball side-to-side, and found our opportunities.  I'm so proud of our guys' resolve."
 
Winthrop scored against the run of play in the 15th minute on a free kick.  Jordan Walshaw's serve found Andreas Jackson alone at the back post for a header that put the Eagles in front 1-0.  The strike was the first conceded by Campbell in the opening half since Sept. 1 and only the third allowed all year by the Camels in the first 45 minutes of a match.
 
Campbell out-shot Winthrop 10-2 in the opening half – including a 45th-minute header by Jalen James that struck the cross bar – and took six corners to none for the Eagles.
 
Moses Mensah's low shot in the 51st minute required a diving save from Eagle keeper Sam Jones.  Still the Camels trailed despite a 13-2 edge in shots.
 
Just after 64 minutes, Sadler took a return pass from James and sent a right-footed cross into the area that Jacquel headed by Jones to level the score at 1-1.  The assist was the first on the collegiate level for Sadler, a junior outside back from Dallas, Texas who was playing in his 34th career match.
 
Alemu Mercer-Miko nearly put the Camels in front on a 74th minute free kick that Jones had to tip over his bar, then again in the 77th on a left-footed shot that beat the keeper but not the cross bar.
 
Egeonu's work in the box was rewarded one minute later when the junior forward controlled a loose ball in the box, turned and blasted a left-footed shot off the crossbar and in for his first strike of the season.
 
Just 3:12 later, Sadler doubled the margin when he rose for Morales' corner and nodded home the first goal of his career.
 
Campbell has allowed only 24 shots on target over its last 11 outings while posting a 9-1-1 record in that span. 
 
CU's six-match win streak is the longest in five seasons under head coach Dustin Fonder and the program's best since the 2008 squad reeled off 12-straight victories.  Three of Campbell's wins in its current stretch have come on the road.
 
The defending Big South champion Camels travel to Presbyterian Saturday (2 p.m.) for a rematch of last year's league final.