March 21, 2004

BOX SCORE GAME 1

BOX SCORE GAME 2

LAURINBURG, N.C. -- Longwood University swept a collegiate baseball doubleheader at St. Andrews College Sunday in North Carolina, winning the first game 5-3 and the second game 16-6.  The Lancers are now 18-6 overall and will play another doubleheader on Wednesday, March 24, hosting Southern Virginia University at 1 p.m. at Lancer Stadium.

In the opener, Longwood rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the 1st inning for the come-from-behind road win -- scoring two runs in both the 3rd and 4th innings.  Senior Louis Shackelford/Newport News (Denbigh) (1-4, 2 RBI) had two RBI to lead the effort.  Collecting two hits each were freshmen Matt Fitzgerald/Fairfax Station (Hayfield) (2-3) and Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (2-3).  Freshman Brian McCullough/Virginia Beach (Princess Anne) (2-0) earned the pitching win with the first 6.0-plus innings, scattering eight hits and three earned runs with seven strikeouts.  Junior Darin Knicely/Elkton (Spotswood) (1) gained his first save of the season with the final scoreless inning and two strikeouts.

In the nightcap, the Lancers scored seven runs in the first two innings, and added runs in all but one inning thereafter en route to the convincing triumph.  Shackelford (3-3, RBI) and Yarbrough (3-4, 4 RBI) each had three hits to lead the 15-hit attack.  Yarbrough hit his fourth homer of the year in the 2nd inning.  Junior Brett Mooney/Virginia Beach (Salem) (2-3, 3 RBI) added two hits to the effort.  Senior Evan Weinstein/Toronto, Ontario (W.L. MacKenzie) (3-1) got the pitching win with the first 4.0 innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs with two strikeouts.  Junior Chris Balus/Newport News (Denbigh) (1) took the save in relief with the final 3.0 scoreless innings, allowing one hit with four strikeouts.