March 17, 2006

BOX SCORE

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University took a 9-1 collegiate baseball decision past the University of Dayton of the Atlantic 10 Conference Friday afternoon at Lancer Stadium in Farmville. The Lancers rode a 17-hit offensive attack, and the three-hit pitching of junior Brian McCullough/Virginia Beach (Princess Anne) while improving their record to 13-12 as the Flyers dropped to 7-8 overall. Longwood and Dayton will play again on Saturday, March 18, at Lancer Stadium beginning at 12 p.m..

Longwood jumped all over Dayton pre-season All-American pitcher Luke Trubee with 10 hits and seven earned runs over the first 2.2 innings. The Lancers scored three runs in both the first and second innings before adding another run in the third inning to lead 7-0. The Flyers managed a run in the fourth inning, while LU plated two more runs in the sixth inning for the final eight-run margin of victory.

In the first, junior Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (4-4, 3 RBI) drove home classmate and captain Tyler Ames/Exmore (Northampton) (2-3) with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to center field after Ames, freshman Paul Heidler/Warrenton (Notre Dame Academy) (2-5, RBI), and redshirt sophomore captain Zach Zigrang/Virginia Beach (Kempsville) (3-4, 2 RBI) had each singled. Heidler crossed the plate on a single by sophomore Nick von Gersdorff/Purcellville (Loudoun Valley) (1-5, RBI), while Zigrang scored on a single from sophomore Travis Lydon/Westlake, Ohio (St. Edward) (1-3, RBI).

In the second, Zigrang’s single to right field scored freshman Jon Quigley/Annandale (W.T. Woodson) (2-4) who had reached on a single. Later in the inning, Childress hit a clutch two-out, two-run double to score Zigrang and Heidler who had reached on a fielder’s choice. In the third, freshman Robbie Bailey/Mechanicsville (Hanover) (0-2, RBI) drove home classmate David Loel/Frankfort, Ohio (Frankfort Adena) (2-5) with a grounder to shortstop after Loel had reached on an infield single.

Dayton avoided the shutout with a lone run in the fourth as Bryan Chandler (1-4) had a two-out single and later scored on an infield single by Frank Tedesco (1-4, RBI). The Flyers’ three hits were all singles.

In the sixth, Heidler’s team-best third triple of the season with one out scored Ames who had been hit by a pitch. Heidler later crossed the plate on a single to center field from Zigrang.

McCullough (3-2) was sharp all day with the complete-game effort on the mound, allowing just three hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts over the 9.0 innings. He induced the Flyers into 13 ground-ball outs, and seven fly-ball outs while walking only two batters.

Trubee (2-2), Dayton’s all-time leader in wins (23-9), only lasted the first 2.2 innings while yielding the 10 hits and seven earned runs with two strikeouts.