Longwood vs. Coastal Carolina
March 17-18, 2015
Farmville, Va. • Lancer Field
Big South Network (Tuesday) • 92.9 WVHL (Wednesday)

Game Notes

Game Times
Tuesday
Longwood vs. Coastal Carolina (DH) – 3 p.m.

Wednesday
Longwood vs. Coastal Carolina – 3 p.m.

Game Day Promotions
Tuesday, March 17
T-Shirt Trade - The first 100 fans through the gates of Lancer Field can swap their old Longwood or opposing university T-shirt in favor of a new Longwood T-shirt

Wednesday, March 18
One Hit Wonders – Fans have a chance to relive the top one-hit wonders throughout the decades and have an opportunity to participate and win prizes in a lip-sync contest voted on by the fans.

Leading Off
• After opening the season with 19 straight games away from Farmville, the 2015 Longwood softball team will make its home debut at Lancer Field for a three-game series against Coastal Carolina.
• Senior Megan Baltzell was named Big South Player of the Week Monday after going deep five times last weekend at the NC State Hyatt Place Invitational. The Stafford, Va., product blasted a pair of home runs in Longwood's 5-1 win against NC State, as well as the squad's 10-7 victory over Fordham.
 • Baltzell became the all-time leader in career home runs at Longwood Sunday, passing Brooke Short with 56 career homers. Baltzell tied Short in the 1st inning of Longwood's 10-7 win over Ford­ham, before going deep in her final at-bat to give the Lancers a 10-7 lead in the sixth inning.
• Longwood head coach is quickly approaching career win No. 600 in her head coaching career. Riley currently owns 597 victories in her 22 total seasons at Mount Olive College and Longwood. Riley has only had one season below .500 in her career and that came in her first season at Mount Olive.

By The Numbers
• Longwood returns its full complement of starters from a season ago, including its top eight position players and the top eight bats in the lineup. In addition, the Lancers return their top three pitchers from last season
• Longwood will play at least 24 games against teams that finished among the top 100 in the 2014 RPI rankings with nine games against teams that finished in the top 50 of the RPI rankings.
• Depth in the circle is not an issue for Longwood in 2015, as the Lancers re­turn all three pitchers from a season ago, including two pitchers who earned all-conference accolades. If Elizabeth McCarthy is considered the 1A option for head coach Kathy Riley, then Libby Morris would be considered option 1B.
• In its opening day lineup, the Lancers had more than 900 starts by eight players. Megan Baltzell leads the group with 172 career starts.
• Longwood was picked second in the Big South by the head coaches in the pre­season. The Lancers picked up two first-place votes from the nine head coaches in the league.
• Megan Baltzell passed Brooke Short on the program's charts in career home runs, logging her 56th career round-trip­per Sunday to lead Longwood to a 10-7 victory over Fordham on the final day of the NC State Hyatt Place Invitational.
• Libby Morris looks to establish her name further into Longwood's all-time record books, as she is fifth all-time in career wins with 52 and fourth in career strike­outs with 281.
• Head Coach Kathy Riley is primed to pick up win No. 600 in her head coaching ca­reer this season. Riley currently owns 597 career wins and if Longwood wins six straight games, Riley would earn No. 600 March 18 against Coastal Carolina. Of her 597 wins, 549 of the victories have come while as the head coach of Longwood. Riley has never had a season below .500 while at Longwood.
• In the fall, Longwood softball head coach Kathy Riley announced the signing of a strong recruiting class of six standout student-athletes to begin competing for the Lancers during the 2016 season. The class is comprised of four athletes from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and in­cludes one signee from Southern Califor­nia and North Carolina. • Longwood enters its 36th season of soft­ball in 2015, as well as the 18th season under the guidance of head coach Kathy Riley. The Lancers own an all-time mark of 760-509-3, while posting a 237-142 ledger in the Division I era

Last Time Out
• Megan Baltzell became the all-time leader in career home runs at Longwood Sunday, pass­ing Brooke Short with 56 career homers. Balt­zell tied Short in the 1st inning of Longwood's 10-7 win over Fordham, before going deep in her final at-bat to give the Lancers a 10-7 lead in the sixth inning.
• Sunday marked the second game of the weekend that Baltzell hit two round-trip­pers in a contest, as she also accom­plished the feat in Longwood's 5-1 upset over No. 25 NC State Friday afternoon. Throughout the weekend, Baltzell totaled five home runs after coming into the tour­nament with two long balls on the season.
• Baltzell led the Lancers at the plate going 2-for-2 with four RBI and four runs scored. She was also intentionally walked and hit by a pitch to reach base in each of her four at-bats. Justina Augustine and Kelsey Sweeney also recorded two hits apiece, as seven different Longwood batters had at least one hit.
• Elizabeth McCarthy (5-5) earned her third victory of the weekend and fourth straight, going 4.0 innings and allowing seven runs, four of which were earned, and one walk. She also posted one strikeout. Libby Mor­ris picked up the save, coming on relief of McCarthy and giving up one hit while strik­ing out two batters in 3.0 innings of work.