Games 34-36: Longwood at Campbell
April 3-4, 2015 • Buies Creek, N.C.
Amanda Littlejohn Stadium • Big South Network  

Full Game Notes

Game Times
3/3 Longwood at Campbell (DH) – 4 p.m.
3/4 Longwood at Campbell – 12 p.m.

Leading Off
• Longwood travels to Campbell for its third Big South series of the week and second consecutive series on the road.
• Sophomore Elizabeth McCarthy notched her sec­ond career no-hitter in the series finale Wednes­day at Liberty. Throughout the three games, Mc­Carthy notched 18 strikeouts in 15 innings of work and allowed no runs after the first inning of play.
• Longwood will look to win its fifth straight Big South series of the season against a Campbell squad that has yet to get their first series win de­spite being picked fourth in the preseason selec­tions. The Lancers were able to pick up their first sweep of the season against Liberty, while taking two-of-three from Coastal Carolina, Winthrop and Presbyterian.
• Longwood -- who leads the Big South with an RPI of 103 -- has played a number of squads inside the top 100 of the RPI this season. The Lancers have played four games among teams listed in the top-25 of the RPI rankings, while playing nine games against teams in the top-50 of the rank­ings. Finally, 14 of Longwood's 25 games this sea­son have come against opposing teams inside the top-100 of the rankings.

Last Time Out
• Elizabeth McCarthy tossed her second career no-hitter Wednesday afternoon at Liberty Softball Stadium, helping the Lancers earn a 9-0 victory in five innings to complete a three-game series sweep of Liberty.
• McCarthy allowed three base runners throughout the afternoon on one walk and two hit batters to pick up her fifth straight victory and improve to a season-high three games above .500 at 11-8. She also struck out four Liberty batters in five scoreless innings throughout the afternoon.
• The performance was the seventh straight game that Riley has called upon McCarthy to start in the absence of senior Libby Morris – who has been sidelined with a mi­nor injury. McCarthy has responded well in the seven starts, posting a 5-2 mark and has given up two runs or less in six of the seven starts.
• Throughout the three games against Lib­erty, McCarthy allowed just two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out 18 batters in 15 innings pitched. McCarthy lowered her ERA to 3.42 on the season af­ter coming into the series with an ERA of 3.80.
• Kelsey Sweeney was a triple away from hitting for the cycle, as she launched her second home run in four games and later provided a two-RBI double to right center field.
• Krista Kelly just missed her first collegiate home run in a 2-of-2 performance. The rookie finished the game with a single and a double.

Scouting the Camels
• Longwood travels to Campbell for its sec­ond straight Big South road series. The Lancers will go after their third straight series win against the Camels since join­ing the Big South.
• Campbell has lost its first four Big South series of the season and sits in last place in the Big South with a 2-9 record. The Camels have dropped five of their past six conference games, including two-of-three against Liberty and all three games against Charleston Southern.
• Ericka Nesbitt leads the Camels with a .440 batting average to go along with seven doubles, two triples and one home run.
• In the circle, Katie Baker leads the way with a 2.52 ERA. She owns a 10-10 record on the campaign.

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