FARMVILLE, VA. - Colton Konvicka hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning in game two of a doubleheader to lead Longwood to a sweep of Hofstra, 2-0 in game one 4-3 in game two, Saturday afternoon at Buddy Bolding Stadium.

The senior outfielder ended the 21 innings of baseball with a game-winning home run in game two, which followed a strong game one start from fellow senior Travis Burnette, who won a pitchers' duel against Alec Eisenberg of Hofstra (4-9) in the opening shutout win. The victories for Longwood (9-6) clinch the third consecutive weekend series win.

"It's always great to put in a full day of work and come out with a couple of wins," Longwood head coach Ryan Mau said after the second game. "The guys did a good job of staying locked in all game long. It was a great job by us winning the series, and we're looking forward to tomorrow to try and close it out."

The home run for Konvicka was his first of the season and first extra-base hit in 2016 for the senior. Konvicka picked up a pair of hits on the day, the biggest of which cleared the wall for Longwood's eighth homer of the season.

"It's been a little bit of a slow start for [Konvicka], but to see him step up and deliver in such a crucial situation was huge for us," Mau said. "I'm really proud of the effort tonight from him and everyone else."

First baseman Connar Bastaich had a big an impact at the plate, reaching base four times in the two games. He slugged a go-ahead bases-clearing double with two strikes and the bases loaded in the sixth inning of game two, giving Longwood a 3-1 lead at the time.

"Connar had a great at bat and punched one in the gap and we were struggling to swing it today, so to have that big inning break open really catapulted us," Mau said.

Burnette (2-1) was stellar in game one, spreading six hits across 7.2 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts and no walks. The veteran right-hander outlasted 7.0 innings of two-run ball from Eisenberg (1-3) before junior Sean Pico got the final four outs of game one for his first save of the season.

In game two the starting pitchers were once again strong, with Steven Farkas leading the way with a quality start. The freshman lefty tossed 6.0 innings of one-run ball on just three hits allowed with four walks and four strikeouts.

"Burnette was outstanding today and he gave us everything we needed," Mau said. "It was nice to have a quality outing from him and from Steven, who didn't have his best stuff, but competed for us and gave us six strong innings."

Michael Catlin (2-0) picked up the win on Konvicka's homer after pitching three scoreless frames, all in extra innings.

"As thin as we are right now on the mound, to have [Catlin] come up in that role and deliver for three strong was huge," Mau said. "I was really impressed with Michael Catlin tonight."

Chris Weiss was the game two starter for Hofstra and pitched well. He received no decision for his 4.2 innings of one-hit, one-run ball. Hofstra reliever Adam Heidenfelder (0-2) took the loss, despite pitching 4.1 scoreless innings before Konvicka's game winner.

Game one was a low-scoring duel that saw its only run of the day cross in the seventh inning. In a scoreless game with the bases loaded and one out, James Barry stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter for starting catcher Carlos Garrido. Barry smashed the first pitch to Hofstra Brad Witkowski, who was unable to handle the batted ball. Drew Kitson and Bastaich came around to score the only runs of the win.

"James Barry did a good job coming off the bench and squaring the ball up, which proved to be the difference there," Mau said.

Game two featured a bit more offense, but was another pitchers' duel early. Longwood trailed 1-0 after the fifth inning of game two, but in the bottom of the sixth a two-out walk by C.J. Roth started a rally that loaded the bases for Bastaich. On an 0-2 pitch Bastaich sprayed an opposite-field liner to the right-center field gap, driving in all three runners to give Longwood a 3-1 lead.

The Lancers move to 1-1 on the season in extra-inning games after falling in 10 innings at Morehead State Wednesday.

The two wins marked the first doubleheader sweep for Longwood since taking two against Ohio University in 2014. The losses for Hofstra come on the heels of what was a four-game winning streak entering the day.

Longwood and Hofstra wrap up the three-game series with an 11 a.m. first pitch Sunday. Luke Simpson (0-0) is expected to get the start for Longwood opposite of Bowie Matteson (1-1) for Hofstra.

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