Thursday • 6 p.m.
LWU: Jr. LHP
Steven Farkas (1-4, 5.13 ERA)
CSU: Jr. LHP Cody Maw (1-0, 5.06 ERA)
Friday • 7 p.m.
LWU: TBA
CSU: Jr. RHP Tyler Weekley (1-4, 4.55 ERA)
Saturday • 2 p.m.
LWU: TBA
CSU: Sr. RHP Evan Nations (0-0, 4.00 ERA)
Leading Off
•Longwood enters the weekend set at Charleston Southern after taking on Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday.
•The series at Charleston Southern will run Thursday through Saturday, with the first two games broadcasted, including Friday's game two on ESPN3.
•Longwood head coach
Ryan Mau began his coaching career at Charleston Southern as an assistant in 2003. The trip to CSU is Mau's second with Longwood.
Last Time Out
•The game at Virginia saw the Lancers use six pitchers in a designated staff day.
•Only two of the six runs UVA scored were earned.
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John Gregory,
Tyler Knapp,
Daniel Brandon, and
Todd Moxey each made scoreless relief appearances as Gregory, Brandon, and Moxey's appearances were hitless outings.
•Brandon worked a perfect inning in the sixth.
By The Numbers
•In just his second career start junior right-hander Cody Boydstun put together a gem, tossing 7.2 innings against Niagara on February 24. Boydstun struck out eight batters with two earned runs allowed, setting career highs in punchouts and innings pitched.
•In the first game of a doubleheader March 10 against Iona, Boydstun tossed his first career complete game with 9.0 innings of two-run ball. Boydstun struck out six in his first win as a starter.
•Steven Farkas put together his first quality start of the season with 6.0 scoreless innings March 9 against Iona. Farkas struck out 12 batters with three walks and five hits allowed, but received no decision.
•Michael Catlin, who has gone between the bullpen and starting rotation throughout his career, has made his mark as a starting pitcher in 2018.
•Catlin finished just shy of his first career quality start twice before finally breaking through with 6.0 innings of one-run ball in his second win of the season March 10 against Iona, the second game of a doubleheader.
•Longwood has posted four quality starts on the season with Cody Boydstun posting two in his first season as a starter.
•All three starting pitchers - Steven Farkas, Boydstun, and Michael Catlin - each picked up quality starts in the weekend series against Iona that began March 9. The three starting pitchers averaged 7.0 innings, one run, and seven strikeouts for the series.
•Two of Longwood's three starting pitchers have made the transition from the bullpen into the weekend rotation.
•Cody Boydstun, who had never made a start in his career leading into 2018, has made a pair of quality starts.
•Michael Catlin spent his first three seasons only making spot starts and was primarily a relief pitcher before transitioning into the starting rotation ahead of the 2018 season.
•Eric Harp picked up the Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week award on March 5, becoming the ninth Lancer to win a weekly award.
•Longwood won via walk-off for the first time in 2018 when Nate Blakeney plated pinch-runner Scott Carter on the first pitch with the bases loaded in the second game of a doubleheader against Niagara on February 24.
•Blakeney provided his first-career walkoff on May 6, 2018.
•Junior right-handed relief pitcher Eric Harp picked up his first-career Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week award for his dominance at USC Upstate on March 7.
•Harp, a 6-foot-9 relief ace, tossed 4.0 shutout innings with one hit and one walk with 11 strikeouts. In the final game of the series Harp tossed 3.2 perfect innings, striking out nine of 11 batters faced.
Big South Player of the Week
Date Player
3/10/14 Alex Owens
4/27/15 Kyri Washington
Big South Pitcher of the Week
Date Player
3/10/14 Aaron Myers
3/7/16 Cody Boydstun
3/20/17 Cody Wager
4/17/17 Cody Wager
Big South Relief Pitcher of the Week
Date Player
3/5/18 Eric Harp
Big South Freshman of the Week
Date Player
4/24/17 Antwaun Tucker
5/15/17 Antwaun Tucker
Scouting Charleston Southern
•Longwood and Charleston Southern are set to meet for a three-game set at CSU. The Lancers and Buccaneers have met each season since 2014 with Longwood leading 9-3.
•The Lancers and CSU met in Farmville, Va., in 2017 with Longwood taking two of three in the conference-opening series.
•The last time the two teams met in Charleston was in 2016, when the Lancers swept a series that run Saturday through Monday due to weather postponements.
•CSU's leading hitter is senior catcher Mike Sconzo, who sports a .298 batting average and a team-high 12 RBI.
•Sophomore outfielder Derek Horton paces the team with three home runs on the season.
•As a team CSU leads the Big South in batters struck out and also has issued the fewest walks in the conference. CSU owns a staff strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.49.
•Right-handed starter Ryan Stoudemire and left-handed relief pitcher Daniel Johnson are tied for eighth in the Big South with 31 strikeouts.
•Relief pitcher Taylor Cox has not allowed a run in seven appearances with 10 strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched.
•Cody Smith has a staff-best 2.02 ERA in 13.1 innings pitched across 10 outings and is tied for the conference lead with four saves.
•Starter Tyler Weekley has posted the most innings with 31.2 innings pitched.
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