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Lancers Close Out Longest Road Stretch At Norfolk State

Longwood Wraps Up Nine Straight Away From Home with Midweek Test

Game 40: Longwood (9-30, 4-14 Big South) at
Norfolk State (16-19, 12-6 MEAC)
Date    Tuesday, April 23
Time 3 p.m.
Location Norfolk, Va.
Game Notes Longwood (PDF) 
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Lancer Leadoff 
  • Longwood is wrapping up a nine-game road swing at Norfolk State, and 13 of the team's previous 16 were on the road.
  • The Lancers will head back home to Farmville for an 11-game homestand that takes them to their final weekend on the road at Campbell.
  • Longwood will play 11 games against seven different in-state opponents this season. This is the second time this year Longwood has played Norfolk State.
  • Longwood has hit 24 home runs this season after swatting three against Radford. The Lancers have already surpassed their 2018 total of 23.
  • Jacob Mitchell hit three home runs in his last four games and leads the team with seven homers.
  • Fifth-year head coach Ryan Mau is on win away from his 100th win as a head coach, all as the head coach at Longwood.
 
By The Numbers
  • Longwood has already hit eight home runs in April and 24 this season after hitting 23 in 2018.
  • Jacob Mitchell has hit a team-best seven home runs. Hunter Gilliam has hit four, Antwaun Tucker has hit three and De'Andre Pitts, Jawan McAllister and Nate Blakeney all have two.
  • Gilliam hit the team's first homer of the season on opening weekend against Maryland Eastern Shore.
  • Mitchell had the team's first multi-homer game after knocking out two solo shots against Gardner-Webb on March 16 in the first game of a doubleheader.
  • Mitchell has been on a tear with three home runs in his last five games after hitting four in the first 31 games of the season.
  • Ten players have hit a home run for Longwood after nine players knocked one out of the park in 2018.
  • Longwood leads the Big South in steal efficiency after successfully stealing a base 81.4 percent of the time. The Lancers are 52-65 on stolen base attempts this season (third in total steals, fifth in attempts)
  • Jawan McAllister is seventh in the Big South with 12 bags (12-15) while Antwaun Tucker has swiped 10 (10-10).
  • 2019 Big South Stolen Base Success Rate
        Rk.    School                 Success Rate
        1.       Longwood           80.0% (52-65)
        2.      Winthrop              77.8% (63-81)
        3.      Gardner-Webb   77.6% (45-58)
        4.      Campbell              77.0% (67-87)
        5.      Radford                 72.9% (51-70)
  • Longwood sits second in the Big South with 8.83 strikeouts per nine innings and is third with 318 total strikeouts.
  • Starter Tyler Morgan is first in the Big South with 71 K's and second with 11.34 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Under head coach Ryan Mau, the Lancers have consistently ranked near the top of the Big South in strikeouts. In 2018, the Lancers were third with 468 K's. In 2017, Longwood led the Big South with 511 punchouts in 2017, breaking the school's D-I record of 440.  That season, Longwood was also third in the nation with 9.9 strikeouts per nine innings. The Lancers were fifth in the Big South in 2016 with 404 K's and third in 2015 with 440 K's. 
Last Time Out
  • Longwood lost another heartbreaker after Radford rallied with two outs and scored two runs on an error to finish a sweep of Longwood, 5-4, on April 20. Antwaun Tucker had hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning to give Longwood a 4-3 lead. 
Scouting Norfolk State
  • Longwood and Norfolk State played earlier in the season at Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. Norfolk State won 10-4 after taking a 4-2 lead through three innings. NSU took a 1-0 lead in its half of the first, but Longwood answered with a pair of runs to take a 2-1 lead. The Spartans made it 4-2 with a two-out rally in the third before adding three more with a three-run, two out double in the sixth. Longwood had two players exit due to injury in the game.
  • Norfolk State lost the series finale against Coppin State on Sunday, 5-0, after taking the first two games of the series 6-0 and 4-3. The Spartans have won five of their past six after sweeping Maryland Eastern Shore in the previous weekend and posting double digit runs in each game (20-4, 24-5, 12-8).
  • Norfolk State is hitting .281 as a team while hitting 13 home runs and 13 triples, and the Spartans have stolen 92 bases on 120 attempts. The 92 stolen bases lead the MEAC, with the second place team 26 stolen bases behind the Spartans.
  • Alsander Womack leads the team with a .438 batting average and a .504 on-base percentage while driving in 26 runs. He has only struck out seven times against 15 walks. Justin Hayes has a team-best 24 stolen bases to go with a .328 batting average, and Stephen Baughan leads the team with five home runs and 15 doubles. Caleb Ward has driven in a team-high 35 runs while posting a .310 batting average.
  • James Deloatch, the projected starter, has pitched mostly out of the bullpen. Ten of his 12 appearances are from the pen, but his last two appearances have been starts. He tied a career high with 4.0 innings at Richmond on 4/3 and surrendered three runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four. He started on 3/10 at Virginia and surrendered three runs, two earned, on four hits with two strikeouts in 2.0 innings. Out of the bullpen, Tyler Morgan has a team-best 16 appearances and is third among relief arms with 21 strikeouts. Justin Walton (7.20 ERA) has made 15 appearances, and Trey Hanchey (2.87 ERA) and Seth Hockett (8.72 ERA) have made 12 appearances. 
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Players Mentioned

Nate Blakeney

#7 Nate Blakeney

IF
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Jawan McAllister

#9 Jawan McAllister

OF
5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Tyler Morgan

#17 Tyler Morgan

RHP
5' 10"
Junior
R/R
Antwaun Tucker

#2 Antwaun Tucker

SS
5' 10"
Junior
R/R
Hunter Gilliam

#4 Hunter Gilliam

IF
6' 1"
Freshman
R/R
De

#14 De'Andre Pitts

IF
6' 0"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Nate Blakeney

#7 Nate Blakeney

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
IF
Jawan McAllister

#9 Jawan McAllister

5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
OF
Tyler Morgan

#17 Tyler Morgan

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Antwaun Tucker

#2 Antwaun Tucker

5' 10"
Junior
R/R
SS
Hunter Gilliam

#4 Hunter Gilliam

6' 1"
Freshman
R/R
IF
De

#14 De'Andre Pitts

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
IF