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Longwood Travels To Norfolk State For Midweek Matchup

Longwood Travels To Norfolk State For Midweek Matchup

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Game 12: Longwood (5-6, 1-2 Big South) at Norfolk State (2-8, 0-0 MEAC)
Date & Time Game 12: March 9, 2021 • 3 p.m.
Location Norfolk, Va. (Marty L. Miller Field)
Series Notes Longwood (PDF) | Norfolk State
Statistics Longwood (HTML) | Norfolk State | Big South
Video Game 1: Spartan Sports Network
Live Stats Norfolk State Live Stats
Social Media @LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff
  • Longwood travels to Norfolk State in the midst of an eight-game road swing to open the month of March.
  • The eight-game road trip features seven conference tilts and the non-conference matchup with Norfolk State.
  • The last time Longwood and Norfolk State tangled, the Lancers won 5-3, giving head coach Ryan Mau his 100th win as the head coach of Longwood.
  • Longwood comes into the midweek matchup tied for the Big South lead in hits with 93 combined base knocks as a team.
  • The Lancers rank third in the Big South in runs, totaling 68 on the season. Hunter Gilliam, Jack Schnell and Cullan Wadsworth are all tied for the team lead with 10 apiece.
  • Longwood will play a 50-game modified schedule this year that features 40 Big South contests and 10 non-conference games.
  • Already ranked third in strikeouts this year, Longwood's pitching staff has ranked at or near the top of the Big South in strikeouts, finishing in the top three of the league four times in head coach Ryan Mau's previous six seasons at the helm.
Last Time Out
  • Charleston Southern took the rubber match in a back and forth game against Longwood. The Lancers took a one-run lead in the eighth on a perfectly executed squeeze play by Hayden Harris, but the Bucs answered with two runs in the bottom of the frame and held on for the 6-5 win.
By The Numbers
  • Longwood is tied for the lead in the Big South with 93 base hits, posting double digit hits in four games this season. The Lancers knocked out a season high 15 against NC Centra. In 2020, the team had at least 10 hits eight times in 17 games. In 2019, the team didn't notch 10 hits or more until its 13th game. 
  • The Lancers hold a .250 batting average as a team. The team has posted 57 RBI, third in the league, while scoring 68 runs, also third in the league.
  • Longwood's offense tied for third in the Big South with 150 hits in 2020 while ranking fourth in hits per game with 8.8. The team was also third in RBI with 77.
  • The Lancers are third in the Big South with 68 runs scored thanks to a trio of players who all are tied for fifth in the conference in runs scored: Jack Schnell, Hunter Gilliam and Cullan Wadsworth.
  • Schnell leads the league with 10 runs scored, including a career best five against NC Central.
  • Wadsworth and Gilliam also have scored 10 runs apiece on the season for the Lancers.
  • The Lancers rank fourth in the Big South with a .367 on-base percentage thanks to 47 walks drawn, ranking second in the league. In addition, batters have been hit by a pitch 25 times, tops in the Big South.
  • Michael Peterson has been hit by a pitch six times, tied for the league lead, and he is tied for third in the Big South with nine walks drawn.
  • Schnell is tied for sixth in the conference with seven walks drawn. Nate Blakeney has drawn six for Longwood.
  • Hunter Gilliam has been on a tear to start the 2021 season. The sophomore is tied for third in the Big South with a .400 batting average while also leading the league with 18 hits and ranking second with 12 RBI.
  • Jack Schnell has been a steadying presence in the middle of Longwood's lineup to start 2021. The left-handed hitting outfielder holds a .341 batting average. He is tied for second behind teammate Hunter Gilliam with 15 hits in the Big South.
Scouting Norfolk State 
  • Longwood and Norfolk State meet for the first of two scheduled matchups in 2021. Norfolk State is set to travel to Farmville on April 6.
  • Norfolk State has lost three straight after playing back-to-back three-game series against NC Central over two straight weekends. The Spartans opened the season against Old Dominion.
  • The Spartans won the first series with NC Central, but NC Central swept Norfolk State this past weekend. At the beginning of the season, Old Dominion swept Norfolk State in four straight.
  • On offense, Alsander Womack was the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year for a second straight season, and the senior has already earned a MEAC Player of the Week selection after the team won two of three against NC Central.
  • Womack is batting .333 on the season and has hit one of the team's four homers while also driving in six runs and scoring a team-best 12 times. He is the only player with double digit hits, totaling 12 through 10 games.
  • Cody Donnell leads the team with a .571 batting average on seven at bats, while Dionte Brown holds a .400 average through seven games played, five starts. Raphy Rodriguez also is hitting .364. Korey Singh is the team's RBI leader with 10, and he has hit a pair of home runs as well.
  • On the mound, projected starter Ridge Walker holds a 21.21 ERA over two appearances. He has struck out two against two walks while being touched up for 14 runs, 11 earned, on 16 hits in 4.2 innings of work.
  • Out of the bullpen, Nolan Manzer holds a 0.00 ERA over two appearances covering 3.1 innings, surrendering a pair of unearned runs while striking out four without allowing a hit. James Deloatch has struck out 11 across three relief appearances in 9.1 innings.
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