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Longwood Baseball Travels to Chapel Hill To Take on 21st Ranked North Carolina

Longwood Baseball Travels to Chapel Hill To Take on 21st Ranked North Carolina

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Game 9: Longwood (3-5, 0-0 Big South vs. #21 North Carolina (5-1, 0-0 ACC)
Date & Time March 1st, 2022 • 3 p.m.
Location Chapel Hill, N.C. 
Notes Longwood (PDF) | Big South
Statistics Longwood (HTML) | Big South
TV/Video ACCNX
Social Media @LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

LANCER LEADOFF
  • Longwood travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to take on the 21st ranked team in the country, the University of North Carolina
  • The Lancers are currently on a five game losing streak
  • Hunter Gilliam is coming off of a three homer weekend at Elon. Gilliam tallied seven RBI's to cap off a big series
  • Andrew Melnyk will be making his 2022 debut for the Lancers. Melnyk led the team in innings pitched and strikeouts in 2021.
  • Longwood have dropped five straight contests
  • The Lancers lost three straight games that were decided by two or less runs
  • Michael Peterson has started every game in left field and is batting .400 to start the season
THE LAST TIME OUT
  • Longwood and North Carolina meet for the second time in their respected histories.
  • The Tar Heels defeated the Lancers 5-4 in Chapel Hill in 12 innings.
  • North Carolina was ranked #1 in the country the last time these two faced off

SCHEDULE TREND
  • Following the Tuesday showdown, Longwood will continue their North Carolina road trip when they play Big 10 foe Purdue University in Holly Springs N.C at a neutral site

PROBABLE PITCHERS
  • Andrew Melnyk will get his first start of the season against UNC.
  • Melnyk is coming off a season that saw him as one of the more productive pitchers on the Longwood staff
  • Last season, Melnyk led the team in innings pitched and strikeouts. The Virginia Beach native had a 7.2 inning performance in 2021, as well as a nine strikeout outing.
PLAYER(S) TO WATCH
  • Hunter Gilliam is coming off of a week that saw him blast three home runs and had seven RBI. The Farmvile native already has four home runs and five total extra base hits through eight games played.
  • Michael Peterson has started every game for the Lancers and is currently enjoying a .400 batting average. A dangerous base runner, Peterson already has four stolen bases this season, and has hits in six out of eight games played.
  • Andrew Melnyk will be making his 2022 debut for the Lancers from the mound. The southpaw struck out a team high 55 batters a season ago and pitched 74.0 innings

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