Longwood Baseball Travels To Greensboro For Last Non-Conference Series Until May
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Lancer Leadoff
• Longwood have won their previous three weekend series games.
• UNC Greensboro have lost five of their last six contests
• Sean Gibbons is the reigning Big South relief pitcher of the week after his lights out performance at North Carolina A&T last weekend.
• UNC Greensboro's record against the Big South is 2-2 on the season
• ·Longwood currently rank top three in every statistical category offensively, including being ranked number one in runs, doubles, RBI, total bases, walks and on base percentage
• The Lancers have turned 22 double plays in 2022, which is good for first in the Big South and 15th in the country. As a team all of last season Longwood turned 25.
• Longwood have given up the fourth least amount of runs in the Big South
Matchup History
- This is the first time the two sides have faced since Longwood became a division one program
PROBABLE PITCHERS
• Redshirt-sophomore
Andrew Potojecki is looking to continue his dominance as the Friday night started for Longwood. Poto has won three straight games that he's started in and has pitched at least five innings in each contest. The redshirt sophomore has 26 strikeouts already this season, and is 7 away from last years total of 33
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Kevin Warunek will continue to be the go-to Saturday pitcher for Longwood and has solidified himself as such. Warunek has given up just two runs in his last two outings, and has pitched at least five innings in five of his six starts. Warunek looks to build off his perfect 3-0 start and continue dominating on Saturday's.
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Andrew Melnyk will look to build off his first Sunday victory after last weekends strong showing against North Carolina A&T. An accurate southpaw, Melnyk has a respectable 3.37 ERA, best of the starting rotation, and has a 3:2 strikeout to walk ratio in his few appearances
PLAYER(S) TO WATCH
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Hunter Gilliam is the definition of a power hitter for Longwood. Gilliam not only leads the team, but also the conference in home runs and RBI. He ranks in the top three of runs scored, slugging, walks, and sac flies
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Sean Gibbons is finishing off an incredibly productive March. From March 6th and on, Gibbons hasn't allowed a run, and has been an anchor in the bullpen. Gibbons is coming off his first career conference relief pitcher of the week honors
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Kevin Warunek has slotted into the Saturday role perfectly for Longwood as he continues to give the Lancers the chance to win in the ever important game
SCHEDULE TREND
- Longwood are playing what is their last non-conference weekend series until May 1st.
- The Lancers continue their road trip next week with five more games, three of them being a Big South series at High Point
