Longwood Baseball Travels Eastward For Midweek Matchup With Norfolk State

Lancers will play part two of a home and home series with the Spartans

Game 38: Longwood (17-20, 8-4 Big South) vs. Norfolk State (11-23 8-12 MEAC)
Date & Time	April 19th 2022 \| 4:00 p.m.
Location	Norfolk, Va.
Notes	Longwood (PDF) \| Big South
Statistics	Longwood (HTML) \| Big South
Live Stats	Norfolk State
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers \| @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff

Longwood are coming off of a Big South weekend against Presbyterian that saw them win one out of three contests
Norfolk State are coming off a weekend series at Delaware State where they won one of three.
The Lancers in their last 10 contests are 4-6 in their last 10 while the Spartans are 3-7
Against common opponents Richmond and Maryland Eastern Shore, Longwood hold a 3-1 record while Norfolk State are 2-3
Gregory Ryan is coming off of a week that saw him bat over .400 with an OBP above .600
The Lancers have 36 double plays turned on the year which is good for sixth in the country and first in the Big South
Though the Lancers team batting average dropped a bit over the weekend to sixth in the conference, they still rank in the top three for hits, doubles, triples home runs total bases and RBI

MATCHUP HISTORY

Longwood holds a 29-8 record against the Spartans and has won two straight contests
Last time these two sides met, Longwood won 24-1 which was the most runs the Lancers have scored in a game this season

Players To Watch

Gregory Ryan is coming off of a week where he had an on base percentage of .632 and a slugging percentage of .833. Ryan also recorded five hits and five RBI last week and looks to continue the hot streak this week
Logan Berrier made one appearance on Sunday against Presbyterian and was lights out. Berrier went three innings and struck out three Blue Hose batters, while he surrendered just one hit

Schedule Trend

Following the midweek against Norfolk State, the Lancers travel down to Buies Creek, N.C for a weekend Series against Campbell University

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