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Longwood Travels to Radford for Highly Anticipated Big South Weekend Series

Lancers aiming to get closer to playoffs with conference series at Radford

Game 48-50: Longwood (19-28, 9-9 Big South) vs. Radford (13-30, 6-12 Big South) 
Date & Time May 11th | 6:00 p.m.
Location Radford, Va
Notes Longwood (PDF)  |  Big South
Statistics Longwood (HTML) |  Big South
Live Stats Radford
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Lancer Leadoff
  • Longwood are coming off a midweek defeat to nationally ranked Virginia and have dropped six games in a row
  • Radford haven't played since an end of April series at NC State where they were swept. Radford have won 1 of their last eight contests.
  • Against common opponents this season Radford is 5-10 while Longwood are 7-6.
  • Longwood's .968 fielding percentage is .001 behind leaders High Point and Gardner-Webb for first in the conference
  • The Lancers have struck out the second most times in the conference while Radford has struck out the second least amount of times.
  • Michael Peterson is second in the conference in stolen bases with 22. Teammate Michael Dolberry is fifth with 16 swiped bags.
 
Matchup History
  • Longwood is 20-21 all-time against Radford and are 9-15 since joining the Big South in 2012
  • The last time these two sides faced off Longwood swept Radford in early May last season
Schedule Trend
  • After the Big South weekend series, Longwood hosts Charleston Southern to conclude the season next weekend.
Probable Pitchers
  • Andrew Potojecki returns to the mound for Friday's contest. In Potojecki's last appearance he went four innings and surrendered seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks.
  • Kevin Warunek is the Saturday starter and aims to win his first matchup since March 26th. In the freshman's last appearance he allowed seven runs on six hits.
  • Andrew Melnyk gets the nod for Sunday's series finale after going four and two-thirds in his last appearance. Melnyk gave up four runs on eight eights and walked two last Sunday against Upstate
Players to watch
  • Hunter Gilliam in his last 8 games is batting .379 with two home runs and four doubles. He has a slugging percentage of .724 in that span
  • Dylan Wilkinson in the last 10 Longwood games is batting .357 with four RBI and three doubles. His on base percentage in that span is .419 which is third best on his team.
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Players Mentioned

Michael Dolberry II

#2 Michael Dolberry II

OF
6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
Hunter Gilliam

#4 Hunter Gilliam

1B
6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
Andrew Melnyk

#6 Andrew Melnyk

LHP
6' 6"
Sophomore
L/L
Michael Peterson

#11 Michael Peterson

OF
5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
Andrew Potojecki

#17 Andrew Potojecki

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
Dylan Wilkinson

#8 Dylan Wilkinson

INF/OF
5' 10"
Sophomore
Kevin Warunek

#38 Kevin Warunek

LHP
6' 4"
Freshman
L/L

Players Mentioned

Michael Dolberry II

#2 Michael Dolberry II

6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Hunter Gilliam

#4 Hunter Gilliam

6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
1B
Andrew Melnyk

#6 Andrew Melnyk

6' 6"
Sophomore
L/L
LHP
Michael Peterson

#11 Michael Peterson

5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Andrew Potojecki

#17 Andrew Potojecki

6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
RHP
Dylan Wilkinson

#8 Dylan Wilkinson

5' 10"
Sophomore
INF/OF
Kevin Warunek

#38 Kevin Warunek

6' 4"
Freshman
L/L
LHP