FARMVILLE, Va. – A high-powered Campbell offense got rolling early, and Longwood baseball couldn't recover on Friday night. The 14^th ranked Camels (26-7, 12-1 Big South) used a trio of home runs and timely two-out hits to take down Longwood (14-23, 4-9 Big South) 13-1.
 
SCORE:
 
               R             H            E
CAM      13           17           0
LWU      1             4             2
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
Campbell came in with one of the top offenses in the country, and the Camels flexed their muscle early. Jarrod Belbin and Lawson Harrill each hit two-run home runs in the first inning to stake the Camels to the early lead.
 
Longwood put its first-two runners on base in the home half of the first after Keondre Shelton singled and Dylan Wilkinson walked against Campbell ace Cade Kuehler. However, Kuehler struck out a pair to end the threat and the inning a few batters later.
 
Kuehler then got on a roll and retired 12 straight, and the Campbell offense used a two-out rally in the third inning to take an 8-0 lead.
 
The Lancers got on the board in the sixth after Shelton led off with a double. He scored on a Gregory Ryan, Jr. double a few batters later, but the damage was done by that point.
 
Kuelher (7-0) earned the win for Campbell with six innings of one-run ball. He gave up four hits and a walk while striking out eight.
 
Logan Berrier (1-4) took the loss for Longwood. He gave up nine hits that led to eight runs, seven earned, with two strikeouts and three walks.
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 
Keondre Shelton went 2-4 in the game, his second multi-hit game of the season.
 
Dallas Hairfield tossed two scoreless relief innings, his third straight scoreless relief outing.
 
UP NEXT:
 
The two teams tangle for game two of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Buddy Bolding Stadium. The game will be aired on ESPN+.
 
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