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Softball Heads West For Midweek Clash With #16 Virginia Tech

Lancers And Hokies Set To Play Doubleheader In Blacksburg

Games 29-30: Longwood vs. #16 Virginia Tech
Date & Time April 4th, 3 p.m./6 p.m.
Location Blacksburg, Va. (Tech Softball Park)
Game Notes Longwood | Big South
Statistics  Longwood | Virginia Tech | Big South
Live Stats Virginia Tech Live Stats
Video/TV/Radio   Game 1 ACCNX | Game 2 ACC Network | WVHL 92.9
Social Media @LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodSB


The First Pitch:
  • Longwood holds a 17-11 record headed into the doubleheader against Virginia Tech.
  • The Lancers will play game one at 3 p.m. followed by game two at 6 p.m.
  • The Hokies will be the eighth Power 5 opponent and fifth ranked opponent that the Lancers have faced this year.
  • Last season, the Lancers hosted a doubleheader against the Hokies that saw Virginia Tech pick up two wins.
  • Longwood holds a 12-17 all-time Division-I record against Virginia Tech.
Last Time Out:
  • Longwood hosted its first Big South conference series of year this past weekend against the USC Upstate Spartans.
  • The Lancers won the series 2-1, dropping the opening game on Friday night while picking up two wins on Saturday.
  • The Lancers fell in the series opener by a score of 8-2 in a game that was halted for 90 minutes by inclement weather.
  • Longwood earned a 9-6 win in game two of the series to start the day on Saturday. Jaden Pone delivered a grand slam to put the Lancers on top, the first home run of her colleigate career.
  • Reggie Kanagawa closed out the final three innings of game two and proceeded to start game three as well.
  • Kanagawa threw a complete seven innings in game three, and the Lancers walked away with a 4-3 victory and a series win over the Big South preseason favorites.
  • Jaden Pone was named Big South Player of the Week for her efforts against Upstate and George Mason earlier in the week. The sophomore batted  .529 in a 4-1 week for the Lancers.
  • The series against Upstate moves Longwood's all-time Divison-I record against them to 10-5.

Quotables:

"They've been working really hard in non-conference play. We had a tough non-conference schedule where they had to be resilient, and that's really paying off for them now." -Head Coach Dr. Megan Brown following the series win over Upstate.

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Players Mentioned

Reggie Kanagawa

#7 Reggie Kanagawa

P/1B
6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Jaden Pone

#6 Jaden Pone

INF
5' 3"
Sophomore
L/R

Players Mentioned

Reggie Kanagawa

#7 Reggie Kanagawa

6' 2"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
P/1B
Jaden Pone

#6 Jaden Pone

5' 3"
Sophomore
L/R
INF