The First Pitch:
• Longwood is set to take on UNC in their second straight midweek game on the road.
• The two teams met a season ago where the Lancers lost 10-0
• Longwood, has swept their first two weekend series which has helped tie their best start to a season since 2010.
• The Lancers are now set to start an eight game road trip.
• First pitch is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday night.
Around The Bases:
• The Lancers swept Iona for a second straight weekend sweep.
• They have 8 or more hits in every game this season.
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Willie Havens has recorded a hit in every game.
• The Lancers are traveling to Chapel Hill for the start of an eight game road stint
• Longwood ranks fourth in the country in doubles heading into this week.
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Noah Campanelli and
Willie Havens are both hitting above .450
• The first game of the series against Iona came down to the wire, but the Lancers put up 11 runs in the eighth to take control of the game for good.
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Willie Havens started that rally off with his second home run of the season.
• Over the weekend
Hayden Harris and
Drew Camp hit back to back home runs. This was the first time that has happened this season.
• Longwood currently ranks 3rd in the country for on base percentage. The Lancers have walked or been hit by a pitch 141 times.
• Longwood has three players with double digits RBI's on the season. Those three include:
Willie Havens (15),
Drew Camp (10),
Tanner Thomas(10).
Willie Havens is currently tied 7th in the country with his 15.
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Ethan Walker has struck out five or more batters in both outings this season. He ranks first on the team with 13.
• While Longwood didn't score 53 runs again this weekend against Iona, a stat that is the most runs in a series for Longwood since becoming a division one school which took place in 2007, they still managed to pile on 39 runs in three games.
• The Lancers experience played a crucial role in the weekend, where
Willie Havens,
Drew Camp,
Noah Campanelli, and
Hayden Harris, all seniors or better, helped lead the way.
• Due to weather UNC and Longwood will now face of at 2p.m. Wednesday.
• Longwood is now tasked with having 4 of their next 8 games being against top 25 opponents.
• Longwood holds a team fielding percentage of .970 on the season with 183 putouts.
• The Lancers boast a .333 batting average which is best in the Big South Conference heading into this week.
• Longwood leads the Big South with 25 doubles
IMPORTANT NOTE - WEDNESDAY'S GAME HAS BEEN MOVED TO 2P.M.
#GoWood #HorsePower
