The First Pitch:
• Longwood is set to take on South Carolina for a weekend series as they continue their road trip.
• Longwood comes into the weekend after losing an early lead to Elon, where they would ultimately fall 11-6
• Longwood has battled over this eight game road trip, where they have lost multiple close games.
• The road trip will be complete after the weekend.
• First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Friday night
Around The Bases:
• The Lancers look to bounce back from their past weekend which ultimately saw them drop two of three in Kennesaw.
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Hayden Harris has been a steady bat for the Lancers where he has at least a base hit in 11 straight games.
• Tuesday night the Lancers jumped out to a 5-2 lead through the first four innings. Both teams added a run in the fifth.
• In that game, Longwood left 12 players on base.
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Hayden Harris and
James Nelson each added three hits on the night.
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Owen Simmons started his second straight midweek game for the Lancers where he threw 2.1 innings at Elon.
• The Lancers were hit by a pitch six different times, a stat the Lancers have been strong at all season long. Six players have logged four hit by pitches or more on the season. The Lancers rank 2nd in the country with 42 HBP.
• Longwood has proven to be an unselfish bunch at the plate this season as they have the 7th most sacrifice bunts on the season in the country at 12.
• South Carolina comes into the weekend ranked No. 21 in national polls.
• The Lancers will return home after this weekend on Tuesday and Wednesday taking on VCU and William and Mary before starting conference play at Winthrop next weekend.
• The starting rotation has gotten off to a great start in the first three weekend this season.
Guillermo Garcia Jr.,
Brenton Fisher, and
Ethan Walker have all helped the Lancers early in weekend games due to keeping their opponents batting average at .217 in three outings each.
• They have combined for 46 strikeouts this season in just 28 innings pitched between the three.
#GoWood #HorsePower
