The First Pitch:
• Longwood is set to continue its road trip with a trip to Boiling Springs to take on Gardner Webb in a conference weekend series.
• Longwood comes into the week following a weekend series at High Point which saw the Lancers drop the first two games before taking game three.
• Longwood currently sits tied for fifth in the BigSouth standings.
• The Lancers split their midweek games this week taking a game from Richmond and dropping one to Norfolk State.
Around The Bases:
• Longwood is set to travel to Gardner Webb for a Big South Conference weekend series.
• The Lancers look to bounce back from Wednesday nights game that saw Longwood fall to Norfolk State 8-2.
• The Lancers experience has been a steady piece on both sides of the ball this season. Noah Campanelli, Hayden Harris, and Willie Havens help lead the way for Longwood behind the plate, while Andrew Potojecki and Brenton Fisher start two of the three weekend series games.
• On Tuesday Longwood's bats came alive as the mashed 16 hits to cruise to a 17-5 win over Richmond.
• Longwood had five players record two or more hits on the day. Hayden Harris led the way for the offense with a 5-5 day that saw him rip his 200th career hit.
• The Lancers used big innings in the second and fourth innings to grow a big lead over the Spiders.
• Hayden Harris, Drew Camp, and Juice Tobin all hit home runs Tuesday evening. Juice Tobin's home run was his first of his career.
• Wednesday afternoon the Lancers struggled to push runs across at Norfolk State, as the Spartans got a great pitching performance from Nolan Manzer to help beat Longwood 8-2.
• The Lancers are still proving that they are not afraid when it comes to being hit by a pitch. They currently sit fourth in the country in HBP at 87. Tanner Thomas ranks 23 in the country in HBP per game with 13 total.
• Longwood has also proven to be an unselfish bunch at the plate this season as they have the eighth most sacrifice bunts on the season in the country at 33.
• Gardner Webb took all three games a season ago.
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