▪ Longwood has played the 59th most difficult schedule in NCAA Division I softball in 2024 as of May 8, with a cumulative record of 1,324-1,060-4 (.555), combining past and future opposition.

▪ Shortstop Lauren Taylor, left fielder Lauren Fox and first baseman Sophia Knock on the first team led a group of a league-high nine Lancers named to the 2024 All-Big South Conference Team, announced Wednesday by the conference. Third baseman Korynna Anderson, right fielder Kayley DeVivi, center fielder Emily Vinson and right-handed pitcher Maggie Chapin earned second-team plaudits. Catcher Maggie Hiatt and left-handed pitcher Cierra Gawryluk were All-Freshman Team selections.

▪ Lauren Fox (team-best .344 batting average) has hit safely in 33-of-48 games played this season. Fox is finished second in the Big South in hits with 53. 

▪ Kayley DeVivi and Lauren Fox became the first softball players to earn Longwood's prestigeous Joan of Arc Award  for Excellence April 23. The award is presented to students whose demonstrated leadership ability and/or future leadership plans show accomplishment and influence through co-curricular activities, including, but not limited to: academic, special activities, athletic, employment (on/off campus) and community service/engagement.

BY THE NUMBERS
2 ▪ Kayley DeVivi has hit two game-ending, three-run home runs this season, helping the Lancers beat Fairfield, 8-0, Feb. 17 and Presbyterian, 10-1, March 29, in five innings.

8 ▪ The Lancers were slated to play eight teams that advanced to the 2023 tournament, including Women's College World Series teams, Alabama and Tennessee.

1 ▪ Longwood leads the Big South Conference in home runs per game at 0.73, hitting 36 home runs in 49 games. The Lancers are 87th in the NCAA in the category.

5 ▪ A league-high five Lancers were named to the 2024 preseason All-Big South Team – Korynna Anderson, Er'ron Burton, Lauren Fox, Maryanna Guy and Lauren Taylor.

18 ▪ Longwood has played to a 553-374 (.596) record since becoming Division I eligible for the 2007 season. The Lancers are in their 18th season in Division I in 2024.

19 ▪ Maggie Chapin has pitched six shutouts this season to rank 19th in the country. She owns all but two of the Lancers' shutouts. LU is 82nd nationally in the category as a team.

BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Six different Lancers have earned Big South weekly honors this season, including three consecutive Freshman of the Week honors from Maggie Hiatt (April 15) and Cierra Gawryluk (April 22 and 29). Lauren Taylor was also named Co-Player of the Week on April 29. Kayley DeVivi was named league Player of the Week April 1 for the first time in her career. Right-hander Maggie Chapin earned Big South Pitcher of the Week plaudits for the second time this season that week, as well. 

DeVivi's .889 batting average tied for the national lead in the category for the week with Skyler Shaw of UNLV. Her three RBIs per game also tied for tops in the nation with Jocelyn Erickson of Florida and Jenna Golembiewski of Miami University. She also finished second in the NCAA for the week in on-base percentage (.900) and third in slugging percentage (1.778). 

Hiatt earned Big South Freshman of the Week for the first time March 4, hitting .600 (6-for-10) with a home run, two doubles, seven RBIs with a 1.100 slugging percentage. She claimed the honor again April 15, hits home runs in consecutive at-bats April 14 versus Winthrop. Sophia Knock was Player of the Week Feb. 27 following her three-home-run game against Northern Iowa.

BIG SOUTH DOMINANCE
Since joining the Big South Conference in 2013, Longwood has emerged as the league's premier team. Under former head coach Kathy Riley, who retired following the 2020 season, the Lancers won five of seven Big South titles, doing so in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. 

Longwood's five Big South championships are the third most in league history and the most by any team in a seven-year span. Only Coastal Carolina (1992-2012) and Winthrop (1987-present) have won more, with six titles apiece.

The Lancers have won two of the  three Big South regular-season titles under fourth-year head coach Dr. Megan Brown.

LONGWOOD IN NCAA REGIONALS
Longwood has advanced to five NCAA Division I regionals and reached the regional final in 2016 and 2017. The Lancers played in the NCAA postseason in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019, tying former member Coastal Carolina for the most regional appearances in Big South history. 

Longwood is 5-10 overall in NCAA Division I regional play, securing the most NCAA postseason wins by any Big South softball team. The Lancers played to a 2-4 record in a pair of NCAA Division II regionals in 2002 and 2003.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK
Against Northern Iowa on Feb. 23, first baseman Sophia Knock become the fourth Longwood player in history with a three home run game and first since Emily Murphy did it in an 8-6 Big South tournament victory over Campbell on May 11, 2013. Knock is one of 20 Division I players to hit three homers in a game this season. 

CHAPIN A WORKHORSE
Sophomore right-hander Maggie Chapin leads the Big South Conference in appearances (36) which is 41st nationally, innings pitched (157 2/3), which is 66th, shutouts (six) which is 19th overall and wins (14), which is 81st in the NCAA. 

KEEPIN' IT 100
With the Lancers' 4-0 win in game two of the March 16 doubleheader at Gardner-Webb, fourth-year head coach Dr. Megan Brown reached 100 career coaching wins. She is now 110-104 (.514) overall and 61-25 (.709) in Big South play.

EVERYDAY TAYLOR
Shortstop Lauren Taylor has played in 233 career games for the Lancers, a figure that ranks 43rd in NCAA Division I among active players.

LANCERS TIED ATOP BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Longwood was picked in a tie for the top spot the 2024 Big South Conference Preseason Poll, Jan. 24. The Lancers received four first-place votes and 45 points  to tie with USC Upstate.