Games 18-20 • Longwood (5-12) at East Tennessee State (12-4)
Dates & Times	Friday, March 14 | 1 p.m. (DH) Saturday, March 15 | 2 p.m.
Location	Johnson City, Tenn. | Thomas Stadium
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | ETSU | Big South
Live Stats	Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

The First Pitch:
•    Longwood plays a three-game series at East Tennessee State as the team's final non-conference weekend series prior to diving into Big South play.
•    The series has been shifted to a doubleheader on Friday and a single game on Saturday.
•    Longwood is in the midst of a five-game week, its second of the season, after two midweek games before diving into Big South play next weekend.
•    The Lancers take on an East Tennessee State side that was picked to finish fourth in the Southern Conference preseason poll with co-Pitcher of the Year Michael Harpster, who is slated to start Saturday's game.
•    The Buccaneers have won every weekend series they have played this season.
 
Previous Series
•    Longwood split a pair of midweek games during the week.
•    The Lancers dropped a third straight game with a 12-2 loss at Richmond before bouncing back with a solid win against UMass Lowell 9-2 on Wednesday.
•    In the win, Jake Chadwell was excellent on the mound for the Lancers. The freshman piled up seven strikeouts in five innings of work to earn his first collegiate win.
•    Meanwhile, the offense was aggressive on the bases and controlled the strike zone to put up nine runs for the third time this season.
•    James Nelson and Mac Tufts combined to drive in five of the team's nine runs.
 
Around The Bases:
•    Longwood split two midweek games, with a win over UMass Lowell and a loss to in-state foe Richmond.
•    In the win over UMass Lowell, the Lancers piled up a season-high six stolen bases.
•    It was the sixth time this season the Lancers had stolen at least four bases.
•    Longwood ranks sixth in the nation in stolen bases with 46, which also leads the Big South.
•    The Lancers average 2.71 steals per game, good for 16th nationally and the top mark in the league.
•    Tre Keels leads the way with 16 stolen bases, which is fourth in the nation and best in the Big South.
•    Keels has had multiple steals in a game six times this season and is 16-16 on steal attempts.
•    In the eigthh inning against UMass Lowell, Longwood scored without a base hit while stealing multiple bases on March 12.
•    In that March 12th game, the Lancers had eight players in the starting lineup with a stolen base, and the ninth player stole one during the game.
•    Longwood also ranks third in the Big South in doubles with 33.
•    James Nelson leads the team with seven, which ranks fourth in the league.
•    In the win over UMass Lowell, Longwood drew a season-best 11 walks.
•    It was the fifth time this season that the team has drawn at least seven walks.
•    The Lancers are 3-2 when drawing at least seven walks.
•    Three players on the team sport an on-base percentage above .400: Mikey Urbaniak (.510), Mac Tufts (.453) and James Nelson (.426). Urbaniak has a team-best 11 walks this year.
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