The First Pitch:
• Longwood plays three games in three days against Towson, George Mason and Georgetown at the DMV Classic this weekend.
• The Lancers are coming off a thrilling win against Boston College on Tuesday in a game that was a late addition to the schedule due to weather cancellations early in the season.
• For Longwood, it will be the first matchup with Towson since 2013, George Mason since a season ago, and Georgetown since 1995.
• The Lancers took down a Power Four school for the first time since 2015, when the team beat Georgia 7-3 in the opening game of a three-game series.
Previous Series
• Longwood walked off Boston College 13-12 on Tuesday in a midweek meeting between the two teams, the first in team history.
• The Lancers scored seven runs in the last two innings to take down the Eagles and erase an 11-6 deficit.
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Jayson Nash, a freshman, hit the game winning RBI single up the middle with two outs.
• One batter prior, another freshman,
Mikey Urbaniak, had hit a game-tying RBI triple.
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Braydon Gray, a freshman, got the win on the mound for pitching the final two innings.
• The Lancers scored at least 10 runs for a second straight game and third time in four games.
Around The Bases:
• Longwood has put up at least 10 runs three times in four games, including a 13-12 win over Boston College on Tuesday.
• The Lancers became the second team in the Big South to knock off a Power Four team, with USC Upstate also beating Boston College earlier in the year. Winthrop then took down Oklahoma State on Wednesday to give the league a third win against a Power Four team.
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Mac Tufts was the Big South Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on March 2, after he batted .500 (8-16) the prior week. He had four doubles as well.
• The Lancers ranks second in the Big South in doubles, with 28 on the season. That mark ranks38th in the nation.
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James Nelson leads the team with six, good for 34th nationally and third in the Big South.
• Nelson has had seven straight multi-hit games.
• He ranks 45th nationally, and fourth in the Big South, in hits per game with 1.70
• Tufts, meanwhile, is fourth in the Big South with five doubles.
• The Lancers lead the Big South in steals with 32, which is 15th in the nation.
• Tre Keels is the head of the snake, with a team-best 10 steals, good for 15th nationally and second in the league. He is 10-10.
• Eight different players have at least two steals for Longwood.
• The Lancers are an impressive 32-37 (.864 success percentage).
• The Lancers as a team have five straight games with at least 10 hits, and they have had at least 10 hits six times in seven games.
• Longwood also has scored seven or more runs six times in the past seven games.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. Towson 2-2
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak W2
First Meeting L 7-6 2005
Last Meeting W 3-2 2013
All-Time Record vs. George Mason 10-14
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak W2
First Meeting L 24-3 1978
Last Meeting W 9-4 on 3/19/2024
All-Time Record vs. Georgetown 0-4
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak L 4
First Meeting L 5-4 1981
Last Meeting L 5-1 1995
STATS COMPARISON
LWU TU GMU GU
2025 Record 3-9 3-8 8-4 4-8
Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Batting Average .259 ..249 .352 .270
Opp. Batting Average .336 .263 .252 .304
Hits 100 91 143 105
Hits allowed 145 98 98 125
Runs 79 64 140 86
Opposing runs 124 79 65 96
Runs per game 6.6 5.8 11.7 7.2
Doubles 28 19 29 18
Opposing doubles 27 22 19 25
Triples 4 3 3 3
Opposing triples 2 1 4 3
Home Runs 4 10 12 8
Opposing home runs 18 8 6 8
RBI 61 56 125 82
OBP .376 .358 .469 .393
SLG .383 .399 .527 .393
SB-ATT 32-37 26-31 32-39 41-50
Opposing SB-ATT 24-31 21-29 20-23 14-17
Walks drawn 56 55 72 72
Walks Allowed 66 62 41 65
Strikeouts 114 98 68 99
Opposing Strikeouts 88 83 94 87
Earned run average 8.39 6.47 4.41 6.28
Innings pitched 104 96 98 100.1
Earned runs allowed 97 69 48 70
FLD% .949 .961 .961 .957
Errors 23 16 16 19
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