The First Pitch:
• Longwood travels down to Charleston Southern for a three-game Big South series on Easter weekend.
• The Lancers are one game out of fourth as six teams are separated by one game. Four teams are tied for fourth at 5-7, including Charleston Southern, while Longwood is one game back at 4-8.
• Longwood played William & Mary, the seventh Commonwealth opponent of the season, on Tuesday.
• Following the series, Longwood returns home for a four-game homestand, with Richmond coming in a midweek followed by a Big South series against Winthrop.
• Charleston Southern swept Radford and took two of three from Winthrop this season.
Previous Series
• Longwood topped William & Mary with a steady, consistent offense followed by a strong late-game performance from the bullpen.
• The Lancers won 8-6 after erasing a three-run deficit two different times.
• All nine players in the order reached base safely at least once, and seven different players scored a run.
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Myles Webb had a team-best three hits, and
Mac Tufts added two base hits. Myles Urbaniak plated the go-ahead runs with a two-run single in the seventh inning.
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Joe Castrichini earned the win out of the bullpen, tossing a scoreless sixth inning. The Lancer bullpen didn't allow a run in the final five innings.
Isaiah Brewington got the save.
Around The Bases:
• Longwood put plenty of players on base on Tuesday at William & Mary. The Lancers drew eight walks while also grinding out 10 hits.
• It was the third time in four games the team had registered at least 10 hits.
• This season, the Lancers have drawn at least eight walks in a game 10 times, including in each of their past three games.
• Longwood has drawn at least eight walks in a game five times in Big South play.
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Jae'dan Carter and
Mikey Urbaniak are third and fourth, respectively, in the Big South in walks. Carter has drawn 35 free passes this season, and Urbaniak has drawn 31.
• The Lancers are also aggressive on the bases when they get there, and they have stolen at least three bases in a game 21 times this year.
• The team leads the Big South in steals with 104, which is good for fifth in the nation.
• Tre Keels has a team-best (and Big South high) 25 steals.
Myles Webb is fourth in the league with 16 steals, and
Mac Tufts is one spot behind him in fifth with 15 steals.
• The Lancers are also second in the Big South in triples with 11, which also ranks 38th nationally.
• The team is fourth in the Big South in doubles with 69.
• In Big South play, the Lancer offense ranks fourth in batting average at .306, and the team is also fourth in runs with 105.
• In addition, Longwood ranks third in the Big South with a .448 on-base percentage in 12 conference games.
• That is in large part because Longwood leads the conference with 85 walks while ranking second with 28 hit by pitches.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. CSU 15-18
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak W 1
First Meeting L 2-1 on 3/14/2014
Last Meeting W 12-5 on 4/7/2024
• Longwood and Charleston Southern meet for a three-game series again, having done so in each season since 2014 outside of the 2020 season.
• The two sides played twice in 2021 in a three-game series.
• Last season, CSU took two of three in Farmville after also winning the series in Charleston the year prior.
• The Lancers last won the series in 2019 by winning two of three in Farmville.
STATS COMPARISON
LWU CSU
2025 Record 10-27 19-14
Conference 4-8 5-7
Batting Average .255 .296
Opp. Batting Average .333 .283
Hits 298 335
Hits allowed 436 319
Runs 235 280
Opposing runs 386 242
Runs per game 6.4 8.5
Doubles 69 56
Opposing doubles 87 63
Triples 11 7
Opposing triples 12 4
Home Runs 18 34
Opposing home runs 53 40
RBI 202 250
OBP .387 .414
SLG .379 .448
SB-ATT 104-126 64-85
Opposing SB-ATT 60-75 30-45
Walks drawn 193 178
Walks Allowed 204 183
Strikeouts 338 244
Opposing Strikeouts 269 256
Earned run average 9.32 6.73
Innings pitched 310 285
Earned runs allowed 321 213
FLD% .957 .961
Errors 56 47
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