Games 46-48 • Longwood (10-35, 4-14 Big South) at USC Upstate (24-21, 11-4 Big South)
Dates & Times	Friday, May 2 | 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3 | 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4 | 1 p.m.
Location	Spartanburg, S.C. | Harley Park
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | USC Upstate | Big South
TV (ESPN+)	Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Live Stats	Live Stats
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

The First Pitch:
•    Longwood plays its penultimate Big South series with a trip to USC Upstate this weekend to take on the Spartans.
•    The three-game set is the final road series of the season for Longwood, as the Lancers close the regular season against Radford May 15-17.
•    The trip to Spartanburg is part of a five-game road swing, with the final game of the trip at UNC Greensboro on Tuesday, May 13 after finals week at Longwood.
•    Longwood takes on a USC Upstate side that is tied for first in the Big South with three series left on the season.
•    Five teams in the league have at least 10 wins, and the top five teams are separated by less than three games.

Previous Game
•    Longwood battled in a competitive midweek game at Elon, but two late runs lifted Elon past the Lancers 10-9.
•    Elon took the lead in the second, but Longwood bounced back with an offense that put up 10 hits and nine walks.
•    Carter Newman put the Lancers on the board with an RBI single in the third, and five more runs crossed in the frame for a 6-3 lead.
•    Elon cut the deficit to 6-5 on a two-run home run, and the two sides traded runs over the next few innings.
•    Longwood led 9-8 after seven innings, but Elon scored two runs in the eighth for the final tally. The Lancers put the tying run on second in the ninth, but Elon escaped.
 
Around The Bases:
•    Longwood plays USC Upstate in its final road series this season.
•    In Big South play, the Lancers are second in doubles with 42 on the season.
•    The Lancers also lead the league with eight triples in 18 Big South contests and are second in the league overall with 14 triples.
•    Longwood's team batting average of .295 is good for fourth in league action.
•    Both Mikey Urbaniak and Myles Webb, meanwhile, are tied for fifth in league action with seven doubles each.
•    On the season, Longwood as a team ranks fifth in the Big South with 85 doubles.
•    James Nelson leads the way with 15, which is tied for fifth.
•    The Lancers also rank second in league play in walks drawn with 107.
•    Jae'dan Carter leads the conference with 24 walks drawn in Big South play, and Urbaniak is sixth with 16.
•    On the season, Longwood is third in walks drawn with 228, with Carter second (41) and Urbaniak fourth (35).
•    Mac Tufts has been hit by a pitch 20 times this season (third in the league and 15th in the nation), and he is one HBP shy of the team single-season record, which is 21, held by Brian Bassett and was set in 1995.
•    Carter's 41 walks are tied for the second-most in a season in team history with Sammy Miller and Sonny Bolton. He is four shy of the record of 45, set by Justin Mitchell in 2018.
•    The Lancers have also stolen more than 100 bases, going 120-145 to lead the Big South.
•    Keels leads the team with 28 steals, and Webb has added 21 steals while Tufts has 17.
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