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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. USC Upstate 4-16
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak L1
First Meeting L 3-0 in 1992
Last Meeting L 8-5 on 5/12/2024
• USC Upstate won the series between the two teams last season two games to one.
• Upstate won the opening game of the series 8-1 before Longwood won the middle game 9-7. Upstate took the series finale 8-5.
• In Longwood's win, the Lancers plated eight combined runs in the seventh inning.
• In the series finale, the two sides were tied at three apiece after five innings, but Upstate took the lead for good with three runs in the sixth.
STATS COMPARISON
LWU USCU
2025 Record 10-35 24-21
Conference 4-14 11-4
Batting Average .256 .309
Opp. Batting Average .333 .270
Hits 368 495
Hits allowed 529 418
Runs 284 408
Opposing runs 487 310
Runs per game 6.3 9.1
Doubles 85 92
Opposing doubles 109 73
Triples 14 4
Opposing triples 14 7
Home Runs 25 72
Opposing home runs 63 71
RBI 245 380
OBP .384 .412
SLG .387 .506
SB-ATT 120-145 58-81
Opposing SB-ATT 76-94 83-101
Walks drawn 228 218
Walks Allowed 255 191
Strikeouts 424 364
Opposing Strikeouts 325 379
Earned run average 9.57 5.67
Innings pitched 376 396.2
Earned runs allowed 400 250
FLD% .952 .958
Errors 76 71
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