The First Pitch:
• Longwood plays its final non-conference matchup following a nine-day break during finals week in Farmville.
• The game also serves as the final road game this season, with the Lancers going 6-16 in true road games.
• The conclusion to a five-game road swing also serves as Longwood's longest road stretch of the season.
• The nine day break is the longest break since the 2012 season, when Longwood played Maryland Eastern Shore on Friday, April 27 before then playing again against Duke on Sunday, May 6, which was also a nine day break.
• The Lancers take on a UNCG team that is 8-10 in the Southern Conference, which is tied for fifth out of eight teams.
Previous Game
• Longwood won the opening game of a three-game series at USC Upstate 7-6 before falling in the final two games 22-11 and 14-4, May 2-4.
• Guillermo Garcia, Jr. took the ball on Friday and picked up the win with five solid innings, and
Ried Dittner tossed a four-inning save.
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Myles Webb, meanwhile, hit two homers, including a grand slam, to power the Lancers in the Friday night win.
• Webb added two home runs on Saturday, but the Spartans outslugged the banged-up Lancers 22-11.
• In the series finale,
Joe Castrichini gave Longwood a solid start and kept the Lancers hanging around, but Upstate's offense pulled away in the latter stages of the game to win 14-4.
Around The Bases:
• The Lancers take on UNC Greensboro in their final road test. They won seven games away from Buddy Bolding Stadium this season: six true road games and a neutral site game.
• Longwood has multiple players who could hit a team milestone this year.
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Jae'dan Carter leads the team with 43 walks, which is third in the Big South and 44th nationally. He is currently second in team history, but he is two shy of Justin Mitchell's record of 45, set in 2018.
• Carter is third in the Big South with those 43 walks.
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Mac Tufts is also one HBP shy of tying the team record, set by Brian Bassett at 21 in 1995.
• Tuft's 20 HBP is tied for fourth in the Big South.
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James Nelson has 15 doubles, and he is two away from tying for 10th in a single season in program history.
• His 15 doubles are also tied for ninth in the Big South on the season.
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Myles Webb and Tre Keels, meanwhile, is tied for second in the Big South with five others with three triples apiece.
• Longwood ranks ninth in the Big South in batting average on the season, but the team ranks fifth in on-base percentage (.381).
• The Lancers are fifth in walks (241) and fourth in HBP (83), and the team leads the Big South with 130 stolen bases.
• No other team has even reached 100 stolen bases.
• The Lancers have three players in the top five of the league in steals: Tre Keels (31, first),
Myles Webb (22, third), and
Mac Tufts (17, tied for fifth).
• On the mound, Guillermo Garcia, Jr. has held teams to a .267 average and struck out 63, both good for fifth in the league on the season.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. UNCG 1-2
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak L2
First Meeting W 6-5 on 4/1/2022
Last Meeting L 17-2 on 4/3/2022
• Longwood and UNC Greensboro met for the first time in a three-game series in 2022.
• The Lancers won the opening game of the series 6-5 behind a seven-inning start from
Andrew Potojecki, who earned the win with seven innings of two-run ball. Michael Tolson also threw a two-inning save.
• UNC Greensboro tied the series at one apiece with a 4-3 win in the middle game of the series.
• In the series finale, UNC Greensboro plated 12 runs in the first three innings to pull away for a 17-2 win.
STATS COMPARISON
LWU UNCG
2025 Record 11-37 19-30
Conference 5-16 8-10
Batting Average .255 .251
Opp. Batting Average .334 .288
Hits 391 408
Hits allowed 568 479
Runs 306 253
Opposing runs 529 331
Runs per game 6.4 5.2
Doubles 88 79
Opposing doubles 115 86
Triples 14 12
Opposing triples 14 10
Home Runs 33 43
Opposing home runs 73 47
RBI 266 225
OBP .381 .351
SLG .395 .394
SB-ATT 130-156 77-88
Opposing SB-ATT 81-100 78-103
Walks drawn 241 185
Walks Allowed 276 188
Strikeouts 452 477
Opposing Strikeouts 349 423
Earned run average 9.85 6.11
Innings pitched 400.1 424
Earned runs allowed 438 288
FLD% .951 .962
Errors 82 67
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