Lancers Travel to Campbell Tuesday

Longwood hopes to end five-match skid against Camels

Match 6 • Longwood (1-3-1) at Campbell (2-2-2)
Date & Time	Tuesday, Sept. 16 • 6 p.m.
Location	Buies Creek, N.C. • Eakes Athletics Complex
Statistics	Longwood \| Campbell
Live Stats	Live Stats
Social Media Live Updates	@LongwoodLancers \| @LongwoodMSOC

BUIES CREEK, N.C. — The Longwood men's soccer team team heads to Campbell and the Eakes Athletics Complex Tuesday at 6 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT

The Lancers fell, 2-0, to No. 15 West Virginia on Friday.
Both Mountaineers' goals came 10 minutes apart in the second half, as Pablo Pozos scored in the 71st minute and Carlos Hernando converted a penalty in the 81st minute.
West Virginia played the final 13 minutes with 10 men after Felix Ewald drew a straight red card on a collision with Benjamin Ferrero.

SERIES HISTORY

Campbell holds a 9-4-1 edge in the all-time series, including winning, 3-1, on Oct. 1, 2024 in Farmville, in the last matchup
The Camels have won the last five matches in the series.
Longwood's last victory against the Camels came on Oct. 31, 2018, a 3-0 decision.
Markus Gronli figured in all three markers with two goals and an assist while Jacob Reimers made a season-high eight saves for the clean sheet.

LANCERS AGAINST THE COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Longwood is 8-26-6 all-time against teams currently part of the Coastal Athletic Association.

SCOUTING CAMPBELL

Campbell is 2-2-2 on the season with a 2-1 win at Winthrop on Aug. 24 and a 2-1 win over William & Mary on AAug. 29 at home.
The Camels played a 0-0 draw at the College of Charleston in their last outing on Saturday.
Ethan Roberts leads Campbell in goals with two while three other Camels — Marco Wright and Filipe Matos — have also scored.
Max Leviton and Kaeden Johnson have split time in goal for the Camels with Leviton starting five of the six games.
Leviton is 2-1-2 with an 0.60 goals-against average and .857 save percentage with two shutouts.

PLAYING THE BEST

The Lancers have an opportunity to play at least four teams ranked in the Sept. 9 United Soccer Coaches top 25 poll this season.
In addition to No. 15 West Virginia, Longwood is also slated for matchups with No. 7 Gardner-Webb, No. 12 High Point and No. 14 Virginia Tech.
If the Runnin' Bulldogs, Panthers and Hokies remain in the rankings, it will be the first time Longwood will play that many ranked teams in a single season.

LANCERS IN THE NCAA RANKINGS

Longwood is currently 52nd in the NCAA in shots on goal per game at 5.8.
Additionally, the Lancers are 68th nationally in shots per game, averaging 13, a figure that also leads the Big South.
Individually, Syrus Conolly is 77th in the NCAA in goals per game at 0.5.
The Lancers are also 108th in the country with seven assists.

LANCERS PICKED THIRD IN BIG SOUTH POLL

Longwood was selected to finish third in the Big South preseason coaches poll, announced on Aug. 13
The team received 41 points in the voting to finish behind just High Point and Gardner-Webb, which earned 62 and 55 points, respectively. Those two schools split the first-place votes with 2024 regular-season champion Panthers garnering six and the Runnin' Bulldogs picking up the remaining two nods for the top spot.
The third-place tag for Longwood represents a tie for the highest-ever finish in the Big South preseason poll, matching the 2022 squad.

NEXT UP

Longwood opens Big South play Saturday at 2 p.m., at Radford
The Highlanders hold a 16-9-3 edge in the all-time series since it began in the 1978 season.