- Longwood enters the weekend Big South match off a 2-2 draw at Elon on Tuesday. The Phoenix sits in second place in the CAA South Division and has a record of 8-2-4. The Lancers rallied from a goal deficit on two occasions thanks to tallies from sophomore
Youssef Shafei and freshman
Levon Saribekyan. Junior
Brando Bedolla and freshman
Vicent Martinez assisted on both goals. Longwood finished the non-conference slate going 2-0-1 against CAA competition, all on the road.
- Saturday marks the start of the big final three regular season games, all in Big South play. The Lancers currently sit in sixth place, the final league tournament spot, at 1-3. Longwood has played the toughest Big South schedule, having already faced the top three in the league standings in High Point, Gardner-Webb, and UNC Asheville. Following Saturday's game at Winthrop, Longwood travels to Presbyterian on Friday, Oct. 23, before hosting Radford on Oct. 30. Both matches are set for 7 p.m.
- Bedolla continues to be one of the top playmakers in the country. He leads the nation in total assists (11) and assists per game (1.0), while ranking seventh in points per game (1.91) and 11th in total points (21). He has five multiple assists games this season.
- The Lancers remain one of the top offenses in the country. Longwood ranks 17th nationally in total assists (30), 23rd in total points (80), and 28th in total goals (26). Longwood ranks among the top three in the Big South in all three categories as well.
- Bedolla's assists on the season rank second on the program's Division I single-season list. He upped his career total to 20, which ranks fifth on the program's career list.
- Graduate student goalkeeper Nicolas Pucci ranks 31st nationally in total saves (47), while ranking third in the Big South in saves per game (3.92). He was named the Big South Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28 after a shutout win over USC Upstate.
- Saribekyan tallied his team-leading sixth goal of the year in the draw at Elon. His six goals ranks fifth in the Big South and 50th nationally. He tallied a hat trick in Longwood's win at ETSU on his way to earning Big South Freshman of the Week honors.
- Junior Joshwa Campbell was called up to the Cayman Islands National Team ahead of the CONCACAF Nations League at the end of September. Campbell started all four games for the Cayman Islands in Group A against Dominica, Guyana, and twice vs. Puerto Rico. After missing Longwood's games against USC Upstate and High Point, Campbell returned as a reserve at Virginia Tech on Oct. 6. He ranks second on the team with five goals.
- Campbell, Bedolla, and Saribekyan were among seven forwards selected to the Big South Conference Midseason Watch List on Sept. 17. In total, 27 student-athletes were honored. Bedolla was also named to the preseason list.
- Longwood jumped out to its best Division I start in school history at 5-0 and along the way earned its first vote in program history in the United Soccer Coaches National Top 25 this season.
