First Pitch

•   Longwood plays on the road at William & Mary, the lone road game amid a nine-game swing that sees the team play eight home games.
•   The matchup is a return of a midweek home-and-home between the two teams, with Longwood winning 8-6 on March 17 in Farmville.
•   Both teams come in after winning a series over the weekend, with Longwood taking two of three from UNC Asheville while William & Mary won two of three on the road at Elon.
•   Both teams lost the Sunday game, though, after winning Friday and Saturday.
•   The Lancers are 148th in RPI, one of six teams in the Big South in the top 150.
 
Last Series

•   Longwood took two of three from UNC Asheville over the weekend, winning the Friday and Saturday matchups 8-4 and 9-2, respectively, before falling in the series finale on Sunday 7-5.
•   The Lancers used a five-run seventh inning to take game one of the series.
•   In the second game, Brady Hoover and Wyatt Bunch were sharp on the mound for nine innings, and the Lancers drew eight walks while stealing seven bases and scoring in six straight innings to slowly pull away.
•   The Bulldogs had the answers in the final game of the series, however, to deny Longwood its first conference sweep of the season.
  
Around the Bases

•   Longwood leads the Big South in ERA at 4.24, a mark that is 33rd in the nation.
•   When the Lancers surrender less than five runs, the team is 17-2 this season.
•   The Lancer pitching staff has done so by limiting walks to 3.42 per nine innings, which also leads the Big South and ranks 16th nationally.
•   Freshman Brady Hoover has a surrendered Big South-best 1.63 walks per nine innings, which ranks 35th nationally. Jaxon Lloyd is fifth in the league at 2.55.
•   Meanwhile, the Longwood offense is tied for first in walks drawn at 199, a mark that is tied for 29th nationally. The Lancers are tied with Charleston Southern.
•   The offense has drawn at least 10 walks in a game six times and is 6-0 in such contests.
•   Tre Keels has been the leader for Longwood in earning free passes, with his 32 the high mark on the team. His 1.07 walks per game rank first in the Big South and 11th nationally.
•   Longwood leads the Big South in stolen bases (93), a total that is also 16th nationally.
•   On average, Longwood steals better than 2.5 bases per game.
•   The team has had six games this season where they have stolen at least five bases, and it has won all six.
•   Keels is one of three Lancers in double figures, with a team-best 17 steals that leads the Big South. Ben Pulliam and Brogan Jones are both tied for second with 15.
•   Pulliam is also tied for 16th nationally with 15 doubles, a mark that leads the Big South.
  
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