First Pitch

•   Longwood wrapped up an eight-game road swing over the weekend, the team's longest road swing of the season.
•   The Lancers return home to open four straight, and seven of their next eight, in Farmville.
•   Longwood is 13-2 at home this season, and the team's two losses are by a total of two runs.
•   The matchup with VCU is the return game of a home-and-home between the two teams this season, with the two teams having played in Richmond last week.
•   Both teams were on the road over the weekend, with Longwood at The Citadel while VCU was at Rhode Island.

Last Series

•   Longwood won the series finale 5-1 at The Citadel after the Bulldogs won the first two games of the series.
•   In the series finale, Longwood used five runs in the final three innings to break a scoreless stalemate.
•   Drew Siegner was stellar in the start for Longwood on the mound, with the righthander tossing six scoreless innings. He gave up two walks and four hits while striking out two to earn the win.
•   Longwood took the lead with three runs in the seventh, and the team added two more in the eighth.
•   JR Fordham worked a 2.2 inning save to preserve the win for Longwood.
 
Around the Bases

•   Longwood leads the Big South in ERA at 4.23, a mark that is 37th in the nation.
•   The Lancers are also tops in the Big South in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 2.69, a mark that is 23rd nationally.
•   Longwood also is first in the Big South in strikeouts per nine innings at 8.6.
•   In addition, Longwood is 10th nationally in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (3.19), a mark that leads the Big South.
•   Longwood has had two games this season where the pitching staff did not surrender a walk, and the team has had five more games with only one walk allowed, including the first matchup against VCU on March 31.
•   The pitching staff has struck out at least 13 batters in a game six times, and Longwood is 6-0 in such games.
•   The Lancer offense, meanwhile, ranks third in the Big South in home runs (33) and doubles (63).
•   Longwood is also second in the Big South in walks drawn with 176, a mark that ranks 36th nationally.
•   Tre Keels has drawn the most walks on the team with 29, which ranks third in the Big South and 41st nationally, although his 1.17 walks drawn per game is 14th in the nation and second in the Big South.
•   Keels is also fifth in the Big South in on-base percentage (.500).
•   Freshman Ben Pulliam is tied for first in the Big South with 13 doubles, which ranks is tied for 22nd nationally.
 
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