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Games 32-34 | Longwood vs. North Carolina A&T | Farmville, Va. | April 10-12 | Buddy Bolding Stadium 6 p.m. | 4 p.m. | 1 p.m. 2015 Schedule Longwood Lancers (14-17, 4-8) F 13 at Tennessee Tech W 8-2 F 14 at Tennessee Tech L 8-7 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 14 at Tennessee Tech L 12-2 Mau’s Record: 14-17 (1st year) F 20 Ohio (at Emerson, Ga.) L 6-4 -- At Longwood: same (1st year) F 21 Ohio (at Emerson, Ga.) L 13-2 F 22 Ohio (at Emerson, Ga.) L 7-6 -- vs. NC A&T: 1-0 F 25 at James Madison W 6-5 In the Polls: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: NR F 28 ARMY (DH) L 1-0 Current Streak: W 2 (Morehead City, N.C.) W 3-0 M 1 ARMY (Morehead City, N.C.) W 6-2 M 3 at N.C. Central PPD North Carolina A&T Aggies (3-28, 1-13) M 4 at Richmond PPD 5/5 M 6 at Georgia SECN+/ESPN3 W 7-3 Head Coach: Ben Hall M 7 at Georgia SECN+/ESPN3 L 8-7 Hall’s Record: 3-28 (1st year) M 8 at Georgia SECN+/ESPN3 L 15-4 -- At North Carolina A&T: same (1st year) M 10 at Norfolk State W 9-2 M 13 at Campbell* L 3-2 -- vs. Longwood 0-1 M 14 at Campbell* L 7-1 In the Polls: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: NR M 15 at Campbell* L 8-6 Current Streak: L 12 M 17 NORFOLK STATE W 13-7 M 18 at N.C. A&T W 10-5 M 20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* W 4-1 M 21 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* L 5-2 PITCHING PROBABLES M 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* W 1-0 M 25 at VCU L 8-1 Friday Saturday Sunday M 27 HIGH POINT* WVHL 92.9 L 7-4 M 28 HIGH POINT* W 5-2 M 29 HIGH POINT* BSN L 7-6 LWD: 23 - Aaron Myers LWD: 33 - Brandon Vick LWD: 32 - Travis Burnette M 31 JAMES MADISON W 10-9 Sr. | RHP | 3-5 | 3.30 Sr. | LHP | 1-4 | 7.23 Jr. | RHP | 2-2 | 5.13 A 2 at Coastal Carolina* WVHL 92.9 L 5-1 A 3 at Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 L 12-3 A 4 at Coastal Carolina* BSN W 10-7 A 8 WILLIAM & MARY W 7-4 A 10 N.C. A&T 6 pm A 11 N.C. A&T 4 pm LEADING OFF A 12 N.C. A&T 1 pm A 14 N.C. Central 6 pm • Longwood steps out of conference this • The Lancers now lead the all-time A 17 LIBERTY* WVHL 92.9 6 pm weekend to take on North Carolina A&T, series with North Carolina A&T by a 29-9 A 18 LIBERTY* BSN 4 pm who enters the series 3-28. margin. A 19 LIBERTY* BSN 1 pm A 21 at Virginia 6 pm • The Lancers and Aggies have already • Longwood is looking to get back to the A 24 at UNC Asheville* 6 pm met once this season in a midweek game .500 mark overall for the first time this A 25 at UNC Asheville* 3 pm in Greensboro. Longwood took that season. The Lancers need a sweep to get A 26 at UNC Asheville* 1 pm meeting 10-5. to 17-17. M 1 at N.C. State WVHL 92.9 7:30 pm M 2 at N.C. State 6:30 pm • Allen Ellis struck out seven straight • Ace Aaron Myers will be going for M 3 at N.C. State 1 pm Aggies in earning the win nearly a month history Friday night as the senior needs M 8 at Gardner-Webb* BSN 6 pm ago. three strikeouts to break the school M 9 at Gardner-Webb* BSN 6 pm record. M 10 at Gardner-Webb* BSN 1 pm M 12 at Duke 6 pm M 14 WINTHROP* BSN 6 pm THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 15 WINTHROP* WVHL 92.9 6 pm M 16 WINTHROP* BSN or WVHL 1 pm Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 19-23 Big South Tournament TBD C Mac McCafferty So. L-L .176 0 5 .307 on-base percentage 1B Connar Bastaich Jr. R-R .328 0 12 8-for-12 last weekend at Coastal Home games in BOLD CAPS 2B Brandon Harvell So. R-R .244 0 6 Four stolen bases Wed. vs. William & Mary *Big South Game 3B Alex Lewis So. R-R .174 0 5 2-for-3, run scored in Coastal finale SS Michael Osinski Fr. R-R .286 2 18 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI in finale at Coastal LF Kyri Washington Jr. R-R .246 7 20 Hit in six-straight games (9-for-26) CF Colton Konvicka Jr. R-R .305 2 15 3-for-5, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI at NC A&T RF Brandon Delk Sr. R-R .328 2 25 Eight RBI in past three games DH Travis Biddix Sr. R-R .297 1 26 RBI in five-straight games, 7-of past-8 @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers LongwoodLancers1839 @LongwoodLancers 2015 Longwood Baseball LONGWOOD LANCERS 2015 BASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES Longwood Quick Facts UNIVERSITY Name .................................. Longwood University City/Zip ...............................Farmville, Va. 23909 Founded .........................................................1839 Games 28-30 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ..................... 4,507 Nickname ..................................................Lancers Series ..............LWU leads 29-9 Colors ..................Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Last Meeting. ...March 18, 2015 Fight Song ............................ Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation ..................................... NCAA Division I .266 Batting Avg. .268 Conference ............................................Big South President ...........W. Taylor Revely IV (Princeton) .276 Opponent Batting Avg. .330 Director of Athletics.............. Troy Austin (Duke) 5.1 Runs Per Game 5.0 Athletics Phone .........................(434) 395-2057 9.1 Hits Per Game 9.0 Website .................www.LongwoodLancers.com Twitter ................................. @LongwoodLancers 3.3 Walks Per Game 3.1 Program History Seasons of Baseball .........................................36 5.25 Earned Run Avg. 8.08 First Season................................................... 1978 All-Time Record ..................................989-603-4 3.85 Opponent ERA 4.11 Division I Eligible ......2007 (2008 First Season) 7.6 Strikeouts Per Game (Pitchers) 5.1 Division I Record ..............................181-183-1 8.5 Opponent Strikeouts Per Game 7.9 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...6 (Division II) 3.7 Walks Issued Per Game 4.9 Division II World Series ..................1982, 1991 TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record....................................22-33 Big South Record .....................................9-18 SCOUTING REPORT: BY THE NUMBERS Home Record ...........................................13-15 ATTENTION ON THE AGGIES • 3 - The number of wins the Lancers need Away Record .............................................9-18 • North Carolina A&T is in full rebuilding to get back to .500 this weekend. Starters Returning/Lost ................................ 6/2 mode under first year head coach Ben Hall. • 3 - Strikeouts needed by Aaron Myers to Pitchers Returning/Lost ................................ 9/4 The Aggies are just 3-28 to this point in the break the all-time record at Longwood. The Letterwinners R/L .........................................17/12 season and 1-13 in MEAC play. ace will look to record the magical 259th Newcomers .........................................................12 • The Aggies are led in nearly every strikeout in Friday night’s opener. offensive category by Brandon Wilkerson. • 5 - Consecutive games with an RBI for Coaching and Support Staff The outfielder is hitting at a .370 clip with a designated hitter Travis Biddix. The senior Head Coach .......................................... Ryan Mau team-best 26 RBI. leads the team with 26 RBI on the year. Assistant Coach ...........................Chad Oxendine • Wilkerson also has six doubles, a pair of • 6 - Extra-base hits for Longwood in Assistant Coach ............................... Daniel Wood triples and two home runs for a team-high the previous meeting with the Aggies this Volunteer Assistant Coach ..................Matt Rein .543 slugging percentage. season. Athletic Trainer ......................................Kyle Cook • N.C. A&T has had a revolving door on the • 7 - Stolen bases for the Lancers in last Strength/Conditioning Coach ............John Hark mound as the Aggies have used 11 different month’s meeting with North Carolina A&T. starting pitchers to this point of the season. • 8 - RBI for Brandon Delk in the past Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium • The Aggies have a combined ERA of 8.08 three games. The right fielder went 4-for-5 Capacity .......................................................... 500 and opponents are hitting a whopping .330 with two home runs, a triple and double with Dimensions .......................................... 335 LF-RF off of N.C. A&T pitching. a career-high six RBI in the Lancers win at ..........................................................375 LC-RC • Brian Poag has made the most starts for Coastal Carolina. ................................................................400 CF the Aggies with all seven of his appearanc- • 8 - Travis Biddix current hitting streak Surface ............................................Natural Grass es coming as starts. heading into the weekend. The senior • The senior holds a 5.86 ERA and is 0-4 co-captain has bested his career-long Athletics Communications seven game streak which he accomplished on the season while throwing a team-high Baseball Contact ..................................Jacob Bell twice earlier this season. 35.1 innings. Office Phone .........................(434) 395-2716 • 12 -Multiple-hit games for Colton Kon- • N.C. A&T is fielding .940 on the season Cell .........................................(615) 424-6743 vicka and Brandon Delk. and has committed 70 errors in the first 31 Assistant VP/Athletics Comm ........... Chris Cook • 58 - Career stolen bases for center games of the season. Office Phone .........................(434) 395-2718 fielder Colton Konvicka. The leadoff man Cell .........................................(434) 808-5127 swiped three bags in the midweek game Press Box Phone ........................(434) 395-2710 with William & Mary.