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LONGWOOD LANCERS 2021 BASEBALL Games 29-32 | Longwood vs. Presbyterian | Farmville, Va. | April 16 & 17 | 1 p.m. (DH), 12 p.m. (DH) Buddy Bolding Stadium 2021 Schedule F 19 at The Citadel W 12-5 Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 20 at The Citadel W 4-2 (F10) (10-18, 3-11) F 21 at The Citadel L 9-6 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 23 VS. NC CENTRAL W 22-14 Mau’s Record: 115-205 (7th year) F 26 VS. OAKLAND L 12-0 -- At Longwood: Same F 27 VS. OAKLAND L 2-1 In the Polls: BA: D1: CB: RPI: NCBWA: F 27 VS. OAKLAND W 3-2 Current Streak: W 1 F 28 VS. OAKLAND L 10-5 2020: 4-13, 0-0 M 5 *at Charleston Southern L 7-0 Presbyterian Blue Hose (Big South) M 6 * at Charleston Southern (DH) W 10-8 M 6 * at Charleston Southern (DH) L 6-5 (7-10, 6-5) M 9 at Norfolk State W 7-4 Head Coach: Elton Pollock M 12 *at Presbyterian POSTPONED Overall Record: 334-321 (17th year) M 13 *at Presbyterian (DH) POSTPONED -- At Presbyterian: Same M 14 at Norfolk State (DH) W 8-5 In the Polls: BA: D1: CB: RPI: NCBWA: M 14 at Norfolk State (DH) L 2-1 Current Streak: L 3 M 16 *at High Point L 9-2 2020: 7-9, 0-0 M 20 *VS. WINTHROP (DH) L 6-5 M 20 *VS. WINTHROP (DH) W 7-3 PITCHING PROBABLES (2021 Stats) M 21 *VS. WINTHROP L 14-6 Friday (G1) Friday (G2) Saturday (G1) Saturday (G2) M 23 *at Radford L 11-3 LWU: Dylan Saale LWU: Dominick D’Ercole LWU: Andrew Melnyk LWU: TBA M 26 *VS. CAMPBELL POSTPONED Fr. | RHP | 1-2 | 3.47 Fr. | RHP | 1-2 | 8.84 So. | LHP | 0-2 | 6.35 M 27 *VS. CAMPBELL (DH) POSTPONED M 27 at Richmond (DH) L 5-4 vs. vs. vs. vs. M 27 at Richmond (DH) L 10-5 PC: Charlie McDaniel PC: Eric Miles PC: Duncan Howard PC: Alex Flood A 1 *at Gardner-Webb (DH) L 10-3 Fr. | LHP | 2-0 | 2.84 R-Sr. | RHP | 2-1 | 5.40 Fr. | RHP | 1-1 | 1.64 So. | RHP | 0-2 | 5.27 A 1 *at Gardner-Webb (DH) L 10-2 A 2 *at Gardner-Webb L 7-3 LANCER LEADOFF A 6 VS. NORFOLK STATE W 14-6 • Longwood hosts Presbyterian for a four-game April 10, going a combined 7-8 through the A 9 *VS. HIGH POINT L 12-2 series, the first time Longwood has played a doubleheader for Longwood. The freshman hit A 10 *VS. HIGH POINT (DH) L 11-3 four-game series since hosting Oakland for four his first collegiate home run to go with five RBI games Feb. 23-25. and three runs. A 10 *VS. HIGH POINT (DH) W 8-1 • The Lancers were originally scheduled to play • Longwood has hit seven homers in its past A 16 *VS. PRESBYTERIAN (DH) 1 P.M. Presbyterian for a three-game series on March 12 five games, with six different players hitting the A 17 *VS. PRESBYTERIAN (DH) 12 P.M. & 13 in addition to the series this weekend. round-trippers. A 20 *VS. RADFORD 6 P.M. • Longwood is in the midst of a nine-game • Longwood ranks second in strikeouts A 23 *at USC Upstate 6 p.m. homestand, the team’s longest of the season, and third in strikeouts per nine innings and A 24 *at USC Upstate (DH) 2 p.m. following the addition of the fourth game this strikeouts looking in the Big South, continuing A 30 *VS. RADFORD 5 P.M. weekend. The Lancers will host Radford on a trend under head coach Ryan Mau. The team Tuesday to wrap up the homestand. has ranked in the top three in the league four M 1 *VS. RADFORD (DH) 1 P.M. • James Nelson had a monster Saturday on times in the past six seasons. M 7 *at UNC Asheville 5 p.m. M 8 *at UNC Asheville (DH) 1 p.m. PROJECTED ALIGNMENT (based on previous games) M 11 *VS. HIGH POINT 6 P.M. Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 14 *at Winthrop 5 p.m. C Drayven Kowalski So. R/R .170 0 5 Hit a triple on 2/21 against The Citadel M 15 *at Winthrop (DH) 1 p.m. 1B Dillon Champagne So. R/R ..250 0 1 Drew first start in the field on 4/10 M 20 *VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 5 P.M. 2B Hayden Harris Fr. R/R .224 1 9 Drew four walks on 4/6 vs. Norfolk State M 21 *VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (DH) 1 P.M. 3B Eliot Dix Fr. L/R .351 5 22 Tied for fourth in the Big South in homers SS Ricky Jimenez Jr. R/R .217 2 13 Hit solo homer at Gardner-Webb on 4/2 M 27-29 Big South Championship #TBD LF James Nelson Fr. L/L .407 1 7 Went 7-8 at the plate on 4/10 in a doubleheader #Fayetteville, N.C. CF Cullan Wadsworth So. L/L .248 4 17 Two homer, six RBI day on 4/6 vs. NSU Home games in BOLD CAPS RF Michael Dolberry Fr. R/R .222 0 5 Career best three hits on 3/20, going 3-4 *Big South Game DH Justin Looney Fr. R/R .200 2 11 Hit two-run homer on 4/6 vs. NSU The Last Time Out James Nelson led the Lancers past High Point in the series finale. The freshman went 4-4 with a game-tying homer in the second inning and the go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning of an 8-1 win. Dylan Saale (4.2 IP, 1 R) and Logan Berrier (4.1 IP, 0 R) shut down High Point on the mound, with Berrier earning the win. @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers 2021 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 2021 BASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University Meeting Numbers 19-22 City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 All-Time Record Vs. Presbyterian .................................8-10 Founded 1839 Last Meeting ...................................................... L 10-1, 2019 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 Nickname Lancers Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation NCAA Division I 2021 Stats Conference Big South .243 Batting Avg. .244 President W. Taylor Reveley IV Alma Mater Princeton .284 Opponent Batting Avg. .278 Director of Athletics Michelle Meadows Alma Mater Virginia Tech Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 5.4 Runs Per Game 4 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 8.1 Hits Per Game 8.5 Athletics Twitter @LongwoodLancers 3.8 Walks Drawn Per Game 3.2 Baseball Twitter @LongwoodBase Program History 6.22 Earned Run Avg. 5.34 Seasons of Baseball 43 First Season 1978 4.62 Opponent ERA 2.98 All-Time Record 1120-779-4 (.590) Division I Eligible 2008-Present 8.3 Pitcher Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 5.9 Division I Record (Seasons) 298-422-1 (13) NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 9.0 Batter Strikeouts Per Game 8.4 Division II World Series 1982, 1991 Team Information 6.8 Walks Issued Per Nine Innings 3.9 2020 Overall Record 4-13 Big South Record/Finish 0-0 Home Record 3-8 Away Record 0-3 Scouting Presbyterian Neutral Record 1-2 • Longwood and Presbyterian meet for the first time in 2021 after their first meeting wasStarters Returning/Lost 9/1 postponed due to COVID-19 concerns in the Blue Hose program. With the first series being Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/7 postponed, the two teams will now play four times in Farmville. Letterwinners R/L 22/10 • Presbyterian last played on April 6 against UNC Asheville, winning 5-4 over the Newcomers 17 Bulldogs in 14 innings. That followed a three-game series at UNC Asheville on April 2 & 3 that Athletics Communications saw PC win the opener 6-1 before falling 8-5 and 7-6 in games two and three. Baseball Contact Sam Hovan • Prior to that series, PC swept Charleston Southern to close the month of March, 2-1, Office (434) 395-2345 3-0 and 3-1. The Blue Hose started the season at Auburn, dropping a three-game series Cell (574) 849-6454 before falling on the road at Wofford. PC split a doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky on Feb. Email [email protected] 27 before going on pause. Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook • The Blue Hose have already gone to extra innings three times this season, losing Office (434) 395-2718 the series finale to Auburn 2-1 in the 10th. PC beat Radford 7-6 in 11 innings and beat UNC Cell (434) 808-5127 Email [email protected] Asheville 5-4 in 14 innings. Athl. Comm. Staff Asst Ryan Ventrella • Presbyterian is hitting .244 on the season with 14 homers. Nine different players have Office (434) 395-2716 hit a home run for the Blue Hose. Eric Toth leads the way with four homer runs and 10 RBI, Email [email protected] the only player to have hit in at least 10 runs for Presbyterian. • Chris Veach leads the team with a .348 batting average. He has scored 11 runs on 24 Mailing Address 201 High Street hits with four RBI. He has hit a team-best five doubles to go with one home run. Farmville, VA 23909-1899 • On the mound, Duncan Howard (1-1), Charlie McDaniel (2-0) and Eric Miles (2-1) have Office Fax (434) 395-2568 all started in all four of their appearances.