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Games 22-24 | Longwood vs. Radford | Farmville, Va. | Mar. 24-26 | 5 p.m. | 5 p.m. | 2 p.m. Buddy Bolding Stadium | Radio: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM (Games 1 & 3) 2016 Schedule F 19 at East Carolina L 11-1 Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 20 at East Carolina L 9-6 (11-10, 1-2) F 21 at East Carolina L 5-3 F 23 RICHMOND CANCELLED Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 26 WAGNER W 6-0 Mau’s Record: 33-44 (2nd year) F 27 WAGNER W 6-3 -- At Longwood: Same F 28 WAGNER L 6-4 In the Polls: BA: NR D1: NR CB: NR NCBWA: NR M 1 VCU W 10-9 Current Streak: L3 M 2 at VMI W 5-2 2015: 22-34, 9-15 M 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 4-3 M 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 6-3 M 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 5-3 Radford Highlanders (Big South) M 8 at Louisville L 10-1 M 9 at Morehead State L 9-8 F/10 (5-16, 0-0) M 12 HOFSTRA (DH) W 2-0, W 4-3 F/12 Head Coach: Joe Raccuia M 13 HOFSTRA W 6-5 Raccuia’s Record: 310-267-1 (11th year) M 15 at George Mason L 13-6 -- At Radford: 252-216-1 (9th year) M 18 *COASTAL CAROLINA (DH) W 5-2, L 7-2 M 19 *COASTAL CAROLINA L 11-2 In the Polls: BA: NR D1: NR CB: NR NCBWA: NR M 22 at VCU L 5-2 Current Streak: W2 M 24 *RADFORD 5 PM 2015: 45-16, 20-4 M 25 *RADFORD 5 PM M 26 *RADFORD 2 PM PITCHING PROBABLES M 29 NORFOLK STATE 5 PM M 30 VMI 6 PM A 1 *at Charleston Southern 6 pm Thursday Friday Saturday A 2 *at Charleston Southern 4 pm LWU: 32 - Travis Burnette LWU: 27 - Steven Farkas LWU: 34 - Luke Simpson A 3 *at Charleston Southern 2 pm A 5 N.C. CENTRAL 6 PM Sr. | RHP | 3-1 | 2.38 Fr. | LHP | 0-1 | 2.82 Jr. | RHP | 0-1 | 7.50 A 8 *at High Point 6 pm vs. vs. vs. A 9 *at High Point 5 pm A 10 *at High Point 1 pm RAD: 26 - Zack Ridgely RAD: 12 - Dylan Nelson RAD: 5 - Mitchell MacKeith A 12 at Virginia 6 pm So. | LHP | 1-2 | 3.19 Sr. | RHP | 0-4 | 3.55 Sr. | LHP | 2-1 | 3.15 A 15 SAVANNAH STATE 6 PM A 16 SAVANNAH STATE 4 PM A 17 SAVANNAH STATE 12 PM LANCER LEADOFF A 19 at N.C. Central 6 pm • Longwood continues Big South • Last weekend Longwood won game A 22 *CAMPBELL 7 PM A 23 *CAMPBELL 4 PM play with a three-game series against one of a three-game set against No. 22 A 24 *CAMPBELL 2 PM the defending Big South Tournament Coastal Carolina. The Lancers spilt a A 26 at Norfolk State 5 pm champion Radford Highlanders. doubleheader Friday and the defending A 29 *at Presbyterian 3 pm • The Lancers enter the weekend series regular season Big South champions, but A 30 *at Presbyterian 2 pm after falling at VCU, 5-2, Tuesday in Coastal Carolina won the series, taking M 1 *at Presbyterian 1 pm M 6 *UNC ASHEVILLE 6 PM Richmond. Saturday’s rubber match. M 7 *UNC ASHEVILLE 4 PM • The Lancers are in the midst of a six- • Longwood got 5.2 innings of two-run M 8 *UNC ASHEVILLE 2 PM game stretch against teams from Virginia. ball from senior righty Travis Burnette, M 10 at Duke 12 pm Longwood is 2-2 against teams from The who struck out a season-high eight M 13 *at Winthrop 7 pm Commonwealth in 2016. batters in the win. M 14 *at Winthrop 3 pm M 15 *at Winthrop 2 pm M 19 at Appalachian State 6 pm M 20 at Appalachian State 6 pm THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 20 at Appalachian State 1 pm Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 24-28 Big South Tournament TBD C Carlos Garrido Fr. L-R .255 0 6 Has 5 H and 3 RBI in last 4 games Home games in BOLD CAPS 1B Connar Bastaich Sr. R-R .276 1 9 Had 8-game hitting streak snapped Friday *Big South Game 2B C.J. Roth Sr. L-R .286 1 8 Has reached base in 17 straight games 3B Brandon Harvell Jr. R-R .178 0 7 Picked up a 2B at VCU SS Michael Osinski So. R-R .221 0 8 Leads Longwood with 7 2B RF Drew Kitson Jr. R-R .203 1 5 Has 3 OF assists on the season CF Colton Konvicka Sr. R-R .243 1 7 Was 2-4 with 2 R at VCU LF Sammy Miller Jr. L-R .267 0 6 Leads Longwood with 8 SB and 18 R @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers DH Alex Lewis Jr. R-R .306 4 22 Leads Longwood in HR (4), RBI (22), and XBH (10) 2016 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152016 BASEBALLBASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 Founded 1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 Meeting Number 5 Nickname Lancers All-Time Record Vs. Radford ............................. 13-12 Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Last Meeting ..5-3 L (2015 Big South Tournament) Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big South Stats President W. Taylor Reveley IV Alma Mater Princeton .238 Batting Avg. .231 Director of Athletics Troy Austin .259 Opponent Batting Avg. .286 Alma Mater Duke 4.48 Runs Per Game 4.00 Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 7.67 Hits Per Game 7.38 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 3.38 Walks Per Game 2.76 Twitter @LongwoodLancers 4.72 Earned Run Avg. 5.18 3.77 Opponent ERA 3.46 Program History Seasons of Baseball 37 6.24 Strikeouts Per Game 6.24 First Season 1978 7.62 Opponent Strikeouts Per Game 7.76 All-Time Record 1008-621-4 (.618) 4.86 Walks Issued Per Game 3.67 Division I Eligible 2008-Present Division I Record (Seasons) 207-312-1 (9) NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 Division II World Series 1982, 1991 SCOUTING RADFORD FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Team Information • Radford enters 2016 after winning the • Sr. RHP Travis Burnette earned the 2015 Overall Record 22-34 2015 Big South Tournament Championship Friday night starting role after pitching in Big South Record/Finish 9-15/10th game against Radford. In the NCAA the weekend rotation for the first part of Home Record 9-10 Regionals the Highlanders won a pair 2015 before stepping up as a clutch long Away Record 10-18 of games before being eliminated by reliever in the latter part of the season. Neutral Record 3-6 the national runner-ups, the Vanderbilt • The 2016 team captain, Burnette, Starters Returning/Lost 7/3 Commodores. started 12 of 21 appearances and went 3-3 Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/5 • The Lancers did not face Radford in the with one save in 63.2 innings of work as a Letterwinners R/L 18/8 2015 regular season, but the Highlanders junior. Newcomers 12 got the best of Longwood in the first round • The veteran righty put together a 5.0 of the Big South Championship, 5-3. scoreless outing with seven strikeouts and Athletics Communications • Longwood trailed 3-0 in the sixth inning, no walks against Wagner, but received no Baseball Contact Darius Thigpen but RBI singles by Brandon Harvell and Kyri decision in the Longwood win. Office (434) 395-2345 Washington brought Longwood within one. • Burnette went 8.2 innings with three Cell (813) 299-7578 Alex Lewis tied the game with a solo homer runs allowed against Fairleigh Dickinson, a Email [email protected] in the top of the seventh inning, but Patrick 4-3 win. Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook Marshall hit a go-ahead home run for • Burnette went 7.2 innings scoreless Office (434) 395-2718 Radford in the bottom of the seventh inning against Hofstra, his second scoreless Cell (434) 808-5127 as the Highlanders dealt the Lancers their start of the season, and was named ARMS Email [email protected] first lost in the 2015 Big South Tournament. Lancer of the Week. Asst. Director of Comm. Todd Lindenmuth • Radford went 45-16 in 2015, but lost its • Burnette picked up the win in game one Office (434) 395-2716 top hitter in Josh Gardiner, who graduated against Coastal Carolina. He struck out a Email [email protected] after finishing his senior season with a .368 season-high eight batters with 5.2 innings Mailing Address 201 High Street batting average. The Highlanders also lost of two-run ball, spreading out seven hits in Farmville, VA 23909-1899 their winningest pitcher from 2015, junior the outing. Office Fax (434) 395-2568 lefty Michael Boyle, who was drafted in the • Burnette has won three consecutive Press Box Phone (434) 395-2710 13th round by the Baltimore Orioles. starts. Since losing at East Carolina • In 2016 a younger Radford team than its Burnette has been money as the starter, 2015 counterparts has struggled, dropping with 22.0 innings pitched and 24 strikeouts each series multi-game series it has played with a 2.05 ERA (five earned runs). this season. • Burnette leads Longwood starters with a • Radford offensively by junior Danny 2.38 ERA on the season and 30 strikeouts, Hrbek, who is hitting .389 with seven extra- compared to just 10 walks.