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Game 21 | Richmond, Va. | Longwood at VCU | Mar. 21 | 6:30 p.m. The Diamond 2017 Schedule Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 17 at Elon L 10-5 F 18 at Elon L 7-0 (8-12, 2-1) F 19 at Elon W 9-5 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 21 JAMES MADISON L 4-3 F 22 at Richmond L 11-7 Mau’s Record: 62-73 (3rd year) F 25 ALBANY (DH) L 11-3, W 11-6 -- At Longwood: Same F 26 ALBANY L 13-6 In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 181 NCBWA: N/A M 1 GEORGE MASON L 6-5 Current Streak: L1 M 3 at Savannah State W 5-4 2016: 32-27, 14-10 M 4 at Savannah State W 7-3 M 5 at Savannah State W 15-13 Tues: VCU Rams (A-10) M 7 at USC Upstate L 10-5 M 8 at Wofford L 6-5 (10-10, 0-0) M 10 at UNC Wilmington L 7-3 Head Coach: Shawn Stiffler M 11 at UNC Wilmington (DH) W 5-3, L 11-1 Stiffler’s Record: 115-81 (5th year) M 15 ST. JOSEPH’S CANCELED -- At VCU: Same M 17 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 7-2 In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 171 NCBWA: N/A M 18 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 1-0 Current Streak: L4 M 19 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L 8-7 (F/10) M 21 at VCU 6:30 p.m. 2016: 38-19, 15-7 M 24 *at Radford 6:30 p.m. M 25 *at Radford 4 p.m. Wed: Off Day M 26 *at Radford 2 p.m. M 28 at N.C. Central 6 p.m. (3-8) M 29 VMI 6 P.M. Head Coach: Todd Interdonato A 4 at VMI 6 p.m. A 7 *at Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. Interdonato’s Record: 226-292 (10th year) A 8 *at Gardner-Webb 2 p.m. -- At Wofford: Same A 9 *at Gardner-Webb 2 p.m. In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: N/A NCBWA: N/A A 11 N.C. CENTRAL 6 P.M. Current Streak: L2 A 13 *PRESBYTERIAN 6 P.M. 2016: 30-28, 12-12 A 14 *PRESBYTERIAN 6 P.M. A 15 *PRESBYTERIAN 2 P.M. LANCER LEADOFF A 18 at Virginia 6 p.m. A 21 *WINTHROP 6 P.M. • Longwood enters the week after taking • Longwood is led in hitting by Michael A 22 *WINTHROP 4 P.M. two of three against Charleston Southern Osinski, who is batting .325 and leads A 23 *WINTHROP 2 P.M. in the first weekend of conference play. the Big South in RBI (24). Osinski is third A 25 VCU 6 P.M. • Longwood takes on VCU in Richmond in conference with 27 hits, fourth with 16 A 26 at James Madison 6 p.m. A 28 *LIBERTY 6 P.M. Tuesday before playing at Radford for a runs scored, and sixth with 38 total bases. A 29 *LIBERTY 4 P.M. weekend conference series, playing four • Justin Mitchell has reached base in all A 30 *LIBERTY 2 P.M. straight games in state. 20 games played, hitting .290 with a .440 M 3 *NORFOLK STATE 4 P.M. • Senior Cody Wager was named Big on-base percentage. Mitchell is fourth in M 6 LEHIGH (DH) 1 P.M. South pitcher of the week after coming the Big South with 18 walks drawn. M 7 LEHIGH 1 P.M. M 10 at Norfolk State 4 p.m. within four outs of a no-hitter Saturday, • As a team Longwood leads the Big M 12 *at UNC Asheville 6 p.m. striking out a career-high 10 batters. South in hits per game and is third in runs. M 13 *at UNC Asheville 6 p.m. M 14 *at UNC Asheville 1 p.m. THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 18 *at Campbell 6 p.m. Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 19 *at Campbell 3 p.m. C Carlos Garrido So. L-R .226 0 4 Caught both of the quality starts against CSU M 20 *at Campbell 2 p.m. 1B Justin Mitchell Jr. L-L .290 2 11 Has reached safely in all 20 gm; 4th BSC 18 BB M 23-27 Big South Championship TBD 2B Nate Blakeney Fr. R-R .196 1 5 Started at DH against CSU (Lexington, S.C.) 3B Brandon Harvell Sr. R-R .205 0 2 Started last three games at 2B SS Michael Osinski Jr. R-R .325 2 24 Leads team w/ 8 multi-RBI games; leads BSC RBI Home games in BOLD CAPS RF Ryan Shull Jr. L-R .286 0 5 Has hit out of the 9-hole in 18 of 20 games played *Big South Game CF Sammy Miller Jr. R-R .309 0 13 6-10 in series v. CSU; 4th BSC 16 R, 3rd BSC 10 SB LF Antwaun Tucker Fr. R-R .264 0 8 Leads the Big South with 3 triples DH Alex Lewis Sr. R-R .286 1 12 Riding season-long 5-game hitting streak The Last Time Out Longwood took the first two games of the series with Charleston Southern, led by quality starts by Devin Gould and Cody Wager. Gould pitched 7.2 innings of two-run ball Friday. Wager clinched the @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers series win with 8.1 shutout innings and 10 strikeouts, coming within four outs of a no-hitter Saturday. 2017 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152017 BASEBALLBASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 Meeting Number 19 Founded 1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 All-Time Record Vs. VCU .................................... 5-13 Nickname Lancers Last Meeting ........................ L 5-2, March 22, 2016 Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Stats Affiliation NCAA Division I .263 Batting Avg. .275 Conference Big South .288 Opponent Batting Avg. .264 President W. Taylor Reveley IV 5.50 Runs Per Game 4.85 Alma Mater Princeton Director of Athletics Troy Austin 9.05 Hits Per Game 9.55 Alma Mater Duke 4.25 Walks Drawn Per Game 3.80 Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 5.59 Earned Run Avg. 4.93 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 4.30 Opponent ERA 4.34 Twitter @LongwoodLancers 9.35 Pitcher Strikeouts Per Game 6.85 8.40 Batter Strikeouts Per Game 7.30 Program History Seasons of Baseball 38 5.00 Walks Issued Per Game 4.20 First Season 1978 SCOUTING VCU All-Time Record 1069-667-4 (.614) • Longwood meets VCU for the first of a home-and-home series Tuesday. VCU enters the Division I Eligible 2008-Present week off a sweep at UNC Wilmington, a team Longwood won one game against earlier in the Division I Record (Seasons) 268-360-1 (10) season. NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 • VCU has a pair of impressive wins this season, winning Friday games at Florida State and Division II World Series 1982, 1991 at Charleston Southern. • The Rams finished second place in the Atlantic 10 in 2016 and return 23 letter winners Team Information from a team that split in two games with the Lancers a season ago. 2016 Overall Record 32-27 • Freshman infielder Paul Witt leads the Big South in batting average, hitting .403 and has Big South Record/Finish 14-10/2nd played in all 20 games. Home Record 21-7 • Four players are hitting better than .300 for VCU. Alex Gransback is hitting .356, while Away Record 9-18 Daane Berezo is hitting .309, and Haiden Lamb is batting .303. Neutral Record 2-2 • Darian Carpenter is leading theMeeting team with Number three home 18 runs and is tied for the team lead Starters Returning/Lost 5/4 with 10 RBI, tied with Gransback, Zac Ching, and Logan Farrar. Pitchers Returning/Lost 10/5 • Sam Donko has madeAll-Time a team-high Record Vs. nine Wofford appearances ................................ out of the bullpen6-11 with a 1.15 ERA. Letterwinners R/L 18/11 Last Meeting ........................... L 4-3 March 2, 2014 Newcomers 13 Stats (Entering Tuesday) Athletics Communications .257 Batting Avg. .237 Baseball Contact Darius Thigpen .314 Opponent Batting Avg. .321 Office (434) 395-2345 Cell (813) 299-7578 6.33 Runs Per Game 5.09 Email [email protected] 8.75 Hits Per Game 8.00 Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook 4.75 Walks Drawn Per Game 3.73 Office (434) 395-2718 5.74 Earned Run Avg. 7.37 Cell (434) 808-5127 Email [email protected] 4.96 Opponent ERA 4.27 Asst. Director of Comm. Todd Lindenmuth 10.08 Pitcher Strikeouts Per Game 7.73 Office (434) 395-2716 7.83 Batter Strikeouts Per Game 8.82 Email [email protected] Mailing Address 201 High Street 5.08 Walks Issued Per Game 4.18 Farmville, VA 23909-1899 SCOUTING WOFFORD Office Fax (434) 395-2568 • Longwood meets plays Wofford for the 18th time in the series, the first since 2014, when Press Box Phone (434) 395-2710 Longwood concludes its stay in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday. • Wofford is led in hitting by Brett Hash, who is hitting .319 with a team-high 10 RBI and two home runs. Hash, a senior infielder, has a hit in all 11 games for Wofford this season and went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI and runs scored in the loss at USC Upstate.