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Longwood Sof ball Notes 2014 Schedule and Results 2014 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP 38-14, 17-6 Big South Thursday-Sunday, May 8-11, 2014 FEBRUARY 22 TOWSON Farmville, VA W, 9-1 No. 2 Longwood University (38-14, 17-6) 22 LAFAYETTE Farmville, VA W, 7-2 23 LAFAYETTE Farmville, VA W, 8-0 Video: Big South Network (May 8-9) 23 TOWSON Farmville, VA L, 0-1 ESPN3 (May 10), ESPNU (May 11) 28 vs. UT-Arlington Tucson, AZ W, 4-3 Audio: WVHL Radio, Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 28 Arizona Tucson, AZ L, 0-8 Stats: www.longwoodlancers.com MARCH Looking to defend its title from a season ago, the Longwood University softball 1 vs. Indiana Tuscon, AZ W, 7-2 enters the 2014 Big South Conference Championship presented by Musco 2 vs. Iowa Tucson, AZ W, 4-1 Sports Lighting as the No. 2 seed. The Lancers will square off against No. 7 2 vs. Valparaiso Tucson, AZ L, 6-7 Charleston Southern University on Thursday, May 8 at 5 p.m. in the first round 4 Arizona State Tempe, AZ L, 0-1 of the four-day, double-elimination event, which is being hosted by Coastal 8 RHODE ISLAND Farmville, VA W, 9-1 Carolina University in Conway, S.C. Longwood finished the 2014 regular season 8 DELAWARE STATE Farmville, VA L, 4-9 with a 38-14 overall record and a 17-6 mark in Big South games, while the Buc- 9 DELAWARE STATE Farmville, VA W, 8-4 caneers closed out the regular season at 23-31-1 overall and 9-13 in conference 9 DELAWARE Farmville, VA W, 8-4 play. 11 GEORGE MASON (DH) Farmville, VA W,5-0/W,4-3 15 Charleston So.* (DH) Charleston, SC W,6-5/W,7-2 The 2014 Big South Championship begins with five games on Thursday, May 8 16 Charleston So.* Charleston, SC Cancelled and concludes with a "winner-take-all" title game on Sunday, May 11. All games 20 LIBERTY* (DH) Farmville, VA W,3-2/W,9-1 on Thursday and Friday will be carried on the Big South Network. The semifinals 22 WINTHROP* (DH) Farmville, VA L,3-14/W,3-0 will be broadcast live on ESPN3 on Saturday, while ESPNU will be televising 23 WINTHROP* Farmville, VA W, 9-4 Sunday's championship game at 12 p.m. The Big South's champion receives an 27 LIBERTY* Farmville, VA W, 3-0 automatic bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament. 29 Presbyterian* (DH) Clinton, SC L,0-8/W,14-3 30 Presbyterian* Clinton, SC W, 9-8 LANCER LEADERS APRIL 2 VIRGINIA (DH) Farmville, VA W,6-4/W,8-4 5 Gardner-Webb* (DH) Boiling Springs, NC W,8-0/W,5-1 6 Gardner-Webb* Boiling Springs, NC W, 4-3 9 James Madison (DH) Harrisonbur, VA L,2-4/W,5-1 10 HAMPTON (DH) Farmville, VA W,8-1/W,16-1 12 CAMPBELL* (DH) Farmville, VA W,6-1/W,8-0 13 CAMPBELL* Farmville, VA L, 2-3 66 3 8 15 ELON (DH) Farmville, VA W, 6-5 Megan Baltzell, Jr. Elizabeth McCarthy, Fr. Emily Murphy, So. 18 Coastal Carolina* (DH) Conway, SC L,1-4/L,1-3 19 Coastal Carolina* Conway, SC L, 2-8 Batting Average Home Runs 22 NORFOLK STATE (DH) Farmville, VA W,2-1/W,3-1 23 VIRGINIA TECH (DH) Farmville, VA L, 3-5/W,3-0 Megan Baltzell .473 Megan Baltzell 10 25 South Carolina Columbia, SC L, 0-14 Katie Shinrock .316 Emily Murphy 7 26 South Carolina Columbia, SC W, 1-0 Chelsea Sciacca .311 Casey Lifsey 4 Carly Adams 4 MAY Hits 3 RADFORD* (DH) Farmville, VA W,2-1/W,4-0 4 RADFORD* Farmville, VA W, 3-1 Megan Baltzell 69 Earned Run Average 8-11 Big South Championship Conway, SC TBD Katie Shinrock 48 Elizabeth McCarthy 1.55 Emily Murphy 47 Libby Morris 2.95 Chelsea Sciacca 47 Jenna Carnes 4.69 RBI Strikeouts Megan Baltzell 44 Elizabeth McCarthy 139 Chelsea Sciacca 33 Libby Morris 87 Emily Murphy 32 Jenna Carnes 6 Softball Contact: Ashley Robbins Condon, Assistant Director for Media Relations Office: 434.395.2718 | Cell: 508.826.4113 | E-Mail: [email protected] | Fax: 434.395.2568 www.longwoodlancers.com | @LongwoodLancers (#lancerstrong, #LUSB) Longwood Sof ball Notes 2014 LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T. Yr. Ht. Hometown / Previous School 3 Elizabeth McCarthy LHP L/L Fr. 5-11 Dunnsville, Va. / St. Margaret's 5 Rebecca Huitt OF L/L So. 5-0 Bealeton, Va. / Liberty 7 Casey Lifsey OF/C R/R Jr. 5-7 Portsmouth, Va. / Churchland 8 Emily Murphy SS R/R So. 5-9 Virginia Beach, Va. / Kempsville 9 Jenna Carnes RHP R/R Fr. 5-5 Six Mile, S.C. / D.W. Daniel 10 Chelsea Sciacca OF L/R Jr. 5-5 Whittier, Calif. / La Habra 12 Libby Morris RHP R/R Jr. 5-10 Dillwyn, Va. / Buckingham 18 Katie Shinrock 2B/OF L/R Jr. 5-3 Fountain Valley, Calif. / Edison 19 Taylor Hedrick 3B R/R Fr. 5-7 Fredericksburg, Va. / Chancellor 22 Jamie Barbour 1B/OF L/L So. 5-4 Amelia, Va. / Amelia County 27 Carly Adams SS/2B L/R So. 5-7 Colonial Heights, Va. / Home Schooled 33 Amy Putnam OF/1B L/L Sr. 5-5 Poquoson, Va. / Poquoson 55 Justina Augustine OF R/R Fr. 5-7 Warrenton, Va. / Fauquier 66 Megan Baltzell C/1B L/L Jr. 5-9 Stafford, Va. / Mountain View Head Coach: Kathy Riley - 17th year Assistant Coach: Jen Steele - second year NOTES BIG SOUTH STANDINGS Looking at Longwood The Lancers completed the regular season with 38-14 overall record and As of 5.4.14 a 17-6 mark in Big South games, good for the No. 2 seed in the confer- Conference Overall ence championship. The team swept a three-game series at home 1. Coastal Carolina 20-4 38-14 against league and in-state rival Radford on May 3-4 to wrap up the reg- 2. Longwood 17-6 38-14 ular season. Freshman Elizabeth McCarthy and junior Libby Morris com- bined for 16 strikeouts with just three hits and one run in the circle to 3. Radford 14-10 22-28 lead Longwood to 2-1 and 4-0 decisions against RU on May 3. The Lancers 4. Campbell 13-10 29-25 then played small ball in the series finale on May 4, taking a 2-1 lead in 5. Winthrop 12-12 26-24 the fifth inning before junior Katie Shinrock robbed what would have been a game-tying home run in the sixth en route to the squad's 3-1 vic- 6. Presbyterian 10-13 25-24 tory. Through 52 games, junior Megan Baltzell paces Longwood with a 7. Charleston Southern 9-13 23-31 .473 average, 69 hits, 47 RBI, 38 walks, 10 home runs, an .836 slugging 8. Gardner-Webb 6-17 16-35 percentage and a .590 on-base percentage. Katie Shinrock (.316) and classmate Chelsea Sciacca (.311) add to the offense, while sophomore 9. Liberty 4-20 10-44 Emily Murphy, who is hitting .305, leads the squad with 22 stolen bases. As a whole, the Lancers are hitting .297. In the circle this season, Mc- Carthy, who is 19-5 so far, leads the team with a 1.55 ERA and 139 strike- BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL outs. Morris owns a 16-9 record with a pair of saves and four shutouts. NCAA Rankings Rk Team (first-place votes) Points Megan Baltzell currently ranks sixth nationally on the active career lead- ers list for slugging percentage (.826) and is eighth for home runs (48). 1. Coastal Carolina (4) 74 Through games as of May 4, Longwood is nationally ranked in the top 2. Campbell (1) 68 75 for four statistical categories. The Lancers are 32nd in win/loss per- 3. Longwood (3) 67 centage (.731), 40th stolen bases (1.42), 44th in earned run average (2.44) and 70th in batting average (.297). Individually, Megan Baltzell is 4. Winthrop 46 ranked as the 18th toughest batter to strikeout. She is also second in the 5. Charleston Southern (1) 43 nation with a .590 on-base percentage and fourth with a .473 batting av- 6. Radford 41 erage. 7. Liberty 30 Big South Stats 8. Gardner-Webb 21 As of May 5, Longwood is first in the Big South with a .297 team batting 9. Presbyterian College 15 average. The Lancers are second with a .383 on-base percentage, 258 runs, 224 RBI, 62 doubles and nine triples. Megan Baltzell paces the Big South individually in batting average, slugging percentage (.836), on- base percentage and doubles (17). Elizabeth McCarthy is second in the Big South with a 1.55 ERA and 19 wins. Longwood Sof ball Notes LONGWOOD RECORD WHEN... Overall ................................................38-14 Conference............................................17-6 Non-Conference....................................21-8 Home ....................................................26-5 Away ......................................................9-8 Neutral Site ............................................3-1 Day ......................................................28-11 Night......................................................10-3 vs. Left starter ........................................5-2 vs. Right starter ..................................33-12 1-Run games..........................................10-4 2-Run games ..........................................3-3 5+ Run games ......................................15-6 Extra innings ..........................................2-1 Shutouts ................................................9-5 Scoring 0-2 runs ....................................3-10 NOTES Scoring 3-5 runs ....................................14-3 Scoring 6-9 runs ....................................19-1 Scoring 10+ runs ....................................2-0 All-Conference Accolades Megan Baltzell was named the 2014 Big South Conference Softball Player of Opp. Scoring 0-2 runs ..........................26-2 the Year.