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Game 15 | Longwood at High Point | March 16 | 4 p.m. High Point, N.C. | Williard Stadium 2021 Schedule F 19 at The Citadel W 12-5 Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 20 at The Citadel W 4-2 (F/10) (7-7, 1-2) F 21 at The Citadel L 9-6 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 23 VS. NC CENTRAL W 22-14 Mau’s Record: 112-194 (Seventh year) F 26 VS. OAKLAND L 12-0 -- At Longwood: Same F 27 VS. OAKLAND (DH) L 2-1 In the Polls: BA: D1: CB: RPI: NCBWA: F 27 VS. OAKLAND (DH) W 3-2 Current Streak: L 1 F 28 VS. OAKLAND L 10-5 2020: 4-13, 0-0 M 5 *at Charleston Southern L 7-0 High Point Panthers (Big South) M 6 *at Charleston Southern (DH) W 10-8 M 6 *at Charleston Southern (DH) L 6-5 (5-7, 3-3) M 9 at Norfolk State W 7-4 Head Coach: Craig Cozert M 12 *at Presbyterian POSTPONED Overall Record: 330-313 (13th year) M 13 *at Presbyterian (DH) POSTPONED -- At High Point: Same M 14 vs. Norfolk State (DH) W 8-5 In the Polls: BA: D1: CB: RPI: NCBWA: Current Streak: L3 M 14 vs. Norfolk State (DH) L 2-1 2020: 7-9, 0-0 M 16 *at High Point 4 p.m. M 19 *VS. WINTHROP 5 P.M. PITCHING PROBABLES M 20 *VS. WINTHROP (DH) 1 P.M. M 23 *at Radford 6 p.m. TUESDAY M 26 *VS. CAMPBELL 5 P.M. LWU: Dylan Saale M 27 *VS. CAMPBELL (DH) 1 P.M. Fr. | RHP | 1-1 | 2.63 ERA A 1 *at Gardner-Webb 5 p.m. vs. A 2 *at Gardner-Webb (DH) 1 p.m. HPU: David Keith A 6 VS. NORFOLK STATE 5 P.M. Fr. | RHP | 0-0 | 27.00 ERA A 9 *VS. HIGH POINT 5 P.M. A 10 *VS. HIGH POINT (DH) 1 P.M. A 16 *VS. PRESBYTERIAN 5 P.M. LANCER LEADOFF • Longwood wraps up a stretch of seven • The Lancers rank third in the Big South in A 17 *VS. PRESBYTERIAN (DH) 1 P.M. games away from Buddy Bolding Stadium with runs, totaling 84 on the season. Sophomore A 20 *VS. RADFORD 6 P.M. a trip to High Point for a midweek Big South outfielder Cullan Wadsworth leads the way with A 23 *at USC Upstate 6 p.m. matchup. 14 runs scored after scoring 15 times in only 10 A 24 *at USC Upstate (DH) 2 p.m. • The Lancers play a modified schedule that games in 2020. A 30 *VS. RADFORD 5 P.M. features 40 Big South contests, including • Dillon Champagne was named the Big South M 1 *VS. RADFORD (DH) 1 P.M. midweek matchups. Reliever of the Week after going 2/2 on save • Longwood and High Point are scheduled to attempts, striking out 5 of the 7 batters he M 7 *at UNC Asheville 5 p.m. meet five times in 2021, with a pair of midweek faced. M 8 *at UNC Asheville (DH) 1 p.m. matchups and a weekend series in Farmville. • Longwood’s pitching staff is third in the Big M 11 *VS. HIGH POINT 6 P.M. • Longwood comes into the matchup third in South in strikeouts. The staff has finished in the M 14 *at Winthrop 5 p.m. the Big South in hits with 118 combined base top three of the league four times in head coach M 15 *at Winthrop (DH) 1 p.m. knocks as a team. Ryan Mau’s six prior seasons at the helm. M 20 *VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 5 P.M. PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 21 *VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (DH) 1 P.M. Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 27-29 Big South Championship #TBD C Drayven Kowalski So. R/R .115 0 2 Poked an RBI triple, his first career triple, on 2/21 #Fayetteville, N.C. 1B Hunter Gilliam So. R/R .375 1 15 Leads Big South with three triples Home games in BOLD CAPS 2B Hayden Harris Fr. R/R .314 0 5 Went 4-4 on 3/6 (G1) vs. Charleston Southern *Big South Game 3B Eliot Dix Fr. L/R .455 2 13 Recorded 9 RBI on opening weekend SS Ricky Jimenez Jr. R/R .234 0 7 Drove in go-ahead runs on 3/6 (G1) in 10-8 win LF Michael Peterson So. R/R .132 0 2 Has drawn 11 BB, six HBP and gone 5-7 on stolen bases CF Cullan Wadsworth So. L/L .259 1 5 Tied for third in the Big South in runs scored (14) RF Andrew Gorham R-So. L/R .171 0 6 Hit his second triple of 2021 on 3/14 at NSU (G1) DH Jack Schnell Jr. L/L .333 0 7 Drove in go-ahead run in the 10th inning in 2/20 The Last Time Out Longwood’s bullpen made early runs stick for the Lancers in the first game of a doubleheader at Nor- folk State in an 8-5 win, but the Spartans won a pitcher’s duel 2-1 to split the day. Hunter Gilliam had two RBI in the first game along with Andrew Gorham. @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers 2020 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 2021 BASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 Founded 1839 Meeting Number 54 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 All-Time Record Vs. High Point ......................... 15-18 Nickname Lancers Last Meeting ..............................L 8-7, April 15, 2019 Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation NCAA Division I 2021 Stats Conference Big South .253 Batting Avg. .257 President W. Taylor Reveley IV Alma Mater Princeton .272 Opponent Batting Avg. .225 Director of Athletics Michelle Meadows 6 Runs Per Game 4.9 Alma Mater Virginia Tech 8.4 Hits Per Game 8.5 Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 4.1 Walks Drawn Per Game 3.1 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 4.65 Earned Run Avg. 4.12 Athletics Twitter @LongwoodLancers Baseball Twitter @LongwoodBase 4.78 Opponent ERA 4.15 8.8 Pitcher Strikeouts Per Nine Innings 8.7 Program History Seasons of Baseball 43 9 Batter Strikeouts Per Game 6.1 First Season 1978 5.3 Walks Issued Per Nine Innings 4.1 All-Time Record 1120-779-4 (.590) Division I Eligible 2008-Present Scouting High Point Division I Record (Seasons) 298-422-1 (13) • Longwood and High Point will meet for the first of five matchups in 2021, with NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 Longwood hosting the remaining four. The teams have a three-game weekend series set for Division II World Series 1982, 1991 April 9-10 and a midweek game on May 11. • High Point is coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of Radford over the Team Information weekend. Radford won 3-1, 9-5 and 4-2 in the series. High Point swept UNC Asheville 8-2, 2020 Overall Record 4-13 Big South Record/Finish 0-0 12-6 and 11-10 in their opening conference series, with the series against UNC Asheville Home Record 3-8 replacing a three-game series with Winthrop that was postponed. Away Record 0-3 • High Point has yet to play a midweek game this season. Neutral Record 1-2 • High Point was selected fifth in the preseason poll for the Big South, receiving one Starters Returning/Lost 9/1 first place vote. The Panthers played Bryant and UNC Greensboro in non-conference Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/7 matchups prior to opening conference play against UNC Asheville. Letterwinners R/L 22/10 • Among batters that have at least 10 plate appearances, Cole Singsank leads the team Newcomers 17 with a .355 batting average, which ranks in a tie for ninth in the conference. Peyton Car has Athletics Communications a team-best three home runs while posting a .342 batting average. He is one of four players Baseball Contact Sam Hovan with a homer this season. Cameron Irvine (.333) and Joe Johnson (.318) are the other two Office (434) 395-2345 players with a batting average above .300. Cell (574) 849-6454 • Johnson, Sam Zayicek, Brady Pearre and Travis Holt are the four players to have Email [email protected] started every game in the field for High Point. Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook • In the bullpen, four pitchers have not surrendered a run this season, with Nick Office (434) 395-2718 Hernandez tossing 4.2 scoreless relief outings over four appearances with three strikeouts. Cell (434) 808-5127 Johnson threw 0.1 innings in his only appearance and earned a save. Carter Sheppard has Email [email protected] Athl. Comm. Staff Asst Ryan Ventrella struck out 16 in 16.1 innings across four relief appearances while holding a 1.10 ERA. Chris Office (434) 395-2716 Apecechea has earned two relief wins in 8.1 innings during four appearances. He has struck Email [email protected] out five while giving up two runs on four hits and four walks with a 2.16 ERA. • Among the starting arms, Grey Little has struck out a team-best 32 batters in Mailing Address 201 High Street 24 innings while posting a 2.25 ERA in four starts. Dawson Place has also started four Farmville, VA 23909-1899 contests. Office Fax (434) 395-2568 2021 Longwood Baseball The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for LONGWOOD (as of Mar 15, 2021) (All games) Score by innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total LONGWOOD LONGWOODLONGWOOD14 11 14LANCERSLANCERS13 7 2 9 4 8 2 202184 BASEBALL Opponents 7 16 7 9 11 18 9 8 3 0 88 posting a team-best .455 batting average Record when ..