Game 38 | Longwood at N.C. Central | Durham, N.C. | April 19 | 6 p.m. Durham Athletic Park 2016 Schedule Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 19 at East Carolina L 11-1 F 20 at East Carolina L 9-6 (22-15, 7-5) F 21 at East Carolina L 5-3 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 23 RICHMOND CANCELLED Mau’s Record: 40-45 (2nd year) F 26 WAGNER W 6-0 -- At Longwood: Same F 27 WAGNER W 6-3 In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 126 NCBWA: N/A F 28 WAGNER L 6-4 Current Streak: W3 M 1 VCU W 10-9 2015: 22-34, 9-15 M 2 at VMI W 5-2 M 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 4-3 M 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 6-3 Tue: N.C. Central Eagles (MEAC) M 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 5-3 M 8 at Louisville L 10-1 (20-19, 8-7) M 9 at Morehead State L 9-8 F/10 Head Coach: Jim Koerner M 12 HOFSTRA (DH) W 2-0, W 4-3 F/12 Koerner’s Record: 104-143-1 (5th year) M 13 HOFSTRA W 6-5 -- At N.C. Central: Same M 15 at George Mason L 13-6 In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 271 NCBWA: N/A M 18 *COASTAL CAROLINA (DH) W 5-2, L 7-2 Current Streak: W3 M 19 *COASTAL CAROLINA L 11-2 M 22 at VCU L 5-2 2015: 19-30, 12-12 M 24 *RADFORD W 3-2 F/10 Wed: Off Day M 25 *RADFORD W 5-4 M 26 *RADFORD L 6-5 M 29 NORFOLK STATE W 11-9 M 30 VMI W 10-9 F/11 A 2 *at Charleston Southern W 4-1 A 3 *at Charleston Southern W 6-2 A 4 *at Charleston Southern W 13-4 A 5 N.C. CENTRAL L 7-4 A 8 *at High Point W 4-3 A 9 *at High Point L 7-2 A 10 *at High Point L 2-1 LANCER LEADOFF A 12 at Virginia L 9-4 • Longwood has played 13 games one- • Although neither starter factored into A 15 SAVANNAH STATE W 9-4 run games and own a 10-3 record in those the decision in the sweep, both Steven A 16 SAVANNAH STATE W 6-5 F/10 games. The Lancers improved to 17-5 Farkas and Luke Simpson picked up A 17 SAVANNAH STATE W 7-6 quality starts for Longwood. Longwood A 19 at N.C. Central 6 pm at home with a win Sunday, one win shy A 22 *CAMPBELL 7 PM of the Division I record of 18 set in 2011. owns a 12-1 record in games that the A 23 *CAMPBELL 4 PM The Lancers also won their 22nd game starter records a quality start. A 24 *CAMPBELL 2 PM Sunday, tying the win total in 2015. • On Tuesday Longwood travels to A 26 at Norfolk State 5 pm • The Lancers have had five walk-off wins Durham, N.C., for a rematch with N.C. A 29 *at Presbyterian 3 pm Central from earlier in the month and then A 30 *at Presbyterian 2 pm with C.J. Roth’s walk-off single in the 10th M 1 *at Presbyterian 1 pm inning Saturday. Longwood boasts a 4-1 the Lancers return to Farmville, Va., to M 6 *UNC ASHEVILLE 6 PM record in extra-inning games. host a weekend set with Campbell. M 7 *UNC ASHEVILLE 4 PM M 8 *UNC ASHEVILLE 2 PM THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 10 at Duke 12 pm M 13 *at Winthrop 7 pm Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 14 *at Winthrop 3 pm C Carlos Garrido Fr. L-R .238 0 14 Picked up career-high 3 hits Sunday M 15 *at Winthrop 2 pm 1B Connar Bastaich Sr. R-R .331 2 24 5 straight multi-H G; hitting .500 (12-24) in streak M 19 at Appalachian State 6 pm 2B C.J. Roth Sr. L-R .275 1 17 Walk-off single in 10th inning Saturday M 20 at Appalachian State 6 pm 3B Brandon Harvell Jr. R-R .230 0 15 Has scored a R in 4 straight G including 3 Friday M 20 at Appalachian State 1 pm SS Michael Osinski So. R-R .250 0 14 Riding 5-game hitting streak M 24-28 Big South Tournament TBD RF Drew Kitson Jr. R-R .220 2 15 Drew 8 BBs in series against Savannah State Home games in BOLD CAPS RF Hayes Nelson So. R-R .152 0 3 Has a hit in 4 consecutive games *Big South Game CF Sammy Miller Jr. R-R .230 0 9 Reached base 6 times Saturday (2H, 2 BB, 2 HBP) DH Alex Lewis Jr. R-R .343 4 33 2-3 with a 2B, RBI, and 2 BB Sunday THE LAST TIME OUT The Lancers swept a weekend series against Savannah State out of the MEAC. Longwood continued its trend of finding ways to win close ballgames with a pair of one-run wins over the weekend. Longwood scored 22 runs on 35 hits with 23 walks drawn in the three @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers games. There were 11 multi-hit performances in the three games by Lancer hitters. 2016 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152016 BASEBALLBASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 Meeting Number 17 Founded 1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 All-Time Record Vs. N.C. Central ........................ 11-5 Nickname Lancers Last Meeting ....................................... 7-4 L (April 5) Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Stats Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! .255 Batting Avg. .282 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big South .256 Opponent Batting Avg. .292 President W. Taylor Reveley IV 5.08 Runs Per Game 5.95 Alma Mater Princeton 8.43 Hits Per Game 9.15 Director of Athletics Troy Austin 3.89 Walks Per Game 3.97 Alma Mater Duke Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 4.45 Earned Run Avg. 6.07 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 4.45 Opponent ERA 5.28 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 6.73 Strikeouts Per Game 7.72 Twitter @LongwoodLancers 7.81 Opponent Strikeouts Per Game 6.67 Program History 4.76 Walks Issued Per Game 3.92 Seasons of Baseball 37 SCOUTING N.C. CENTRAL First Season 1978 • The Lancers and Eagles meet for the second time in 2016 Tuesday. Including the first All-Time Record 1018-622-4 (.619) meeting this season, N.C. Central has won seven of its last nine games and enter the Division I Eligible 2008-Present Division I Record (Seasons) 217-313-1 (9) week off a sweep of North Carolina A&T. NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 • N.C. Central has had a reasonable amount of success against the Big South with a 4-4 Division II World Series 1982, 1991 record against Big South teams this season, picking up a series win at UNC Asheville and a getting a 14-1 midweek win against High Point. Team Information • In game one of two against Longwood, N.C. Central jumped out to a 5-0 lead with a 2015 Overall Record 22-34 five-run second inning. The Eagles went on to win 7-4. John Ortiz broke the scoring open Big South Record/Finish 9-15/10th with a two-run double in the frame and finished the game 2-3 with a run scored. Home Record 9-10 • Offensively Carlos Ortiz has been one of the most productive hitters with team highs Away Record 10-18 in RBI (36) and home runs (9). Ortiz is second on the team with a .339 batting average. Neutral Record 3-6 • James Dey leads the squad with a .367 average and has picked up five home runs. Starters Returning/Lost 7/3 • Thomas Prospero (.326), Ellington Hopkins (.321), and Trevor Theissen (.316) are all Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/5 hitting better than .300 on the season. Letterwinners R/L 18/8 • Conrad Kovakcik is one of the most dangerous hitters in the lineup, second with eight Newcomers 12 home runs. Athletics Communications Baseball Contact Darius Thigpen Office (434) 395-2345 Cell (813) 299-7578 Email [email protected] Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook Office (434) 395-2718 Cell (434) 808-5127 Email [email protected] Asst. Director of Comm. Todd Lindenmuth Office (434) 395-2716 Email [email protected] Mailing Address 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909-1899 Office Fax (434) 395-2568 Press Box Phone (434) 395-2710 20162015 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152016 BASEBALLBASEBALL #RALLYCAPS which has led to 16 RBI with two outs. Longwood Record When • Longwood trailed by five runs to VMI in • On the season Longwood is hitting Overall 22-15 the win 3/30, but rallied twice, including .282 with runners on base, .340 (16- Conference 7-5 Home 17-5 for four runs in the bottom of the ninth for-47) with the bases loaded, and .296 Away 5-10 inning to tie the game. The five-run with runners in scoring position. Nuetral 0-0 deficit was the largest for the Lancers in Current Streak W3 a game they went on to win. 1-2 PUNCH Last 5 3-2 • Longwood was tied or trailing in the Last 10 6-4 • Sr. RHP Travis Burnette with a 2.19 seventh inning of each game against ERA (4th) and Fr.