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Games 4-6 | Longwood vs. Wagner | Farmville, Va. | Feb. 26 - 28 | 3 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 1 p.m. Buddy Bolding Stadium 2016 Schedule Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 19 at East Carolina L 11-1 F 20 at East Carolina L 9-6 (0-3, 0-0) F 21 at East Carolina L 5-3 F 23 RICHMOND CANCELLED Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 26 WAGNER 3 PM Mau’s Record: 22-37 (2nd year) F 27 WAGNER 2 PM -- At Longwood: Same F 28 WAGNER 1 PM In the Polls: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: NR M 1 VCU 3 PM Current Streak: NA M 2 at VMI 4 pm 2015: 22-34, 9-15 M 4 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 3 PM M 5 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 2 PM Wagner College Seahawks (Northeast Conference) M 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1 PM M 8 at Louisville 3 pm (0-0, 0-0) M 9 at Morehead State 3 pm M 12 HOFSTRA (DH) 12 PM Head Coach: Jim Carone M 13 HOFSTRA 1 PM Carone’s Record: 40-22 (5th year) M 15 at George Mason 3 pm -- At Wagner: 92-120-1 M 18 *COASTAL CAROLINA 4 PM In the Polls: BA: NR CB: NR NC: NR USA: NR M 19 *COASTAL CAROLINA 4 PM Current Streak: NA M 20 *COASTAL CAROLINA 2 PM 2015: 27-23-1, 15-9 M 22 at VCU 6:30 p M 24 *RADFORD 5 PM M 25 *RADFORD 5 PM PITCHING PROBABLES (2015 Stats for Wagner) M 26 *RADFORD 2 PM M 29 NORFOLK STATE 5 PM M 30 VMI 6 PM Friday Saturday Sunday A 1 *at Charleston Southern 6 pm LWD: 32 - Travis Burnette LWD: 34 - Luke Simpson LWD: 45 - Zach Potojecki A 2 *at Charleston Southern 4 pm Sr. | RHP | 0-1 | 6.75 Jr. | RHP | Season Debut So. | RHP | 0-1 | 5.40 A 3 *at Charleston Southern 2 pm A 5 N.C. CENTRAL 6 PM vs. vs. vs. A 8 *at High Point 6 pm WAG: 21 - Mike Adams WAG: 29 - Austin Goeke WAG: 15 - Matt Morris A 9 *at High Point 5 pm A 10 *at High Point 1 pm Sr. | RHP | 4-4 | 5.59 Jr. | RHP |1-3 | 5.24 Sr. | LHP | 2-5 | 6.39 A 12 at Virginia 6 pm A 15 SAVANNAH STATE 6 PM A 16 SAVANNAH STATE 4 PM LANCER LEADOFF A 17 SAVANNAH STATE 12 PM • Longwood opens Buddy Bolding • The Lancers got strong contributions A 19 at N.C. Central 6 pm Stadium Friday against Wagner after from a pair of sophomores at East A 22 *CAMPBELL 7 PM A 23 *CAMPBELL 4 PM its scheduled game against Richmond Carolina. RHP Zach Potojecki struck out A 24 *CAMPBELL 2 PM Tuesday was rained out. This weekend is five batters with no walks in 6.2 innings at A 26 at Norfolk State 5 pm the first time Longwood and Wagner have ECU. So. OF Sammy Miller went 3-for-10 A 29 *at Presbyterian 3 pm met in baseball. with a pair of doubles and a pair of RBI in A 30 *at Presbyterian 2 pm • Longwood was swept last weekend at the weekend series. M 1 *at Presbyterian 1 pm M 6 *UNC ASHEVILLE 6 PM East Carolina. The last three-game sweep • C.J. Roth led the way offensively out of M 7 *UNC ASHEVILLE 4 PM the Lancers suffered was in a home series the nine-hole Friday and as the lead-off M 8 *UNC ASHEVILLE 2 PM against Winthrop from May 14 through the man Saturday and Sunday at ECU with a M 10 at Duke 12 pm 16th in 2015. 3-for-7 weekend, an RBI, and a run scored. M 13 *at Winthrop 7 pm M 14 *at Winthrop 3 pm M 15 *at Winthrop 2 pm THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 19 at Appalachian State 6 pm M 20 at Appalachian State 6 pm Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes M 20 at Appalachian State 1 pm C Mac McCafferty Jr. L-R .111 0 1 Picked up first hit of season on RBI single Sunday M 24-28 Big South Tournament TBD 1B Connar Bastaich Sr. R-R .231 0 0 College Sports Madness Preseason 1st Team BSC Home games in BOLD CAPS 2B C.J. Roth Sr. L-R .429 0 1 2-2 with an RBI and a walk Friday *Big South Game 3B Brandon Harvell Jr. R-R .100 0 0 Started 50 of 51 games at SS and 3B in ‘15 SS Michael Osinski So. R-R .250 0 2 Had most home runs (3) in ‘15 among returners LF Drew Kitson Jr. R-R .100 0 0 Transfer from St. Louis CC- Meramec CF Colton Konvicka Sr. R-R .200 0 0 Led the Big South with 30 steals in ‘15 RF Sammy Miller Jr. L-R .300 0 2 Went 2-4 with a pair of RBI Saturday at ECU @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers DH Alex Lewis Jr. R-R .182 0 2 Was 2-4 with a 2-run single in 9th inning Sunday 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 16 Nickname Lancers All-Time Record Vs. Wagner .............. First Meeting Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big South Stats (2015 Stats) President W. Taylor Reveley IV Alma Mater Princeton .200 Batting Avg. .279 Director of Athletics Troy Austin .369 Opponent Batting Avg. .259 Alma Mater Duke 3.33 Runs Per Game 5.27 Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 6.67 Hits Per Game 9.04 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 1.33 Walks Per Game 3.90 Twitter @LongwoodLancers 8.62 Earned Run Avg. 4.37 3.00 Opponent ERA 4.88 Program History Seasons of Baseball 37 5.33 Strikeouts Per Game 6.51 First Season 1978 9.00 Opponent Strikeouts Per Game 5.67 All-Time Record 997-614-4 (.617) 2.00 Walks Issued Per Game 4.37 Division I Eligible 2008-Present Division I Record (Seasons) 192-305-1 (9) NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 Division II World Series 1982, 1991 SCOUTING WAGNER FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Team Information • Wagner opens its 2016 season with • Sr. RHP Travis Burnette earned the 2015 Overall Record 22-34 a three-game series at Longwood. The Friday night starting role after pitching Big South Record/Finish 9-15/10th series marks the first games between in the weekend rotation for the first part Home Record 9-10 Longwood and Wagner. of 2015 before stepping up as a clutch Away Record 10-18 • The Seahawks begin 2016 predicted to long reliever in the latter part of the Neutral Record 3-6 finish third in the Northeast Conference season. Starters Returning/Lost 7/3 Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/5 after its first winning season under fifth- • The 2016 team captain, Burnette, year head coach Jim Carone. Letterwinners R/L 18/8 started 12 of 21 appearances and went • After guiding Wagner to a 27-23-1 Newcomers 12 record and 15-9 mark in the NEC, Carone 3-3 with one save in 63.2 innings of was named the 2015 NEC Coach of the work as a junior. Athletics Communications Year. • Burnette’s first appearance in 2016 Baseball Contact Darius Thigpen • Wagner had a program-best five got off to a decent start, and didn’t Office (434) 395-2345 Cell (813) 299-7578 players on the 2015 All-NEC First Team, allow a hit in the first 2.0 innings. The Email [email protected] including 2015 NEC Player of the Year Nick third inning got away from the veteran Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook Dini, who was the 14th round pick of the righty and East Carolina scored two Office (434) 395-2718 Kansas City Royals in the 2015 MLB Draft. runs on three hits, propelled by an error Cell (434) 808-5127 • The Seahawks return two 2015 All-NEC that rendered one of the two runs to be Email [email protected] selections in Sr. OF Ben Ruta and So. OF unearned. Asst. Director of Comm. Todd Lindenmuth Anthony Godino. • In all Burnette finished the game 5.1 Office (434) 395-2716 • Ruta hit .327 with 13 doubles, three innings, five hits, five runs, four earned, Email [email protected] home runs, 36 RBI and 10 stolen bases as with five strikeouts and one walk. Bur- Mailing Address 201 High Street a Jr. nette took the loss in an 11-1 Longwood Farmville, VA 23909-1899 • Godino, who was a Louisville Slugger loss at East Carolina. Office Fax (434) 395-2568 Freshman All-American, hit .348 with nine • Burnette replaces former Lancer Press Box Phone (434) 395-2710 doubles, 30 RBI, and stole eight bags in 2015. Aaron Myers as the Friday night starter • The top returning starter for Wagner in 2016 after Myers spent the previous is RHP Mike Adams, who went 4-4 in 10 two seasons as Longwood’s ace. starts with a 5.59 ERA in 58.0 innings • Longwood looks to start Fridays off pitched and finished second on the team right after going 5-8 in 2015 on Fridays, with 55 strikeouts. including a big 7-3 win at Georgia. 20162015 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152016 BASEBALLBASEBALL BOLTIN’ COLTON • Jr. 3B Alex Lewis split time with Longwood Record When • Sr.