Games 12-14 | Longwood vs. Iona | Farmville, Va. | March 9-10 | 4 p.m. | 12 p.m. (DH) Buddy Bolding Stadium 2018 Schedule F 16 at Auburn L 6-0 Longwood Lancers (Big South) F 17 at Auburn L 25-1 (3-8, 0-0) F 18 at Auburn L 3-0 F 23 VS. NIAGARA L 15-2 Head Coach: Ryan Mau F 24 VS. NIAGARA (DH) W 8-7, W 5-4 Mau’s Record: 76-103 (4th year) F 28 VS. N.C. CENTRAL L 12-4 -- At Longwood: Same M 2 at USC Upstate L 14-2 In the Polls: BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 228 NCBWA: N/A M 3 at USC Upstate L 2-0 Current Streak: L1 M 4 at USC Upstate W 3-1 2017: 19-34, 7-17 M 6 at N.C. Central Canceled M 7 at Duke L 9-3 M 9 VS. IONA 4 P.M. Iona Gaels (MAAC) M 10 VS. IONA (DH) 12 P.M. M 13 VS. LAFAYETTE 5 P.M. (3-7, 0-0) M 16 *VS. HIGH POINT 6 P.M. Head Coach: Pat Carey M 17 *VS. HIGH POINT 4 P.M. Carey’s Record: 165-447 (13th year) M 18 *VS. HIGH POINT 2 P.M. -- At Iona: Same M 20 VS. NORFOLK STATE 5 P.M. In the Polls BA: N/A D1: N/A CB: N/A RPI: 216 NCBWA: N/A M 23 *at Winthrop 6 p.m. Current Streak: W1 M 24 *at Winthrop 3 p.m. M 25 *at Winthrop 2 p.m. 2017: 25-26, 14-10 M 27 at Virginia 6 p.m. M 29 *at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. PITCHING PROBABLES M 30 *at Charleston Southern 6 p.m. M 31 *at Charleston Southern 2 p.m. A 3 VS. VMI 6 P.M. Friday Saturday (game 1) Saturday (game 2) A 4 VS. GEORGE MASON 6 P.M. LWU: 13 - Steven Farkas LWU: 44 - Cody Boydstun LWU: 24 - Michael Catlin A 6 *VS. RADFORD 6 P.M. A 7 *VS. RADFORD 4 P.M. Jr. | LHP | 0-3 | 6.75 Jr. | RHP | 0-2 | 7.63 Sr. | LHP | 1-1 | 4.20 A 8 *VS. RADFORD 2 P.M. vs. vs. vs. A 10 at VMI 6 p.m. IONA: 21 - Schuyler Bates IONA: 31 - Joe DeRosa TBA A 13 *VS. UNC ASHEVILLE 6 P.M. A 14 *VS. UNC ASHEVILLE 4 P.M. Sr. | RHP | 0-3 | 12.66 Sr. | RHP | 1-1 | 1.96 A 15 *VS. UNC ASHEVILLE 2 P.M. A 17 VS. JAMES MADISON 6 P.M. A 20 *VS. CAMPBELL 6 P.M. LANCER LEADOFF A 21 *VS. CAMPBELL 3 P.M. • Longwood is back at home for its • The three-game set begins an eight- A 22 *VS. CAMPBELL 2 P.M. A 24 at VCU 6:30 p.m. second home series of the season, a game homestand with the Lancers set to A 27 *at Liberty 6 p.m. second opponent out of the MAAC in Iona. begin Big South play against High Point A 28 *at Liberty 4 p.m. • Longwood took two out of three against next weekend. A 29 *at Liberty 2 p.m. Niagara two weekends ago, sweeping • Longwood enters off a loss at Duke, M 1 at Norfolk State 5 p.m. a doubleheader Saturday to clinch the 9-3, Wednesday in Durham, N.C. The Blue M 5 at Navy TBA M 6 at Navy (DH) 12 p.m. series. Devils scored six runs in the third inning to M 9 VS. RICHMOND 6 P.M. • Nate Blakeney is the team’s leading take the game. M 11 *at Presbyterian 3 p.m. hitter, hitting .293 with team-highs five • The weekend series, initially scheduled M 12 *at Presbyterian 2 p.m. RBI, two doubles, and one triple. Blakeney to run Friday through Sunday, will M 13 *at Presbyterian 1 p.m. had a career-high three hits Wednesday. conclude with a doubleheader Saturday. M 15 at James Madison 6 p.m. M 17 *VS. GARDNER-WEBB 6 P.M. M 18 *VS. GARDNER-WEBB 6 P.M. M 19 *VS. GARDNER-WEBB 4 P.M. THE PROJECTED ALIGNMENT M 22-26 Big South Championship #TBD Pos. Name Cl. B-T AVG. HR RBI Notes C Joey Mendez So. R-R .261 0 4 Has reached safely in all 8 games this season #Lynchburg, Va. 1B Justin Mitchell Sr. L-L .189 0 3 Has made 2 pitching appearances, 0.2 perfect IP Home games in BOLD CAPS 2B Eli Mercado Jr. L-R .222 0 0 Has posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage *Big South Game 3B Nate Blakeney So. R-R .293 0 5 Had a career-high 3 hits in 3-4 game at Duke SS Antwaun Tucker So. R-R .214 0 2 1-3 at Duke, reached on a bunt single RF Ryan Shull Sr. L-R .184 0 1 Has reached safely in eight straight CF Sammy Miller Sr. R-R .167 0 4 Riding 4-game hitting streak: 5-15 (.333), 3 RBI LF Jawan McAllister RJr. R-R .243 0 2 Second on team with 3 multi-hit games @LongwoodBase LongwoodLancers DH Jack Schnell Fr. L-R .158 0 0 Has started team-high 5 games at DH 2018 Longwood Baseball LONGWOODLONGWOOD LANCERSLANCERS 20152018 BASEBALLBASEBALL SIZING UP THE SERIES University Name Longwood University City/Zip Farmville, VA 23909 Founded 1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) 4,507 Meetings Number 4-6 Nickname Lancers All-Time Record Vs. Iona ....................................... 2-1 Colors Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Last Meeting ....................L 10-4, February 18, 2012 Fight Song Hail to Longwood U! Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big South Stats President W. Taylor Reveley IV Alma Mater Princeton .206 Batting Avg. .242 Director of Athletics Troy Austin .305 Opponent Batting Avg. .318 Alma Mater Duke 2.54 Runs Per Game 4.90 Athletics Phone (434) 395-2057 6.55 Hits Per Game 8.30 Tickets Phone (434) 395-2138 Website www.LongwoodLancers.com 2.91 Walks Drawn Per Game 5.30 Athletics Twitter @LongwoodLancers 8.71 Earned Run Avg. 6.99 Baseball Twitter @LongwoodBase 2.40 Opponent ERA 3.63 Program History 10.18 Pitcher Strikeouts Per Game 5.40 Seasons of Baseball 41 8.36 Batter Strikeouts Per Game 8.30 First Season 1978 6.55 Walks Issued Per Game 4.70 All-Time Record 1091-695-4 (.609) Division I Eligible 2008-Present Division I Record (Seasons) 280-384-1 (11) NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 6 Division II World Series 1982, 1991 SCOUTING IONA FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS OUT • Longwood and Iona are set for the first • Junior left-hander Steven Farkas took to Team Information meeting between the Lancers and Iona the mound at Auburn as the opening-day 2017 Overall Record 19-34 since the teams met for a three-game starter for the Lancers. Against the SEC Big South Record/Finish 7-17/10th series in 2012. Longwood took the series, opponent Farkas went 5.0 innings with Home Record 9-14 2-1, but Iona won the final game of the three runs allowed on six hits and three Away Record 10-20 series with a split of a doubleheader. walks with four strikeouts. The game was Neutral Record 0-0 • Iona is coached by reigning MAAC Coach Farkas’ first career Friday-night start, Starters Returning/Lost 7/3 of the Year Pat Carey. Iona finished 25-26 in taking over for Cody Wager, who started six Pitchers Returning/Lost 9/5 2017, going 14-10 in league play with a trip of 13 series-opening games. Letterwinners R/L 22/9 to the MAAC Conference Final. • Farkas followed up his first career Newcomers 13 • Iona is led in hitting by Sean Scales, who Friday night start with 5.0 innings of work is hitting .462 (18-for-39) on the campaign. and seven strikeouts February 23 against Athletics Communications • Sam Punzi is second on the team with Niagara in Longwood’s home opener. Baseball Contact Darius Thigpen a .412 average (7-for-17) in seven games • In Potojecki’s one Friday night start, at Office (434) 395-2345 played. Savannah State in 2017, Potojecki tossed Cell (813) 299-7578 • The team lead for RBI is between Lou 6.2 shutout innings with a career-high 13 Email [email protected] Matarazzo and Seth Hoagland, who each strikeouts, one shy of the school record. Asst. VP/Athletics Comm. Chris Cook have two on the season. • Each of the previous three seasons, Office (434) 395-2718 • Sean Breen leads the squad with two Longwood’s Friday night starter has been a Cell (434) 808-5127 homers on the season and also has the bona fide ace as the team’s leader in both Email [email protected] team’s lone triple. ERA and strikeouts. Asst. Director of Comm. Todd Lindenmuth • The pitching staff is led by Joe DeRosa, • In 2015 Aaron Myers posted a 3.64 ERA Office (434) 395-2716 who has posted a 1.96 ERA through three and struck out 115 batters in his senior year, Email [email protected] starts with 13 strikeouts in 18.1 innings starting the first game of each series. Mailing Address 201 High Street pitched. • For the 2016 season Travis Burnette Farmville, VA 23909-1899 • Out of the bullpen three pitchers have posted a 2.35 ERA and struck out 85 Office Fax (434) 395-2568 not allowed an earned run in limited action batters, holding down the Friday night as Jason Goetz (two appearances, 1.1 IP), starting job for the entirety of the season.