SOFTBALL GAMES at Winthrop Game 1: March 27 • 1 p.m. • Rock Hill, S.C. • Terry Field Game 2: March 27 • 3 p.m. • Rock Hill, S.C. • Terry Field 26-28 Game 3: March 28 • 1 p.m. • Rock Hill, S.C. • Terry Field 2021 Schedule THE MATCHUPS THE FIRST PITCH F 13 at NC State CANCELED Longwood • On an eight-game winning streak that is their lon- F 14 at NC State (DH-G1) CANCELED gest since 2018, the Lancers face Big South foe F 14 at NC State (DH-G2) CANCELED LANCERS Winthrop in a three-game series Saturday and F 19 #at [16] Georgia L 10-2 Farmville, Va. • Big South Conference F 20 #at [16] Georgia W 3-2 Sunday, March 27-28, in Rock Hill, S.C. F 20 #vs. Kent State L 2-1 • The Lancers have won 19 consecutive Big South F 21 #vs. Kent State L 9-7 2021 Record ...................12-13 (3-0 Big South) F 26 @vs. Seton Hall W 3-2 Last Game ... W, 9-2 at Gardner-Webb (3-21-21) series dating back to the final month of the 2017 F 26 @at [18] South Carolina L 14-6 Head Coach ...... Dr. Megan Brown (Fla. Southern) season. Longwood has won 10 of its past 11 F 27 @vs. [16] Duke L 9-0 Career Record ..............12-13 (First Season) games against Big South teams overall dating F 27 @at [18] South Carolina L 12-2 Longwood Record ....................................Same F 28 $vs. Charlotte L 4-1 back to the end of 2019. F 28 $vs. Western Carolina L 6-4 Winthrop • Longwood came in at a Big South-best No. 71 in the first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) report re- M 5 %vs. East Carolina L 9-2 M 6 %vs. East Carolina W 2-1 EAGLES leased by the NCAA this week. The Lancers are M 6 %at [RV] Liberty L 19-3 Rock Hill, S.C. • Big South Conference 38 spots ahead of the Big South’s No. 2 team, M 7 %vs. East Carolina W 4-1 Campbell, and 32nd among non-Power 5 teams. M 7 %at [RV] Liberty L 10-0 2021 Record ................... 14-14 (2-3 Big South) M 9 at [RV] Liberty (DH-G1) L 10-0 • Longwood also received the No. 60 ranking in Last Game ...L, 5-3 at Gardner-Webb (3-23-21) M 9 at [RV] Liberty (DH-G2) L 8-0 NCAA Strength of Schedule (SOS). The Lancers M 10 Marshall (DH-G1) W 5-2 Head Coach ............... Windy Thees (Florida State) M 10 Marshall (DH-G2) W 7-5 Career Record ...... 460-387 (17th Season) have faced four teams ranked among the NCAA’s M 13 Bucknell (DH-G1) W 4-3 Winthrop Record .....56-50 (Third Season) RPI top 50, including No. 9 Duke and No. 11 Liber- M 13 Bucknell (DH-G2) W 9-7 M 14 Bucknell W 8-0 ty, and are also slated to face both No. 10 Virginia M 20 at Gardner-Webb (DH-G1) W 11-0 LAST TIME OUT Tech and No. 15 James Madison later this season. M 20 at Gardner-Webb (DH-G2) W 7-2 • Extending their winning streak to eight straight, • All-Big South senior ace Sydney Backstrom is M 21 at Gardner-Webb W 9-2 M 27 at Winthrop (DH-G1) 1 p.m. Longwood swept a Big South-opening three-game the reigning Big South Pitcher of the Week, her M 27 at Winthrop (DH-G2) 3 p.m. series against conference preseason No. 1 Gard- second such honor this season. Backstrom went M 28 at Winthrop 1 p.m. ner-Webb on the road in Boiling Springs, N.C. 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in last weekend’s three-game M 30 Howard (DH-G1) 3 p.m. M 30 Howard (DH-G2) TBA • Senior ace Sydney Backstrom won two of those sweep against Gardner-Webb and is on a streak games, going the distance in games one and three of 22.2 innings without allowing an earned run. A 2 Campbell 1 p.m. A 2 Campbell TBA en route to a 2-0 record, a 0.00 ERA and 15 strike- • Longwood is under the leadership of first-year A 3 Campbell 1 p.m. outs in 12.0 innings for the series. head coach Dr. Megan Brown, whose coaching A 7 at [15] Virginia Tech (DH-G1) 4 p.m. • Lauren Taylor homered twice, drove in six runs career has included stints at Auburn, Boston Col- A 7 at [15] Virginia Tech (DH-G2) TBA A 9 at UNC Greensboro 6 p.m. and reached base in seven of her 10 plate appear- lege and Cal. She took over the Lancer program A 10 at UNC Greensboro (DH-G1) 1 p.m. ances for the three-game set. in August of 2020 following the retirement of 820- A 10 at UNC Greensboro (DH-G2) TBA • The Lancers outscored Gardner-Webb 27-4 and A 13 at Radford 5 p.m. game winner and three-time Big South Coach of A 14 at Radford (DH-G1) 3 p.m. outhit them 28-12 for the series. the Year Kathy Riley. A 14 at Radford (DH-G1) TBA A 17 at Presbyterian 1 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP A 17 at Presbyterian TBA Pos. Name (Ht., Cl.) GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Notables A 18 at Presbyterian 1 p.m. C Alexis Wayland (5-3, Jr.) 25-25 .244 78 14 19 3 0 2 17 2 Team-leading 9-game hitting streak (.387) A 21 [RV] James Madison (DH-G1) 3 p.m. 1B Sydney Jacobsen (5-10, Jr.) 25-25 .275 80 13 22 5 2 4 17 1 6 RBI, 5 XBH during 7-game hit streak A 21 [RV] James Madison (DH-G2) TBA 2B Destiny Martinez (5-7, Gr.) 25-25 .158 57 7 9 3 1 1 4 6 12-game errorless streak A 24 Charleston Southern (DH-G1) 3 p.m. A 24 Charleston Southern (DH-G2) TBA SS Kasey Carr (5-6, Gr.) 15-15 .207 29 5 6 3 0 0 3 5 3-for-6, 3 BB, 3 SB in past 3 games A 25 Charleston Southern 1 p.m. 3B Mason Basdikis (5-8, Jr.) 25-25 .214 70 13 15 3 0 0 10 13 Perfect 21-for-21 stealing since 2020 LF Nia Green (5-6, So.) 25-20 .304 56 7 17 5 0 2 13 1 2+ hits in 4 of past 7 games (.471) M 2 at N.C. A&T (DH-G1) 1 p.m. CF Lauren Taylor (5-6, So.) 25-25 .224 58 12 13 3 0 3 14 7 Has homered in 3 of past 5 games M 2 at N.C. A&T (DH-G2) TBA RF Lauren Fox (5-5, Fr.) 21-16 .375 40 15 15 2 0 0 3 9 Has Longwood at 4-0 when hitting leadoff M 8 USC Upstate 1 p.m. DP Madison Blair (5-10, Jr.) 17-17 .229 35 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 Has reached safely in 11 straight games M 8 USC Upstate TBA M 9 USC Upstate 1 p.m. PITCHING ROTATION (listed alphabetically) Home games in BOLD | All times EST | [x] National ranking Name (Thr., Ht., Cl.) ERA W-L SV IP BB SO B/AVG Notables # Georgia Classic (Athens. Ga.) Sydney Backstrom (RHP, 6-1, Sr.) 3.31 9-6 1 86.2 40 75 .216 Has won 6 consecutive decisions @ Gamecock Invitational (Columbia, S.C.) $ First Pitch Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) Leigha Hill (RHP, 5-7, So.) 7.62 2-5 1 34.0 16 7 .376 First-year pitcher, 2nd on team w/ 6 starts % Liberty Softball Classic (Lynchburg, Va.) Maison Myers (RHP, 5-8, Fr.) 24.00 0-0 0 2.1 11 2 .467 2019 VISSA State Player of the Year *Big South schedule will be announced at a later date Angelina Sherba (LHP, 5-6, Jr.) 4.12 1-1 0 17.0 11 6 .233 0.68 ERA over past 3 appearances (10.1 IP) Arleigh Wood (RHP, 5-7, Sr.) 17.68 0-1 0 12.2 20 7 .424 Third on the team w/ 5 starts Games 26-28: Longwood at Winthrop • March 27-28, 2021 • Rock Hill, S.C. (Terry Field) Games 26-28: Longwood at Winthrop • March 27-28, 2021 • Rock Hill, S.C. (Terry Field) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS • During their eight-game winning streak, the Lanc- MEDIA CONTACTS ers have logged a 2.29 ERA, a .335 batting aver- UNIVERSITY Chris Cook age and 7.5 runs per game. Name ............................................Longwood University Assistant VP/Athletics Communications City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 • Longwood has put the leadoff batter on base in Email: [email protected] Founded ................................................................ 1839 Office: 434-395-2718 22 of 49 innings during the eight-game winning Enrollment (Undergraduate + Graduate) .............. 5,124 Cell: 434-808-5127 streak, or 45 pecent of the time. Nickname .......................................................... Lancers • Senior ace Sydney Backstrom is 6-0 with a 1.18 Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS ERA and four complete games over her past six Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! All interview requests for Longwood soft- appearances. Two of those performances have Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I ball players and coaches will be coordinat- Conference .....................................................Big South ed through the Longwood athletics com- been shutouts — a one-hit shutout against Buck- nell and a two-hit shutout against Gardner-Webb.