Longwood University Athletics

Game 34: Longwood (15-18, 7-2 Big South) vs. George Mason (10-20 2-4 A10)
Date & Time	April 12th, 2022 | 6:00 p.m
Location	Farmville, Va
Notes	Longwood (PDF) | Big South
Statistics	Longwood (HTML) | Big South
ESPN+	Tuesday
Live Stats	Longwood
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff

·       Longwood are coming off of a Big South weekend against High Point that saw them win two out of three games. The Lancers 7-2 conference record is the best through nine games since the team joined the Big South in 2012

·       George Mason had opposite luck dropping two out of three against Saint Joseph's University

·       Against common opponents James Madison and Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason is 1-3 with their win coming against VCU in their series opener on April 1^st. Longwood's record against those two sides is 0-3

·       Longwood's Andrew Potojecki is the reigning Big South Pitcher of the week after his seven-inning gem against High Point. Poto is second in the conference in wins and top five in the conference in innings pitched as well as ERA

·       The Lancers Elliot Dix, Jack Schnell and Michael Peterson all have batting averages at .337 or higher and all rank in the top 10 in the conference.

·       Though what would be considered a quiet week offensively for Longwood, the Lancers offense is still ranked in the top three for every major offensive category in the Big South, including first in doubles and RBI
 

Matchup History

·       George Mason currently leads the all-time record between the two sides with a 12-7 record.

·       The two sides last met in 2019 where the Patriots won both games
 

Players to watch

·       Jack Schnell, currently second in the Big South in doubles, has been one of the more consistent batters in the Lancers lineup and also ranks 9^th in the conference in batting average and RBI. Schnell led the team in last weeks contests where he batted .368 with seven hits

·       Dominick D'Ercole has emerged as the go-to long relief arm out of the Lancers bullpen. The red-shirt sophomore threw seven shutout innings last week against Duke and High Point, and was a catalyst in Sunday's series clinching win over the Panthers, in which he clinched his first win of 2022
 

Schedule Trend

·       Following the midweek matchup with commonwealth foe George Mason, Longwood will host Presbyterian College for a three game conference series before Easter Sunday. It's the first series in Farmville in nearly a month​