Longwood Travel To High Point To Continue Conference Play

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Longwood University Athletics

Game 30-32: Longwood (13-17, 5-1 Big South) vs. High Point (10-19 5-4 Big South)
Date & Time	April 8th-10th, 2022 \| 6:00 p.m, 6:00 p.m, 1 p.m.
Location	High Point, N.C
Notes	Longwood (PDF) \| Big South
Statistics	Longwood (HTML) \| Big South
ESPN+	Friday Saturday Sunday
Live Stats	High Point
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers \| @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff

Longwood are currently on a four game losing streak after losing two in a row against UNC Greensboro and dropping both midweek contests against Richmond and Duke
High Point are losers in five of their last six contests and are currently 5-4 in conference play
Against common opponents Elon, UNC Asheville and UNC Greensboro, Longwood is 4-5 and High Point are 2-2
Hunter Gilliam is enjoying the best start to his career in what can be considered a breakout season for him. Gilliam has more than doubled his career home runs this season, and already has a season high in RBI as well
Andrew Potojecki is having a similar breakout season in which hes nearly tripled his career wins, is five strikeouts away from a season high and is currently tied for last season for most innings pitched.

Matchup History

Longwood is currently 9-19 against High Point
The two sides played each other five times last saeson, with High Point claiming three of the matchups
High Point have won eight of the last 10 against the Lancers

Probable Lancers Pitchers

Andrew Potojecki has cemented himself as the leader and Friday pitcher for Longwood. The team has won four straight Poto starts and the sophomore owns a 3.51 ERA through seven appearances and boasts a 5-1 record
Kevin Warunek is getting his eighth straight Saturday start and is a perfect 3-0 on the season. The freshman southpaw has allowed one run or less in three straight outings and has a 3.72 ERA
Sunday is currently TBD

Players To Watch

Michael Tolson is settling into a late innings relief role and leads the team in saves. Tolson's most recent performance against UNC Greensboro saw him pitch two innings, struck out three and clinched the save for Longwood's lone win last week
Hunter Gilliam continues to be a threat in the batters box. Gilliam is the Big South leader in home runs, RBI, total bases and runs scored. Gilliam already has more than doubled his career home runs this season and already has a career high in RBI as he is creating a career season in Farmville

Schedule Trend

Longwood wraps up their road trip with a conference series at High Point
Next week Longwood will host George Mason in the midweek and Presbyterian for a weekend series

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