Longwood Hosts Charleston Southern With Big South Playoffs In Mind

Lancers host Bucs hoping to clinch first playoff birth since 2018

Game 51-53: Longwood (12-30, 10-11 Big South) vs. Charleston Southern (18-28, 10-11 Big South)
Date & Time	May 19th-20th \| 6:00 p.m, 1:00 p.m. (DH)
Location	Farmville, Va
Statistics	Longwood (HTML) \| Longwood (XML) \| Big South
Live Stats	Longwood
Radio	Friday (GM1)
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers \| @LongwoodBase

Lancer Leadoff

Longwood enters the series having lost four straight conference weekend series
Charleston Southern have won two consecutive Big South series in their last two conference weekends
The Lancers are 2-8 in their last 10 while the Buccaneers are 4-6 in their last 10
Longwood boasts the second best fielding percentage in the Big South at .968 while Charleston Southern is last at .950
Both teams have a Hayden Harris on their roster, Charleston Southern's Harris has a higher batting average but Longwood's Hayden has more hits on the season
Longwood's 40 double plays is good for third in the Big South while Charleston Southern's 23 is the least amount in the conference

Matchup History

Longwood holds a 14-10 all-time record against Charleston Southern, with an 8-7 record at home against the Bucs.
Last season Charleston Southern finished the year with a three game sweep of Longwood in Farmville

Players to Watch

Hunter Gilliam enters the game batting .310 in his last eight games and boasts three home-runs and six RBI in that span. Gilliam is currently fifth in the Big South in home runs at 13 and 8th in RBI with 42. If Gilliam were to hit two more home runs this season, he'll sit third all-time in Longwood's single-season history for home runs.
Dylan Wilkinson is batting .364 in his last nine games and has 10 total bases in that stretch. His on base % of .417 is good for second on the team in that span
Eliot Dix has returned from injury swinging as he's gotten 10 RBI in his last eight games and two home-runs to go along with nine total hits

What's at Stake

Longwood currently sit in fifth place in the Big South but have tied records with four other teams, Charleston Southern included. The top six clubs advance to the conference playoffs next week
The Lancers 'magic number' is three but is variable based on theirs and other teams' performances.
Longwood hold tiebreakers over five of the six 'contenders' competing for the last few spots