The First Pitch:
• Longwood opens up a four-game homestand by hosting James Madison for a midweek matchup at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
• Tuesday night is Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Night at the park.
• Longwood snapped a seven game skid with an important win on Sunday at Presbyterian.
• Longwood is tied for fifth in the Big South standings with Gardner-Webb.
• The Lancers have played six games against teams in the current top 100 of RPI with matchups against Charlotte, Boston College, Richmond and ETSU. Longwood also has games remaining against both USC Upstate and High Point, as well as a second midweek game against Richmond.
Previous Series
• Longwood dropped the first two games of the series at Presbyterian 15-8 and 3-2, but the team rallied for an 8-4 win on the final day to prevent the sweep.
• In the series opener, Presbyterian jumped out to an early lead, but Longwood rallied in the middle innings to cut the lead to 9-6. Ultimately, PC scored six runs in the late stages to put it out of reach.
• The second game was a pitcher's duel, with both sides scoring two runs in the first six innings. PC plated one in the eighth to win.
• In the finale, Longwood took a lead in the first and led for the entirety. This time, the Lancers scored three runs in the eighth to win it.
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Bentley Yeatts had three RBI in the series finale.
Around The Bases:
• Longwood takes on Commonwealth foe James Madison, marking one of nine non-conference games against competition located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• The Lancers have two matchups left, with a trip to William & Mary and a home matchup against Richmond.
• In addition to the other nine non-conference tilts, Longwood takes on Radford for a three-game Big South series on the final weekend of the regular season.
• At 4-5 in the Big South, the Lancers are tied with Gardner-Webb for fifth amid a tight cluster of teams. One game separates the Lancers from third, with both Winthrop and USC Upstate tied at 5-4 in league play.
• The Lancers, meanwhile, are 4-2 on the road in Big South action.
• Longwood is 4-7 overall at home at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
• The Lancers rank fifth in the Big South with a .301 batting average in league play and second in on-base percentage at .439.
• Longwood is third in the Big South in drawn walks plus hit-by-pitch, with a combined 80 free passes either coming on ball four or by wearing the ball, in nine conference games.
• The Lancers have also struck out the fourth-fewest times in league play.
• Longwood is aggressive on the bases and leads the Big South in steals with 90 overall and 27 in Big South play. In conference action, no other team has stolen more than 19 bases.
• Three players have at least 10 stolen bases in Tre Keels,
Myles Webb and
Mac Tufts.
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James Nelson, meanwhile, is second in the league with 13 doubles.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. JMU 12-20
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak L 5
First Meeting L 6-4 in 1982
Last Meeting L 7-6 (11 inn.) 3/29/2022
• The two teams meet for the first time since 2022.
• James Madison has won five straight, although the last two meetings have been decided by two runs or less, including an 11-inning game in 2022.
• Longwood won three straight in 2014 and 2015.
• Since 2004, Longwood is 6-5 at home against James Madison.
STATS COMPARISON
LWU JMU
2025 Record 9-23 10-22
Conference 4-5 4-8
Batting Average .247 .207
Opp. Batting Average .330 .267
Hits 246 199
Hits allowed 369 280
Runs 197 119
Opposing runs 325 201
Runs per game 6.2 3.7
Doubles 60 47
Opposing doubles 67 69
Triples 8 5
Opposing triples 9 10
Home Runs 16 12
Opposing home runs 43 30
RBI 170 108
OBP ..376 .300
SLG .372 .304
SB-ATT 90-106 56-74
Opposing SB-ATT 51-64 56-73
Walks drawn 154 110
Walks Allowed 174 159
Strikeouts 293 250
Opposing Strikeouts 227 269
Earned run average 9.07 5.56
Innings pitched 265 273.1
Earned runs allowed 267 169
FLD% .956 .964
Errors 49 42
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