The First Pitch:
• Longwood travels to Chapel Hill, N.C. for it's first away game of the season to compete against #10/#9 UNC.
• The Lancers play against then #17 UNC, after last meeting them in 2024 where Longwood lost 3-12.
• Longwood put up a total of seven hits and three runs and only one error in that game.
• The Lancers take on a UNC team that finished third overall in the ACC with a 18-11 record in conference play and a 46-15 record overall last season.Â
Last Series
• The Lancers went 10-1, 3-2(15) and 15-0(7) against the Highlanders to end their home opener at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
• The pitching staff put up a 0.58 ERA series, allowing only three runs in the three games, only two of which were earned runs.
• Brogan Jones hit a grand slam in his Longwood debut, the Lancers put up six runs in the first inning.Â
• Jae'dan Carter homered in the first at bat for the Lancers in game two.
• NJIT tied it 2-2 in the sixth and Jackson Nash stepped in during the 12th to strikeout nine and earn the win.
• Tre Keels hit a grand slam in the first inning of game three
Around The Bases:
• Longwood ranks third in the nation in ERA (0.58), trailing only Clemson and UCF.Â
• Longwood is ranked first in the Big South and seventh in the nation for a strikeout-to-walk ratio with 6.50.
• The Lancers are ranked first in the Big South and fifth in the nation for walks allowed per nine innings with a 1.74 average.Â
• Longwood is 10th in the nation in WHIP and ranked first in the Big South with 0.84.
• Brogan Jones is tied for first in the Big South and 23rd in the nation for home runs with two, one bing a grand slam in game one against NJIT.Â
• Jones is ranked second in the Big South and 22nd nationally for RBI with eight on the season, Tre Keels follows closely with five and ranks seventh in the Big South.
• Keels and Lucas Johnson are both tied for second in the Big South for stolen bases with four a piece, both are ranked 16th nationally. Â
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. UNC 0-4
Under Coach Noe 0-0
Current Streak -
First Meeting L 4-5 (12) in 2009
Last Meeting L 12-3Â 2/28/2024
• UNC took the win in the lone mid-week match 12-3 with four unearned runs.
• Noah Campanelli took the lead 1-0 at the top of the second, scoring on a wild pitch.
• Longwood put up seven hits and scored twice by fielding errros in the seventh to shorten the Tar Heels lead 8-3.• Eight different Tar Heels scored, half had multiple runs in that game.
STATS COMPARISON
                                                    LWU                  UNC
2026 Record                                   3-0                    3-0
Conference                                     0-0                    0-0
Batting Average                             .250                  .265
    Opp. Batting Average               .193                  .154
Hits                           26                     26
    Hits allowed                                 21                     14
Runs                         28                     25
    Opposing runs                               3                      9
Runs per game                 9.3                    8.3
Doubles                        5                      4
    Opposing doubles                         2                      2
Triples                         0                      4
    Opposing triples                           1                      0
Home Runs                     4                      2
    Opposing home runs                     0                      0
RBIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 24Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 19
OBPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .428Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .421
SLGÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .413Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .449
SB-ATTÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 12-16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2-4
    Opposing SB-ATT                       2-3                    0-1
Walks drawn                    26                     19
    Walks Allowed                               6                     17
Strikeouts                     39                     32
    Opposing Strikeouts                   30                     17
Earned run average                         .58                  1.67
Innings pitched                              31.0                  27.0
Earned runs allowed               2                      5
FLD%Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .983Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .981
Errors                           2                      2
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