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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Lancers unable to take series from top-seeded Panthers

The Lancers baseball (19-14, 7-5) team was able to pick up their seventh consecutive series-opening win but were unable to capture the series win at High Point (22-10, 7-2) over the weekend.

On Friday, April 8, the Lancers were able to rally after being no-hit through the first five innings to tie the game at 1-1 and knock out High Point’s starter, Scott Hoffman, due to a high pitch count.

After the Lancers got to the bullpen, they were able to get three runs off of reliever Tyler Britton who took the loss surrendering those three runs in three innings of work. Senior captain Travis Burnette picked up the win throwing 7.1 innings while surrendering three runs, two earned and striking out five to improve to 5-1 on the season.

"It was a great Friday night win with two front-line arms going toe-to-toe and was a great series-opening win for us," Longwood head coach Ryan Mau said on the Longwood athletics official site. "[Burnette] is our workhorse, he's our captain, and we feel really good when he's out there pitching on Friday nights.”

The Lancers were led by their other senior captain C.J. Roth who ended the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored while junior designated hitter Alex Lewis added two RBIs to add on to his team-leading 31.

On Saturday, starter Andre Scrubb dominated the Lancer lineup striking out 11 over eight innings of work, allowing only two runs on three hits and surrendering three walks. Domonic Fazio set the pace for the Panthers offensively, driving in four runs in the 7-2 win. Fazio was 3-3 and had the go-ahead three-run double in the fifth inning.

"Scrubb had all three pitches working and we just couldn't figure him out," said Mau. "They got the big hit tonight. [Fazio's] double down the left field line was the difference."

In the loss, junior outfielder Drew Kitson delivered the only two runs of the game on his two-run home run, his third of the season. Lewis was also able to reach base safely, which extended his team-high 15-game hitting streak.

On Sunday, Carson Jackson drove in the game-winning run to take the series from the Lancers in a 2-1 pitchers dual as Andrew Gottfried picked up the win allowing one run and five hits over seven innings.

Junior Cody Wager took the loss after allowing the go-ahead run over his two innings out of the bullpen.

Roth paced the Lancers throughout the weekend going 3-for-4 in the rubber match on Sunday and finished the weekend 5-for-12 with three runs scored.

The Lancers were able to use great defense throughout to stay in the game, including a diving catch by sophomore outfielder Hayes Nelson on the warning track that took away an extra base hit, but were unable to capitalize and scratch across any runs after the first inning.

"We missed an opportunity to tie it up late and couldn't produce the big hit," said Mau. "The bullpen did a good job of keeping us around."

Longwood returns to action against the defending national champion Virginia Cavaliers on Wednesday, April 13 after it was pushed back from April 12 due to inclement weather.

The Lancers will be playing their tenth of 11 games against teams from the Commonwealth, and hold a 6-3 record so far against their in-state foes.

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