Longwood plated 39 total runs to sweep the season-opening doubleheader from Siena Baseball in Farmville, Virginia. The Lancers took the opener 27-13 and the nightcap 12-2.
 
Game One: Longwood 27, Siena 13
Siena (0-2) smashed five home runs and scored three or more runs in four separate innings, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Longwood (2-0) onslaught as the Lancers combined to score 19 times in their first and last innings at bat.
 
The Saints got a great jumpstart to the Alex Jurczynski Era by erupting for a four-run opening frame to start the season. Freshman Tyler Figueroa delivered a lead-off home run in his first collegiate at-bat and transfer Austin Rachiele punctuated the inning with a three-run homer in his first plate appearance in a Siena uniform.
 
But the early advantage was short-lived as Longwood batted around twice in the home half of the first. The Lancers sent 18 men to the plate with 13 of them scoring despite the benefit of only four hits. Longwood drew five walks in the inning and 12 overall in the opener.
 
The Saints responded with three three-run frames, but the Lancers answered each time to pull away.
 
Fifteen different players registered hits for Longwood which totaled 22. Willie Havens led the way with three hits, three runs scored, a homer, and five RBI.
 
Rachiele added a second homer in the fifth as part of a two-hit, four RBI Siena debut, while Danny Barbero and Nick Bergamotto added home runs. Four different Saints tallied multi-hit performances as part of a 14-hit opener, highlighted by four from No. 9 hitter Randall Hien who doubled twice.
 
Game Two: Longwood 12, Siena 2
Longwood accounted for 10 of its 12 runs in the middle three innings to sweep the twin bill. Tanner Thomas homered and drove in four runs, while Matt Stevenson scored four times for the Lancers.
 
Siena scratched across single runs in the fourth and fifth innings courtesy of an RBI double from Gavin Thorburn and a wild pitch. Thorburn accounted for two of the Saints' four hits.
 
Preseason All-Big South selection Ethan Walker struck out eight over 3.1 innings for Longwood, while Sean Gibbons went the final three scoreless with five strikeouts.
 
The Saints will look to salvage the season-opening series Sunday at 1 p.m.