The High Point University baseball team outlasted Longwood University for a 3-2 baseball victory in 10 innings on Thursday night at Lancer Stadium.

The Panthers improved to 17-24 overall with the victory in their first extra-inning game of the season. The Lancers fell to 21-19 after falling for the seventh time in eight extra-inning games this year.
   
High Point grabbed a 2-0 advantage in the first inning after scoring two runs, one unearned, courtesy of three hits and two errors.  Jeff Cowan led-off with a single up the middle, but was forced at second on a fielder's choice ground-ball to third by Alfie Wheeler.  Wheeler was caught stealing for two outs before Matt Gantner reached on a single ahead of Billy Alvino, who reached on a fielding error at first base, and advanced to second on a throwing error by the right fielder on the same play that allowed Gantner to score.  Randy Schwartz added an RBI single plating Alvino.
   
Longwood tied the contest at 2-2 with two runs in the seventh inning as Justin Morreim singled through the right side to lead-off, and moved to second on a single up the middle from Phil Cerreto. Topher Ellis loaded the bases with no outs when he reached on a pinch-hit bunt single to third base.  Morreim crossed the plate when Nick von Gersdorff grounded into a double play, and Cerreto scored unearned while Jon Quigley reached on a throwing error at third base.
   
High Point won the game in the 10th inning as Tucker Stobbe drew a lead-off walk and was safe at second on a fielder's choice bunt back to the mound by Drew Geissinger as the throw went to second base.  Max Fulginiti walked to load the bases before Kyle Mahoney hit a sacrifice fly to right field scoring Stobbe with the game winner.
   
The Panthers finished with five hits recorded by five different players. Longwood ended the game with seven hits but only mustered a pair of runs in the loss.

Bubba O'Donnell (3-1) picked-up the mound win in relief for High Point working the final 1.2 shutout innings, allowing one hit with one strikeout.  HPU starter Sean Murphy pitched the first 6.0 innings for the Panthers, scattering five hits and two runs, one earned, with five strikeouts and no walks. Jeremy Berg also threw 2.1 scoreless innings of relief.

Rob Moody took the pitching loss for Longwood after working the final 3.0 innings, yielding no hits and one earned run with three strikeouts and two walks. Jonathan Watson pitched 5.0 scoreless innings of middle relief for the Lancers, yielding just one hit with five strikeouts and one walk.

High Point will have nine days off from competition as the HPU begins its spring semester exam week on Saturday. The Panthers next comes on May 3 at North Carolina State.