NORFOLK, Va. – Longwood rallied from a 1-0 deficit by scoring all its runs in the fifth inning and later to pull out an 8-1 victory over the Spartans on Tuesday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field.

The Spartans (11-24), who were playing their first home game this month, took a 1-0 lead in the third. Malcolm Perry walked and stole second, then advanced to third on a sacrifice by Cody Donnell. Brandon Cleveland then laid down a squeeze bunt to score Perry with the game's first run.

Longwood tied it in the fifth on Gregory Ryan's RBI single. Ryan later scored with two outs on a throw down to first base after a dropped third strike, giving the Lancers the lead.

Michael Dolberry and Hayden Harris added run-scoring singles in the sixth, while Corbin McCloud and Eric Chorba drove in runs in the seventh as the Lancer lead stretched to 6-1.

Longwood tacked on one more in both the eighth and ninth innings.

NSU managed just three hits against Longwood pitching, two by Dionte Brown and one by Tanner Brandon.

Noah Wiggins got the start for NSU and took the loss, but turned in what was likely his best outing as a Spartan. He struck out a career-high six hitters, allowing four runs (three earned) in five-plus innings pitched. It was the longest pitching appearance of his college career.

All told, NSU pitchers struck out 14 batters, tying a season high. Steven Shaffer fanned three in his one inning of work, Brandon struck out two in his first pitching appearance of the year, while Mike Pyers also struck out two and Jackson Sanchez one.

Trey Tiffany (1-0) got the win for the Lancers with two innings of relief work. Four Lancers had two hits each.

NSU continues a stretch of nine straight home games with a four-game series with Maryland Eastern Shore this weekend. The series starts with a 3 p.m. game on Friday.