Long pitched three complete games in the tournament, earning wins over Malone, Tiffin and Trevecca in the circle. The junior faced 96 batters over three days, striking out 22.
In the first game of the tournament, Malone took ODU to nine innings. Long struck out nine batters, only walked one and allowed four earned runs. Against Tiffin, She struck out five, walked two batters, while only giving up one earned run. In the championship game, Long struck out eight, gave up two earned runs and did not walk any batters.
Long is 16-9 on the season with a 2.07 ERA, the third-best ERA in the conference. She has 139 strikeouts through 162 innings pitched this spring. Long was named to the All-Conference Second Team.