Longwood’s baseball team fell 4-2 to Winthrop as Eagles senior pitcher Zach Sightler tossed a quality start on Winthrop’s senior day Sunday afternoon at Winthrop Ballpark. Sightler (4-2) led an Eagles pitching staff that held the Lancers to just five hits.

The loss for the Lancers broke up a five-game winning streak in Big South games. The loss denied the Lancers of a sweep, but Longwood won the series and finished the season with the most conference wins in program history. The Lancers won four conference series, including two by sweep, both the most for a single season since joining the Big South for the 2013 season.

Freshman left-hander Steven Farkas (3-3) took the loss after allowing three runs on six hits in 5.1 innings of work for Longwood (30-22, 14-10 Big South).

Winthrop’s Mitch Spires had the big hit in the game, hitting a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning. Spires went 2-for-4, one of three Eagles to pick up multiple hits in the game.

Longwood’s bullpen was led by 2 perfect innings from Michael Catlin. The appearance was the fifth perfect appearance of the season by Catlin and his sixth hitless outing.

The Lancers got on the board with a pair of runs in the fourth inning. Sammy Miller and Janos Briscoe each singled to start the frame and each scored in the inning to give Longwood a 2-1 lead.

Longwood begins the final series of the regular season Thursday at Appalachian State. First pitch in Boone, N.C., is set for 6 p.m.