Longwood Lancers Explained

Longwood Lancers
University:Longwood University
Association:NCAA
Division:Division I
Conference:Big South (primary)
MAC (field hockey)
Director:Tim Hall [1]
Location:Farmville, Virginia
Teams:14 (16 starting in 2023–24)
Baseballfield:Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium
Basketballarena:Joan Perry Brock Center
Soccerstadium:Longwood University Athletics Complex
Softballstadium:Lancer Field
Mascot:Elwood
Nickname:Lancers (official)
Blue and White (unofficial)
Pageurl:http://www.longwoodlancers.com/

The Longwood Lancers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Longwood University, located in Farmville, Virginia. The University's 14 men’s and women’s teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. Since 2012, the Lancers have been a member of the Big South Conference.[2]

In March 2022, the Longwood Lancers men's basketball and women's basketball teams won Big South Tournament titles,[3] [4] punching the first tickets to the NCAA basketball tournament in the school’s Division I history. Only three times in Big South Conference history has the same institution claimed the men's and women's basketball titles in the same year. Both teams also won regular-season titles in the 2021-2022 season, with the men's team in sole possession of first place and the women's team tied for first. In 2024, the Lancers won the Big South men's basketball tournament for the second time in three years and earned a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament.

Since joining the Big South, the Longwood softball team has won five Big South tournament crowns and three regular-season titles.[5] The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament four times.

The Lancer mascot is Elwood, a horse, and the official logo features a horse’s head atop a lance. The Lancers' fight song is "Hail to Longwood U."

Conference affiliations

Notes:

Championships

Baseball Basketball
Cross Country
Cross country Field Hockey
Golf Golf
Lacrosse
Tennis Soccer
Track and field* Softball
Tennis
Track and field*

Baseball

Women's Lacrosse

Women's Golf

Men's Golf

Longwood in the NCAA Tournament

Men's Basketball

  1. 14 South
First round
  1. 3 Tennessee
L 56–88
  1. 16 South
First round
  1. 1 Houston
L 46–86

Women's Basketball

  1. 16
First Four
First round
  1. 16 Mount St. Mary's
    #1 NC State
W, 74-70
L, 68–96

Softball

0–2 Knoxville Regional
1–2 Knoxville Regional
2–2 Harrisonburg Regional
2–2 Knoxville Regional
0–2 Knoxville Regional
Totals 5–10

Notes and References

  1. Tim Hall . Longwood Lancers . October 25, 2022.
  2. Web site: Member Institutions . 2013-03-07 . 2013-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313171845/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=1097092 . dead .
  3. Web site:
    1. 1 Longwood Wins 2022 Hercules Tires Big South Men's Basketball Championship
    .
  4. Web site:
    1. 2 Longwood Wins 2022 Hercules Tires Big South Women's Basketball Championship
    .
  5. https://longwoodlancers.com/documents/2020/8/18/SB_Record_Book_Updated_081820.pdf
  6. Web site: Longwood University and the Big South . 2 . September 22, 2015.

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