Longwood Lancers

Longwood Lancers

University	Longwood University
Conference	Big South Conference Mid-American Conference (field hockey)
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Troy Austin
Location	Farmville, VA
Varsity teams	14
Basketball arena	Willett Hall
Baseball stadium	Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium
Softball stadium	Lancer Field
Soccer stadium	Longwood University Athletics Complex
Mascot	Elwood
Nickname	Lancers (official) Blue and White (unofficial)
Colors	Blue Gray
Website	www.longwoodlancers.com

The Longwood Lancers are the varsity athletic teams representing Longwood University (formerly Longwood College) in Farmville, Virginia in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors fourteen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis; women's-only field hockey, lacrosse, and softball; and men's-only baseball. The Lancers compete in NCAA Division I and became members of the Big South Conference^[1] in July 2012 after upgrading from NCAA Division II during the 2004–05 season. In women's field hockey, a sport not sponsored by the Big South, Longwood is an associate member of the Mid-American Conference as of the 2014–15 school year.

Conference affiliations

1972 to 1982: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women^[2]
1976 to 1970: NCAA Division III Independent
1980 to 1995: NCAA Division II Independent
1995 to 2003: Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference
2003 to 2004: NCAA Division II Independent
2004 to 2012: NCAA Division I Independent
2012 to present: Big South Conference

Teams

Individual teams

Men's Intercollegiate Sports

Women's Intercollegiate Sports

Notes

↑ The field hockey team competes as an associate member of the Mid-American Conference.

Longwood's football squad, while still using the Lancers name, plays at the club football level.

Program notes

In 1980, Longwood's men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division III Final Four. Longwood has been home to two Division II NABC First Team All Americans: Jerome Kersey (1983, 1984) and Colin Ducharme (2001). Ducharme was also named the DII National Player of the Year by the NABC in 2001, while leading the Lancers to DII East Regional Finals. Longwood's women's basketball team is also steeped in tradition, competing in the NCAA Division II Tournament 4 times, most recently in 2003.
In 1991, Longwood's baseball team won the Division II South Atlantic Regional Championship and advanced to the DII College World Series in Montgomery, Alabama. The baseball team has had 29 winning seasons in its 33 year history.
Longwood's women's golf team has won 5 Division II National Golf Coaches Association National Championships (1987–88, 1990, 1993, 1995) and has finished second 4 times.
Prior to joining the Big South Conference in 2012, the men's soccer team was a member of the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) and captured their first conference title in 2008 and repeated in 2011. Women's lacrosse played in the National Lacrosse Conference and took home conference titles in 2009 and 2010. In 2007 the men's golf team became the first to reach NCAA Division I postseason play.
From 2005 until 2009, the women's soccer team was a member of the United Soccer Conference.
In August 2011, the university unveiled its new mascot - a horse named Elwood.
On January 23, 2012, Longwood accepted an invitation to join the Big South Conference, becoming its twelfth member, and fourth in Virginia.
On August 19, 2012, Longwood released its new fight song, "Hail to Longwood U"
On May 12, 2013, Longwood won its first Big South Championship in softball. Brooke Short was named the Conference Player of the Year and the Big South Female Athlete of the Year.
On May 10, 2015, Longwood won its second Big South tournament championship in softball, after securing their first Big South regular season championship in any sport. Pitcher Libby Morris was named tournament MVP, while catcher Megan Baltzell received attention as one of the top ten career home run hitters in Division I softball.
On May 16, 2015, Longwood won its first NCAA Division I Tournament victory in any sport, when the softball team beat Virginia Tech in the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

References

↑ http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=1097092
↑ "Longwood University and the Big South" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

External links

Official website

Big South Conference

Full members	Campbell Fighting Camels and Lady Camels Charleston Southern Buccaneers Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (leaving in 2016) Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs High Point Panthers Liberty Flames and Lady Flames Longwood Lancers Presbyterian Blue Hose Radford Highlanders UNC Asheville Bulldogs Winthrop Eagles

Football-only members	Monmouth Hawks Kennesaw State Owls

Mid-American Conference

East Division	Akron Zips Bowling Green Falcons Buffalo Bulls Kent State Golden Flashes Miami RedHawks Ohio Bobcats

West Division	Ball State Cardinals Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Northern Illinois Huskies Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos

Affiliates	Binghamton Bearcats (men's tennis) Evansville Purple Aces (men's swimming and diving) Longwood Lancers (field hockey) UMass Minutemen (football, leaving in 2016) Missouri Tigers (wrestling) Missouri State Bears (field hockey, men's swimming and diving) Northern Iowa Panthers (wrestling) Old Dominion Monarchs (wrestling) Southern Illinois Salukis (men's swimming and diving) West Virginia Mountaineers (men's soccer)

Seasons	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Championships	Conference champions

Sports teams based in Virginia

Baseball	IL Norfolk Tides EL Richmond Flying Squirrels CL Lynchburg Hillcats Potomac Nationals Salem Red Sox ApL Bluefield Blue Jays Bristol Pirates Danville Braves Pulaski Yankees ALPB Virginia Beach Neptunes CPL Martinsville Mustangs Peninsula Pilots Petersburg Generals VBL

Basketball	ABA Richmond Elite

Football	WFA Richmond Black Widows

Ice hockey	ECHL Norfolk Admirals SPHL Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs

Roller derby	WFTDA Charlottesville Derby Dames Dominion Derby Girls NRV Rollergirls River City Rollergirls Rocktown Rollers Star City Roller Girls

Rugby league	USARL Northern Virginia Eagles

Soccer	USL Richmond Kickers PDL Northern Virginia Royals NPSL Virginia Beach City FC

College athletics (NCAA Division I)	George Mason Hampton James Madison Liberty Longwood Norfolk State Old Dominion Radford Richmond Virginia Virginia Commonwealth Virginia Tech VMI William & Mary

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