The entirety of William & Mary’s bench stormed the field following sophomore William Esky’s goal, ending both the second golden goal period and Longwood’s hope of a win or tie as the Lancers laid sprawled in positions of dismay and disappointment. The final score read 3-2 in the Tribe’s ...
With six minutes left in the game, senior forward Zach Crandall and redshirt freshman forward Willy Miezan connected to score the late game-winner, ultimately upsetting Navy (2-2-1) 2-1 after an eventful second half last Friday, Sep. 11. “It’s always a test of character. They knew that they were ...
The defending Big 12 champion West Virginia University (7-1-0) was in control from start to finish against Big South Longwood University (3-4-0) last Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13. The No. 5 nationally ranked Mountaineers sent an astonishing 41 shots at the Lancer defense, 16 on goal, on their way to a ...
Eighty thousand fans wait on the edge of their seats with bated breath as the clock moves into stoppage time. They’ve spent the last two hours yelling and chanting their team’s fight song in hopes of seeing that elusive goal to seal a victory. Almost every day soccer fans around the world devote ...
Two late goals with less than ten minutes to play lifted the nationally-ranked No. 10 Virginia Tech Hokies to a 4-2 win over the upset-minded Lancers on Wednesday night in Blacksburg. “I'm so proud of the Longwood team that played their guts out tonight against one of the top teams in the country,” ...
All signs were pointing towards a scoreless draw on Sunday afternoon before Longwood senior forward Olivia Colella finally broke through in the 83rd minute to propel the Lancers (2-1-0) to a 1-0 win over the Howard University Bison (1-2-0). Colella fired a free kick over a wall of defenders and ...
With two exhibitions under his belt, Longwood redshirt freshman forward Willy Miezan came off the bench to score a hat trick in his first official NCAA-sanctioned game, leading the Lancers to their 4-1 win at home against the Virginia Military Institute’s Keydets (VMI) (0-1-0) on Friday night. “Willy’s ...
In their second exhibition game against a lower division school, Longwood men’s soccer defeated the University of Mary Washington (UMW) Eagles 2-1 on Monday night, August 24. The victory did not come without having to survive a few last minute attempts by the Eagles following a late goal by UMW freshman ...
The Longwood women’s soccer team (1-1-0) was unable to cash in on late goal-scoring opportunities in a very physical 1-0 loss to the Youngstown State Penguins (2-0-0) in front of a capacity crowd Sunday night. “I thought we were really, really flat,” said head coach Todd Dyer. After blanking the ...
The Longwood women’s soccer team used two second half goals to shutout the American University Eagles (0-1-0) 2-0 in their 2015 season opener handing them their first loss. “I thought we progressively got better throughout the game,” said head coach Todd Dyer. “Certainly once we started scoring ...
Longwood men’s soccer experienced a 2014 season full of letdowns as the team took a step back from their improvement the year before to finish with an overall record of 4-14-1. Of their 14 losses, eight games were decided by a single goal deficit, including their heartbreaking final game in the first ...
Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, sophomore Longwood men’s soccer transfer Sherif Maalouf experienced a different environment to develop both his body and mind. In the majority of the United States, education takes precedence to athletics, especially at the K-12 level. Public school students can’t ...
Last year, the fate of the Longwood women’s soccer season came down to the final match. In order to make the Big South Conference Tournament as the 8-seed, the Lancers needed a win against Route 460 rival Liberty University or a tie/loss by either Winthrop University or UNC Asheville. Neither situation ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Longwood’s men’s soccer team traveled to Conway, S.C., where they played the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the First Round of the Big South Tournament. The No. 7 seed Lancers fell to the No. 2 seed Chanticleers for the second time this season 2-1. This loss came just three ...
Only 37 seconds separated Longwood’s women’s soccer (8-8- 3) from a possible bid to the Big South Tournament. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the Lancers were in control of their own fate when going into their Big South rivalry game against No. one seed, Liberty University (11-4-1). If they won or tied, they ...
Longwood gets back above .500 after convincing shutout over Charleston Southern Last week Longwood’s women’s soccer team (7-6-3) tied with Presbyterian (3-7-3), 3-3, and picked up a big win over the weekend shutting out Charleston Southern (5-10-1), 2-0. The Lancers were winless in their last four ...
The women’s team started a four game home stand starting this weekend, playing Richmond in the annual G.A.M.E. and Western Carolina. In Richmond, a crowd of 1,450 supported the team, and it was a close game all the way to the end. Richmond got on the scoreboard first in the twelfth minute, but Longwood ...
The Longwood Men’s Soccer team took on Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, VA, this past Saturday, Aug. 30, with a satisfying 1-0 win over the Keydets. Despite the well-contested match-up on Patchin Field, the first half resulted in a stalemate with both teams showing zero on the score ...
The LU men’s soccer team won just four games last season and was ranked eighth in the Big South preseason poll. The Lancers (5-4-3, 4-0-1 Big South) battled through the first portion of their schedule and have hit their stride as of late, winning four in a row in advance ...
