What’s that noise? It sounds like a bird, no a plane. Wait, listen, its Longwood University’s brand new drum line! This fall, the LU Athletics Department teamed up with the Music Department in order to make a drum line for the Big South ...
Longwood’s men’s basketball team took home a historic win for the program last Tuesday, beating Texas Christian University (TCU), 82-79. Not only was it first-year Head Coach Jayson Gee’s first win, but some called it the biggest win in program ...
A near-capacity crowd filled Willett Hall on Saturday evening to take on the home opener for the men’s basketball team. In a sloppy affair, Longwood beat Division II Mars Hill (MHU) 88-70. The pregame was punctuated by a replay of Lucas Woodhouse’s gamewinning three-pointer from last Tuesday ...
Daeisha Brown has loved basketball since she was six years old. She continues to play and love the sport as a sophomore guard on the LU women’s basketball team. As she was recently named to the preseason All-Conference team, head coach Bill Reinson said, ...
Fresh off his Big South Coach of the Year honor, Jon Atkinson led his men into battle last night at the Athletics Complex against Campbell in the first round of the Big South Tournament. It was a bitterly cold night, the coldest one of the season ...
Rarely does the second game of any team’s season live on in the memories of that program’s fans and those directly associated with it. This one, however, will be remembered in Farmville for a very long time. The LU men’s basketball team beat ...
The LU women’s basketball team came into Willet Hall on Monday with one loss already under their belts, after they fell to Seton Hall 46-63 on Friday. Monday marked the first game the team has played in front of the rowdy Willett crowd this season. They welcomed to campus the Tribe of William & ...
While the dream may have ended a game too soon for the LU women’s basketball team last season, Head Coach Bill Reinson is prepared to keep the ship going in the right direction. Two seven-win seasons before last year led to a 14-19 record last season, including a few weeks ...
Last year, nobody could have predicted the 14-game losing streak, the Liberty game or beating UNC Asheville. Now, the men’s basketball team has more negative predictions to defy as their second season in the Big South Conference gets underway. In the preseason poll released ...
There is an old adage that says life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. Over the past few years, the Longwood basketball program has had a string of lows including a 10-21 campaign in 2011, an 8-25 season last year and the departure of now-former head ...
Last year, nobody could have predicted the 14-game losing streak, the Liberty game or beating UNC Asheville. Now, the men’s basketball team has more negative predictions to defy as their second season in the Big South Conference gets underway. In the preseason poll released ...
The LU field hockey team finished the regular season on a high note this weekend, winning two NorPac games in North Carolina to set the stage for the first round of the NorPac conference tournament tomorrow in Lynchburg. On Friday, the team looked to be all but beaten at Appalachian ...
The No. 3 Seed LU women’s soccer team fell to High Point 3-1 in the first round of the Big South tournament in Farmville on Saturday night. The game began well enough for the Lancers, who finished the season at 9-9-2. Some pushing and shoving in the box in the sixth minute ...
The LU men’s soccer team beat Presbyterian in Farmville on Saturday, 1-0. The win virtually assures the side of hosting a Big South tournament game for the first time next Tuesday, Nov. 12. The game Saturday was devoid of scoring for the first 78 minutes, until ...
Last Wednesday, the LU field hockey team played at No. 2 North Carolina and came away humbled, losing 9-0. That loss dropped them to 6-11 on the year ahead of the team’s final two games of the regular season. Expectations may not have been high coming into the ...
After a seven-season absence, Lancer Madness has returned to Longwood University. The event, officially titled “Lancer Madness: The Woods After Dark,” serves as a kickoff to men’s and women’s basketball season at the school and will be held on Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. in Willett Hall. ...
The LU women’s soccer team played three games over the course of the last week as the Big South season winds down. First, they fell to Campbell University (6-10-0, 2-7 Big South) losing 1-0 on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. The Lancers (9-8-2, 8-3-0 ...
The LU men’s soccer team had a four-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday, losing 3-1 at Campbell and ending their undefeated record in the Big South. They rebounded over the weekend with a crucial 2-1 home victory over Winthrop. Against Campbell, the Lancers gave up the ...
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 ...
The roller coaster season continues for Longwood field hockey, which has a decent record in the NorPac as the regular season winds down. That said, the team has fallen on hard times as of late with two losses to in-state archrival Liberty (9-4, 4-0 NorPac) and a recent 0-4 loss to No. 6 ...
