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Men’s Soccer Visits Steel City, Leaves Empty-Handed

   2012 was seen as a rebuilding year for the men’s soccer team atLongwood, a year where the Lancers were coming off of an AtlanticSoccer Conference championship but lost their leading goalscorer, Nick Surkamp, to a transfer. They had three wins last year, two of which occurred ...




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Top Entertainment Destinations on Campus and around Town

If you are a movie fan, like myself, then keeping up with the newest releases is a necessity. On the other hand, maybe you enjoy comic book heroes such as Spiderman or Batman. Or perhaps you simply enjoy reading paperback novels by J.K. Rowling. Whatever your entertainment tastes are, Farmville, Va. ...


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The Urban Dictionary of Longwood University

To the class of 2017, the latest Green Class (remember this), welcome to Longwood University. In the next four years, you will be taken on quite a thrilling roller coaster. At this particular institution, there are certain traditions you will need to be aware of. The next 700 words will act as a guide ...


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Longwood Lancer Lunatics: Leading the Charge In Lancer Spirit

Whether they are rushing the court after a famous one-point win over Liberty University in Willett Hall or leading the chants at a lacrosse or soccer game, the Lancer Lunatics are the self-appointed “team behind the team.” Loudly and proudly thrusting their support behind the university’s 14 NCAA-level ...



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Bonus Dollars and Lancer CA$H-What's the Difference?

Life takes money, and college life is no different. With that being said, you won’t have to drain your savings account in order to enjoy your time in Farmville. There are two ways to pay for college-related expenses aside from directly out of your own pocket: Bonus Dollars and Lancer CA$H. While generally ...


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GAME 4.0: Same Idea, Different Sports

For three years students, faculty and staff at Longwood have gathered in Willett Hall on the night before the year’s first classes before walking a couple of miles to the Athletics Complex to take in a women’s soccer game. This year, everyone will do just that, but instead, there will be field hockey ...


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Troy Austin Looks Back on the Year for Longwood Sports

As a historic 2012-13 year for the Longwood athletics winds down, Troy Austin lamented on the year in Longwood sports on Tuesday.  The traditional G.A.M.E. (Greatest Athletics March Ever) was held on Aug. 19, as the Lancer women’s soccer team fell 3-0 to Virginia Commonwealth. In the pregame ...


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Women's LAcross Beats Liberty, Prepares for Tournament

After a dismal 4-13 season in 2012, the LU women’s lacrosse team has completed an impressive turnaround in their first season in the Big South Conference.  Head Coach Elaine Jones has spearheaded a six-game turnaround, completed by a 19-12 Senior Day victory by the Lancers (10-7, 5-2 Big South) over ...


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After G-WU Sweep, Baseball in Good Position

 Following a disappointing loss to James Madison in 10 innings last week, the Lancer baseball squad bounced back with a three game sweep of GardnerWebb this past weekend and a key win against George Mason on Tuesday. After four straight wins, the Lancers are now back to .500 (21-21) and sitting ...


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Longwood Softball Gears Up for the Regular Season Conclusion

The Longwood softball team is gearing up for its first appearance in the Big South Conference tournament. The Lancers (33-14, 13-5 Big South) got swept in the weekend series at No. 3 Florida and, according to Head Coach Kathy Riley, the trip was a learning experience.  “I felt like, in the first ...



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A Look at LU's New Men's Basketball Coach Jayson Gee

On Wednesday, April 3, former Associate Head Coach at Cleveland State University Jayson Gee was named the new men’s basketball head coach at Longwood. With 24 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Gee became the eighth head coach in the 37-year history of Longwood’s men’s basketball program. ...


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Kessens Honored with State Rookie of the Year Award

After an outstanding freshmancampaign, Longwood men’s basketballforward Michael Kessens was awarded the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) Rookie of the Year award last Tuesday, April 9. Kessens averaged 13.7 points and 8.8 rebounds on the year, and was the Big South Conference’s ...


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Hard Work Prevails

As I was watching the movie “42” in theatres this past weekend, I couldn't help but think how far we have come as a culture and as a nation. Being half African-American, it is amazing to think about the things that Jackie Robinson went through when he broke baseball’s color barrier 66 years ago, ...


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Club Baseball Gets Ranked Seventh Nationally

With some success in recent years, the Longwood club baseball team has hit their stride as an organization this season, starting 11-0 before losing two of three this weekend on the road at Radford, one of the team’s foes in the National Club Baseball Association’s West Region of District III. The ...


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Softball Exacts Revenge on Liberty, Sweeps Radford

After Longwood’s error-prone loss to Liberty last Monday evening, the Lancers had only one thing on their mind: beating their in-state rivals from Radford and Lynchburg. They did so in a big way, sweeping the season series against Radford last Wednesday before taking two of three on the season series ...


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Gestures of Respect and Support for Seton Hill

On March 20, 2013, before pulling their sixth victory of the season at Old Dominion, members of the Longwood women’s lacrosse team wore ribbons in respect for a death in the lacrosse community. Three days before, the women’s lacrosse team at Division II Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania experienced ...


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Welcome to Farmvegas

There’s something about the spring season that renews people. With any luck, the nice weather is here to stay for what’s left of the semester, and it’s hard to believe that this school year is almost behind usI.t’s also a refreshing time of year for the flagship LU team, men’s basketball. ...


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