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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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Men's Basketball Players React to Gee’s Hiring

With the hiring of new men’s basketball head coach Jayson Gee, many people around campus and in the town of Farmville have spoken out, pleased to see a new era in Longwood basketball come to pass. But the thoughts and views that are most important come from the people who had ties to the former coaching ...


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The Rotunda Analyzes the Hiring of Jayson Gee

On Monday, Sports Editor Eric Hobeck and contributors Steven Sommer and Hunter Costley sat down and talked about the naming of former Cleveland State Associate Head Coach Jayson Gee as the next Longwood men’s basketball head coach. EH: Gee is the eighth head coach in the history of the program, following ...



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Lancers Drop a Dramatic Home Game to Liberty

The Longwood softball team dropped a tough home loss to the Liberty Flames 8-7 on Monday night. The thrilling primetime affair dropped the Lancers to 27-11 (9-5 Big South) and ended an eight-game winning streak. The Lancers fell just short of a comeback bid when sophomore Katie Shinrock lined out to ...


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New Men's Basketball Coach Shares His Thoughts

Jayson Gee loves a challenge. He’s taken a few different programs from the depths of their conferences and made them into winners, whether at a small school in the heart of West Virginia or a large school in downtown Cleveland. He’ll try to do the same here in Farmville as he takes the reins of ...


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Who’s No. 1?

"Who’s No. 1?” It’s a question whose answer has changed almost as many times as Doug Thibault’s famously — and admittedly awesome — colorful suits this college basketball season. According to the final regular standings, Gonzaga was No. 1. Well, we all know how that turned out. Has the season ...


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Brooke Short Leads Quietly, but Provides Loud Impact

Being a leader, especially in sports, is often thought of as getting loud, rallying the troops, being outspoken, or being a “get in your face” type of player, à la Ray Lewis. Softball player Brooke Short has proven that leadership doesn’t have to be about being loud, or even getting in players’ ...


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Women's Lacrosse Comes Back Against W&M; Loses to Navy

The Longwood women’s lacrosse team has cooled off a bit since their red-hot start to the 2013 season, losing twice in the past week. The week began with a 13-8 road-loss to conference foe High Point before the Lancers (7-5, 2-2 Big South) returned home to play William & Mary and overcame a second-half ...


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What’s the Big Deal about March Madness?

Every year in the middle of March, it’s the same story – Cinderella teams and decades- old powerhouses fighting for the title of college basketball’s best team. Some people get tired of it after one or two days of games, whereas some folks – me included – can’t get enough. There are a lot ...



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Lacrosse Beats Old Dominion, Loses to Davidson

The LU women’s lacrosse team went 1-1 last weekend with a 17- 10 triumph on the road at Old Dominion on Wednesday before falling at Davidson on Saturday, 17- 7. Against Old Dominion, the Lancers (6-3, 2-1 Big South) led by 9-4 at the half before pulling away throughout the second. The Lancers were ...


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Softball Ends Losing Streak in Big Way

After getting swept by Coastal Carolina last week, the Longwood softball team headed into their weekend series against Gardner- Webb with one thing on their mind: redemption. They left little doubt as to who the better team was in Farmville this weekend, sweeping Gardner-Webb to move to 22-10 overall ...


Longwood Drops Home Series to Virginia Military Institute
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Longwood Drops Home Series to Virginia Military Institute

The Longwood baseball team dropped a three game series to the visiting Virginia Military Institute Keydets over the weekend. The Keydets took games one and three while the Lancers won in game two. Assistant Coach Brian McCullough said, “I thought our starting pitching ... set the tone for the weekend ...


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How’s that For Some Madness?

March 5 is a special day to me. Not only is it my birthday, it’s also the day that Longwood was founded about 174 years ago. I’ve had my share of good birthdays over the years, but none like the one that I had over Spring Break. It’s no secret that the men’s basketball team here had a rough ...


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Lancers Grab Two of Three in First Big South Series

19 games into their 2013 campaign, the Longwood baseball team sports a 10-9 record with 29 games to play. Despite an injury-laden season, the team is making strides to continually improve on a daily basis. “Baseball is one of those sports where you need to get your repetitions in. The more that our ...


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Meet Our Mascot: Elwood Raises Lancer Spirit

Longwood University has always cherished its community and spirit on campus, especially that of the athletic department and spirit groups on campus such as the Lancer Lunatics. But for a while, people felt like there was a key part of every college that Longwood was missing: a university mascot. That ...


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End of an Era: Mike Gillian Resigns

After just one season in the Big South, Longwood is now in need of a new men’s basketball coach. Mike Gillian, the longest-tenured coach in school history at 10 years, resigned last Thursday. Gillian led the Lancers to a 93-214 record in his decade at the helm, including an 8-25 record in 2012- 13. ...