Through five games, the Longwood women’s soccer team has only three goals and is still searching for their first win. They were in Philadelphia this weekend for a pair of matches and came up empty-handed. The first game was on Friday evening ...
Senior guard David Robinson of the men’s basketball team is going through another injury situation, but it’s not quite as critical as might have been first thought. In mid-August,Robinson dislocated his shoulder while swimming, according to first-year Head Coach Jayson Gee. “I haven’t ...
The women’s soccer team is still searching for its first win of the 2013 campaign and currently stands at a record of 0-1-2 (wins-losses-ties) with the Big South competition still three weeks away. The team headed into this season ...
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 ...
The Longwood field hockey team fell to Miami University by a score of 4-1 on Monday in the second game of a weekend set in Farmville. The Redhawks took the opening faceoff, but the game itself was relatively even for the first part of the match, which featured ...
Even though the school year was over the first week of May, there was no shortage of athletics action to be had during the dog days of summer. Whether on the field or off, here are some of the highlights for the Lancers this summer. May 12: Softball wins ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Monday, members of the Longwood athletics community gathered in Blackwell Hall to honor the accomplishments of this year’s student athletes. All athletic teams were in attendance, in addition to the coaching staffs, select groups of faculty, the Lancer Lunatics and members of the media. The night kicked ...
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. ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
