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Racing Often Offers Two Emotional Extremes

The sport of auto racing can bring drivers, crews, broadcasters and fans the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. This was made abundantly and horrifyingly clear last Sunday afternoon. IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon, 33, of Emberton, England, died Sunday following an awful 15-car crash just 11 laps ...


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Women's Soccer Gets To .500 With Shutout

Longwood University came out ready to play Saturday afternoon on Oct. 15 when they took on Cleveland State University. The 1-0 victory improved the Lancers' record to 6-6-3 for the season. Sophomore midfielder Kelsey Pardue punched in the only goal of the game in the 34th minute. The shutout was courtesy ...


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Women's Soccer Gets To .500 With Shutout

Longwood University came out ready to play Saturday afternoon on Oct. 15 when they took on Cleveland State University. The 1-0 victory improved the Lancers' record to 6-6-3 for the season. Sophomore midfielder Kelsey Pardue punched in the only goal of the game in the 34th minute. The shutout was courtesy ...


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Football Pics!!!

FOOTBALL PICKS Oct. 19 Ben Maitland, Sports Editor -UVA over NC State: I want to believe the Cavaliers have finally found something promising as far as football is concerned. That huge win against Georgia Tech last week should carry over at home against the Wolfpack. -No. 4 Wisconsin over No. 23 Michigan ...



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Men's Soccer Continues Lengthy Road Trip

The Longwood Lancers men's soccer squad won a closely contested double overtime game against in-state opponent Radford University on Oct. 5. Sophomore Nick Surkamp scored the match-winning goal on a header after receiving a ball from junior Vinnie Llana in the 106th minute. Longwood defeated the Big ...


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Athletics' Lancer Leadership Program Gets a Revamp in its Third Year

The beginning of the 2011-2012 school year marked the third year of the Lancer Leadership Program, a program geared towards student athletes that, according to a Sept. 21, 2011 press release from the Athletics Department, "selects student-athletes on the basis of academic and athletic successes, leadership ...



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Community Submission: Rugby Teams off to Flying Start in VRU Season

The Longwood men and women's rugby teams are off to a great start for the Fall Virginia Rugby Union (VRU) season. The men's team has already collected a win against Virginia Tech, but lost a very hard game to Old Dominion University last week 12-7. The team was looking to get on the winning side of ...



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Club Tennis Team About to be a Reality

At Longwood University, there are 18 club sports teams, according to the university website. There are a wide variety of club teams on campus, and these teams include color guard, equestrian and even fishing. Now, club tennis is about to join in the fun. Sophomore and Tennis Club President Trevor Perdue ...


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Men Soccer Falls to UMBC 3-1

On the evening of Saturday Sept. 24, the Longwood Lancers men's soccer team lost to the visiting University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) Retrievers 3-1. Sophomore midfielder Nick Surkamp scored the only Lancer goal that came in the first half of the match. UMBC collected three goals in the second ...




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Goat: Such a Derogatory Term

Fred Merkle and Steve Bartman. What do these two men have in common? They are both respective "goats" in the world of baseball. Now, "goat" used in this context is not an animal you see on a farm that makes a "bah" sound. "Goat," in this instance, is a word reserved for a player that makes one resoundingly ...


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Women's Soccer Hovering at the .500 Mark

Longwood's women's soccer team tallied one win and one loss during play last week. The women's team lost at home 3-2 to Charleston Southern University (CSU) of the Big South Conference last Friday. They quickly rebounded, however, with a home victory over South Carolina State University on Sunday, 2-1. ...



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The Case for Boise State

In Jan. 2007, the Boise State Broncos took the college football world by storm with their overtime upset of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Since then, it seems as if the Broncos are always in the hunt for the national title. However, since (and including) that 2006 season, Boise State has gone 63-5 with ...