The Longwood Lancers are the

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teams that represent

Longwood University Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary and colloquially known as Longwood or Longwood College, it is the third-oldest public university in Virginia and one of ...

, located in

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. The University's 14 men’s and women’s teams compete at the

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(NCAA) Division I level. Since 2012, the Lancers have been a member of the

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. In March 2022, the

Longwood Lancers men's basketball The Longwood Lancers men's basketball team is the Division I basketball team that represents Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Since 2012, the team has competed in the Big South Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...

and

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teams won Big South Tournament titles, punching the first tickets to the NCAA basketball tournament in the school’s Division I history. Only three times in Big South Conference history has the same institution claimed the men's and women's basketball titles in the same year. Both teams also won regular-season titles in the 2021-2022 season, with the men's team in sole possession of first place and the women's team tied for first. In 2024, the Lancers won the Big South men's basketball tournament for the second time in three years and earned a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Since joining the Big South, the Longwood softball team has won five Big South tournament crowns and three regular-season titles. The Lancers have appeared in the

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four times. The Lancer mascot is Elwood, a horse, and the official logo features a horse’s head atop a lance. The Lancers' fight song is "Hail to Longwood U."

Sports sponsored

Conference affiliations

* 1972–73 to 1981–82:

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* 1976–77 to 1980–81: NCAA Division III Independent * 1981–82 to 1982–83: NCAA Division II Independent * 1983–84 to 1987–88:

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* 1988–89 to 1994–95: NCAA Division II Independent * 1995–96 to 2002–03: Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference * 2003–04: NCAA Division II Independent * 2004–05 to 2011–12: NCAA Division I Independent * 2012–13 to present:

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Championships

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*Big South Tournament Championships (2): 2022, 2024 * Big South Regular Season Championships (1): 2022

Women's Basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...

*Big South Tournament Championships (1): 2022 * Big South Regular Season Championships (1): 2022 (tied for first place)

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* Big South Tournament Championships (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 * Big South Regular Season Championships (5): 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023

Baseball

* Division II South Atlantic Regional Championship (1): 1991

Men's Soccer

* Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament Championship (2): 2008, 2011

Women's Lacrosse

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Championship (2): 2009, 2010

Women's Golf

* Division II National Golf Coaches Association National Championships (4): 1987-88, 1990, 1993, 1995

Men's Golf

* Big South Tournament Championship (1): 2023

Longwood in the NCAA Tournament

Men's Basketball

Women's Basketball

Softball

References

External links

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