Longwood Lancers
University	Longwood University
Conference	Big South (primary) MAC (field hockey)
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Tim Hall [1]
Location	Farmville, Virginia
Varsity teams	14 (16 starting in 2023–24)
Basketball arena	Joan Perry Brock Center
Baseball stadium	Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium
Softball stadium	Lancer Field
Soccer stadium	Longwood University Athletics Complex
Mascot	Elwood
Nickname	Lancers (official) Blue and White (unofficial)
Colors	Blue and white[2]
Website	www.longwoodlancers.com

Longwood is a member of the Big South Conference.

The Longwood Lancers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Longwood University, located in Farmville, Virginia. The University's 14 men’s and women’s teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. Since 2012, the Lancers have been a member of the Big South Conference.^[3]

In March 2022, the Longwood Lancers men's basketball and women's basketball teams won Big South Tournament titles,^[4][5] 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.

Since joining the Big South, the Longwood softball team has won five Big South tournament crowns and three regular-season titles.^[6] The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 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."

Conference affiliations

• 1972–73 to 1981–82: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women^{[lower-alpha 1][7]}
• 1976–77 to 1980–81: NCAA Division III Independent^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• 1981–82 to 1982–83: NCAA Division II Independent^{[lower-alpha 3]}
• 1983–84 to 1987–88: Mason–Dixon Conference
• 1988–89 to 1994–95: NCAA Division II Independent
• 1995–96 to 2002–03: Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference^{[lower-alpha 4]}
• 2003–04: NCAA Division II Independent
• 2004–05 to 2011–12: NCAA Division I Independent
• 2012–13 to present: Big South Conference

Notes

Championships

Longwood softball has won the Big South tournament 5 times in the 10 years the team has been in the league.

References

External links

• Official website