The Longwood Lancers are the

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teams that represent Longwood University, located in Farmville, Virginia. 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 Big South Conference. In March 2022, the

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and women's basketball 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. Since joining the Big South, the Longwood softball team has won five Big South tournament crowns and three regular-season titles.https://longwoodlancers.com/documents/2020/8/18/SB_Record_Book_Updated_081820.pdf 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."

Conference affiliations

* 1972–73 to 1981–82: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women * 1976–77 to 1980–81: NCAA Division III Independent * 1981–82 to 1982–83: NCAA Division II Independent * 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 * 2003–04: NCAA Division II Independent * 2004–05 to 2011–12: NCAA Division I Independent * 2012–13 to present: Big South Conference ;Notes:

Championships

Men's Basketball

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

Women's Basketball

*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 (3): 2015, 2016, 2019

Baseball

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

Men's Soccer

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

Women's Lacrosse

* National Lacrosse Conference Championship (2): 2009, 2010

Women's Golf

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

References

External links

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