The Longwood Athletics Complex, located on Johnston Drive nearly a mile off campus, plays host to both Longwood soccer programs, field hockey and lacrosse teams. Established in 2006, the complex named their field hockey and lacrosse field after the late Elizabeth Burger Jackson, a former Longwood faculty member, in 2016.
One of the more notable events to be held at the athletics complex is The G.A.M.E. (Greatest Athletics March Ever), which normally sees one of the soccer programs host their first game of the season and have hundreds of Longwood students march from campus with specially-made scarves.
Willett Hall, located on Brock Commons, hosts the Longwood men’s and women’s Division I basketball programs. The court, named Jerome Kersey Court, recently hosted the men’s first-ever NCAA postseason basketball game in March, defeating Southern Mississippi in the CBI tournament.
In a few years, the basketball programs will have a brand new home on campus. This past April, Longwood announced the construction of the Joan Perry Brock Center to host university events and basketball games.
Construction of the center is set to begin by Spring 2020, and the completion date has yet to be determined. The tennis courts, where the location of the new Brock center is set to be built, are planned to be moved next to the baseball field on Wynne Drive.
All Longwood Division I athletics are broadcasted nationally on ESPN+, a deal recently struck between them and the Big South Network, requiring a monthly subscription.
