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Mau the right man for the job

When Ryan Mau left his job as the recruiting coordinator and pitching/catching coach at the U.S. Naval Academy for the head coaching job at Longwood, he had talent on the roster. But it was talent that wasn’t used to winning at the collegiate level. Mau got his career started at Charleston Southern ...

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Lancers unable to take series from top-seeded Panthers

The Lancers baseball (19-14, 7-5) team was able to pick up their seventh consecutive series-opening win but were unable to capture the series win at High Point (22-10, 7-2) over the weekend. On Friday, April 8, the Lancers were able to rally after being no-hit through the first five innings to tie the ...

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Senior goes out on a high note

The Longwood men’s tennis team (7-14, 0-8) swept Norfolk State 4-0 to send lone senior Bharani Sankar out with a win at Lancer Courts. Sankar tallied one of the two singles wins in his final home match, 6-2 and 6-3, to win back-to-back matches to close out the regular season, as well as three of the ...

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Lancers fall to victim to fatigue

The Longwood baseball team had a quick turnaround against the North Carolina Central Eagles on Tuesday, April 5 after a rain-extended weekend at Big South foe Charleston Southern. A five-run second inning was enough to lift the Eagles (14-17) to a 7-4 win and snap a four game losing streak, as well ...

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Lancers take series from rival Highlanders

The Longwood Lancers (13-11, 3-3) used late inning drama in the first two games of their series against the defending Big South champion Radford Highlanders (6-18, 1-2), clinching their first conference series win of 2016. On Thursday night, the Lancers used a run in the eighth, ninth and tenth innings ...

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No ice necessary

Longwood’s newest intramural sport, floor hockey, has seen a good turnout, even with the late notice and shortened season, but it wouldn’t have officially happened this year if a handful of students hadn’t approached Marissa Musumeci, the assistant director of Campus Recreation, about reserving ...

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MTEN: Eagles top Lancers 7-0

The Longwood men’s tennis team competed in tight sets, but ultimately fell to the Winthrop Eagles, the defending Big South champions, in a 7-0 loss at home over the weekend. Three of the singles matches went to the third set, but the championship caliber Eagles prevailed, simultaneously picking up ...

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Lancers drop opening series of conference play

The Lancers (11-9, 1-2) were unable to take advantage of a series-opening 5-2 win Friday afternoon, dropping the next two games and the series 7-2 and 11-2 to No. 22 Coastal Carolina (13-8, 2-1). The threat of weather moved Longwood’s weekend series with the Chanticleers to a double header on Friday, ...

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SOFT: Lancers sweep Longwood Spring Fling

Big South Player of the Week and junior pitcher Elizabeth McCarthy picked up her second and third wins of the season, as well as her first save over the weekend in Longwood’s sweep of the Spring Fling. The weekend saw the Lancers (7-2) take care of business with a 10-2 win over Hartford on Friday, ...

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BASE: Lancers win opening home series

After opening the season with a tough 0-3 series loss at East Carolina, the Longwood baseball team bounced back with a 2-1 series victory over the Wagner College Seahawks to open up their home schedule starting last Friday. Longwood took the first two games 6-0 and 6-3 before falling 6-4 in the Sunday ...

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