Dear Longwood, I’m finding it hard to believe four years have come and gone and I’m struggling to find words to describe how much this school means to me. So, I’m going to use this column to my advantage to say thank you and a few words about some special people, if you don’t mind. Which is ...
Griff Aldrich’s Longwood men’s basketball team went to Radford last week with dreams of having a fairytale end to a historic season in the 2020 Big South tournament, but Hampton’s sharpshooters had different plans. The Pirates’ stout defensive effort and Big South First-Team All-Conference selection ...
Scenario time: the Longwood men’s basketball team can own as high as the number four seed and as low as the sixth seed in the Big South tournament, as the race has somewhat smoothed out as of late. The Lancers own some tiebreakers between the two other teams in contention for their spots, should it ...
Longwood softball head coach Kathy Riley will take a leave of absence for the remainder of the 2020 season, according to a press release sent out by the Longwood athletics department Wednesday, Feb. 19. “As coach Riley takes the time she needs to address a private matter, our program will be in excellent ...
Debuting their new-look, cursive lettering uniforms and a brand-new staff on the bench in Willett Hall, Longwood men’s basketball walked away with a 73-51 win over Division III Marymount University Tuesday night to officially tip-off the 2019-20 college basketball season. Second-year head coach Griff ...
Despite matching their highest Big South conference preseason ranking since joining the league in 2012, senior guard Shabooty Phillips, who burst onto the scene last season, is interested to know why the Longwood men’s basketball team was ranked at sixth place in the 2019-20 preseason poll. “I think ...
Following a slow start to the season for the preseason number three ranked team in the Big South Conference, Longwood women’s soccer took a step in the right direction Sep. 25, dismantling Hampton 4-0 on awkward field conditions and played to a scoreless draw against Charleston Southern on Saturday, ...
With the fall sports season in full swing, the Longwood men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and cross-country teams have begun to establish a working ground to feed off of as all teams enter a long midseason stretch ahead of their all-important conference schedules. Here’s where they stand: Following ...
Following what was an abrupt end to last years’ campaign – an unexpected defeat in the first round of the Big South tournament at the hands of USC Upstate – Longwood women’s soccer has brought significant depth and firepower to a team already considered a Big South conference contender over ...
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 ...
