• 1924 Basketball Team

    In the Beginning

    November 01, 2019

    One hundred years ago, the Longwood women’s basketball team began a new chapter in the story of the institution.

  • Opportunities to Celebrate

    November 01, 2019

    AS PART OF this year’s 100th Season Anniversary of Longwood Athletics, Longwood will host a pair of on-campus celebrations recognizing the historical achievements of Lancers past.

  • Emilie Kupsov ’20

    Lancer Roundup

    November 01, 2019

    Women’s soccer forward Emilie Kupsov ’20, an exercise science major, has lit up the scoreboard since her freshman year, and the senior recently joined elite company by reaching the 20-goal plateau.

  • Members of the women’s basketball team

    Craziness on the Court

    November 01, 2019

    Longwood fans got their first look at the 2019-20 Lancer men’s and women’s basketball teams during the annual Lancer Madness season tipoff event Oct. 22.

  • Senior Amadeo Blasco ’20

    The Making of an Ace

    November 01, 2019

    It would be an understatement to say Amadeo Blasco ’20 didn’t make a good first impression on his new head tennis coach, Jhonnatan Medina Alvarez.

  • Women’s softball coach Kathy Riley

    Tell All

    November 01, 2019

    In her 22 years as head coach of Longwood’s softball program, Kathy Riley has inspired hundreds of student-athletes.

  • Meadows

    Proof Positive

    July 01, 2019

    For more than a decade, Michelle Meadows had been a behind-the-scenes driver of the growth and development of Longwood athletics. Now entering her 14th year in the department, the 2001 Virginia Tech graduate and first-ballot Hokie Hall-of-Famer will continue that push on the front lines as Longwood’s new athletics director.

  • Kate Spradlin ’19

    Peak Performance

    July 01, 2019

    A Big South championship in softball; top-three conference finishes in field hockey, women’s lacrosse and women’s soccer; and the first Division I postseason appearance and postseason victory for men’s basketball.

  • A cross country runner at Longwood, Nick Reed ’16 recently discovered a passion— and a talent—for marathons, finishing 141st overall at this year’s Boston Marathon. Here he’s running in the Richmond Marathon (Photo courtesy of Doug Ash).

    On the Run

    July 01, 2019

    Nick Reed’s passion for running has taken him places.

  • Softball

    Habit Forming

    July 01, 2019

    Longwood made softball history in the Big South Conference this year with a record-setting fifth conference championship.