The Longwood Lancers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Longwood University, located in Farmville, Virginia. The University's 14 men’s and women’s teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. Since 2012, the Lancers have been a member of the Big South Conference.
In March 2022, the Longwood Lancers men's basketball 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. The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I softball tournament 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)
Softball
Big South Tournament Championships (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Big South Regular Season Championships (5): 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
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