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Longwood Lancers
Longwood Lancers
	2024–25 Longwood Lancers women's basketball team
University	Longwood University
First season	1976–77
Head coach	Erika Lang-Montgomery (3rd season)
Conference	Big South
Location	Farmville, Virginia
Arena	Joan Perry Brock Center ; (capacity: 3,000)
Nickname	Lancers
Student section	Lancer Lunatics
Colors	Blue and white;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament round of 32
	Division II: 1995, 2003
NCAA tournament appearances
	Division II: 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003; Division I: 2022
Conference tournament champions
	CVAC: 2003; Big South: 2022
Conference regular season champions
	CVAC: 1996, 1997; Big South: 2022

The Longwood Lancers women's basketball team is the Division I basketball team that represents Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. The school's team currently competes in the Big South Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.^[2]

History

Longwood began play in 1920,^[3] with official NCAA status beginning in 1976. They were in Division II from 1980 to 2004 (playing in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) from 1995 to 2003), before transitioning to Division I from 2004 to 2007. They made the Division II Tournament in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2003.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In March 2022, the Lancers won the Big South tournament championship^[7] and earned the school’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament. The team also tied for first place and won the regular-season Big South divisional title.

Conference affiliations

1972–73 to 1981–82: Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women^[8]
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

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Lancers have appeared in one NCAA tournament. Their combined record is 1–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	#16	First Four First round	#16 Mount St. Mary's #1 NC State	W, 74-70 L, 68–96

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Lancers made four appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 2–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	First round Regional semifinals	Presbyterian USC Spartanburg	W, 78–72 L, 53–73
1996	First round	Salem-Teikyo	L, 55–86
1997	First round	High Point	L, 64–80
2003	First round Regional semifinals	West Liberty Glenville State	W, 77–63 L, 51–63