Longwood Athletics

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University fifth-year women’s golf head coach Ali Wright has announced that two-time Virginia High School League (VHSL) Girls State Champion Amanda Steinhagen/Oak Hill (Oakton) has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Lancers for 2010-11. Amanda is the daughter of Bob and Bev Steinhagen of Oak Hill, and won both the 2009 and 2007 VHSL Girls Group AAA State Championships while finishing fourth in 2008. Steinhagen won this year’s state title by 11 strokes in record-breaking fashion with her 70-68--138.

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FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University women’s basketball team fell in its home opener to USC Upstate 71-59 on Monday night in Willett Hall in Farmville. Freshmen Crystal Smith/Richmond (Meadowbrook) and Chelsea Coward/Mechanicsville (Hanover) each scored 13 points for the Lancers. Longwood returns to action on Friday, November 20, when it hosts Utah Valley University at 5 p.m. in Willett Hall.

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FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University dropped a 79-76 men’s basketball decision to visiting Navy Sunday evening in its home opener at Willett Hall in Farmville. The Lancers (0-2) were led by redshirt-senior Dana Smith/Woodbridge (C.D. Hylton) with a game-high double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds, surpassing 1,000 career points (1,002). The Midshipmen (1-1) of the Patriot League were led by Romeo Garcia and O.J. Ovworo with 16 points each. Longwood will play again Tuesday night, November 17, at Old Dominion University of the Colonial Athletic Association in Norfolk beginning at 7 p.m.. The ODU game is the first of four games involving the upcoming South Padre Island Invitational, Nov. 17-28.

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FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University inducted its Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2009 late Saturday night, November 14, in the Dorrill Dining Hall on-campus.  The school’s third class of inductees included Kathryn Idelson Noftzger ‘82, the first-ever All-American in any sport at Longwood and a four-time National Qualifier in gymnastics; the late Olive T. Iler ‘31, a former instructor, professor, and chairperson of department of health and physical education as well as a head coach for basketball, field hockey, and tennis; Ray Jones ‘90, a two-time All-American in men’s soccer; Sue Rama ‘78, the 1976 Virginia College Player of Year in women’s basketball; along with the 1987 and 1988 Women’s Golf Teams that won the schools first-ever team national championships in any sport.

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FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University men’s soccer team fell to top-seeded Adelphi University in the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) championship match on Sunday afternoon at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. Junior Harvey Headley/Coventry, England (Stoke Park) scored the lone goal for Longwood. The Lancers end the season with a 6-12-2 record.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Longwood University women’s cross country scored 1,026 points to finish 33rd among 35 teams at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships hosted by the University of Louisville Saturday afternoon at the E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Duke University took first place with its 69 points in the 6K race, while Catherine White of the University of Virginia won the individual race with her time of 20:03. The Lancers were led by senior Laura Bland/Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde) with her time of 23:54 to place 181st among the 237 runners. Longwood completed its 2009 campaign with the regional competition.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Longwood University men’s cross country scored 980 points to finish 34th among 35 teams at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships hosted by the University of Louisville Saturday afternoon at the E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky. The College of William and Mary took first place with its 49 points in the 10K race, while Samuel Chelanga of nearby Liberty University won the individual race with his time of 29:31. The Lancers were led by freshman Sean Flynn/Goodview (Roanoke Catholic) with his time of 34:22 to place 167th among the 231 runners. Longwood completed its 2009 campaign with the regional competition.

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