Longwood Lancers baseball


Longwood Lancers
2024 Longwood Lancers baseball team
Founded1978
UniversityLongwood University
Head coachRay Noe (1st season)
ConferenceBig South Conference
LocationFarmville, Virginia
Home stadiumBolding Stadium
(Capacity: 500)
NicknameLancers
ColorsBlue and white[1]
   
College World Series appearances
Division II: 1982
NCAA regional champions
Division II: 1982
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II: 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993

The Longwood Lancers baseball team represents Longwood University, which is located in Farmville, Virginia. The Lancers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Big South Conference. They began competing in Division I in 2005 and joined the Big South Conference in 2013 after 8 seasons as an independent.

The Longwood Lancers play all home games on campus at Buddy Bolding Stadium. The Lancers have played in 4 Big South Tournaments, reaching the semifinals in 2016 where they would lose to eventual Big South Conference and national champion Coastal Carolina.

Since the program's inception in 1978, one Lancer have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, outfielder Michael Tucker. Ten Lancers have been drafted, including Michael Tucker who was selected tenth overall in the 1992 Major League Baseball draft.

  1. ^ Longwood University Visual Brand Guide (PDF). Retrieved November 10, 2022.