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Baseball
Record:
28-18 •
RPI:
242 | 300 •
Home Attendance:
186
Men’sCross
Country
Women’sCross
Country
Longwood finished 28-18 overall, including a home
record of 17-9 where the program is 48-26 over the
last three years, and played one team that advanced to
post-season: James Madison (9-8, 6-4), selected to the
NCAA Tournament. The Lancers equaled their second-
highest win total since beginning Division I scheduling in
2005, and attained their 30th overall 20-win campaign,
and 23rd season with at least 25 wins in the program’s
34-year history. Among the season’s highlights,
Longwood enjoyed a 14-game winning streak, swept
two games against James Madison, while claiming home
wins past in-state schools Norfolk State (7-4, 11-0)
and William and Mary (7-0), and road wins at VCU (6-1)
and William and Mary (4-2, 4-1). The Lancers are now
62-40 at home since becoming Division I-eligible for
2008, and now 99-57 at home over the past six seasons
in Farmville. Veteran 33rd-year head coach Charles
Buddy Bolding is now 900-495-4, including 30 winning
seasons during his tenure, earning his 900th collegiate
coaching victory on May 10, 2011 during a 6-4 road win
at James Madison.
2011 Major League Baseball Draft:
Mark Montgomery|Williamsburg, Virginia, Junior - New
York Yankees, 11th Round
History
Baseball has been the most successful intercollegiate
athletics program at Longwood since its beginning
in 1978, just two years after the school became
co-educational. Head coach Buddy Bolding took over
in year two and has since enjoyed a storied tenure at
the helm of the tradition-rich program. Prior to playing
its first Division I schedule in 2005, as required during
the school’s four-year Division I Reclassification,
Bolding had coached the Lancers to 26 consecutive
winning seasons (1979-2004), including a remarkable
run of 24-straight 20-win seasons (1981-2004).
Longwood made six appearances in the NCAA Division
II Tournament, advancing to the Division II College World
Series two times. The 1982 team was the first to reach
the national championships, while more recently, the
1991 squad completed a school-record 41-8 campaign
while advancing to the final four of the Division II
national championships. That team was led by Michael
Tucker, the first-ever and only Olympic athlete from
Longwood, who enjoyed a 12-year (1995-2006) career
in Major League Baseball – one of nine Lancers drafted
professionally.
Longwood competed in seven events, including three
top-10 finishes among four top-20 placings overall, while
three individual Lancers ran sub-17:00 5K times during
the season.
Longwood competed in seven events, including three top-10 finishes
among six top-20 placings overall, while two individual Lancers ran sub-
20:00 5K times during the season. One individual established new school
records for both the 5K and 6K distances, and earned Eastern College
Athletic Conference All-East Honors with her seventh-place finish at the
ECAC Championships.
NCAA Multi-Year APR Public Recognition:
Longwood (1,000)
2009-10 NCAA APR:
1000
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