Longwood Lancers softball

Longwood Lancers
University	Longwood University
Conference	Big South
Location	Farmville, VA
Head coach	Kathy Riley (19th year)
Home stadium	Lancer Field (Capacity: 300)
Nickname	Lancers
Colors	Blue and White[1]
NCAA Tournament Appearances
Division I: 2013, 2015, 2016 Division II: 2002, 2003
Conference Tournament Champions
Big South: 2013, 2015, 2016 CVAC: 2002, 2003
Conference Champions
Big South: 2015, 2016 CVAC: 2003

The Longwood Lancers softball team is the college softball team which represents Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. The school's team currently competes in the Big South Conference, having done so since the 2013 season. They have been led since 1998 by Kathy Riley.

History

The softball team was first fielded in 1981. They were members of Division II through the 2004 season, when they (along with other Longwood Lancers teams) began a transition to Division I. They previously competed in the Division II Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference from 1996 through 2003; in their final two seasons in CVAC, they won the tournament championship, as well as the 2003 regular season championship, and competed in the NCAA Division II Softball Championship each year.^[2]

In their first season of membership in the Big South Conference, Longwood won the tournament championship. Two years later, they repeated the feat, in addition winning their first Big South regular season championship, and their first NCAA Division I Softball Championship victory, beating Virginia Tech. The following year, they again repeated as regular season and tournament champions; in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, the Lancers advanced to the regional finals, where they fell to James Madison.

Postseason

Longwood competing against North Carolina in the 2016 NCAA tournament.

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship three times. Their record is 3–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2013	Regional First Round Regional Consolation	Tennessee James Madison	L 0–9 L 0–5
2015	Regional First Round Regional Consolation Regional Second Round	Tennessee Virginia Tech Utah	L 0–2 W 6–4^(8) L 0–2
2016	Regional First Round Regional Consolation Regional Second Round Regional Finals	North Carolina Princeton North Carolina James Madison	L 4–6 W 2–1 W 5–4 ^(9) L 1–5

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Lancers appeared in the NCAA Division II Softball Championship twice, in 2002 and 2003. Their record is 2–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2002	Regional First Round Regional Consolation Regional Second Round	North Florida Lenoir–Rhyne Coker	L 0–8 W 3–1 L 0–4
2003	Regional First Round Regional Second Round Regional Consolation	Armstrong Atlantic State North Florida Columbus State	W 1–0 L 0–9^(5) L 1–4

Coaches

Head Coach	Years	Win–Loss	Pct.
Nanette Fisher	1981–85	57–43	.570
Loretta Coughlin	1986–95	133–125–2	.515
Glenda Grubbs	1996–97	26–34	.433
Kathy Riley	1998–present	618–337–1	.648

Yearly records

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nanette Fisher (Division II independent) (1981–1985)
1981	Nanette Fisher	11–6
1982	Nanette Fisher	10–8
1983	Nanette Fisher	9–13
1984	Nanette Fisher	11–5
1985	Nanette Fisher	16–11
Nanette Fisher:		57–43 (.570)
Loretta Coughlin (Division II independent) (1986–1995)
1986	Loretta Coughlin	8–17
1987	Loretta Coughlin	10–8–1
1988	Loretta Coughlin	21–5
1989	Loretta Coughlin	12–15
1990	Loretta Coughlin	11–13
1991	Loretta Coughlin	11–13
1992	Loretta Coughlin	13–11
1993	Loretta Coughlin	14–15
1994	Loretta Coughlin	23–10–1
1995	Loretta Coughlin	10–18
Loretta Coughlin:		133–125–2 (.515)
Glenda Grubbs (CVAC) (1996–1997)
1996	Glenda Grubbs	13–19
1997	Glenda Grubbs	13–15
Glenda Grubbs:		26–34 (.433)
Kathy Riley (CVAC) (1998–2003)
1998	Kathy Riley	22–18
1999	Kathy Riley	38–15
2000	Kathy Riley	34–23
2001	Kathy Riley	26–14–1
2002	Kathy Riley	37–14		2nd	South Atlantic Regional
2003	Kathy Riley	37–6		1st	South Atlantic Regional
Kathy Riley (Division II independent) (2004)
2004	Kathy Riley	37–13
Kathy Riley (Division I independent) (2005–2012)
2005	Kathy Riley	32–20
2006	Kathy Riley	27–19
2007	Kathy Riley	21–18
2008	Kathy Riley	27–18
2009	Kathy Riley	23–23
2010	Kathy Riley	36–16
2011	Kathy Riley	37–13
2012	Kathy Riley	29–26
Kathy Riley (Big South Conference) (2013–present)
2013	Kathy Riley	41–20	16–8	3rd	Knoxville Regional
2014	Kathy Riley	40–16	17–6	2nd
2015	Kathy Riley	34–25	20–4	1st	Knoxville Regional
2016	Kathy Riley	40–20	19–5	1st	Harrisonburg Regional
Kathy Riley:		618–337–1 (.647)	72–23 (.758)
Total:		828–546–3 (.602)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Longwood University Style Guide (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-31.
2. "2002 & 2003 NCAA Division II Softball South Atlantic Regional Tournament Appearances". June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2015.