The ODAC is well represented in this latest class.

Griff Aldrich, a former lawyer and CEO, and Rebecca Tillett — both hired the same day four years ago by Longwood — have the Lancers men’s and women’s teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in each program’s history.

Virginia Tech's Jalen Cone 15 shoots a 3-pint basket in the first half of the Longwood - Virginia Tech NCAA basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Monday December 21 2020. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)BLACKSBURG, Va. – Jalen Cone scored 18 points off the bench to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech over Longwood 84-58. Keve Aluma added 14 points and Joe Bamisile finished with 11, leading a balanced Virginia Tech offense as 10 players scored. The Hokies, though, scored on their next 13 possessions to pull away.

FARMVILLE, Va. – A student at Longwood University was tested for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and received a “presumptive positive” result, the university announced Wednesday. University officials say the student will continue to self-quarantine while waiting for the CDC to confirm the positive test. This student has relatively mild symptoms and is a family contact of a presumptive positive COVID-19 case from another region of Virginia, according to Piedmont Health District officials. The student has been in quarantine since March 9, and had just arrived to the Longwood campus on March 8, 2020. The Virginia Department of Health believes that even with the presumptive positive result, “there remains a low generalized risk" to the Longwood community, according to university officials.

ROANOKE, Va. – After suffering an ACL injury in the first game of her high school career, William Fleming's Qwonneshia "Que" King has signed on to play at Longwood University. The 5-foot 5-inch point guard led the Colonels to a state semifinal appearance and the program's first ever finals appearance in 2016. Congratulations to Qwonneshia and coach Champ Hubbard.