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Coward, Brown Recognized By VaSID

April 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

Chelsea Coward

The hardware keeps on coming for the Longwood women’s basketball team. Daeisha Brown was named the State Rookie of the Year and Chelsea Coward was chosen to be on 2nd Team All-State.

Brown, who was also named to the Big South’s all-Freshman team, lead the conference in scoring for freshman with 12 points per game. Her 390 points this year was a new school record for a freshman at Longwood.

Coward ended the year averaging nearly 15 points per game and 8 rebounds. She was the first Lancer to reach the 1,000 point mark in the Division I era and was instrumental in Longwood’s run to the Big South championship game, as she was named to the all-tournament team in March.

“Wild” Bill Reinson was snubbed from the Coach of the Year honor and here is the complete list of honorees:

VaSID Player of the Year – Devon Brown, Sr., Liberty
VaSID Rookie of the Year – Daeisha Brown, Fr., Longwood
VaSID Coach of the Year – Carey Green, Liberty

First Team
Keiara Avant, Sr., Hampton
Devon Brown, Sr., Liberty
Tarik Hislop, Sr., James Madison
Kirby Burkholder, Jr., James Madison
Ataira Franklin, Jr., Virginia

Second Team
Chelsea Coward, Sr., Longwood
Emily Correal, Sr., William & Mary
Shae Kelley, So., Old Dominion
Tolu Omotola, Sr., Liberty
Monet Tellier, Jr., Virginia Tech

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Chelsea Coward & Erin Neal to Compete in College All-Star Game

April 19, 2013 — Leave a comment

Chelsea Coward will compete in the first ever ASSIST College All-Star Game.

Longwood seniors Chelsea Coward and Erin Neal will compete in the inaugural Athletic Scholastic Support Initiative for Securing Success Tomorrow college senior all-star game Saturday night at Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield, Virginia.

Coward is from Mechanicsville, Virginia and averaged 14.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this year in the Lancers march to the Big South title game against Liberty. Neal is from Durham, North Carolina and averaged 8 points per game this year for the Lancers and was named to the Big South All-Academic team.

Tomorrow’s game will be tip at 5:30 PM and others expected to participate are Virginia Commonwealth University guard Carleeda Green, Radford forward Sarah Tabb, and Hampton University guards JoNiquia Guilford, Olivia Allen, and forward Keiara Avant.  The women’s game will be followed by a men’s game featuring regional seniors.

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Bill Reinson Named Virginia Coach of the Year

March 20, 2013 — 1 Comment

Bill Reinson has brought the Longwood women’s program a long way in a short period of time.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has named Bill Reinson the Virginia Coach of the Year for women’s basketball. Longwood went 14-19 this year under Reinson and made it to the finals of the Big South tournament against Liberty.

The 14 wins that Longwood had this year matched the win total for the previous two seasons combined. Reinson took over the team in December of 2010, when the team had a record of 1-6, and went 6-17 the rest of the way. The cupboard was bare last year and Reinson had to totally rebuild the program with not only new players, but with new coaches. The team went 7-22 with a challenging schedule a year ago and Reinson was forced to grab student-athletes from other sports just to properly fill his roster.

The 14 win season is a tremendous improvement and the 8-10 conference mark is impressive for the first year program. In Myrtle Beach, Longwood took down Charleston Southern, Winthrop, and Radford in route to the Big South Championship.

Longwood will lose four core seniors, but Reinson’s roster this year was made up of 8 freshman and one sophomore. The team will add another talented recruiting class for the 2013-14 campaign.

Congratulations to Coach Reinson on a tremendous honor!

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Lady Lancers Fall Just Short

March 10, 2013 — Leave a comment

The Lady Lancers had quite a week at the beach.

Bill Reinson’s squad found themselves on quite a run heading into the school’s first ever Big South Championship game. The Lancers took down Charleston Southern in first round, then ousted the number two seed Winthrop, and then beat in-state rival Radford in the semifinals.

The run set up the Lancers for a match up with the number one seed Liberty. Longwood had matched up with Liberty twice this year and lost by a combined 77 points to the perennial Big South power. But the Lancers gave the Flames a run for their money Sunday night.

Although Reinson’s squad played an impressive game with a lot of fire, the Lancers fell 54-45 to the Flames. Chelsea Coward lead the team with 14 points and 7 rebounds.

I did not get the chance to watch the women’s squad in-person during the regular season, but had the pleasure throughout the Big South tournament in Myrtle Beach. The play and hustle of Reinson’s squad was very impressive and the fire from the coaching staff matched.

What a great accomplishment of the team getting to the championship game and what a great rebuilding job from coach Reinson for a team that only won 14 games the past two years combined. Obviously the future is very bright for the women’s squad.

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Lady Lancers’ Basketball Notes

June 21, 2012 — Leave a comment

Last year Longwood women’s basketball finished with a record of 7-22, including wins over Big South opponents Radford and Gardner-Webb. It was a year where the cupboard was bare for Bill Reinson who had to look to Longwood’s other athletic teams to fill his roster. This year will be a little different for Reinson as he has an opportunity to rebuild the team in his second full year at the helm. Reinson will add eight new Lancers to the fray this year as the team looks to compete in it’s first season as a Big South school:

Daeisha Brown, G, 5’3, Richmond, VA (Huguenot)

Raven Williams, G, 5’8, Richmond, VA (Monacan)

Kyndal Skersick, G, 5’9, Orlando, FL (Boone)

Jaclyn Reagan, G, 5’9, Crossville, TN (Cumberland County)

Khalilah Ali, G/F, 6’0, Suffolk, VA (Woodrow Wilson)

Deborah Headen, G, 5’9, Herndon, VA (Herndon)

Langeda Bontemps, C, 6’4, Miami, FL (North Miami Beach)

Milena Bubnjevic, G/F, 6’1, Leskovac, Serbia (Northwest Florida State College)

Reinson has also added former James Madison graduate assistant Sarah Williams to his staff. Williams helped the Dukes to a Top 25 ranking and a NCAA appearance in 2010.

Photo via AP

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