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Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field

Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field, which is part of the $5.5 million Longwood Athletics Complex and home to the Lancers' field hockey and women's lacrosse teams, opened in 2016. The facility features a blue synthetic turf field with permanent lighting, scoreboard, and spectator bleacher seating for approximately 350 and additional seating on a grass incline.

Unique new press boxes made from modified and recycled freight containers were installed in November 2008. The press boxes feature all steel-welded construction and windows with double-pane insulated tempered glass and were designed with energy-efficient and environmentally friendly construction in support of Longwood’s sustainability program. Each box has a rooftop platform for professional sports videographers.

The supporting structures at the complex include an entrance pavilion with ticket booths, restrooms and a concession area that were put in place during the summer of 2007, along with separate support buildings that provide team changing/dressing rooms, a maintenance room and a utility room. Parking and access pathways are also provided.

Unique new press boxes made from modified and recycled freight containers were installed in November 2008. The press boxes feature all steel-welded construction and windows with double-pane insulated tempered glass and were designed with energy-efficient and environmentally friendly construction in support of Longwood’s sustainability program. Each box has a rooftop platform for professional sports videographers.

The supporting structures at the complex include an entrance pavilion with ticket booths, restrooms and a concession area that were put in place during the summer of 2007, along with separate support buildings that provide team changing/dressing rooms, a maintenance room and a utility room. Parking and access pathways are also provided.

Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field has provided many exciting moments for the field hockey and lacrosse teams since the spring of 2006 as field hockey has gone 82-80 (.506) and lacrosse boasts a 78-76 (.506) mark.

The facility was dedicated on Oct. 29, 2016 to longtime Longwood professor and field hockey alumna Dr. Elizabeth Burger Jackson '34. During the dedication on senior day, then-head coach Iain Byers and company clinched their first Mid-American Conference championship appearance in program history in a 3-0 defeat of Missouri State.