ALBANY, N.Y.- The College of Saint women's basketball team has earned a berth in the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship for the first time since the 2010-11 season.
The Golden Knights and Northeast-10 Coach of the Year
Will Brown will enter the tournament as the third seed in the East Region, where Saint Rose will match up with Daemen, the six seed, in first-round action on Friday at 12:00 pm at the Dana Center on the campus of Bentley in Waltham, Mass.
This is 12th time that Saint Rose has been included in the NCAA bracket. The Golden Knights hold an overall record of 7-11 record in 18 NCAA tournament games, with their last NCAA victory coming against Bentley in the Sweet 16 of the 1999-2000 season.
Voted to finish 11th out of 12 teams in the NE10 preseason coach's poll, the Golden Knights finished third in the league this season behind a 21-6 record, which is the most wins the program has accumulated since 2010-11.
SAINT ROSE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
11 NCAA Tournament Appearances (prior to 2023-24) – 18 total NCAA games played (7-11 overall record)
2010-11 (Lost to Assumption 64-74) –
Waltham, Mass.
2008-09 (Lost to Stonehill 58-62) –
Philadelphia, PA
2006-07 (Lost to Holy Family 65-78) –
New Haven, Conn.
2005-06 (Lost to American International 59-71) -
New Haven, Conn.
2000-01 (Lost to Pace 60-67) –
Waltham, Mass.
1999-00 (Defeated Assumption 88-69) (Defeated Bentley 82-72) (Lost to Northern Kentucky 50-60)
Elite 8 – Pine Bluff, Ark.
1998-99 (Defeated Stonehill 60-37) (Lost to Bentley 48-54) –
Waltham, Mass.
1997-98 (Defeated Jefferson 102-67) (Lost to Bentley 49-50)
Sweet 16 – Game played at Siena College - Loudonville, N.Y.
1996-97 (Lost to Stonehiull 60-77)
Game played at UAlbany – Albany, N.Y.
1995-96 (Defeated American International 77-61) (Defeated Stonehill 68-60) (Lost to Bentley 58-63)Â
Sweet 16 –
Waltham, Mass.
1994-95 (Defeated East Stroudsburg 85-75) (Lost to Mercyhurt) 53-55) –
Erie, PA.
Follow Saint Rose Athletics onÂ
Twitter,Â
Facebook, andÂ
Instagram.
