St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies | |||
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University | University of St. Thomas | ||
First season | 1977 | ||
Head coach | Ruth Sinn (18th season) | ||
Conference | Summit League | ||
Location | Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||
Arena | Schoenecker Arena (Capacity: 1,800) | ||
Nickname | Tommies | ||
Colors | Purple and gray [1] | ||
NCAA tournament champions | |||
Division III: 1991 | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
Division III: 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2019 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
Division III: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
The St. Thomas Tommies women's basketball team represents the University of St. Thomas, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in NCAA Division I as a member of the Summit League.
The Tommies made their NCAA Division I debut under then-seventeenth-year head coach Ruth Opatz Sinn for the 2021–22 season.
The team plays its games at Schoenecker Arena on its campus in St. Paul.
The St. Thomas (MN) Tommies women's basketball team founded in 1977 after the college voted to admit women into the college. The Tommies' first head coach was Tom Kosel who mainly coached high school at Benilde-St. Margaret's. [2] In 1984, the Tommies' hired Ted Riverso. They won the 1991 NCAA Division III National Champion beating Muskingum 73–55. During Riverso's tenure he won five MIAC Coach of the Year awards and went to the tournament 13 of his 15 years. [3] After Riverso left to be an assistant [4] at the University of Minnesota, Tricia Dornisch [5] was hired in 1999 and won the MIAC Coach of the Year in 2000 in her first year. Ruth Sinn joined St. Thomas as the fourth head coach of St. Thomas in 2005 and has achieved the most wins in school history. Sinn has helped guide the Tommies' moving from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in Division III to the Summit League in Division I.
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Tom Kosel (No Conference)(1977–1982) | |||||||||
1977–78 | Tom Kosel | 12–7 | — | — | |||||
1978–79 | Tom Kosel | 18–4 | — | — | |||||
1979–80 | Tom Kosel | – | — | — | |||||
1980–81 | Tom Kosel | – | — | — | |||||
1981–82 | Tom Kosel | – | — | — | |||||
Tom Kosel (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1982–1984) | |||||||||
1982–83 | Tom Kosel | – | 8—1 | T–1st | |||||
1983–84 | Tom Kosel | – | 18—2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Third Place | ||||
Tom Kosel: | 123–54 (.695) | 26–3 (.897) | |||||||
Ted Riverso (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1984–1999) | |||||||||
1984–85 | Ted Riverso | – | 12—8 | T—3rd | |||||
1985–86 | Ted Riverso | – | 10—12 | T—6th | |||||
1986–87 | Ted Riverso | – | 18—4 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Regional Fourth Place | ||||
1987–88 | Ted Riverso | – | 20—2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Regional Second Place | ||||
1988–89 | Ted Riverso | 20–6 | 15—5 | 3rd | NCAA Division III Regional Third Place | ||||
1989–90 | Ted Riverso | 23–5 | 18—2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Regional Second Place | ||||
1990–91 | Ted Riverso | 29–2 | 19—1 | 1st | NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
1991–92 | Ted Riverso | 27–1 | 20—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Second Place | ||||
1992–93 | Ted Riverso | 19–7 | 15—5 | 3rd | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
1993–94 | Ted Riverso | 22–5 | 16—4 | T—2nd | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
1994–95 | Ted Riverso | 25–6 | 17—3 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Third Place | ||||
1995–96 | Ted Riverso | 28–3 | 20—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Third Place | ||||
1996–97 | Ted Riverso | 26–2 | 20—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1997–98 | Ted Riverso | 26–2 | 21—1 | T–1st | NCAA Division III Elite Eight | ||||
1998–99 | Ted Riverso | 22–4 | 19—3 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
Ted Riverso: | 337–80 (.808) | 260–50 (.839) | |||||||
Tricia Dornisch (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1999–2005) | |||||||||
1999–00 | Tricia Dornisch | 27–2 | 22—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Third Place | ||||
2000–01 | Tricia Dornisch | 25–4 | 19—2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2001–02 | Tricia Dornisch | 21–5 | 19—3 | T–1st | |||||
2002–03 | Tricia Dornisch | 15–12 | 14—8 | 4th | |||||
2003–04 | Tricia Dornisch | 13–13 | 12—10 | 6th | |||||
2004–05 | Tricia Dornisch | 11–14 | 9—11 | 6th | |||||
Tricia Dornisch: | 113–50 (.693) | 95–34 (.736) | |||||||
Ruth Sinn (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2005–2021) | |||||||||
2005–06 | Ruth Sinn | 10–15 | 7—13 | T—7th | |||||
2006–07 | Ruth Sinn | 15–11 | 14—8 | 5th | |||||
2007–08 | Ruth Sinn | 20–8 | 18—4 | T—1st | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2008–09 | Ruth Sinn | 19–8 | 16—6 | 3rd | |||||
2009–10 | Ruth Sinn | 21–8 | 15–7 | 5th | NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
2010–11 | Ruth Sinn | 20–7 | 18—4 | 1st | |||||
2011–12 | Ruth Sinn | 31–2 | 22—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Third Place | ||||
2012–13 | Ruth Sinn | 24–6 | 18—4 | T—2nd | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2013–14 | Ruth Sinn | 25–5 | 19—3 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
2014–15 | Ruth Sinn | 30–1 | 18—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Elite Eight | ||||
2015–16 | Ruth Sinn | 26–4 | 16—2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2016–17 | Ruth Sinn | 31–1 | 18—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Final Four | ||||
2017–18 | Ruth Sinn | 27–3 | 18—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2018–19 | Ruth Sinn | 30–2 | 18—0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Final Four | ||||
2019–20 | Ruth Sinn | 21–6 | 16—4 | 3rd | |||||
2020–21 | Ruth Sinn | 6–1 | 5—1 | T–1st | |||||
Ruth Sinn (Summit League)(2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Ruth Sinn | 7–21 | 4—14 | 9th | |||||
2022–23 | Ruth Sinn | 13–17 | 7—11 | 8th | |||||
Ruth Sinn: | 376–126 (.749) | 267–81 (.767) | |||||||
Total: | 949–310 (.754) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
# | Name | Term | Record |
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1 | Tom Kosel | 1977–1984 | 123-54 |
2 | Ted Riverso | 1984–1999 | 337-80 |
3 | Tricia Dornisch | 1999–2005 | 113-50 |
4 | Ruth Sinn | 2005–present | 376-126 |
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