California Baptist Lancers women's basketball

California Baptist Lancers women's basketball
California Baptist Lancers women's basketball
	2025–26 California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team
University	California Baptist University
Head coach	Jarrod Olson (14th season)
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Location	Riverside, California
Arena	Fowler Events Center ; (capacity: 6,000)
Nickname	Lancers
Colors	Navy blue and gold;
NCAA tournament runner-up
	2015*
Final Four	2015, 2017
Other NCAA tournament results
Final Four	2015, 2017
Elite Eight	2015, 2017
Sweet Sixteen	2015, 2017
Appearances	2015, 2016, 2017*, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	PacWest: 2017; WAC: 2021, 2024
Conference regular-season champions
	WAC: 2021, 2024
	* at Division II level

Last updated December 16, 2025

The California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team is a basketball team that represents California Baptist University in Riverside, California, United States. The California Baptist Lancers compete as members of the Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They are currently led by head coach Jarrod Olson and play at the Fowler Events Center.

In the 2020–21 season, the Lancers won the WAC regular season championship with a perfect 14–0 record. Despite being ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to being in the third year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I, they were allowed by the WAC to compete in the conference tournament. They won the semifinal and final matchups against New Mexico State and Grand Canyon, respectively, by 43 combined points. Under normal circumstances, Cal Baptist would have thus secured the automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament from the conference, but due to its ineligible status was not allowed to participate in the NCAA tournament or any other NCAA-sponsored postseason tournament. Utah Valley, the WAC's second-place finisher in the regular season, received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament (the program's first). The Lancers finished the year with a 26–1 record.

In the 2023–24 season, the Lancers earned their first NCAA appearance as a division one school.

Postseason

NAIA Division I

The Lancers made the NAIA women's basketball championship two times, with a combined record of 1–2.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	#7	First Round	#2 Berry	L 65–102
2011	#2	First Round Second Round	#7 Texas Wesleyan #6 Shawnee State	W 88–75 L 58–64

NCAA Division I

The Lancers have played in the Women's Basketball Invitational once. They won the 2023 title.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	First Round Semifinals Championship	North Dakota Georgia Southern New Mexico State	W 96–79 W 82–80 W 63–61

The Lancers have played in the Women's National Invitation Tournament once. Their record is 2-1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2021	First Round Semifinals Quarterfinals	New Mexico San Francisco Rice	W 90-85 W 90-82 L 55-79

References

↑ CBU Athletics Updated Branding Guide (PDF). July 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

External links

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[1] CBU Athletics Updated Branding Guide (PDF). July 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

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v t e California Baptist Lancers women's basketball
Venues	Van Dyne Gym (1975–2017) Fowler Events Center (2017–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Western Athletic Conference women's basketball
Teams	Abilene Christian Wildcats California Baptist Lancers Grand Canyon Antelopes Southern Utah Thunderbirds Tarleton Texans UT Arlington Mavericks Utah Tech Trailblazers Utah Valley Wolverines
Championships & awards	WAC women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25