East Carolina Pirates women's basketball

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East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
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University East Carolina University
First season1969 (1969)
Head coach Kim McNeill (6th season)
Conference The American
Location Greenville, North Carolina
Arena Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
(capacity: 8,000)
Nickname Pirates
ColorsPurple and gold [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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NCAA tournament appearances
1982, 2007, 2023
AIAW tournament appearances
1973
Conference tournament champions
CAA: 1984, 1985
C-USA: 2007
AAC: 2023

The East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represents East Carolina University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Pirates play home basketball games at the Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum at Greenville, North Carolina. [2]

Contents

Season-by-season record

They have won three conference tournaments (1984, 1985, 2007, and 2023) while going to the NCAA Tournament in 1982, 2007, and 2023. [3]

SeasonRecordConference recordPostseason resultCoach
1969–709–2No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1970–7111–1No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1971–7212–3No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1972–7319–2No Conference AIAW Top 12 Catherine Bolton
1973–748–5No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1974–7513–10No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1975–7612–6No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1976–777–15No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1977–7819–11No Conferencen/aCatherine Bolton
1978–7918–11No Conferencen/aCathy Andruzzi
1979–8021–10No Conferencen/aCathy Andruzzi
1980–8122–7No Conferencen/aCathy Andruzzi
1981–8217–10No ConferenceNCAA first roundCathy Andruzzi
1982–8314–12No Conferencen/aCathy Andruzzi
1983–8413–163–2 (ECAC-South)CAA Tournament ChampionsCathy Andruzzi
1984–8520–911–1 (ECAC-South)CAA Tournament ChampionsEmily Manwaring
1985–8624–611–1 (Colonial)CAA FinalistEmily Manwaring
1986–8716–137–5 (Colonial)n/aEmily Manwaring
1987–888–202–10 (Colonialn/aPat Pierson
1988–8915–137–5 (Colonial)n/aPat Pierson
1989–9018–108–4 (Colonial)n/aPat Pierson
1990–9112–174–8 (Colonial)CAA FinalistPat Pierson
1991–9221–812–2 (Colonial)CAA FinalistPat Pierson
1992–9316–128–8 (Colonial)n/aRosie Thompson
1993–942–241–13 (Colonial)n/aRosie Thompson
1994–958–193–11 (Colonial)n/aRosie Thompson
1995–9611–166–10 (Colonial)n/a Anne Donovan
1996–9713–166–10 (Colonial)CAA Finalist Anne Donovan
1997–989–194–12 (Colonial)n/a Anne Donovan
1998–9916–137–9 (Colonial)CAA FinalistDee Stokes
1999-0015–149–7 (Colonial)n/aDee Stokes
2000–0116–1210–6 (Colonial)n/aDee Stokes
2001–026–213–11 (C-USA)n/aDee Stokes/Gene Hill
2002–0312–164–10 (C-USA)n/a Sharon Baldwin-Tener
2003–0414–145–9 (C-USA)n/aSharon Baldwin-Tener
2004–0510–186–8 (C-USA)n/aSharon Baldwin-Tener
2005–0617–128–8 (C-USA)n/aSharon Baldwin-Tener
2006–0719–1411–5 (C-USA)C-USA Champions
NCAA First Round
Sharon Baldwin-Tener
2007–0813–177–9 (C-USA)n/aSharon Baldwin-Tener
2008–0918–138–8 (C-USA)n/aSharon Baldwin-Tener
2009–1023–119–7 (C-USA)WNIT Second RoundSharon Baldwin-Tener
2010–1116–159–7 (C-USA)n/a Heather Macy
2011–1212–195–11 (C-USA)n/a Heather Macy
2012–1322–1011–5 (C-USA)WNIT First Round Heather Macy
2013–1422–910–6 (C-USA)WNIT First Round Heather Macy
2014–1522–1111–7 (AAC)WNIT Second Round Heather Macy
2015–1613–196–12 (AAC)n/a Heather Macy
2016–1711–192–14 (AAC)n/a Heather Macy
2017–1816–157–9 (AAC)n/a Heather Macy
2018–1916–156–10 (AAC)n/aChad killinger/Nicole Mealing
2019–209–216–10 (AAC)n/a Kim McNeill
2020–218–146–10 (AAC)n/a Kim McNeill
2021–2211–184–14 (AAC)n/a Kim McNeill
2022–2323–911–5 (AAC) NCAA First Round Kim McNeill

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1982 6Round of 32(3) South Carolina L 54–79
2007 13Round of 64(4) Rutgers L 34–77
2023 (13 S4)Round of 644 S4 Texas L 40–79

AIAW Division I

The Pirates made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–2.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1973 First Round
Consolation First Round
Consolation Second Round
Western Washington
Indiana State
Kansas State
L 51–55
W 60–48
L 46–47

References

  1. ECU Athletics Style Guidelines (PDF). July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  2. "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. "2023–24 East Carolina women's basketball record book 2023–24" (PDF). East Carolina athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.