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University | Fairleigh Dickinson University | ||
Head coach | Stephanie Gaitley (1st season) | ||
Conference | Northeast Conference | ||
Location | Hackensack, New Jersey | ||
Arena | Bogota Savings Bank Center (Capacity: 1,852) | ||
Nickname | Knights | ||
Colors | Burgundy and blue [1] | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Conference tournament champions | |||
1990, 1992 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1993, 2022, 2023 |
The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team represents Fairleigh Dickinson University in women's college basketball. [2] Their colors are burgundy, white, and blue. This mid-major team competes in the Northeast Conference. The Knights host opponents in the Bogota Savings Bank Center, which can seat up to 6,000, [3] in Hackensack, New Jersey.
The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team joined the Northeast Conference of Division I, in their 1988–89 season. [4] Since 1988, the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights have won two Northeast Conference Tournament titles, as well as regular season title. The Knights have had four different coaches during their Northeast Conference era, including Sharon Beverly, Sandy Gordon, Peter Cinella and current coach Angelika Szumilo
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Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Sharon Beverly (1988–1999) | |||||||||
1988–89 | Sharon Beverly | 13–14 | 10–6 | 5th | |||||
1989–90 | Sharon Beverly | 17–13 | 9–7 | 3rd | NEC Tournament Champs | ||||
1990–91 | Sharon Beverly | 11–16 | 8–8 | 7th | |||||
1991–92 | Sharon Beverly | 23–6 | 13–3 | 2nd | NEC Tournament Champs | ||||
1992–93 | Sharon Beverly | 15–12 | 14–4 | T–1st | |||||
1993–94 | Sharon Beverly | 3–24 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
1994–95 | Sharon Beverly | 6–21 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
1995–96 | Sharon Beverly | 12–15 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
1996–97 | Sharon Beverly | 13–14 | 9–9 | 4th | |||||
1997–98 | Sharon Beverly | 6–21 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
1998–99 | Sharon Beverly | 7–19 | 6–14 | 10th | |||||
Sharon Beverly: | 126–175 (.419) | 89–101 (.468) | |||||||
Sandy Gordon Gaglioti (1988–1999) | |||||||||
1999–2000 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 11–17 | 10–8 | T–6th | |||||
2000–01 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 11–17 | 10–8 | T–6th | |||||
2001–02 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 14–14 | 9–9 | T–7th | |||||
2002–03 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 7–20 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
2003–04 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 13–15 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
2004–05 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 2–25 | 1–17 | 11th | |||||
2005–06 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 10–18 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
2006–07 | Sandy Gordon Gaglioti | 11–18 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
Sandy Gordon Gaglioti: | 79–144 (.354) | 60–84 (.417) | |||||||
Peter Cinella (2007–2019) | |||||||||
2008–09 | Peter Cinella | 13–17 | 9–9 | 5th | |||||
2008–09 | Peter Cinella | 10–20 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
2009–10 | Peter Cinella | 9–20 | 5–13 | 11th | |||||
2010–11 | Peter Cinella | 14–16 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
2011–12 | Peter Cinella | 13–18 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
2012–13 | Peter Cinella | 12–17 | 7–11 | 9th | |||||
2013–14 | Peter Cinella | 3–26 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
2014–15 | Peter Cinella | 10–20 | 7–11 | 6th | |||||
2015–16 | Peter Cinella | 11–21 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
2016–17 | Peter Cinella | 8–22 | 6–12 | T-7th | |||||
2017–18 | Peter Cinella | 15–15 | 7–11 | T-7th | |||||
2018–19 | Peter Cinella | 8–22 | 5–13 | 8th | |||||
Peter Cinella: | 126–234 (.350) | 80–136 (.370) | |||||||
Angelika Szumilo (2019–present) | |||||||||
2019–20 | Angelika Szumilo | 12-17 | 9-9 | 4th | |||||
2020–21 | Angelika Szumilo | 16-8 | 12-6 | 4th | |||||
2021–22 | Angelika Szumilo | 19-12 | 15-3 | 1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
2022–23 | Angelika Szumilo | 24–8 | 16–3 | 1st | WNIT First Round | ||||
Angelika Szumilo: | 72–45 (.615) | 52–21 (.712) | |||||||
Total: | 355–561 (.388) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
NEC Team | Record |
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Bryant Bulldogs | 4–8 |
Central Connecticut Blue Devils | 14–21 |
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds | 37–29 |
Mount Saint Mary's Mountaineers | 23–27 |
Robert Morris Colonials | 21–35 |
Sacred Heart Pioneers | 3–25 |
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | 46–19 |
St. Francis Red Flash | 21–36 |
Wagner Seahawks | 35–33 |
Conference | Record |
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America East Conference | 9–15 |
American Athletic Conference | 2–15 |
Atlantic 10 Conference | 7–28 |
Atlantic Coast Conference | 1–10 |
Big 12 Conference | 1–3 |
Big East Conference | 4–22 |
Big Sky Conference | 1–2 |
Big South Conference | 3–1 |
Big Ten Conference | 1–8 |
Big West Conference | 0–0 |
Colonial Athletic Association | 8–17 |
Conference USA | 0–4 |
Horizon League | 1–1 |
Ivy League | 8–28 |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | 77–149 |
Mid-American Conference | 1–2 |
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | 15–11 |
Missouri Valley Conference | 0–1 |
Mountain West Conference | 0–0 |
Non-Division I | 63–6 |
Ohio Valley Conference | 0–0 |
Pac-12 Conference | 0–0 |
Patriot League | 19–27 |
Southeastern Conference | 0–3 |
Southern Conference | 0–2 |
Southland Conference | 0–1 |
Southwestern Athletic Conference | 0–0 |
Summit League | 1–1 |
Sun Belt Conference | 1–0 |
West Coast Conference | 0–1 |
Western Athletic Conference | 1–0 |
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