Sacred Heart Pioneers women's basketball

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Sacred Heart Pioneers
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Sacred Heart Pioneers women's basketball team
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University Sacred Heart University
First season1974 (1974)
All-time record657–655
Head coach Jessica Mannetti (11th season)
Conference Northeast Conference
Location Fairfield, Connecticut
Arena William H. Pitt Center
(Capacity: 2,062)
Nickname Pioneers
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
2006, 2009, 2012, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
2006, 2009, 2012, 2023, 2024
Conference regular season champions
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2024

The Sacred Heart Pioneers women's basketball team represents Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Northeast Conference. They play their home games at the William H. Pitt Center. [2]

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History

In each of their first three NCAA Division I Tournament appearances, they lost each time in the first round, losing 95–54 to Maryland 77–63 to Ohio State, and 76–50 to Georgia Tech, respectively. They appeared in the WBI in 2011 and the WNIT in 2013 and 2016. [3]

Season-by-season results

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Margaret Diaz ()(1985–1986)
1985–86Margaret Diaz 9–16
Margaret Diaz:9–16
Adolph Ellis ()(1986–1990)
1986–87Adolph Ellis 6–20
1987–88Adolph Ellis 2–24
1988–89Adolph Ellis 5–19
1989–90Adolph Ellis 4–21
Adolph Ellis:17–84
Ed Swanson (NECC)(1990–1999)
1990–91Ed Swanson 8–193–117th
1991–92Ed Swanson 11–165–9T5th
1992–93Ed Swanson 16–137–74th
1993–94Ed Swanson 12–158–85th
1994–95Ed Swanson 11–167–95th
1995–96Ed Swanson 20–716–4T2nd
1996–97Ed Swanson 14–1410–85th
1997–98Ed Swanson 19–713–32nd
1998–99Ed Swanson 15–1212–63rd
Ed Swanson (Northeast Conference)(1999–2013)
1999–2000Ed Swanson 14–1411–7T3rd
2000–01Ed Swanson 15–1411–7T3rd
2001–02Ed Swanson 18–1113–5T2nd
2002–03Ed Swanson 18–1012–6T3rd
2003–04Ed Swanson 21–814–42nd
2004–05Ed Swanson 18–1114–42nd
2005–06Ed Swanson 26–516–21st
2006–07Ed Swanson 22–1015–3T1st
2007–08Ed Swanson 19–1114–43rd
2008–09Ed Swanson 28–518–01st
2009–10Ed Swanson 19–1114–43rd
2010–11Ed Swanson 18–1312–6T3rd
2011–12Ed Swanson 25–815–31st
2012–13Ed Swanson 22–1113–52nd
Ed Swanson:406–2640–0
Jessica Mannetti (Northeast Conference)(2013–present)
2013–14Jessica Mannetti 12–189–95th
2014–15Jessica Mannetti 16–1311–74th
2015–16Jessica Mannetti 20–1316–21st WNIT first round
2016–17Jessica Mannetti 17–1513–5T–2nd WNIT first round
2017–18Jessica Mannetti 14–179–9T–3rd
2018–19 Jessica Mannetti 19–1314–42nd WNIT first round
2019–20Jessica Mannetti 12–179–95th
2020–21Jessica Mannetti 8–108–8
2021–22Jessica Mannetti 8–176–12
2022–23 Jessica Mannetti 19–1412–42nd NCAA First Round
2023–24 Jessica Mannetti 24–1015–11st NCAA First Four
Jessica Mannetti:146–147107–69
Total:146–147

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Pioneers have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament five times. Their record is 1–5.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2006 (15)First Round(2) Maryland L 54–95
2009 (14)First Round(3) Ohio State L 63–77
2012 (13)First Round(4) Georgia Tech L 50–76
2023 (16)First Four
First Round		(16) Southern
(1) Stanford 		W 57–47
L 49–92
2024 (16)First Four(16) Presbyterian L 42–49

WNIT results

YearRoundOpponentResult
2016 First Round Drake L 59–95
2017 First Round St. John's L 43–72
2019 First Round Georgetown L 59–90


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References

  1. ↑ SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sacred Heart". Sacredheartpioneers.com. 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  3. ↑ "2023–24 Sacred Heart women's basketball record book" (PDF). Sacred Heart athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.


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