St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies women's basketball

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St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies
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University University of St. Thomas
First season1977
Head coach Ruth Sinn (20th season)
Conference Summit League
Location Saint Paul, Minnesota
Arena Schoenecker Arena
(capacity: 1,800)
Nickname Tommies
ColorsPurple 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.

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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.

History

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-by-season results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Tom Kosel (No Conference)(1977–1982)
1977–78Tom Kosel 12–7——
1978–79Tom Kosel 18–4——
1979–80Tom Kosel –——
1980–81Tom Kosel –——
1981–82Tom Kosel –——
Tom Kosel (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1982–1984)
1982–83Tom Kosel –8—1T–1st
1983–84Tom Kosel –18—21st NCAA Division III Regional Third Place
Tom Kosel:123–54 (.695)26–3 (.897)
Ted Riverso (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1984–1999)
1984–85Ted Riverso –12—8T—3rd
1985–86Ted Riverso –10—12T—6th
1986–87Ted Riverso –18—42nd NCAA Division III Regional Fourth Place
1987–88Ted Riverso –20—22nd NCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1988–89Ted Riverso 20–615—53rd NCAA Division III Regional Third Place
1989–90Ted Riverso 23–518—22nd NCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1990–91Ted Riverso 29–219—11st NCAA Division III Championship
1991–92Ted Riverso 27–120—01st NCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1992–93Ted Riverso 19–715—53rd NCAA Division III First Round
1993–94Ted Riverso 22–516—4T—2nd NCAA Division III Second Round
1994–95Ted Riverso 25–617—32nd NCAA Division III Third Place
1995–96Ted Riverso 28–320—01st NCAA Division III Third Place
1996–97Ted Riverso 26–220—01st NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
1997–98Ted Riverso 26–221—1T–1st NCAA Division III Elite Eight
1998–99Ted Riverso 22–419—32nd NCAA Division III Second Round
Ted Riverso:337–80 (.808)260–50 (.839)
Tricia Dornisch (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1999–2005)
1999–00Tricia Dornisch 27–222—01st NCAA Division III Third Place
2000–01Tricia Dornisch 25–419—21st NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2001–02Tricia Dornisch 21–519—3T–1st
2002–03Tricia Dornisch 15–1214—84th
2003–04Tricia Dornisch 13–1312—106th
2004–05Tricia Dornisch 11–149—116th
Tricia Dornisch:113–50 (.693)95–34 (.736)
Ruth Sinn (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2005–2021)
2005–06Ruth Sinn 10–157—13T—7th
2006–07Ruth Sinn 15–1114—85th
2007–08Ruth Sinn 20–818—4T—1st NCAA Division III First Round
2008–09Ruth Sinn 19–816—63rd
2009–10Ruth Sinn 21–815–75th NCAA Division III First Round
2010–11Ruth Sinn 20–718—41st
2011–12Ruth Sinn 31–222—01st NCAA Division III Third Place
2012–13Ruth Sinn 24–618—4T—2nd NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2013–14Ruth Sinn 25–519—32nd NCAA Division III Second Round
2014–15Ruth Sinn 30–118—01st NCAA Division III Elite Eight
2015–16Ruth Sinn 26–416—21st NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2016–17Ruth Sinn 31–118—01st NCAA Division III Final Four
2017–18Ruth Sinn 27–318—01st NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2018–19Ruth Sinn 30–218—01st NCAA Division III Final Four
2019–20Ruth Sinn 21–616—43rd
2020–21Ruth Sinn 6–15—1T–1st
Ruth Sinn (Summit League)(2021–present)
2021–22Ruth Sinn 7–214—149th
2022–23Ruth Sinn 13–177—118th
Ruth Sinn:376–126 (.749)267–81 (.767)
Total:949–310 (.754)

      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

Source: [6] [7]

Head coaches

#NameTermRecord
1Tom Kosel1977–1984123-54
2Ted Riverso1984–1999337-80
3Tricia Dornisch1999–2005113-50
4Ruth Sinn2005–present376-126

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References

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  2. ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Seven sports in '77 blazed women's trail". tommiesports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "MIAC Memories: Good rivals brought out best in Women's Hoops". tommiesports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Former Tommie coach Ted Riverso joins U of M women's basketball staff". news.stthomas.edu. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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