Vermont Catamounts women's basketball

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Vermont Catamounts
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UniversityUniversity of Vermont
First season1979 (1979)
All-time record622–606
Head coach Alisa Kresge (4th season)
Conference America East
Location Burlington, Vermont
ArenaPatrick Gym
(capacity: 3,266)
NicknameCatamounts
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away


NCAA tournament round of 32
2010
NCAA tournament appearances
1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2023
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2023
Conference regular season champions
1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2023

The Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at Patrick Gym. [2]

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History

The Catamounts went undefeated in the regular season in back-to-back seasons in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons, the first time a women's basketball program did that in the NCAA era. Only Connecticut has done that feat since Vermont did it. They have won the conference title six times, second only to Maine. [3] [4]

SeasonRecordConference RecordPostseason finishCoach
1979–803–13n/an/aJean Condon
1980–815–15n/an/aJean Condon
1981–826–17n/an/aJean Condon
1982–834–20n/an/aJean Condon
1983–846–20n/an/aRobyn Markey
1984–8511–141–4 (3rd North Atlantic Conference)n/aRobyn Markey
1985–868–164–8 (4th North Atlantic Conference)n/aRobyn Markey
1986–8713–146–8 (4th North Atlantic Conference)n/aCathy Inglese
1987–888–184–10 (T-5th North Atlantic Conference)n/aCathy Inglese
1988–897–185–9 (6th North Atlantic Conference)n/aCathy Inglese
1989–9013–56–6 (4th North Atlantic Conference)n/aCathy Inglese
1990–9122–78–2 (2nd North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference FinalsCathy Inglese
1991–9229–114–0 (1st North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference Champions
NCAA First Round
Cathy Inglese
1992–9328–114–0 (1st North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference Champions
NCAA First Round
Cathy Inglese
1993–9419–119–5 (3rd North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference Champions
NCAA First Round
Pam Borton
1994–9511–169–7 (5th North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference QuarterfinalsPam Borton
1995–9618–1113–5 (2nd North Atlantic Conference)North Atlantic Conference FinalsPam Borton
1996–9721–814–4 (T-2nd America East)America East FinalsPam Borton
1997–9822–715–3 (1st America East)America East FinalsKeith Cieplicki
1998–9917–1211–7 (3rd America East)America East SemifinalsKeith Cieplicki
1999-0025–615–3 (1st America East)America East Champions
NCAA First Round
Keith Cieplicki
2000–0119–1113–5 (T-2nd America East)America East FinalsKeith Cieplicki
2001–0223–914–2 (1st America East)America East Semifinals
WNIT Quarterfinals
Keith Cieplicki
2002–0321–812–4 (2nd America East)America East SemifinlsKeith Cieplicki
2003–0414–138–10 (6th America East)America East QuarterfinalsSharon Dawley
2004–0514–159–9 (4th America East)America East SemifinalsSharon Dawley
2005–069–185–11 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsSharon Dawley
2006–0719–128–8 (3rd America East)America East SemifinalsSharon Dawley
2007–0824–913–3 (2nd America East)America East Semifinals
WNIT Second Round
Sharon Dawley
2008–0921–1212–4 (3rd America East)America East Champions
NCAA First Round
Sharon Dawley
2009–1027–713–3 (2nd America East)America East Champions
NCAA Second Round
Sharon Dawley
2010–115–255–11 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsLori Gear McBride
2011–1210–204–12 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsLori Gear McBride
2012–1310–216–10 (T-4th America East)America East SemifinalsLori Gear McBride
2013–147–234–10 (6th America East)America East QuarterfinalsLori Gear McBride
2014–155–242–14 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsLori Gear McBride
2015–169–214–12 (8th America East)America East QuarterfinalsLori Gear McBride
2016–179–206–10 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsChris Day
2017–188–225–11 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsChris Day
2018–1911–187–9 (6th America East)America East QuarterfinalsAlisa Kresge (Interim head coach)
2019–2012–186–10 (7th America East)America East QuarterfinalsAlisa Kresge
2020–214–24–2n/aAlisa Kresge
2021–2220–1113–5 (T-3rd America East)America East SemifinalsAlisa Kresge
2022–2325–714–2 (1st America East)America East Champions
NCAA First Round
Alisa Kresge

NCAA tournament results

Vermont has reached the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament seven times. They have a combined record of 1–7.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1992 #9First Round#8 George WashingtonL 69–70
1993 #8First Round#9 RutgersL 74–80
1994 #13First Round#4 Seton HallL 60–70
2000 #11First Round#6 TulaneL 60–65
2009 #16First Round#1 ConnecticutL 65–104
2010 #10First Round
Second Round
#7 Wisconsin
#2 Notre Dame
W 64–55
L 66–84
2023 #15First Round#2 ConnecticutL 52–95

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