Women’s Basketball Updated: March of 2020 First Game: Feb. 2, 1972 (at Centenary) All-Time Record: 722-546 (.569) Head Coaching Register: W L Pct. Penny Hinckley (1971-74) 15 13 .536 Pat Walsh (1974-79) 72 38 .655 Diane Schumacher (1979-82) 29 52 .358 Jeanne Foley (1982-84) 19 32 .373 Joan Kowalik (1984-1995) 163 121 .574 Elizabeth Feeley (1995-2000) 68 70 .493 Kevin Morris (2000-01) 2 25 .074 Richard Barron (2001-07) 74 91 .448 Courtney Banghart (2007-2019) 254 103 .711 Carla Berube (2019-Current) 26 1 .963 Ivy League Championships (15): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 NCAA Tournament Appearances (9): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 Quick Facts: • Basketball was one of the original women’s varsity sports introduced at Princeton in the 1971-72 academic year. The others were crew, field hockey, squash, swimming and tennis. • Princeton won the first four Ivy League championships by winning the annual postseason tournament. The tournament format existed between 1975 and 1982. Double round-robin play determined the champion beginning with the 1982-83 season. •The Tigers’ only league championship of the 1980s was shared with Brown in 1985 when both teams finished with Ivy records of 9-3. • In 1999, Princeton shared the Ivy title with Dartmouth when both teams finished with Ivy records of 11-3. It was the Tigers’ best Ivy record and only League championship of the 1990s. Dartmouth won the playoff game to advance to the NCAA Tournament and did the same in 2006 when the teams shared the regular season title again. •The Tigers made their first postseason appearance in 1996 at the National Women’s Invitational Tournament in Amarillo, Texas, finishing seventh. No. 8 seeded Princeton, which earned the Ivy League’s first-ever at-large bid to a postseason tournament, lost to Arkansas and Western Kentucky at the tournament before defeating Illinois State. •Two players were picked in the Women’s Professional Basketball League college draft in 1979. Heidi Nolte ’79 was drafted in the fifth round by Dal- las. C. B. Tomasiewicz ’79 was selected in the sixth round by Philadelphia. Leslie Robinson became the first Tiger selected in the WNBA Draft as she was picked 34th overall by the New York Liberty in 2018. •In 1990, Sandi Bittler ’90 became Princeton’s all-time leading scorer (1,683), breaking the old record (1,622) held by C.B. Tomasiewicz ’79. The same year, Bittler notched 10 three-pointers against Dartmouth to shatter her own Ivy League record for most three-point baskets made in a single game. Bittler also led the nation in three-point field goals per game (4.0) in 1990. • In 2011-12, Princeton was the first-ever Ivy League women’s team to receive a national ranking. The Tigers moved into the AP Top 25 Poll, earning a No. 24 national ranking in the Week 18 poll. The season saw the Tigers win their third consecutive Ivy League Championship and earn the No. 9 seed into the NCAA Tournament, the highest ever for an Ivy programs. • Addie Micir ‘11 (2011), Niveen Rasheed ‘13 (2012 and 2013), Blake Dietrick ‘15 (2015) and Bella Alarie ‘20 (2020) were unanimous choices for Ivy League Player of the Year. • Princeton put together a historic unblemished 30-0 regular season record in 2014-15, climbing to No. 13 in the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls – the best rankings for an Ivy program. The Tigers’ 30-0 regular season surpassed Penn 1970-71 men’s team’s mark of 28-0 for the best in Ivy basketball history. • Earning the highest-ever NCAA seeding for an Ivy program (No. 8), Princeton notched an 80-70 first round victory over Green Bay, joining Har- vard’s 1998 squad as the only women’s basketball teams in league history to record a tournament win. • The 2015-16 team became the first Ivy League team to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament since the conference became an auto- matic qualifier. •Princeton reached the postseason for the ninth straight season in 2017-18 by winning the Ivy League title and conference tournament. The Tigers defeated Penn three times include the Ivy League Tournament Championship Game. Bella Alarie was honored as the Ivy League Player of the Year. She was also All-Ivy first team, the Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player and Ivy All-Tournament Team. •In the 2018-19 campaign, the Tigers (22-10) secured the Ivy League regular season and tournament championships for the second straight year. Bella Alarie was honored as the Ivy Player of the Year for the second consecutive season while Carlie Littlefield was first team All-Ivy. Alarie became the second Tiger (Niveen Rasheed ‘13) to be named Ivy Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons and the fifth Tiger to be picked first-team All-Ivy three times. •During the 2019-20 season, Princeton finished the year at 26-1 and on a 22-game winning streak. The Tigers’ streak was the second longest in the country behind No. 1 South Carolina. The unit wrapped up the campaign with a RPI of No. 9, the best mark in Ivy history and went undefeated in conference play before the postseason was cancelled due to the Coronavirus. 1 Women’s Basketball Letterwinners • A • • E • Michelle S. Miller ............................... 2013-14-15-16 Christine D. Adkins ............................ 1985-86-87-88 Kimberly S. Eads ................................ 1986-87-88-89 Margaret A. Meier ............................. 1975-76-77-78 Jessica B. Aitken ...................................... 2001-02-03 Kira A. Emsbo ....................................................2019 Abby N. Meyers ........................................... 2018-20 Bella A. Alarie .................................... 2017-18-19-20 Lauren W. L. Edwards ........................2009-10-11-12 Ellie S. Mitchell ..................................................2020 Robyn Algeria ......................................... 1991-92-93 Dana E. Moore ................................... 1993-94-95-96 Kimberly A. Allen ............................... 1994-95-96-97 • F • Shani A. Moore ............................................ 1999-00 Devona S. Allgood.............................. 2009-10-11-12 Susan H. Faulkner ..............................................1979 Jordan T. Muhammad .................................. 2016-17 Kaaren L. Andrews ............................. 1990-91-92-93 Jessica L. Munson .............................. 1998-99-00-01 Julie A. Angell .................................... 1996-97-98-99 • G • • N • Kendra R. Gahagan ............................................1990 Alyssa A. Nelson ................................................1992 • B • Carolyn H. Gerig ................................................1988 Lauren Nestor .................................... 2003-04-05-06 Deborah A. Banning................................ 1974-75-76 Lauren A. Goldbeck ................................ 2000-01-02 Margaret R. Niemann ............................. 1982-83-84 Channing R. Barnett................................ 1997-98-99 Lisa A. Greenberg .............................. 1983-84-85-86 Heidi J. Nolte ..................................... 1976-77-78-79 Laura J. Barta ............................................... 1989-90 Angela A. Groves ...............................................2009 Michele L. Bateman ...........................................1994 • O • Taylor I. Baur ...................................... 2017-18-19-20 • H • Katy O’Brien....................................... 2003-04-05-06 Julia M. Berger ................................... 2006-07-08-09 Patricia M. Harnisch ..........................................1973 Caitlin E. O’Neill ................................. 2006-07-08-09 Amanda M. Berntsen ........................ 2013-14-15-16 McKenna K. Haire ................................... 2018-19-20 Claire O’Neill ......................................................1975 Jessica F. Berry ................................... 2006-07-08-09 Lois A. Hatzenbeller ........................... 1983-84-85-86 Mary Catherine Opila ........................2001-02-03-04 Kathryn B. Binkley ....................................... 2009-10 Karlyn S. Heiner ........................................... 1991-92 Sandi E. Bittler ................................... 1987-88-89-90 Kristen M. Helmstetter ......................2011-12-13-14 • P • Hester M. Blum .................................................1992 Kristin N. Henderson.......................... 1995-96-97-98 Jane M. Paine ....................................................1974 Karen L. Bolster............................................ 2002-03 Donna B. Hill ......................................................1978 Lynn W. Paine ....................................................1972 Megan L. Bowen ................................ 2010-11-12-13 Krystal A.G. Hill .................................. 2008-09-10-11 Dina M. Pasalis ..................................................1989 Sydney J. Boyer ....................................... 2018-19-20 Teresa N.T. Ho .............................................. 1997-98 Elizabeth P. Pietrzak ..................................... 2007-08 Erica S. Bowman ..................................... 1997-98-99 Kenya A. Holland ............................... 2015-16-17-18 Lauren S. Polansky ............................. 2010-11-12-13 Julie M. Brackenridge ........................ 1988-89-90-91 Nicole J.M. Hung ................................ 2011-12-13-14 Shelbie M. Pool ............................................ 2008-09