North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's basketball team is part of the athletic program at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It is a member of the NCAA Division I Big Sky Conference; the upcoming 2012-2013 season will be their first in the new conference. Previously they played in Division II's North Central Conference and Division I's Great West Conference. The announcer for the women's team is Kris Holm. Radio duties are handled by Paul Ralston and Mitch Wigness.

North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball
2019–20 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of North Dakota
Head coachMallory Bernhard (interim) (1st season)
ConferenceSummit League
LocationGrand Forks, North Dakota
ArenaBetty Engelstad Sioux Center
(Capacity: 3,300)
NicknameNorth Dakota Fighting Hawks
ColorsKelly Green and White[1]
         
NCAA Tournament Champions
Division II
1997, 1998, 1999
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
Division II
2001
NCAA Tournament Final Four
Division II
1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
Division II
1990, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007
NCAA Tournament Appearances
Division II
1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Division I
2014
AIAW Tournament Appearances
Division II
1976, 1977, 1980,
Conference Tournament Champions
Division II
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Division I
2014
Conference Regular Season Champions
Division II
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
Division I
2010, 2014

The first year the university fielded a women's team was in 1894. Since then, the women's team has appeared in 23 NCAA tournaments. The first Division I appearance was in 2014. With the exception of 1986, 1987, and 1989, the basketball team appeared in every NCAA Division II tournament from 1984 to 2007. Three of the Division II tournament appearances resulted in three consecutive Division II National Championships (1997, 1998, 1999).[2]

Head coaches
#NameTerm
1Dee Watson1974–1978
2Shirlan Mosley1979–1981
3Gary Schwartz1982–1984
4Martha Hutchinson1985–1986
5Gene Roebuck1987–2011
6Travis Brewster2012–2020
7Mallory Bernhard2020-Present

Conference Championships

North Central Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (11 times): 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993,94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07
  • Conference Tournament Champion (7 times): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Great West Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2009-10, 2011-12
  • Conference Tournament Champion (1 time): 2012

Big Sky Conference

  • Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2013-14, 2016-17
  • Conference Tournament Champion: (1 time): 2014

National Championships

1997 (DII)

1998 (DII)

1999 (DII)

NCAA DI Tournament results
Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2014 #14First Round#3 Texas A&ML 55−70

Arenas

References
  1. "UND Colors". University of North Dakota Campus Services. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. "North Dakota Women's Basketball - 2014-15 Media Guide". University of North Dakota. pp. 28, 98–112. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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