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2025 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
(all games played at home of higher seeded team)
    
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 10
    
#1 FDU 81, #8 Saint Francis 56 (BOX SCORE)
#2 Mercyhurst 70, #7 Stonehill 64 (BOX SCORE)
#3 LIU 99, #6 Chicago State 77 (BOX SCORE)
#5 Le Moyne 54, #4 Wagner 47 (BOX SCORE)

Semifinals
Saturday, March 8
    
#5 Le Moyne at #1 FDU (7:00 p.m.) - WATCH | LIVE STATS
#3 LIU at #2 Mercyhurst (7:00 p.m.) -  WATCH | LIVE STATS

Watch Live: ESPN+, NESN Nation
    
Championship
Sunday, March 16
    
Watch Live: 12:00 pm on ESPNU, ESPN+
   

NEC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL STORYLINES

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Team-By-Team Capsules

#1 FDU (28-4, 18-0 NEC)

• FDU will be making its 31st overall appearance in the NEC Tournament.
• FDU ran the table in NEC play once agin and posted the program’s second straight undefeated season. In the process, the Knights became the became just the second team to post back-to-back undefeated seasons in league play - joining Monmouth (1987-88, 1988-89).
• The Knights are one of two teams nationwide to have back-to-back unbeaten conference seasons, joining reigning nation champion No. 1 UConn.
• FDU is also one of three squads in the country to go undefeated in conference play - joining No. 1 UConn (BIG EAST) and No. 2 UCLA (Big Ten).
• Of the six teams that have previously turned the undefeated trick, all but one (Monmouth in 1987-88) went on to win the NEC Tournament title.
• FDU rides some serious momentum into the NEC postseason. The Knights have not lost a game in over three months, since falling to America East foe Binghamton on December 29. Their current 20-game winning streak is the fourth longest in the nation.
• FDU has also won a record 37 straight NEC regular seasons games with its last one coming on Thursday, March 5 over Saint Francis, 61-39. The Knights broke the previous record held by Monmouth (1986-89).
• The Knights have now qualified for each of the past 11 NEC Tournaments.
• FDU is a three-time NEC Tournament Champion (1990, 1992, 2025).
• FDU has been a top-four seed in each of the past seven years.
• This will be the fourth time since 2021-22 — and the fifth time in program history — that FDU is the #1 seed. The Knights won their first NEC title as the one seed last season.
• The Knights own a 18-28 record in the NEC postseason, including a 8-9 mark against current NEC squads.
• This season marks FDU’s third postseason appearance under third-year head coach Stephanie Gaitley.
• Gaitley is the conference’s only current coach to have NEC postseason experience at multiple institutions as a head coach. She piloted LIU Brooklyn to tournament appearances in each of her five years at the helm (2002-08), going 4-4 with a title game run in 2007-08. Gaitley also led Monmouth to the semifinals (2008-09), the quarterfinals  (2009-10) and the title game (2010-11) in her three seasons as head coach of the Hawks. 
• The Knights are back in the semifinals for the seventh time in as many seasons.
• FDU and Le Moyne last met in the NEC Tournament in the 2024 semis - seeing the Dolphins prevailing in Syracuse, 53-38.
• The Knights are making their second straight conference championship game appearance and third in the last four seasons. 

• Mercyhurst is making its first-ever NEC Tournament appearance in its first year of postseason eligibility.
• With Mercyhurst’s win over Le Moyne and a Chicago State loss on 03/05/25, the Lakers sealed the #2 seed in the NEC Tournament.
• The Lakers won their NEC Tournament debut against No. 7 Stonehill, 70-64, on Monday night.
• Mercyhurst is 7-7 overall at home this season, including a 7-3 mark against conference opponents.
• The Lakers are currently riding a seven-game winning streak coming into the semis - the second longest in the conference.
• LIU and Mercyhurst split the season series as the Lakers won 58-55 in Brooklyn on 02/21/26.
• Senior Jenna Van Schaik put up 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the Lakers’ first-ever NEC Tournament victory.
• The Lakers shot an efficient 44.6 percent from the field against the Skyhawks on Monday night. 
• Mercyhurst took home its first two NEC major awards this postseason with Sofia Wilson winning Rookie of the Year and Cici Hernandez taking home Most Improved Player accolades. 
• The Lakers also had two All-NEC first team selections for the first time in program history after Van Schaik and Hernandez both earned spots on the squad. 
• Mercyhurst remains ineligible for the NEC’s AQ to the NCAA Tournament due to its current status as a reclassifying institution.

• This year marks the 27th time that LIU qualifies for the NEC Tournament.
• LIU is making its first semifinal appearance since 2018.
• LIU’s lone championship came in 2001 when the third-seeded Sharks upset top-seeded Mount St. Mary’s.
• In this year’s tournament, LIU is the same seed as when it won its one and only NEC title. 
• LIU has made four NEC title game appearances, with its most recent one coming in 2010.
• LIU is 16-25 all-time in the NEC Tournament. The Sharks have advanced to the semifinals 10 times and the title game four times.
• LIU is one of five teams in NEC annals to have two wins over the #1 seed. In 2001, the third-seeded Sharks defeated #1 Mount St. Mary’s in the title game, while in 2008, they knocked off top-seeded Quinnipiac in the quarterfinals as the #4 seed. Overall, the Sharks are 2-8 in the NEC Tournament when taking on the top seed.
• The Sharks were picked to finish eighth in the annual preseason poll, but ended up with a 14-4 NEC record and tied for second in the league standings. 
• LIU’s 14 league wins are the most for the program since 2009-10 and the most in the Sharks era.
• The last time LIU played Mercyhurst in Erie, the Sharks came away with 86-81 victory on 01/08/26.
• Senior tranfer Kadidia Toure is one of three players nationwide to have 12 games of at 20 points and 10 rebounds and the only one in the NEC to have more than one.
• LIU dropped 99 points in its quarterfinal victory over Chicago State, which is the most in a game during the Sharks era and the first 90-plus point outing since February 2, 2004. It’s just the third game for the team with at least 90 points since 2000.
• The Sharks got their 20th win of the season on Monday - marking the team’s first 20-win season since 2011-12.
• Hannah Humphrey (27), Kadidia Toure (26) and Kionna Gaines (23) combined for 76 points on Monday night against the Cougars.

• This is Le Moyne’s third consecutive trip the semifinals. 
• The No. 5 Dolphins have defeated the fourth seed in back-to-back seasons after its thrilling win over Wagner on Monday.
• Le Moyne is, now, 3-0 in the NEC quarterfinals all-time after defeating the Seahawks on Monday night.
• As a reclassifiying NCAA Division I institution, the Dolphins are ineligible for the NCAA Tournament.
• Le Moyne is looking to make its second title game appearance in three years.
• Le Moyne is one of five schools to win their NEC Tournament debut, which the Dolphins did with a 79-59 win over Stonehill in 2024. 
• The Dolphins also became the second team to advance to the tournament final in their inaugural season as a member in 2024.
• Le Moyne enters the semis winning seven of their last nine contests. However, both losses during that stretch have come on the road. 
• On its way to the 2024 conference final, two-seeded Le Moyne defeated No. 3 FDU, 52-38, before falling to top-seed Sacred Heart. 
• The Dolphins are 2-2 in NEC Tournament road games and are 2-0 at home. 
• Through its first three NEC Championship appearances, Le Moyne has a 4-2 overall record in the postseason.
• Le Moyne leads the league in free throw percentage, going 79.0 percent from the charity stripe.
• Since Le Moyne joined the NEC, FDU leads the all-time series, 4-3, between the Knights and Dolphins. 
• Le Moyne was the last team to defeat FDU in both the regular season (02/24/24) and the postseason (03/14.24).