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2026 NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
(all games played at home of higher seeded team)
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 9
#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
Thursday, March 12
#1 FDU 71, #5 Le Moyne 51 (BOX SCORE)
#3 LIU 82, #3 Mercyhurst 64 (BOX SCORE)
Championship
Sunday, March 15
#3 LIU at #1 FDU
Watch Live: 12:00 pm on ESPNU, ESPN+
WHO WILL CUT DOWN THE NETS?
Hackensack, NJ -- What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? That question will be answered on Sunday afternoon when the two hottest NEC women’s basketball teams clash in the conference title game.
FDU (29-4) looks to defend its league crown after yet another undefeated NEC regular season, while LIU (21-10) aims to bring home the conference championship trophy back to Brooklyn for the first time in 25 years.
Both squads are coming off commanding semifinal victories as the top-seeded Knights defeated No. 5 Le Moyne, 71-51, and three seed LIU went on the road and took down second-seeded Mercyhurst, 82-64, for a combined margin of victory of 38 points.
The Knights have been unbeaten against NEC foes all season, while setting a new conference record for consecutive NEC regular season victories (37) in the process. With its quarterfinal and semifinal victories, FDU has claimed 39 straight overall wins over NEC foes – dating back to last season. Additionally, they are just the second NEC team to record back-to-back unbeaten campaigns.
Boasting a deep squad from top to bottom, it can be anyone’s day when the Knights hit the hardwood. Led by a three-headed monster of All-NEC first team selection Ava Renninger, NEC Defensive Player of the Year Madlena Gerke and second team all-star Kailee McDonald, any one of them can take over a game. The Knights also feature the top scoring defense in the conference and the second-best in the nation as they allow just 51.1 points per game.
FDU is searching for its fourth NEC tournament title and second in as many years. A win would make them just the fifth program in conference history to record back-to-back title. The NEC title would also make the Knights the only team in NEC history to have back-to-back unbeaten seasons that each ended in a league tournament title.
LIU has reached heights it has not seen while donning the Sharks name. The program’s 21 wins are the most since 2011-12 and its 14 NEC victories are the most since 2009-10. The Sharks improved their win total by 15 from a year ago. LIU has exceeded expectations after being picked to finish eighth in the conference preseason poll as the team started the year with only one returner from last season and a first-year head coach.
The Sharks enter the tournament final scorching hot on offense. Combining for 181 points through its first two tournament games, LIU is firing on all cylinders led by NEC Player of the Year Kadidia Toure and grad transfer Kionna Gaines. Their 181 points are the fourth-most by a team through its first two NEC Tournament games and the most since 2014. Both Toure and Gaines have notched double-doubles during the Sharks’ quarterfinal and semifinal victories with Gaines recording at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in each game.
LIU eyes its first conference championship since the 2000-01 season and second in program history. A victory on Sunday would make the program one of three current NEC members to have multiple tournament titles. It would also guarantee the Sharks a NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in 25 seasons.
NEC CHAMPIONSHIP STORYLINES
THREE-PEAT
This is the third straight year that FDU and LIU will meet in the postseason. The Sharks and Knights have faced off in the quarterfinals the past two seasons with FDU claiming victory in both.
2024: #3 FDU 71, #6 LIU 59
2025: #1 FDU 73, #8 LIU 44
REGULAR SEASON REWIND
Both games of the 2026 regular season series between FDU and LIU went in favor of the Knights.
The two squads first met on Jan. 17 in Brooklyn, NY as FDU escaped the Big Apple with a 59-58 victory. It was a back and forth battle with eight lead changes and saw seven ties. It was tied at 55 at the 2:00 mark of the fourth before a Bella Toomey bucket and a Kadidi Toure three saw the Sharks have a one-point advantage with 33 seconds left. Ava Renninger was able to convert a floater with seven ticks left to give FDU the lead and ultimately, the win. Kailee McDonald led the Knights with 26 while Toure put up a game-high 22 for LIU.
On Feb. 28, the two teams squared off in Hackensack, NJ in a game that saw FDU win big, 82-49. The Knights jumped out to a 30-8 lead in the first quarter and kept the momentum going from there. McDonald led FDU in scoring once again with 18, while Renninger grabbed 12 boards. However, LIU was without All-NEC first teamer Janessa Williams in the loss, who is now out with the rest of the season with a injury.
JOIN THE CLUB
LIU looks to become the third current NEC member to win more than one conference title. If the Sharks can win, they would join Saint Francis (12) and FDU (3).
TITLE GAME RECORDS
FDU enters Championship Sunday with a 3-3 record in NEC title games, while LIU sits at 1-3 in conference tournament finals.
KNIGHTS SLAY THE CONFERENCE SLATE
For the second time in as many years, FDU ran through conference slate to finish the season with a perfect record- going 18-0. It marked the eighth time in NEC annals that a squad went undefeated against league opponents. It was also just the second time in league history that a team has gone unbeaten in back-to-back seasons (Monmouth: 1986-87 & 1987-88)
COMPLETING THE RUN
Of the seven teams that have gone undefeated against conference foes in the regular season, all but one have gone on to run the table in the postseason tournament and host the NEC Tournament trophy. Monmouth (1988) is the lone team to turn the undefeated trick in the conference regular season slate but come up empty in its pursuit of the tournament title.
PRESEASON POLL REWIND
The league’s head coaches were on track with their preseason prediction of the top finisher in the NEC standings, but a FDU-Stonehill final wasn’t what the coaches anticipated back at NEC Media Day in October.
Picked first in the poll, FDU lived up to its preseason billing by claiming the NEC regular season title with an undefeated run through the league and a first-place finish.
LIU, which was selected eighth in the preseason projections, defied expectations and finished tied for second in the league standings. With just one returner and a first-year head coach, the Sharks put it together for its 20-win season since 2011-12.
GOOD COMPANY
With their second straight undefeated conference regular season, the Knights find themselves in good company.
FDU is one of two teams in the nation to have back-to-back unbeaten regular seasons in their respective conference - joining No. 1 UConn (BIG EAST). The Knights are also one of just three teams in DI to be unbeaten in league play (No. 1 UConn and No. 2 UCLA).
GOING STREAKING
FDU rides the nation’s third longest winning streak into Championship Sunday at 21 games. It has been almost three months since the Knights have been on the losing side of a game, when they fell to Binghamton on December 29, 2025.
UConn (50 games) and UCLA (25) are the only other Division I programs with longer rallies.
Additionally, FDU won its record 37th straight NEC regular season game on March 5, 2026 against Saint Francis. the previous record was set by Monmouth from 1986 to 1989 with 34.
Overall, the Knights have won 39 consecutive games against NEC rivals dating back to last season.
HIGH-SCORING SHARKS
LIU has scored a combined 181 points through its first two NEC Tournament games (99 vs. Chicago State & 82 vs. Mercyhurst). It’s the fourth-most points a team has scored through its first two postseason games and the most since 2014. The 2026 Sharks are only behind 2014 SFU (200), 1987 Monmouth (184) and 1994 SFU (182).
The Sharks’ 99 points against the Cougars on Monday is the most in a game during the Sharks era and the first 90-plus point outing for the program since February 2, 2004. It marks third game for LIU with at least 90 points since 2000.
THE BIG 3-0
In its semifinal victory over Le Moyne, FDU matched its program record of 29 wins, which was set a year ago. The Knights will go for its program record 30th victory of the season on Sunday.
If FDU can get the win on Sunday, the Knights would tie the league record of 30 overall wins, previously set by Quinnipiac in 2012-13 (30-3, 18-0 NEC).
DOMINANCE IN THE SEMIS
FDU and LIU combined to defeat its semifinal opponents (Le Moyned and Mercyhurst) by 38 points on Thursday.
FOUR SCORE
FDU head coach Stephanie Gaitley, the NEC Brenda Reilly Coach of the Year, is just the fourth head coach in NCAA Division I history to coach four different teams to the Big Dance. The third-year FDU skipper accomplished the feat at Richmond (1990, 1991), Saint Joseph’s (1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000) and Fordham (2014, 2019).
A SEASONED VETERAN
Gaitley is no stranger to the spotlight of the NEC Tournament championship game. The NEC staple, who has combined for 10 years of head coaching experience in the league with prior stings at LIU and Monmouth, will be coaching in her fourth title game in 2026 and aims to add a second title to her name.
SECOND APPEARANCE LOADING...
Whichever team wins the conference championship on Sunday, the winning team will be making its second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
FDU made its first appearance in the Big Dance a year ago where the 15th-seeded Knights squared off with No. 2 TCU. LIU last reached the national tournament in 2001 where the team was a 16-seed and played No. 1 UConn.
NEC-EED-OLOGY
This season marks the 30th time in 39 NEC Championships that the top seed will be playing for a league title.
The No. 1 seed in the NEC Tournament has won the title 23 times since the first running of the championship in 1987. FDU was the last team to turn the trick as the top seed a year ago.
Advancing to the NEC title game 13 times, the No. 3 seed has gone on to capture the tournament crown on four occasions.
FDU is the top seed in the tournament for the fifth time in program history and the fourth time since 2022.
The Knights are looking to go back-to-back for the first time in program history. FDU would become the third consecutive team to repeat as champs in a row - joining Mount St. Mary’s (2021 & 2022) and Sacred Heart (2023 & 2024).
FDU is 0-3 against the No. 3 seed all-time and has never faced the third-seeded team in the title game.
LIU’s No. 3 seed marks the program’s highest postseason positioning since 2010 when it was the second-seeded team. The 2010 Tournament also marks the last time LIU made an appearance in the NEC Tournament final before falling to No. 5 Saint Francis.
The last time LIU was the third-seeded team in conference tournament was 2001 where the team went all the way to win the conference title.
Against the NEC’s top seed, LIU is 2-9 all-time, including 1-1 in the tournament final.
ONE’S AND THREE’S
This year marks the 11th time — and the first time in the 10 years — we will see a #1 vs. #3 matchup in the NEC title game.
The #1 seed has won the tournament title 7 out of 10 times.
2016 - #3 Robert Morris 56, #1 Sacred Heart 51
2014 - #1 Robert Morris 78, #3 Saint Francis 64
2012 - #1 Sacred Heart 58, #3 Monmouth 48
2009 - #1 Sacred Heart 74, #3 Saint Francis 66
2005 - #1 Saint Francis 65, #3 Robert Morris 50
2004 - #1 Saint Francis 70, #3 Monmouth 55
2001 - #3 LIU 70, #1 Mount St. Mary’s 61
1998 - #1 Saint Francis 74, #3 Wagner 49
1990 - #3 FDU 70, #1 Mount St. Mary’s 65
1987 - #1 Monmouth 92, #3 FDU 65
ON THE UP-AND-UP
LIU has made a huge improvement from last season after winning just six games a year ago. The Sharks improved their win total by 15 overall victories and by 11 in conference play.
It is LIU’s highest overall win total (21 wins) since 2011-12 (21) and highest conference win total (14) since 2009-10 (14).
THE OGs
Two NEC charter member will square off in Sunday’s title game - marking the first time that two of the league’s original member will meet in the NEC women’s basketball championship final since 2019 (Saint Francis and Robert Morris)
STARPOWER
There will be no shortage of all-stars on Sunday afternoon, as four of the NEC’s six major award winners will featured.
The NEC final features the following:
NEC Player of the Year: Kadidia Toure (LIU)
NEC Defensive Player of the Year: Madlena Gerke (FDU)
NEC Newcomer of the Year: Kadidia Toure (LIU)
Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year: Stephanie Gaitley (FDU)
All-NEC First Team: Ava Renninger (FDU)
All-NEC First Team: Kadidia Toure (LIU)
All-NEC First Team: Janessa Williams (LIU)
All-NEC Second Team: Madlena Gerke (FDU)
All-NEC Second Team: Kailee McDonald (FDU)
All-Defensive Team: Madlena Gerke (FDU)
All-Defensive Team: Kailee McDonald (FDU)
All-Defensive Team: Kadidia Toure (LIU)
All-Rookie Team: Leah Crosby (FDU)
HOME COOKING
Teams hosting the NEC championship game on their home court have posted a 24-9 record (.727).
#1 SEED HISTORY
In the 31 years since the NEC discontinued the six-team bracket, the No. 1 seed has won 21 times and has only missed the final on six occasions. The top seed is 23-6 all-time in the title game.
#3 SEED HISTORY
Teams seeded third have posted an 4-9 record in NEC title games. In 2022, Mount St. Mary’s defeated No. 7 Bryant to become the first No. 3 seed to win it all since 2016, when Robert Morris defeated No. 1 Sacred Heart. Prior to third-seeded MSM reaching the final in 2022, the No. 3 seed hadn’t reached the championship game since 2016.
Prior to MSM and RMU making it two consecutive title for the three-seeds in their appearances, the No. 3 seed dropped seven consecutive title game matches.
2015 - #5 St. Francis Brooklyn 77, #3 Robert Morris 62
2014 - #1 Robert Morris 78, #3 Saint Francis 62
2012 - #1 Sacred Heart 58, #3 Monmouth 48
2009 - #1 Sacred Heart 74, #3 Saint Francis 66
2007 - #2 Robert Morris 68, #3 Sacred Heart 66
2005 - #1 Saint Francis 65, #3 Robert Morris 50
2004 - #1 Saint Francis 70, #3 Monmouth 55
WORKING OVERTIME... OR NOT!
In 39 runnings of the NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, overtime has never been needed to decide the winner of the NEC Championship.
CLOSE CALLS?
There has not been much parity in the NEC title game in recent years.
The past seven titles have been decided by 10 points or more, with the closest margin in that stretch being a 66-56 Saint Francis win over Robert Morris in 2018.
Just five championship games have been decided by five points or fewer. Robert Morris and Sacred Heart provided the closest game in recent history, with the Colonials posting a 56-51 victory in 2016.
A total of 12 championship games have been decided by 10 points or less.
The closest margin of victory in an NEC title game came in 2007, when No. 2 Robert Morris defeated No. 3 Sacred Heart, 68-66.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Despite being two of the league’s original members, this will be the first time LIU and FDU will meet in the NEC championship game.
The Sharks and Knights have faced off just five times in the conference tournament with FDU leading the series, 3-2. Four of their meetings have come in the quarterfinals with the remaining one coming in the 1992 semis.
Team-By-Team Capsules
#1 FDU (29-4, 18-0 NEC)
- FDU is 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 21-game winning streak is the third 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 19-28 record in the NEC postseason, including a 9-9 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 making their second straight conference championship game appearance and third in the last four seasons.
- The No. 1 seed is 81-15 all-time in the NEC Tournament.
- FDU is 3-3 in NEC title games all-time.
- This is the Knights’ third title game appearance as the one seed and second in as many years. FDU is 1-1 as the top-seed in the conference tournament final.
- FDU is has not left Hackensack for a game since February 21.
- The Knights are 17-1 at home this season and 9-0 against NEC opponents on their home floor.
- On January 17, FDU defeated LIU by just one point. It marked the Knights’ smallest margin of victory during its 37-game NEC regular season unbeaten streak.
- FDU has won 13 straight games against LIU - including seven at home - dating back to the 2020-21 season.
#3 LIU (21-10, 14-4 NEC)
- This year marks the 27th time that LIU qualifies for the NEC Tournament.
- LIU is making its first championship game appearance since 2010 where it fell to Saint Francis, 77-68, on its home floor.
- 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 is 17-25 all-time in the NEC Tournament. This is the Sharks’ fifth title appearance and first since 2010.
- 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.
- 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.
- Through its first two games of the tournament, LIU has scored a combined 181 points, which is the most since 2014 (Saint Francis: 200). Its the fourth-most points scored by a team through its first two postseason games all-time. (1987 Monmouth: 184, 1994 SFU: 182).
- The Sharks got their 20th win of the season on Monday - marking the team’s first 20-win season since 2011-12 and first donning the Sharks name.
- Hannah Humphrey (27), Kadidia Toure (26) and Kionna Gaines (23) combined for 76 points on Monday night against the Cougars.
- Kennesaw State transfer Kionna Gaines has scored at least 20 points and 10 rebounds through LIU’s first two tournament games - becoming just the second NEC player this season to register more than one game with at least 20-and-10, joining her teammate Kadidia Toure.
- LIU had two All-NEC first team selections for the first time in 25 years with Toure and junior Janessa Williams both earning the honor.
- This will be the Sharks’ seventh road game since January 29. LIU is 11-6 away from Brooklyn this season.
- The No. 3 seed is 44-33 all-time in the NEC Tournament.
- With a win on Sunday, LIU would become just the third current full member to win multiple NEC titles- joining SFU (12) and FDU (3).
- LIU is 1-3 all-time in NEC championship games.
- On January 17, the Sharks fell to FDU 59-58 in Brooklyn. It marked the Knights’ smallest margin of victory during its 37-game NEC regular season unbeaten streak.
- The last time LIU defeated FDU was on 02/04/21 by a score of 52-46 in Hackensack
PAST NEC TOURNAMENT WINNERS AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
2025 - #1 FDU 66, #2 Stonehill 49 (MVP: Teneisia Brown, FDU)
2024 - #1 Sacred Heart 69, #2 Le Moyne 48 (MVP: Ny’Ceara Pryor, SHU)
2023 - #2 Sacred Heart 72, #1 FDU 60 (MVP: Ny’Ceara Pryor, SHU)
2022 - #3 Mount St. Mary’s def. #7 Bryant, 60-42 (MVP: Kendall Bresee, MSM)
2021 - #1 Mount St. Mary’s def. #2 Wagner, 70-38 (MVP: Rebecca Lee, MSM)
2020 - Not Contested (COVID-19) MVP: N/A
2019 - #1 Robert Morris def. #4 Saint Francis, 65-54 (MVP: Nneka Ezeigbo, RMU)
2018 - #1 Saint Francis def. #2 Robert Morris, 66-56 (MVP: Jessica Kovatch, SFU)
2017 - #1 Robert Morris def. #4 Bryant, 65-52 (MVP: Anna Niki Stamolamprou, RMU)
2016 - #3 Robert Morris def. #1 Sacred Heart, 56-51 (MVP: Anna Niki Stamolamprou, RMU)
2015 - #5 St. Francis Brooklyn def. #3 Robert Morris, 77-62 (MVP: Sarah Benedetti, SFBK)
2014 - #1 Robert Morris def. #3 Saint Francis, 78-64 (MVP: Artemis Spanou, RMU)
2013 - #1 Quinnipiac def. #4 Saint Francis, 72-33 (MVP: Brittany McQuain, QU)
2012 - #1 Sacred Heart def. #3 Monmouth, 58-48 (MVP: Ericka Norman, SHU)
2011 - #1 Saint Francis def. #2 Monmouth, 72-57 (MVP: Brittany Lilley, SFU)
2010 - #5 Saint Francis def. #2 LIU, 77-68 (MVP: Britney Hodges, SFU)
2009 - #1 Sacred Heart def. #3 Saint Francis, 74-66 (MVP: Kaitlin Sowinski, SHU)
2008 - #2 Robert Morris def. #4 LIU, 86-75 (MVP: Chinata Nesbit, RMU)
2007 - #2 Robert Morris def. #3 Sacred Heart, 68-66 (MVP: Chinata Nesbit, RMU)
2006 - #1 Sacred Heart def. #2 Quinnipiac, 69-65 (MVP: Amanda Pape, SHU)
2005 - #1 Saint Francis def. #3 Robert Morris, 65-50 (MVP: Beth Swink, SFU)
2004 - #1 Saint Francis def. #3 Monmouth, 70-55 (MVP: Tonjee Ward, SFU)
2003 - #1 Saint Francis def. #7 UMBC, 58-41 (MVP: Beth Swink, SFU)
2002 - #1 Saint Francis def. #2 LIU, 74-54 (MVP: Karen Hewitt, SFU)
2001 - #3 LIU def. #1 Mount St. Mary’s, 70-61 (MVP: Tamika Dudley, LIU)
2000 - #1 Saint Francis def. #6 Wagner, 74-60 (MVP: Jess Zinobile, SFU)
1999 - #2 Saint Francis def. #4 Monmouth, 88-76 (MVP: Jess Zinobile, SFU)
1998 - #1 Saint Francis def. #3 Wagner, 74-49 (MVP: Mary Markey, SFU)
1997 - #1 Saint Francis def. #2 Monmouth, 54-42 (MVP: Jess Zinobile, SFU)
1996 - #2 Saint Francis def. #1 Mount St. Mary’s, 83-75 (MVP: Mary Markey, SFU)
1995 - #1 Mount St. Mary’s def. #2 Saint Francis, 80-61 (MVP: Nikki Schroyer, MSM)
1994 - #1 Mount St. Mary’s def. #2 Saint Francis, 78-67 (MVP: Susie Rowlyk, MSM)
1993 - #2 Mount St. Mary’s def #4 Marist, 82-61 (MVP: Diana Matula, MSM)
1992 - #2 FDU def. #1 Mount St. Mary’s, 78-55 (MVP: Barbara DeShields, FDU)
1991 - #4 Robert Morris def. #6 Wagner, 69-61 (MVP: Maebeth Schalles, RMU)
1990 - #3 FDU def. #1 Mount St. Mary’s, 70-65 (MVP: Cathy Panos, FDU)
1989 - #1 Wagner def. #2 Robert Morris, 66-60 (MVP: Cynthia Quinlan, WAG)
1988 - #2 Robert Morris def. #1 Monmouth, 63-60 (MVP: JoAnn Beatty, RMU)
1987 - #1 Monmouth def #3 FDU, 92-65 (MVP: Linda Wilson, MON)