Women's Basketball Receives Bid to USCAA National Championships
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) women's basketball team earned a bid in the 2014 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I National Championships as the No. 7 seed in the eight-team tournament.
The Lady Bears (15-11) will take on No. 2 Ave Maria University of in the first round on Wednesday, March 5 at 1 p.m. on the campus of Penn State Fayette in Uniontown, Pa.
St. Joseph's returns to the USCAA tournament for the first time since 2010, where they entered as the No. 9 seed – the tournament formerly a single division, 12-team championship. They also earned an NCAA tournament bid in 2012 – the first and only NCAA Tournament appearance in school history in any sport.
They will take on the Florida-based Gyrenes (20-10), an NAIA member out of The Sun Conference, who have won seven of their last eight games.
The victor will face the winner of the third-ranked Robert Morris University Springfield and number-six University of Maine Fort Kent in the semifinals.
Championship week begins with the skills competition and banquet at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort on Tuesday, March 4, with first round play beginning on Wednesday, March 5.
Despite finishing as HVIAC champions with an 18-9 record, the men's basketball team did not receive a second straight bid to the National Championships and end their season with the most wins since the 2006-07 season.
2014 USCAA Women's National Championship Website
2014 USCAA Women's Division I Basketball Selection Show
2014 USCAA Women's National Championship Tournament Seeding
- Iowa Wesleyan University
- Ave Maria University (Florida)
- Robert Morris University Springfield (Illinois)
- The Apprentice School (Virginia)
- Rochester College (Michigan)
- University of Maine Fort Kent
- St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn)
- Concordia College (Alabama)