The Lehigh Mountain Hawks women’s basketball team is a college basketball program representing

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. The Mountain Hawks are a member of

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basketball, and compete in the

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. They are coached by Addie Micir, entering her 3rd season as head coach. The Mountain Hawks currently play their home games at

Stabler Arena Stabler Arena is a 6,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. Owned and operated by Lehigh University, it is located on the school's Goodman Campus. Stabler Arena bears the name of Donald ...

History

Lehigh first sponsored a varsity women's basketball team for the 1974–75 season, just a few years after the university became coed. The team competed in the East Coast Conference from 1982–83 through the 1989–90 season. Muffet McGraw coached the team from 1982 to 1987 before becoming the head coach at Notre Dame. Lehigh is a charter member of the

, which began play in women's basketball in the fall of 1990. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, the Mountain Hawks have an all-time record of 571–599. They have won four conference championships in their history, including an East Coast Conference title in 1986 and three Patriot League titles in 1997, 2009 and 2010. They have made five NCAA Tournament appearances in program history and have lost in the first round all four times.

Home Arenas

The team originally played its home games exclusively inside Grace Hall on Lehigh's main Asa Packer Campus. Upon the opening of

in 1979, Lehigh's women's team began playing select games at Stabler, while still playing a majority of their home games at Grace Hall. The program began playing its full home schedule at Stabler during the 1989–90 season. Through the 2017–18 season, Lehigh has compiled a 255–184 record at Stabler Arena.

Records

Most Points Scored in a Match

In the 2023–24 season the team broke their record for the most points scored in a single game with 106 points scored against

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. This breaks the previous record held by Lehigh when Lehigh defeated

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103–34 on Feb 3, 1977.

Most Three Pointers in a Match

On December 7, 2023, in a match against

Lehigh scored 17 three-pointers which tied the

record.

Year-by-Year Records

* Due to the

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, the Patriot League for the 2020–21 season was temporarily divided into three regional mini-conferences based on geography. Each team played a 16-game regular-season schedule which included four matches against each regional opponent. As usual, listed standings position reflected by conference tournament seed."2021 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Women’s Basketball Championship Field Set (2.28.21)," Patriot League, Sunday, February 28, 2021.
Retrieved March 15, 2024.

NCAA tournament results

References

External links

* {{Lehigh Mountain Hawks women's basketball navbox