The Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team is the
college basketball
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team that represent
Niagara University
Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in the census-designated place Niagara University, New York, in the town of Lewiston near Niagara Falls. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and ...
in
Lewiston,
New York
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, United States. The school's team currently competes in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
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(MAAC). They are one of over fifty teams to have never
reached the NCAA Division I tournament.
History
Niagara began play in 1974. They joined the MAAC in 1989. They have never made the NCAA tournament. Their brief achievements came in regional AIAWs, such as winning the New York AIAW championship in 1978 and 1980 and the Eastern AIAW in 1979, with a third-place finish in the
AIAW Small College tournament. They made it to the ECAC North title game in 1986, losing to St. Anselm's 77–65 and losing to
Saint Peter's 66–38 in the 1997 MAAC title game. They have reached the second round of the MAAC tournament numerous times but have never won it. As of the end of the
2015–16 season, the Purple Eagles have an all-time record of 456–575. In 2023 Niagara made history by reaching the WNIT tournament for the first time in program history.
The Purple Eagles ultimately fell to
Green Bay in their first appearance in the tournament,
ending one of the best seasons in the history of Niagara women's basketball.
Postseason
AIAW College Division/Division II
The Purple Eagles made two appearances in the
AIAW national Division II basketball tournament, with a combined record of 3–2.
WNIT results
The Purple Eagles have appeared in one
Women's National Invitation Tournament.
Roster
References
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