The Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represents

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

Division I

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competition. The team plays home games at the

Leavey Center Leavey Center, also known as the Leavey Activities Center or occasionally by its old nickname the Toso Pavilion, is Santa Clara University's indoor basketball arena in Santa Clara, California. It is home to the Santa Clara University Broncos D ...

Santa Clara, California Santa Clara ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "Clare of Assisi, Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities and towns i ...

and are members of the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...

History

Santa Clara began play in 1963. They played in the NorCal Conference from 1978 to 1982, the NorPace Conference from 1982 to 1985, and the West Coast Athletic Conference from 1985 to 1988 before joining the West Coast Conference in 1988. They have made the NCAA Tournament six times (1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005), with one victory in the Tournament being in 1992 with a 73–71 win over California. They have made the WNIT six times (1991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2016), with an WNIT championship in 1991.

NCAA tournament results

References

External links

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