The Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represents

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History

The school's team currently competes in the

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, where it has competed since the 1982–83 season.Villanova Women's Basketball All-Time Results
retrieved 2013-Aug-15. The women's basketball team began competing in 1969–70 under coach Liz Cawley, obtaining a 4–6 record in its inaugural season, and an 8–5 record and its first winning season the following year. Harry Perretta coached the team starting in 1978. In the fall of 2019 it was announced that Perretta's 2019–2020 season would be his last season coaching the Wildcats after a 42-year tenure with the program. He was honored at the team's last home game of the 2019–2020 season at Finneran Pavilion. The Wildcats are currently coached by Denise Dillon. On January 20, 2023, Maddy Siegrist became the Wildcats' all-time leading scorer, breaking

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's record. She also led the nation in scoring in 2022–23 and earned Big East Player of the Year in two consecutive seasons.

Yearly record

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

AIAW Division I

The Wildcats made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 2–1.

References

External links

* {{Big East Conference women's basketball navbox, state=autocollapse