Penn women's hoops previous NCAA Tournament Appearances

In her second year coaching the program, Kelly Greenberg led the Quakers to a remarkable undefeated Ivy League season, and the first Ivy Title in Penn women’s basketball history. The Quakers ended the season on a program-record 21-game winning streak.

Forward Diana Caramanico, a senior captain, was named Ivy League Player of the Year at the end of the campaign for the third straight season. The Ivy League’s all time leading scorer averaged 21.7 points in her senior year.

Freshman Jewel Clark became the third Quakers player to be named to the Ivy League’s All-Rookie team, and averaged 8.9 points per game.

Penn was awarded a No. 15 seed and a date with No. 2 seed Texas Tech in the first round of the tournament.

In its first ever tournament appearance, Penn was outclassed by the Lady Raiders, 100-57 in Lubbock, Texas.

Pienette Pierson scored 19 to lead Texas Tech, which held the Red and Blue to 37.5 percent shooting from the field.

Junior guard Jennifer Jones led the Quakers with a career-high 19 points, and Caramanico added 15 in her final collegiate game.

The 2003-4 squad coached by Kelley Greenberg went 17-11 overall and 11-3 in conference play to win the Ivy League. Penn clinched the Ivy Title with a decisive 78-61 victory over Dartmouth in its second-to-last regular season contest.

The team’s two seniors, Jewel Clark and Mikaelyn Austen, would end their Penn careers just as they started it: in the NCAA tournament. Clark, the Ivy League Player of the Year, led the Quakers into the tournament with 19.9 points per game.

The Quakers were granted a No. 15 seed again and received the tough matchup of defending national champion, #2 UConn (the first time in six years the Huskies were a 2-seed instead of a No. 1). Furthermore, the Red and Blue were essentially playing a road game, as the contest was held in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  It was also the first time the two teams had ever faced off.

The mismatch on paper played out on the floor, as UConn downed Penn 91-55. The Huskies were led by legendary guard Diana Taurasi, who had 18 points and nine assists. UConn, which would go on to three-peat as national champions, used its size advantage over the Quakers, and outscored them 44-14 in the paint.

Perhaps fittingly, the Quakers’ offensive attack was led by seniors Clark and Austen, who finished their Penn careers with 16 and 14-point efforts, respectively.

The Red and Blue hung close in the opening minutes, but were done in by a 21-6 UConn run that put the Huskies up 51-23 at the half. The blowout would only worsen after the break.