Women's Basketball
The Lady Pirates are led by second year head coach Heather Macy who led the team to a 19-16 record in her first season at the helm.
The ECU Lady Pirates have made it to the NCAA Women's Division Tournament twice, in 2007 and 1982. During the 1982 Season the Pirates compiled a 17-9 record and were placed as the 6th seed in the Midwest Regional. but lost in the first round of the tournament to South Carolina 79-54. In 2007 the Lady Pirates claimed their first Conference USA tournament title with an upset victory over the Rice Owls. During the regular season the team had a record of 19-13. For the NCAA Tournament the Pirates earned the 13th seed in the Dayton Regional before falling to eventual runner-up 4th seed Rutgers by a score of 77-34.
From 2007-2010 the Lady Pirates have posted three consecutive winning seasons.
The first season for the women's team was 1969 and they have an overall record of 603-513 (.537) as of the end of the 2010-2011 season.
The team also won back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association tournament titles in 1984, beating Richmond 54-39, and in 1985 by beating James Madison 65-59 after also winning the CAA regular season championship with an 11-1 conference record. In 1986 the Lady Pirates made their third straight CAA title game appearance but fell to James Madison 66-62. Overall while in the CAA the Lady Pirates made 7 tournament title game appearances with a 2-5 record with appearances in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1997, and 1999.
One jersey has been retired from the women's team, Rosalyn "Rosie" Thompson.
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