California Baptist Lancers women's basketball
College basketball team in Riverside, California, United States
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The California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team is a basketball team that represents California Baptist University in Riverside, California, United States. The California Baptist Lancers compete as members of the Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They are currently led by head coach Jarrod Olson and play at the Fowler Events Center.
(capacity: 6,000)
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| University | California Baptist University | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Jarrod Olson (14th season) | ||||||||||
| Location | Riverside, California | ||||||||||
| Arena | Fowler Events Center (capacity: 6,000) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Big West | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Lancers | ||||||||||
| Colors | Navy blue and gold[1] | ||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| PacWest: 2017 WAC: 2021, 2024, 2026 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| WAC: 2021, 2024, 2026 | |||||||||||
* at Division II level | |||||||||||
In the 2020–21 season, the Lancers won the WAC regular season championship with a perfect 14–0 record. Despite being ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to being in the third year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I, they were allowed by the WAC to compete in the conference tournament. They won the semifinal and final matchups against New Mexico State and Grand Canyon, respectively, by 43 combined points. Under normal circumstances, Cal Baptist would have thus secured the automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament from the conference, but due to its ineligible status was not allowed to participate in the NCAA tournament or any other NCAA-sponsored postseason tournament. Utah Valley, the WAC's second-place finisher in the regular season, received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament (the program's first). The Lancers finished the year with a 26–1 record.
In the 2023–24 season, the Lancers earned their first NCAA women's basketball tournament appearance as a Division I school.
Postseason results
NCAA Division I
NCAA tournament
The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice. They have a record of 0–2.
WBI tournament
The Lancers have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational once. They won the 2023 title.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 2023 | First Round Semifinals Championship | North Dakota Georgia Southern New Mexico State | W 96–79 W 82–80 W 63–61 |
WNIT tournament
The Lancers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament once. Their record is 2–1.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 2021 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | New Mexico San Francisco Rice | W 90–85 W 90–82 L 55–79 |
NCAA Division II
NCAA tournament
The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament three times. They have a record of 10–3 and were national runners-up in 2015.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 2015 | #5 | First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals National Quarterfinals National Semifinals National Finals |
#4 Hawaii Pacific #8 Point Loma #7 Cal Poly Pomona #2 New Haven #1 Limestone #1 California (PA) |
W 77–69 W 73–46 W 81–58 W 86–77 W 85–67 L 86–69 |
| 2016 | #3 | First Round Regional Semifinals |
#6 Academy of Art #2 Alaska-Anchorage |
W 93–70 L 83–79 |
| 2017 | #2 | First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals National Quarterfinals National Semifinals |
#7 Point Loma #3 Western Washington #5 Simon Fraser #2 West Florida #3 Virginia Union |
W 85–79 W 80–68 W 77–64 W 77–69 L 86–81 |
NAIA Division I
The Lancers made the NAIA women's basketball championship two times, with a combined record of 1–2.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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| 1982 | #7 | First Round | #2 Berry | L 65–102 |
| 2011 | #2 | First Round Second Round |
#7 Texas Wesleyan #6 Shawnee State |
W 88–75 L 58–64 |
