North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball

College basketball team

2024–25 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

University

University of North Dakota

Head coach

Mallory Bernhard (5th season)

Conference

Summit League

Location

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Arena

Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
(capacity: 3,300)

Nickname

Fighting Hawks

Colors

Kelly green and white

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament champions

Division II
1997, 1998, 1999

NCAA tournament runner-up

Division II
2001

NCAA tournament Final Four

Division II
1997, 1998, 1999, 2001

NCAA tournament Elite Eight

Division II
1990, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007

NCAA tournament appearances

Division II
1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Division I
2014

AIAW tournament appearances

Division II
1976, 1977, 1980,

Conference tournament champions

Division II
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Division I
2014

Conference regular season champions

Division II
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

Division I
2010, 2014

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's basketball team is part of the athletic program at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It is a member of the NCAA Division I Summit League; the 2019–2020 season was their first in the new conference. Previously they played in Division I's Big Sky Conference and Division I's Great West Conference.

The first year the university fielded a women's team was in 1894. Since then, the women's team has appeared in 23 NCAA tournaments. The first Division I appearance was in 2014. With the exception of 1986, 1987, and 1989, the basketball team appeared in every NCAA Division II tournament from 1984 to 2007. Three of the Division II tournament appearances resulted in three consecutive Division II National Championships (1997, 1998, 1999).

Head coaches

#	Name	Term
1	Dee Watson	1974–1979
2	Shirlan Mosley	1979–1981
3	Gary Schwartz	1982–1984
4	Martha Hutchinson	1985–1986
5	Gene Roebuck	1987–2011
6	Travis Brewster	2012–2020
7	Mallory Bernhard	2020–Present

Conference Championships

North Central Conference

Regular Season Champion (11 times): 1989-90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993,94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Conference tournament champion (7 times): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Great West Conference

Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2009-10, 2011–12
Conference tournament champion (1 time): 2012

Big Sky Conference

Regular Season Champion (2 times): 2013-14, 2016–17
Conference tournament champion: (1 time): 2014

National Championships

1997 (DII)

Defeated Southern Indiana 94-78

1998 (DII)

Defeated Emporia State 92-76

1999 (DII)

Defeated Arkansas Tech 80-63

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Fighting Hawks have made one appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. They have a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2014	#14	First round	#3 Texas A&M	L 55−70

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Fighting Hawks, then known as the Fighting Sioux, made twenty-two appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 36–19.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1984	First round	South Dakota	L, 48–49
1985	First round	St. Cloud State	L, 46–66
1988	First round	South Dakota State	L, 60–76
1990	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight	Augustana (SD) North Dakota State Cal Poly Pomona	W, 93–78 W, 90–58 L, 64–67
1991	First round Regional Finals	Florida Atlantic North Dakota State	W, 94–78 L, 59–81
1992	First round Regional Finals Elite Eight	Bloomsburg Norfolk State Delta State	W, 79–50 W, 63–48 L, 55–63
1993	First round	Augustana (SD)	L, 67–79
1994	First round	South Dakota State	L, 51–61
1995	First round	South Dakota State	L, 75–78
1996	First round Regional semifinals Regional Finals	Metro State South Dakota State North Dakota State	W, 71–47 W, 68–55 L, 77–89
1997	Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Northern State North Dakota State Edinboro Bentley Southern Indiana	W, 88–76 W, 73–66 W, 81–46 W, 70–48 W, 94–78
1998	Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Northern Colorado Nebraska–Kearney Bentley Northern Michigan Emporia State	W, 96–68 W, 79–68 W, 71–56 W, 79–69 W, 92–76
1999	Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Augustana (SD) North Dakota State Kennesaw State Emporia State Arkansas Tech	W, 84–62 W, 83–60 W, 96–69 W, 87–81 W,80–63
2000	Regional semifinals Regional Finals	Northern Colorado North Dakota State	W, 82–67 L, 72–92
2001	Regional semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	St. Cloud State Minnesota–Duluth Texas A&M–Kingsville Shippensburg Cal Poly Pomona	W, 76–63 W, 71–56 W, 88–60 W, 76–67 L, 80–87 (OT)
2002	Regional semifinals	Southwest Minnesota State	L, 57–66
2003	First round Second Round	Minnesota–Duluth South Dakota State	W, 70–63 L, 56–77
2004	First round Second Round Third round	Fort Lewis North Dakota State South Dakota State	W, 53–51 W, 66–65 L, 70–72 (OT)
2005	First round Second Round	Fort Hays State Concordia-St. Paul	W, 87–56 L, 76–78
2006	First round Second Round Third round	CSU Pueblo Northern State St. Cloud State	W, 92–69 W, 90–58 L, 69–75
2007	First round Second Round Third round Elite Eight	Minnesota State–Moorhead Regis Nebraska–Kearney Florida Gulf Coast	W, 98–66 W, 78–63 W, 108–75 L, 64–83
2008	First round	Wayne State (NE)	L, 78–85

Season–by–season results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Dee Watson (Minn–Kota Conference) (1974–1979)
1974–75	Dee Watson	3–14	—	—
1975–76	Dee Watson	17–9	—	—
1976–77	Dee Watson	16–15	—	—
1977–78	Dee Watson	13–16	—	—
1978–79	Dee Watson	5–18	—	—
Dee Watson:		54–72 (.429)
Shirlan Mosley (No Conference) (1979–1982)
1979–80	Shirlan Mosley	19–8	—	—	SDAIAW Division II Tournament
1980–81	Shirlan Mosley	15–12	—	—
1981–82	Shirlan Mosley	9–15	—	—
Shirlan Mosley:		43–35 (.551)
Gary Schwartz (North Central Conference) (1982–1985)
1982–83	Gary Schwartz	15–9	6—4	2nd
1983–84	Gary Schwartz	22–7	8—4	T—2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
1984–85	Gary Schwartz	23–6	10—4	T—2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
Gary Schwartz:		60–22 (.732)	24–12 (.667)
Martha Hutchinson (North Central Conference) (1985–1987)
1985–86	Martha Hutchinson	12–15	5—9	6th
1986–87	Martha Hutchinson	7–20	2—12	8th
Martha Hutchinson:		19–35 (.352)	7–21 (.250)
Gene Roebuck (North Central Conference) (1987–2008)
1987–88	Gene Roebuck	22–6	9—5	3rd	NCAA Division II First Round
1988–89	Gene Roebuck	19–9	6—8	5th
1989–90	Gene Roebuck	27–4	16—2	1st	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
1990–91	Gene Roebuck	28–2	17—1	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Final
1991–92	Gene Roebuck	24–7	13—5	3rd	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
1992–93	Gene Roebuck	23–5	16—2	T—1st	NCAA Division II First Round
1993–94	Gene Roebuck	26–2	18—0	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
1994–95	Gene Roebuck	23–5	15—3	2nd	NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
1995–96	Gene Roebuck	26–6	14—4	3rd	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
1996–97	Gene Roebuck	28–4	14—4	2nd	NCAA Division II Champions
1997–98	Gene Roebuck	31–1	18—0	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1998–99	Gene Roebuck	31–1	17—1	1st	NCAA Division II Champions
1999–00	Gene Roebuck	25–5	15—3	2nd	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
2000–01	Gene Roebuck	29–4	15—3	1st	NCAA Division II Runner-up
2001–02	Gene Roebuck	24–5	14—4	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
2002–03	Gene Roebuck	26–6	12—4	T—3rd	NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
2003–04	Gene Roebuck	27–6	12—4	3rd	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
2004–05	Gene Roebuck	25–6	10—2	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Semifinals
2005–06	Gene Roebuck	34–1	12—0	1st	NCAA Division II Regional Finals
2006–07	Gene Roebuck	32–4	10—2	1st	NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2007–08	Gene Roebuck	27–4	10—2	2nd	NCAA Division II First Round
Gene Roebuck (Division I Independents) (2008–2009)
2008–09	Gene Roebuck	18–11	—	—
Gene Roebuck (Great West Conference) (2009–2012)
2009–10	Gene Roebuck	17–14	11—1	1st
2010–11	Gene Roebuck	15–16	8—4	2nd
2011–12	Gene Roebuck	21–11	9—1	1st	WBI First Round
Gene Roebuck:		628–145 (.812)	300–65 (.822)
Travis Brewster (Big Sky Conference) (2012–2018)
2012–13	Travis Brewster	11–18	6—14	T–9th
2013–14	Travis Brewster	22–10	15—5	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Travis Brewster	17–15	9—9	T–5th	WBI First Round
2015–16	Travis Brewster	19–14	13—5	T–2nd	WBI Quarterfinals
2016–17	Travis Brewster	20–11	15—3	T–1st	WNIT First Round
2017–18	Travis Brewster	12–18	5—13	T–9th
Travis Brewster (Summit League) (2018–2020)
2018–19	Travis Brewster	12–19	6—10	6th
2019–20	Travis Brewster	15–15	6—10	7th
Travis Brewster:		128–120 (.516)	75–69 (.521)
Mallory Bernhard (Summit League) (2020–present)
2020–21	Mallory Bernhard	2–19	2—13	9th
2021–22	Mallory Bernhard	15–15	9—9	5th
2022–23	Mallory Bernhard	19–13	11—7	3rd	WBI 6th Place
Mallory Bernhard:		36–47 (.434)	22–29 (.431)
Total:		968–478 (.669)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Arenas

Hyslop Sports Center, 1974–2003
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, 2004–present

References

UND Athletics Brand 22 Media (PDF). April 10, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
"North Dakota Women's Basketball - 2014-15 Media Guide". University of North Dakota. pp. 28, 98–112. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

External links

Official website

v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball
Venues	Hyslop Sports Center (1975–2004) Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2004–present)
Culture & lore	History "Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U" Native American mascot controversy
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Teams	Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Championships	Conference tournament
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Academics	School of Aerospace Sciences School of Law School of Medicine
Athletics	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Women's soccer Softball Women's volleyball Nickname controversy
Campus	Alerus Center Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Chester Fritz Auditorium Chester Fritz Library Energy and Environmental Research Center Memorial Stadium National Center for Hydrogen Technology North Dakota Museum of Art Ralph Engelstad Arena (old) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new) University Village
Media	North Dakota Quarterly Dakota Student UND Sports Network
School songs	"UND Alma Mater" "It's For You, North Dakota U" "Fight On Sioux" "Stand Up and Cheer"

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