Team Records
Highest Winning Pct: 1.000, 1951 (6-0); 1956 (10-0);
1966 (10-0); 1969 (10-0)
Most Consecutive Victories: 24 (1968-70); 20 (1997-98)
Most Wins: 28 (1995-96, 1997-98, 2000-01)
Most Points Scored in One Season: 2,782 (1995-96)
Highest Average Per Game: 81.8 (1995-96)
Most Points Scored in One Game: 115 vs. California
(Pa.) (1982-83)
Individual Records
Most Points Scored
Game: 45, Kristy O’Hara vs. Cheyney, 2/11/93
44, Stacey Cunningham vs. California (Pa.), 1/15/83
44, Stacey Cunningham vs. Bloomsburg, 2/3/83
44, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Chester, 2/19/83
41, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Liberty State, 2/13/82
41, Kristy O’Hara vs. Slippery Rock, 1/25/92
41, Tracy Spencer vs. Indiana (Pa.), 2/8/95
Single Season Pacesetters (420 points or more scored
in a season):
670, Tracy Spencer (1995-96)
658, Stacey Cunningham (1982-83)
614, Tracy Spencer (1994-95)
614, Melissa Swartz (1995-96)
595, Kristy O’Hara (1992-93)
594, Ashley Totedo (1998-99)
582, Stacey Cunningham (1981-82)
569, Ashley Totedo (1997-98)
545, Kristy O’Hara (1991-92)
523, Stacey Cunningham (1983-84)
487, Jessie Gordon (2001-02)
481, Kristy O’Hara (1990-91)
469, Ellen Banick (1993-94)
466, Tracy Spencer (1993-94)
466, Ashley Totedo (1996-97)
452, Janette Pieczynski (1999-00)
448, Janette Pieczynski (1998-99)
432, Jennifer Scaffidi (2001-05)
432, Melissa Swartz (1996-97)
426, Christa Cline (2000-01)
421, Ashley Totedo (1995-96)
1,000-Point Scorers
2,057 Stacey Cunningham (1980-84)
2,050 Ashley Totedo (1995-99)
1,976 Tracy Spencer (1992-96)
1,765 Kristy O’Hara (1989-93)
1,681 Janette Pieczynski (1997-01)
1,583 Jennifer Scaffidi (2001-05)
1,551 Melissa Swartz (1993-97)
1,494 Christa Cline (1997-01)
1,440 Katie Bray (2000-04)
1,399 Vickie Mikesic (1997-01)
1,146 Emily Swingler (2000-04)
1,113 Ellen Banick (1990-94)
1,023 Mary Endsley (1981-85)
Points Per Game
Season: 29.9, Stacey Cunningham (1982-83)
Career: 23.1, Stacey Cunningham (1980-84)
Most Games in Double Figures
Season: 32, Melissa Swartz (1995-96)
Career: 110, Ashley Totedo (1995-99, 110-of-127)
Most Consecutive Games Scoring in Double Figures
Season: 31, Ashley Totedo (1998-99, 31 of 31)
Career: 51, Stacey Cunningham (1981-84, last game of 1981; 22 in
1982; 22 in 1983; first six of 1983-84)
Most Field Goal Attempts
Game: 32, Stacey Cunningham vs. Indiana (Pa.), 11/28/83
Season: 579, Tracy Spencer (1992-96)
Career: 1,777, Tracy Spencer (1992-96)
Most Field Goals Made
Game: 19, Stacey Cunningham vs. California (Pa.), 1/15/83
Season: 266, Stacey Cunningham (1982-83)
Career: 816, Stacey Cunningham (1981-84)
Highest Field Goal Percentage
Game (min. 10 FGA): 92.9,Tamaura Woodson vs. Kutztown, 11/29/99
(13-of-14)
(min. 20 FGA): 73.9, Kristy O’Hara vs. Cheyney, 1/15/83 (17-of-23)
Season: 63.6, Michelle Trego (1991-92, 145-of-228)
Career: 61.3, Michelle Trego (1988-92, 401-of-654)
Most 3-Point Field Goal Attempts
Game: 20, Tracy Spencer vs. Clarion, 1/14/95
Season: 269, Tracy Spencer (1995-96)
Career: 701, Tracy Spencer (1992-96)
Most 3-Point Field Goals Made
Game: 8, Tracy Spencer vs. Clarion, 1/14/95
8, Tracy Spencer vs. Indiana (Pa.), 2/8/95
8, Julie Sutch vs. Millersville, 3/4/00
Season: 93, Tracy Spencer (1994-95)
Career: 246, Tracy Spencer (1992-96)
Highest 3-Point Field Goal Percentage
Game (min. 5 att.): 100.0, Kristy O’Hara vs. Cheyney,
2/11/93 (5-of-5)
Season (min. 50 att.): 51.0, Kristy O’Hara, 1990-91
(26-of-51)
(min. 100 att.): 42.7, Megan Fogle, 2004-05 (64-of-150)
41.7, Ellen Banick, 1993-94 (48-of-118)
Career (min. 200 att.): 39.2, Kristy O’Hara, 1989-93
(105-of-268)
Most Free Throw Attempts
Game: 22, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Liberty State, 2/13/82
Season: 272, Melissa Swartz (1995-96)
Career: 711, Ashley Totedo (1995-99)
Most Free Throws Made
Game: 21, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Liberty State, 2/13/82
Season: 219, Melissa Swartz (1995-96)
Career: 508, Ashley Totedo (1995-99)
Highest Free Throw Percentage
Game (10 att.): 100.0, S. Cunningham vs. Bloomsburg, 2/3/83
(10-of-10)
Kristy O’Hara vs. West Chester, 12/5/90 (10-of-10)
Tracy Spencer vs. Clarion, 1/13/96 (18-of-18)
Nisa Wilson vs. Elon, 11/29/97 (10-of-10)
Christa Cline vs. Edinboro, 1/22/00 (10-of-10)
Jennifer Scaffidi vs. Edinboro, 1/19/02 (12-of-12)
Jennifer Scaffidi vs. Millersville, 12/22/02 (10-of-10)
Game (20 att.): 95.5, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Liberty
State, 2/13/83 (21-of-22)
Season (min. 100 att.): 85.2, Jennifer Scaffidi, 2004-05
(104-of-122)
84.4, Marie McDonald, 1996-97 (81-of-96)
80.5, Melissa Swartz, 1995-96 (219-of-272)
Career: 79.3, Jennifer Scaffidi, 2001-05 (405-of-510)
78.8, Kristy O’Hara (1989-93,
304-of-386)
Most Consecutive Free Throw Made
Game: 18, Tracy Spencer vs. Clarion, 1/13/96
Season: 25, Emily Swingler, 2003 (first free throw vs. Clarion on
2/1/03 to last
free throw vs. Clarion on 3/1/03)
Most Rebounds
Game: 24, Patty Wallace-Bonitz vs. California (Pa.), 1/25/89
Season: 391, Ashley Totedo (1996-97)
Career: 1489, Ashley Totedo (1995-99)
Highest Average Rebounds Per Game
Season: 13.0, Ashley Totedo, 1996-97 (391 in 30 games)
Career: 11.7, Ashley Totedo, 1995-99 (1,489 in 127 games)
Most Assists
Game: 15, Vickie Mikesic vs. Lock Haven, 1/31/01
Season: 215, Melissa Swartz (1995-96)
Career: 575, Vickie Mikesic (1997-01)
Highest Average Assists Per Game
Season (min. 15 games): 6.32, Melissa Swartz, 1995-96
(215 in 34 games)
Career (min. 35 games): 4.89, Melissa Swartz, 1993-97
(572 in 117 games)
Most Steals
Game: 12, Stacey Cunningham vs. West Liberty State, 2/13/82
Season: 114, Janette Pieczynski (1999-00)
Career: 379, Janette Pieczynski (1997-01)
Most Blocked Shots
Game: 8, Gloria Goworowski vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1/27/83
8, Ashley Totedo, three times
Season: 106, Ashley Totedo (1997-98)
Career: 315, Ashley Totedo (1995-99)
Lady Raiders in the NCAA Division II Championship
2002
NCAA East Region Quarterfinal
March 7, 2002 at Glenville, WV
West Liberty State 82, Shippensburg 72 (OT)
Ship lost 82-72 in overtime to West Liberty. The Lady Raiders were trailing 71-67 but tied the score in the last few seconds of the game. Jessie Gordon hit a jumper with 17 seconds left. After a missed West Liberty free throw, point guard Jennifer Scaffidi got through the West Liberty defense and scored a short jumper with four seconds left to tie at 71. In overtime, Shippensburg went cold and missed seven field goal attempts.
The only point scored was a free throw by Katie Bray. West Liberty scored five quick points during the first 90 seconds of overtime with 6-11 center Jaana Kotova hitting a short layup and Shay Glauser connecting with a three-pointer. Point guard Kelly West put the game out of reach with four free throws during the last 30 seconds. Scaffidi led Shippensburg with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Gordon, in foul trouble much of the game, had 13 points an nine rebounds.
2001
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 9, 2001 at Shippensburg, PA
Shippensburg 80, Pittsburgh-Johnstown 70
Christa Cline scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Shippensburg to an 80-70 triumph over Pittsburgh-Johnstown. All five of Shippensburg’s starters scored in double figures. In addition to Cline, center Jessie Gordon scored 16, guard Vickie Mikesic had 15 and guards Janette Pieczynski and Katie Bray scored 14 each. Shippensburg led 42-34 at halftime after building a 34-20 advantage with 5:12 left in the first half.
In the second half, the Mountain Cats steadily attacked the Lady Raider lead and narrowed the gap to 71-70 with 3:13 left to play. Shippensburg finished off with a 9-0 run. Mikesic hit one of two free throws and then hit a short jumper. Pieczynski stole the ball and missed a layup. Cline got the rebound and passed to Bray, who was fouled. Her pair of free throws put the Lady Raiders in control with a 76-70 lead with 47 seconds left.
NCAA East Region Championship
March 10, 2001 at Shippensburg, PA
Shippensburg 76, Bloomsburg 75
Vickie Mikesic made two free throws with five seconds left to give Shippensburg enough edge to defeat Bloomsburg 76-75. Bloomsburg had taken a 72-71 lead with 46 seconds left on a layup by Jen Bryan. She was assisted by Jen Spinelli. Shippensburg regained the lead as Steph Rothery passed around a defender from the top of the key to an open Christa Cline under the basket. She made the layup to put Shippensburg on top 73-72 with 20 seconds left. Spinelli missed a jumper with six seconds left and Shippensburg’s Katie Bray collected the rebound. She was fouled along the sideline by Bryan who drove her out of bounds and to the floor. Bryan was called for an intentional foul. Bray hit the first free throw but missed the second. Shippensburg retained possession because of the intentional foul.
Mikesic was fouled and hit both free throws to boost the lead to 76-72. Bloomsburg had a chance to take the lead at the end but Bray stole the ball only to lose the handle and turned the ball over with two seconds left. Stephanie Straup hit a three pointer at the buzzer to cut the lead to one. Rothery was the high scorer with 19 points. Cline had 16 points and seven rebounds, Pieczynski scored 14 and Mikesic 13.
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
National Quarterfinal
March 21, 2001 at Rochester, MN
Shippensburg 70, Delta State 65
Forward Christa Cline and point guard Vickie Mikesic scored 16 points each to lead Shippensburg to a 70-65 victory over fourth ranked Delta State (Miss.). Cline paced the Lady Raiders with 10 points in the first half and then Mikesic, who was benched for 11 minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, tallied all 16 of her points in the second half. Delta State jumped to a 6-1 lead to start the game. Shippensburg did not get its first field goal until 15:35 left in the first half when Janette Pieczynski stole the ball and raced for a layup. That basket initiated a 13-1 run that gave Ship a 13-7 lead with 11:38 left. Jessie Gordon and Stephanie Rothery scored four points each during that stretch. The Lady Raiders led 32-28 at halftime.
In the second half, the Lady Raiders went on a 12-4 surge to build a 44-32 lead at 15:23. Gordon had six points and Mikesic had three points and two assists during that stretch. Mikesic, Gordon and Cline tallied one field goal each to stay on top 50-38 at 13:48. Delta State narrowed the gap to 61-55 but Cline hit a base line jumper off an assist from Mikesic to break the momentum. Shippensburg pulled out to 68-59 lead with 30 seconds left and coasted the rest of the way.
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
National Semifinal
March 22, 2001 at Rochester, MN
North Dakota 76, Shippensburg 67
Shippensburg lost to North Dakota 76-67 in a wildly exciting game. The Lady Raiders fell behind 50-26 at halftime but staged a dramatic comeback narrowing the gap to six points with 9:30 left in the game (55-49).
Shippensburg was trailing 12-10 with 14:20 left in the first half when North Dakota went on a 17-2 run that boosted its lead to 29-12 with 8:39 left. Theresa LeCuyer, the NCAA Division II Player of the Year, and Becky Moen increased the lead to 50-24 with 20 seconds left. Janette Pieczynski hit two free throws after she was fouled at the buzzer in what would prove to be the beginning of the Lady Raider surge. In the second half, it was Shippensburg’s turn to dominate. Jessie Gordon made two quick baskets before North Dakota got its first points of the second half.
Shippensburg went on a 15-0 run to narrow the gap to 52-45 and silence the wildly-partisan crowd of Sioux fans. Gordon scored six points and Katie Bray hit a three-pointer to spark the rally. Vickie Mikesic added four. Moen broke the scoring ice for North Dakota and LeCuyer made one of two free throws to build the lead to 10 again. The Lady Raiders refused to roll over and came back hard. Rothery made two free throws.
Then after a missed free throw by UND’s Jenny Boll, Gordon got the rebound and Cline scored off an assist from Jamie Fredley that narrowed the gap to 55-49 at 9:30. North Dakota went back up by nine and Ship’s Janette Pieczynski fouled out at 9:02. Undaunted Shippensburg cut the Lady Raiders in the NCAA tournament lead to six again with a pair of free throws by Gordon and Bray; another jumper by Gordon made the score 61-55 at 7:57. Boll and Mikesic exchanged jumpers and the score was 63-57 at 6:58. Mandy Arndtson hit a crucial three-pointer sparking a Fighting Sioux 7-0 rally giving North Dakota enough cushion to hold onto the lead.
Shippensburg fought back with Gordon scoring four points to lead a 6-0 run that narrowed the gap to 70-63 at 3:21 but the Lady Raiders could not get any closer. Gordon, who led Shippensburg with 24 points and nine rebounds, was named to the Elite Eight All-Tournament team. North Dakota, seeking its fourth national crown in five years, was upset by Cal Poly Pomona in the final.
2000
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 10, 2000 at Shippensburg, PA
Slippery Rock 74, Shippensburg 65
Shippensburg was upset 74-65 by Slippery Rock in the NCAA Division II East
Region semi-final. Shippensburg, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
champion, was the top seed and the Rock was fifth seeded. The Lady Raiders
tied the game 39-39 at halftime, and again at 57-57 with 7:59 left, but then
went cold as the Rockets went on an 8-0 run. Janette Pieczynski, who led Shippensburg
with 16 points, tallied five points to narrow the gap to 65-62 at 3:45 but
Slippery Rock came back on a 5-0 run, establishing control of the game. Tracy
Whitling, a 6-4 center, led the Rock with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
1999
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 5, 1999 at Indiana, PA
Shippensburg 86, Belmont Abbey 62
Ashley Totedo scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to
lead the Shippensburg to an 86-62 win over Belmont Abbey. Shippensburg
took a 40-32 lead at halftime
but broke the game open with a 9-0 run to open the second half. Julie Sutch
had two steals which were converted into layups during that surge. Shippensburg’s
biggest lead
was 68-44 when Christa Cline scored on a fast break with an assist from Janette
Pieczynski and Vickie Mikesic hit a three-pointer. Cline finished with 16
points.
NCAA East Region Final
March 6, 1999 at Indiana, PA
Indiana (Pa.) 85, Shippensburg 75
Shippensburg was dethroned as regional champ, losing to Indiana 85- 75. Cold foul shooting in the first half caused the Lady Raiders to fall behind 41-31 at halftime. IUP built an 18 point lead with 8:28 left in the game. Vickie Mikesic was benched with her fifth personal foul and Janette Pieczynski was playing with four fouls. Pieczynski started the comeback with a layup and a free throw. Trisha Lower hit a threepointer and then Pieczynski scored two more layups and a free throw.
Christa Cline converted a three point play to narrow the gap to 74-67 and Sutch hit a three pointer. Down 74-71 Cline tried a three pointer with a little more than two minutes left but IUP’s Beth McDonald just managed to tip it and the shot fell short. IUP then sank 11 of 14 free throws to preserve the win.
1998
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 6, 1998 at Philippi, WV
Shippensburg 88, Edinboro 78
Ashley Totedo scored 29 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Shippensburg to the victory. The Lady Raiders jumped to a 12-3 lead in the first half with Janette Pieczynski scoring seven. Edinboro cut the lead, but the Lady Raiders ended the half with a scoring surge and Vickie Mikesic’s bucket made it 44-32 at halftime. In the second half, the Lady Raider freshmen scored 11 points in a 15-11 run to give Shippensburg its biggest lead, 59-43 with 1:48 left. Edinboro kept coming back, but the Lady Raiders responded to each threat with a rally of its own to rebuild the lead. Edinboro trailed 82-75 with 1:43 left but could not get closer.
NCAA East Region Final
March 7, 1998 at Philippi, WV
Shippensburg 91, Bloomsburg 62
Ashley Totedo scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the first half
to give Shippensburg a 38-24 lead at halftime. Shippensburg erupted in the
second half with a 24-6 run that built a 62-30 lead at 12:42. Vickie
Mikesic and Janette Pieczynski had six points each in the run and Christa
Cline scored five. The two teams traded baskets the rest of the way.
Shippensburg had five players in double figures. Totedo ended up with 19, Mikesic scored 16, Cline 15, Pieczynski 14 and Nisa Wilson 11.
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
March 18, 1998 at Pine Bluff, AK
Emporia State 122, Shippensburg 84
Ashley Totedo was in foul trouble early but that was just the beginning as the Lady Raiders ran into a buzz saw. Emporia State led by Aneta and Jurgita Kausaite, 27-year-old twins who were on the Lithuanian National Team, jumped out to a big lead. Uncharacteristically, Shippensburg was tentative and fell behind 21-12 early in the first half. Emporia put on a 10- 0 run and the Lady Raiders could not catch up. Totedo hit 10 of 14 from the field and ended up with 23 points. Hornet Jurgita Kausaite led with 33 points. Emporia State lost to North Dakota in the final.
1997
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 7, 1997 at Shippensburg, PA
High Point 71, Shippensburg 53
Karen Curtis scored 34 points to lead High Point to a big upset over Shippensburg.
The Lady Raiders were in a slump the entire game and hit an uncharacteristic
29.4 percent from the field. Melissa Swartz led Shippensburg with 14 points
and Kelly Doerzbacher scored 12.
Shippensburg, the PSAC champion, ended its season with a 25-5 record.
1996
NCAA East Region Semifinals
March 9, 1996 at Shippensburg, PA
Shippensburg 87, Pittsburgh-Johnstown 77
Noted for their great guards, Tracy Spencer and Melissa Swartz, the PSAC champion Lady Raiders went inside to beat Pitt-Johnstown 87-77. Ashley Totedo scored 18 points, Ann Svensson tallied 16 and Deb Dawson came off the bench to score 12. Totedo also had three blocked.
