Women's Basketball

University of Scranton

151 Byron Complex - Scranton, PA - 18510
Team Office: Tel: (570) 941-7605 Fax: (570) 941-4223
Team website: matrix.scranton.edu/athletics

Founded in 1888 as Saint Thomas College, it achieved university status in 1938, and was entrusted to the care of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1942. The University of Scranton offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs and over 20 graduate level programs including Business Administration, Education, Nursing, Chemisty, and Counseling. Other majors offered include Gerontological Services, International Relations and Affairs, and Occupational Therapy/Therapist. US News 2007 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Scranton #10 among universities in the north offering a Master's degree.

The 58 acre campus is located in northeastern Pennsylvania in Scranton (pop. 75k) about 100 miles north of Philadelphia.

School website
www.uofs.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Catholic

Enrollment:

5,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1020-1210

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$38,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Health - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Mike Strong completed his 28th season at the University of Scranton in 2007-08. Strong inherited a program in 1979-80 that was already of elite caliber. Strong has carried on the tradtion with the women's program which now boasts a .824 winning percentage since inception. Among all active D3 coaches, Strong ranks 5th in winning percentage. Strong began his career at the College of West Virginia (NAIA) as an assistant coach. In 28 seasons, Strong's teams have averaged better than 24 wins per season and made 24 NCAA appearances, and have twice been crowned national champions (76, 83). In conference play, opposing teams have had a rough go with Scranton losing only 12 league games in the last eight years. The Lady Royals went 21-6 in 2007-08 - the program's 17th consecutive season with 20 or more wins - but were beaten in the first round of the NCAA tourney by Medaille.

Team Name	Lady Royals
Colors	Purple and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	791-168 (.824)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	21-6	27-3	31-2	124-21 (.855)
Conference	13-1	14-0	14-0	60-11 (.845)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	Swt 16	Final 4	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#7	#2	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mike Strong
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Scranton	1979-80
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	687-140 (.830)
Record at Scranton	687-140 (.830)
Coaching Awards	MAC COTY 5x, WBCA COTY (00), Kodak D3 COTY

Asst. Coaches	Marc Kudrich, Kelly Lewandowski

Recruiting Coordinator

Mike Strong (570) 941-7605, strongj1@scranton.edu

Conference and Schedule

Scranton, which fomerly played in the Middle Atlantic Freedom Conference, moved to the Landmark Conference in 2007-08 which is comprised of eight schools from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. Scranton will play each team twice, home and away. Conference games are typically played on Friday evening or Saturday or Sunday afternoons. The conference concludes with the conference tourney which takes the top four teams in a single elimination format with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Catholic, Drew, Goucher, Juanita, Susquehanna, Merchant Marine Academy and Moravian

Facilities

Long Center
Capacity 2,500, Average attendance: