Women's Basketball

St. Ambrose University

518 West Locust St - Davenport, IA - 52803
Team Office: Tel: (563) 333-6229 Fax: (563) 333-6239
Team website: web.sau.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1882, St. Ambrose is a traditional liberal arts institution, originally established as a Catholic seminary. St. Ambrose offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs with graduate degrees in Education, Pastoral Studies, Physical Therapy, and Business. Nearly two-thirds of those enrolled are women. Other majors offered include Accounting, Art, Operations Research, and Leisure, & Fitness Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked St. Ambrose #46 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus comprises more than 40 acres in a residential section of Davenport (100k) located on the Illinois-Iowa border about 150 miles west of Chicago.

School website
www.sau.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

3,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$27,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Psychology

Misc. Information

Heach coach Nathan Altenhofen completed his first season in 2007-08, taking over a program that has a long history of success. Altenhofen took the reins from Amy Eagan who did a fine job in her short two years ( 47-18). Altenhofen most recently served as head coach for the Odessa JC College Lady Wranglers from 2004-2007, leading them to an impressive 80-15 record, finishing his final two seasons with a 68-3 record, which was the best mark in all of college basketball. Altenhofen began his college coaching career at Arkansas State University. In 2007-08, the Queen Bees went 29-6 but lost in the second round of the NAIA tournament to Morningside.

Team Name	Queen Bees
Colors	Navy Blue and White
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	808-271 (.749)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	29-6	26-7	21-11	118-56 (.678)
Conference	14-2	14-0	9-5	51-19 (.728)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	5, 1, 1, ?, ?
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	n/a	NAIA 2x
Final 25 Rank	#15	#19	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Nathan Altenhofen
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at St. Ambrose	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	29-6
Record at St. Ambrose	29-6
Coaching Awards	WJCAC COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Jennifer Perkins

Recruiting Coordinator

Amy Eagan, (563) 333-6229, EaganAmy@sau.edu

Conference and Schedule

St. Ambrose plays in the Midwest Classic (www.midwest-classic.com) which is comprised of eight colleges in Iowa and Wisconsin. Conference play, which consists of 14 games, begins in January with games often played on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. St. Ambrose will play each team twice, home and away. Generally the games are piggybacked with the men's. The farthest conference away game is at Waldorf some 250 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Midwest Classic tourney which takes . . (explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Iowa Wesleyan, Viterbo, Grandview, Mount Mercy, William Penn, Waldorf, and Franciscan.

Facilities

Lohman Arena
Capacity 2,200, Average attendance: 300

Style/Stats

Eagan's philosophy is to have her players get up and down the floor and run an up tempo fast break style of play. Man to man defense is their bread and butter. In 2005-06, St. Ambrose was ranked #11 in defense, limiting the opposition to 57.2 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked # 19 at 59.8 ppg.