Women's Basketball

University of Puget Sound

1500 North Warner - Tacoma, WA - 98416
Team Office: Tel: (253) 879-3421 Fax: (253) 879-3634
Team website: www.ups.edu/athletics

Founded in 1888, the University of Puget Sound (UPS) is a private liberal arts college offering 40 major programs including African American Studies, Environmental Studies, Theatre Arts, and International Political Economy. It also offers a master of education, master of occupational therapy, and doctor of physical therapy. It is considered one of the most challenging academic institutions in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. News 2008 Report of America's Best Colleges ranked Puget Sound # 80 among liberal arts schools nationally.

The campus is just minutes away from downtown Tacoma (pop 200k)

School website
www.ups.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

2,700

Getting In:

Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1145-1350

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$40,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Business - English - Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Suzy Barcomb completed her 10th season at Puget Sound in 2007-08. Barcomb arrived in 1998-99 and produced a 21-6 record her inaugural season, a trip to the NAIA national tournament, and received conference coach-of-the-year honors. Over the last six years, Barcomb's teams have averaged better than 20 wins per season and made four NCAA tourney appearances. Barcomb attended Central Missouri State on a volleyball scholarship and later transferred to the U. of Washington where she walked-on and played one season in basketball. In 2007-08, Barcomb led the Loggers to a 23-5 mark and took them to the second round of the NCAA tourney before losing to George Fox.

Team Name	Loggers
Colors	Maroon and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-5	24-7	23-6	95-33 (.742)
Conference	14-2	13-3	13-3	54-23 (.701)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	4, 1, 2, 3, 4
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Elite 8	2nd Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#22	#25	#21	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Suzy Barcomb
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Puget Sound	1998-99
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	195-73 (.727)
Record at Puget Sound	195-73 (.727)
Coaching Awards	Northwest COTY (99)

Asst. Coaches	Joleen LaMay, Allison Kalalau

Recruiting Coordinator

Suzy Barcomb, (253) 879-3421, TBP

Conference and Schedule

UPS plays in the Northwest Conference (www.nwcsports.com) which is comprised of nine schools from Washington and Oregon. Conference play, which consists of 16 games, usually starts in January with games played on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The Loggers play each team twice, home and away. Games are frequently piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the Northwest tourney which . . .(tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Pacific, Willamette, Pacific Luthern, George Fox, Lewis and Clark, Linfield, Whitworth, and Whitman.

Facilities

Memorial Fieldhouse
Capacity: 4,500