Women's Basketball

Williams College

Lasell Gym, 22 Spring S - Williamstown, MA - 01267
Team Office: Tel: (413) 597-3256 Fax: (413) 597-4272
Team website: www.williams.edu/athletics/sport.php?sport=3

Williams Colllege was founded in 1793, one of the oldest institutions in the U.S. The college built its reputation around teaching. The college offers over 30 Bachelor degee programs plus graduate programs in Art History and Development Economics. Other majors offered include Russian Language, Astronomy, Drama, and Japanese. A program announced in 2006, Williams in Africa (WIA), enables Juniors to spend anywhere from several weeks to a year studying in Africa and doing humanitarian work. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Williams #1 among liberal arts institutions nationally.

The campus is located in Williamstown (pop. 9k ) in the Berkshires, at the Vermont and New York borders, about 150 miles from Boston or New York.

Williams College is the only one of 1,044 NCAA member institutions to be ranked 1st nationally in academics (US News) and athletics (Directors' Cup) in the SAME year!

School website
www.williams.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

none

Enrollment:

2,000

Getting In:

Very Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1320-1520

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$45,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Economics- Political Science - Art

Misc. Information

Head coach Pat Manning completed her 17th season at Williams in 2007-08. Manning inherited an uninspired .500 ball club in 1991-92 and has since turned the women's program into one of the most respected in New England. Prior to coming to Williams, Manning was the assistant basketball/volleyball coach at Skidmore College, as well as head softball coach. Manning played both softball and basketball in high school and rugby in college. Manning's best year was in 1998-99 when the Ephs went 25-2 and lost in the NCAA Elite Eight. Manning attended Smith College where she was an assistant basketball coach from 1986 to 1988. In 2007-08, the Ephs went 16-9.

Team Name	Ephs
Colors	Purple and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	475-279 (.629)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	16-9	20-7	23-6	71-57 (.554)
Conference	5-4	6-3	7-2	28-18 (.608)
Conf. Finish	3	3	2	3, 3, 3, 4, 7
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	Swt 16	0x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#24	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Pat Manning
	Birthday: 1955-07-23
Started at Williams	1991-92
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	311-136 (.695)
Record at Williams	311-136 (.695)
Coaching Awards	NESCAC COTY (99), WBCA Region COTY (99)

Asst. Coaches	Liz Creighton, Erika DeSanty

Recruiting Coordinator

Pat Manning, (413) 597-3256, patricia.m.manning@williams.edu

Conference and Schedule

Williams plays in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (www.nescac.com) consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges located in New England and New York. Several of the colleges in this conference are sometimes referred to as the Little Ivies. The farthest conference away game is at Bates, some 560 miles from campus. Games are usually piggybacked with the men's. The top seven teams qualify for the NESCAC tourney; single elimination, top seed hosts, first place team receives first round bye, with the winner receiving an automatic bid the to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Amherst, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Bates.

Facilities

Chandler Gym
Capacity: 1,561. Average attendance: 471