# Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball

The Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team is the NCAA Division I women's basketball team that represents Bowling Green State University. The team plays at the 4,700-seat Stroh Center on the BGSU campus in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The Falcons competes in the Mid-American Conference.

## History

The Falcons have won the most MAC Championships, winning eleven tournament championships since its admission into the MAC in 1981. The team last played in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament in 2011. The Falcons became the first team from the MAC to reach the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Sweet Sixteen, after they upset the second seed Vanderbilt 59–56 at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan in 2007.

### Coaching history

| Coach | Years | Seasons | Record | Pct. | Conf. record | Pct. | Conf. titles (Reg. season) | Conf. titles (Tournament) | AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearances | National titles |
| Sue Hager | 1973–76 | 3 | 38–13 | .745 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 2 | 0 |
| Nora Liu | 1976–78 | 2 | 11–17 | .393 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 0 | 0 |
| Kathy Bole | 1978–84 | 6 | 71–81 | .467 | 23–22 | .511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Voll | 1984–91 | 7 | 144–60 | .706 | 89–27 | .767 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jaci Clark | 1991–98 | 7 | 135–65 | .675 | 92–32 | .742 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dee Knoblauch | 1998-01 | 3 | 35–49 | .417 | 23–25 | .479 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Miller | 2001–12 | 9 | 206–80 | .720 | 107–36 | .748 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jennifer Roos | 2012–2018 | 6 | 92-97 | .487 | 43-63 | .406 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robyn Fralick | 2018–2023 | 5 | 88–73 | .547 | 43–49 | .467 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Chmiel | 2023–present | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | 1973–present | 39 | 734–409 | .642 | 378–168 | .692 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
* -Bowling Green did not belong to a conference until the 1981–82 season.
* -Records as of the end of the 2012–13 season.

## Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Falcons.
Records as of July 30, 2010.
| Season | Overall | Conference | Finish | Conf. Tourney | Postseason |
| 2005–06 | 28–3 | 16–0 | 1st-East | MAC Champions | Lost in NCAA First Round, (UCLA) |
| 2006–07 | 31–4 | 15–1 | 1st-East | MAC Champions | Lost in NCAA Sweet Sixteen, (Arizona State) |
| 2007–08 | 26–8 | 13–3 | 1st-East | Lost in MAC Semifinals, (Ohio) | Lost in WNIT 2nd Round, (Michigan State) |
| 2008–09 | 29–5 | 15–1 | 1st-East | Lost in MAC Finals, (Ball State) | Lost in WNIT 3rd Round, (Indiana) |
| 2009–10 | 27–7 | 14–2 | 1st-East | MAC Champions | Lost in NCAA First Round, (Michigan State) |

## AIAW/NCAA Tournament Results

The Falcons have appeared in eleven NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–11.

### AIAW

| Year | Result |
| 1974 | Second Round |
| 1975 | Sixth |

### NCAA

| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 1987 | #9 | First Round | #8 Illinois | L 64–80 |
| 1988 | #10 | First Round | #7 St. Joseph's | L 66–68 |
| 1989 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Cincinnati #1 Maryland | W 69–59 L 65–78 |
| 1990 | #12 | First Round | #5 South Carolina | L 50–93 |
| 1993 | #7 | First Round | #10 Florida | L 67–69 |
| 1994 | #7 | First Round | #10 Creighton | L 73–84 |
| 2005 | #13 | First Round | #4 Kansas State | L 60–70 |
| 2006 | #12 | First Round | #5 UCLA | L 61–74 |
| 2007 | #7 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #10 Oklahoma State #2 Vanderbilt #3 Arizona State | W 70–66 W 60–59 L 49–67 |
| 2010 | #12 | First Round | #5 Michigan State | L 62–72 |
| 2011 | #12 | First Round | #5 Georgia Tech | L 58–69 |

## WNIT

| Year | Round | Opponent | Results |
| 1998 | First round | Butler | L 90-95 |
| 2008 | First round Second round | Dayton Michigan State | W 64-52 L 66-74 |
| 2009 | Second round Third round | Syracuse Indiana | W 72-69 L 67-75 |
| 2012 | First round | VCU | L 71-72 |
| 2013 | First round Second round Third round | SMU Duquesne Drexel | W 76-70 W 61-54 L 47-50 |
| 2014 | First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals | High Point St. Bonaventure Michigan Rutgers | W 72-62 W 76-65 W 63-53 L 50-55 |
| 2021 | First round Consolation Consolation championship | Creighton Dayton Drake | L 65-72 W 77-76 L 68-78 |
| 2023 | First round Second round Super 16 Great 8 Fab 4 | Liberty Green Bay Memphis Florida Columbia | W 87-80 W 69-51 W 73-60 W 69-52 L 70-77 |

## WBI

| Year | Round | Opponent | Results |
| 2022 | First round Semifinals Third-place game | Furman St. Mary's Nevada | W 82-61 L 67-76 W 73-65 |