# Sacred Heart Pioneers women's basketball

The Sacred Heart Pioneers women's basketball team represents Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They play their home games at the William H. Pitt Center.

## History

In each of their first three NCAA Division I Tournament appearances, they lost each time in the first round, losing 95–54 to Maryland 77–63 to Ohio State, and 76–50 to Georgia Tech, respectively. They appeared in the WBI in 2011 and the WNIT in 2013 and 2016.

## Season-by-season results

| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Pedro Tagatac (1981–1985) ||||||
| 1981–82 | Pedro Tagatac | 4–14 | | | |
| 1982–83 | Pedro Tagatac | 0–21 | | | |
| 1983–84 | Pedro Tagatac | 9–16 | | | |
| 1984–85 | Pedro Tagatac | 3–22 | | | |
| Pedro Tagatac: | Pedro Tagatac: | 16–73 (.180) | | | |
| Margaret Diaz (1985–1986) ||||||
| 1985–86 | Margaret Diaz | 9–16 | | | |
| Margaret Diaz: | Margaret Diaz: | 9–16 (.360) | | | |
| Adolph Ellis (1986–1990) ||||||
| 1986–87 | Adolph Ellis | 6–20 | | | |
| 1987–88 | Adolph Ellis | 2–24 | | | |
| 1988–89 | Adolph Ellis | 5–19 | | | |
| 1989–90 | Adolph Ellis | 4–21 | | | |
| Adolph Ellis: | Adolph Ellis: | 17–84 (.168) | | | |
| Ed Swanson (NECC) (1990–1999) ||||||
| 1990–91 | Ed Swanson | 8–19 | 3–11 | 7th | |
| 1991–92 | Ed Swanson | 11–16 | 5–9 | T5th | |
| 1992–93 | Ed Swanson | 16–13 | 7–7 | 4th | |
| 1993–94 | Ed Swanson | 12–15 | 8–8 | 5th | |
| 1994–95 | Ed Swanson | 11–16 | 7–9 | 5th | |
| 1995–96 | Ed Swanson | 20–7 | 16–4 | T2nd | |
| 1996–97 | Ed Swanson | 14–14 | 10–8 | 5th | |
| 1997–98 | Ed Swanson | 19–7 | 13–3 | 2nd | |
| 1998–99 | Ed Swanson | 15–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | |
| Ed Swanson (Northeast Conference) (1999–2013) ||||||
| 1999–2000 | Ed Swanson | 14–14 | 11–7 | T3rd | |
| 2000–01 | Ed Swanson | 15–14 | 11–7 | T3rd | |
| 2001–02 | Ed Swanson | 18–11 | 13–5 | T2nd | |
| 2002–03 | Ed Swanson | 18–10 | 12–6 | T3rd | |
| 2003–04 | Ed Swanson | 21–8 | 14–4 | 2nd | |
| 2004–05 | Ed Swanson | 18–11 | 14–4 | 2nd | |
| 2005–06 | Ed Swanson | 26–5 | 16–2 | 1st | |
| 2006–07 | Ed Swanson | 22–10 | 15–3 | T1st | |
| 2007–08 | Ed Swanson | 19–11 | 14–4 | 3rd | |
| 2008–09 | Ed Swanson | 28–5 | 18–0 | 1st | |
| 2009–10 | Ed Swanson | 19–11 | 14–4 | 3rd | |
| 2010–11 | Ed Swanson | 18–13 | 12–6 | T3rd | |
| 2011–12 | Ed Swanson | 25–8 | 15–3 | 1st | |
| 2012–13 | Ed Swanson | 22–11 | 13–5 | 2nd | |
| Ed Swanson: | Ed Swanson: | 406–264 (.606) | 273–125 (.686) | | |
| Jessica Mannetti (Northeast Conference) (2013–present) ||||||
| 2013–14 | Jessica Mannetti | 12–18 | 9–9 | 5th | |
| 2014–15 | Jessica Mannetti | 16–13 | 11–7 | 4th | |
| 2015–16 | Jessica Mannetti | 20–13 | 16–2 | 1st | WNIT first round |
| 2016–17 | Jessica Mannetti | 17–15 | 13–5 | T–2nd | WNIT first round |
| 2017–18 | Jessica Mannetti | 14–17 | 9–9 | T–3rd | |
| 2018–19 | Jessica Mannetti | 19–13 | 14–4 | 2nd | WNIT first round |
| 2019–20 | Jessica Mannetti | 12–17 | 9–9 | 5th | |
| 2020–21 | Jessica Mannetti | 8–10 | 8–8 | | |
| 2021–22 | Jessica Mannetti | 8–17 | 6–12 | | |
| 2022–23 | Jessica Mannetti | 19–14 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA First Round |
| 2023–24 | Jessica Mannetti | 24–10 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA First Four |
| Jessica Mannetti: | Jessica Mannetti: | 146–147 (.498) | 107–69 (.608) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 657–655 (.501) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Postseason
### NCAA Division I tournament results

The Pioneers have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament five times. Their record is 1–5.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2006 | (15) | First Round | (2) Maryland | L 54–95 |
| 2009 | (14) | First Round | (3) Ohio State | L 63–77 |
| 2012 | (13) | First Round | (4) Georgia Tech | L 50–76 |
| 2023 | (16) | First Four First Round | (16) Southern (1) Stanford | W 57–47 L 49–92 |
| 2024 | (16) | First Four | (16) Presbyterian | L 42–49 |

### WNIT results

| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2016 | First Round | Drake | L 59–95 |
| 2017 | First Round | St. John's | L 43–72 |
| 2019 | First Round | Georgetown | L 59–90 |