The California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team represents California Baptist University in Riverside, California, United States. They compete as members of the Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They are currently led by head coach Jarrod Olson and play at the Fowler Events Center.
In the 2020–21 season, the Lancers won the WAC regular season championship with a perfect 14–0 record. Despite being ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to being in the third year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I, they were allowed by the WAC to compete in the conference tournament. They won the semifinal and final matchups against New Mexico State and Grand Canyon, respectively, by 43 combined points. Under normal circumstances, Cal Baptist would have thus secured the automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament from the conference, but due to its ineligible status, was not allowed to participate in the NCAA tournament or any other NCAA-sponsored postseason tournament. Utah Valley, the WAC's second-place finisher in the regular season, received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament (the program's first). The Lancers finished the year with a 26–1 record.
In the 2023–24 season, the Lancers earned their first NCAA women's basketball tournament appearance as a Division I school.
Postseason results
NCAA Division I
NCAA tournament The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice. They have a record of 0–2.
2024 #15 First Round #2 UCLA L 55–84 2026 # 16 First Round #1 UCLA L 43–96
WBI tournament The Lancers have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational once. They won the 2023 title. 2023 First RoundSemifinalsChampionship North DakotaGeorgia SouthernNew Mexico State W 96–79W 82–80W 63–61
WNIT tournament The Lancers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament once. Their record is 2–1. 2021 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals New MexicoSan FranciscoRice W 90–85W 90–82L 55–79
NCAA Division II
NCAA tournament The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament three times. They have a record of 10–3 and were national runners-up in 2015.
2015 #5 First RoundRegional SemifinalsRegional FinalsNational QuarterfinalsNational SemifinalsNational Finals #4 Hawaii Pacific#8 Point Loma#7 Cal Poly Pomona#2 New Haven#1 Limestone#1 California (PA) W 77–69W 73–46W 81–58W 86–77W 85–67L 86–692016#3First RoundRegional Semifinals#6 Academy of Art#2 Alaska-AnchorageW 93–70L 83–792017#2First RoundRegional SemifinalsRegional FinalsNational QuarterfinalsNational Semifinals#7 Point Loma#3 Western Washington#5 Simon Fraser#2 West Florida#3 Virginia UnionW 85–79W 80–68W 77–64W 77–69L 86–81
NAIA Division I The Lancers made the NAIA women's basketball championship two times, with a combined record of 1–2. 1982 #7 First Round #2 Berry L 65–102 2011 #2 First RoundSecond Round #7 Texas Wesleyan#6 Shawnee State W 88–75L 58–64 See also California Baptist Lancers men's basketball
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