AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's basketball team is ranked
second in the East Region in the third and final NCAA Division II Regional Rankings, as released by the regional advisory committee through games completed by March 2. The East Region consists of the top teams from the East Coast Conference, the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, and the Northeast-10 Conference, and the regional rankings are used to determine at-large bids to the East Regional portion of the NCAA Tournament following conference tournaments this weekend. The full 64-team bracket will be released in the 2025 NCAA Selection Show on Sunday, March 9 at 10:30 PM on NCAA.com.
Daemen (19-7) remains second in the East behind only Bentley (28-1). Saint Anselm (17-9) is third in the region, Southern Connecticut State (19-9) fourth and Holy Family (21-6) rounds out the top five. Assumption (18-12), Jefferson (22-6), New Haven (17-10), Dominican (21-7) and Adelphi (15-14) are the final five teams in the East Region.
The Wildcats concluded the regular season with an 80-51 victory over Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday to cap off the year with a 19-7 overall record and 15-1 record in ECC games. Daemen shot 50.8% from the field in the win, going 31-of-61 and also shot 40.9% (9-of-22) beyond the arc against the Redhawks. Three Wildcats scored in the double figures in the victory, with sophomore guard
Sophie Auer (Lewiston, N.Y.) leading the Cats on the day with 19 points while graduate student guard
Danielle DiCintio (Somers, N.Y.) chipped in 17 points on her senior day and junior forward
Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) added 14 points on the day.
The Wildcats, who repeated as the ECC regular season champions for the sixth consecutive season two weeks ago, will return to Lumsden Gymnasium this weekend as they play host to the 2025 ECC Championship Tournament. As the top seed in the tournament, the Cats will open up postseason play in the first semifinal game on Saturday, March 8 at 12 PM.
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