Northern_Arizona_Lumberjacks_women's_basketball Knowpia

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
	2023–24 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
University	Northern Arizona University
Head coach	Loree Payne (7th season)
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Location	Flagstaff, Arizona
Arena	Findlay Toyota Court ; (Capacity: 11,230)
Colors	Blue and gold;
NCAA tournament appearances
	2006
Conference tournament champions
	2006
Conference regular season champions
	1998, 2023

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball^[2] team represents Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, in NCAA Division I women's competition. The school's team competes in the Big Sky Conference.^[3]^[4] Loree Payne, formerly the head coach at the University of Puget Sound, was named the head coach of the lumberjacks in April 2017.^[5] The women's basketball team reached the conference tournament championship in 2023. The Lumberjacks play home games at the Findlay Toyota Court.

Team record edit

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Postseason
Joyce Gedde (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1974–75	Joyce Gedde	2-10	0-7
1975–76	Joyce Gedde	0-14	0-13
Joyce Gedde:		2-24	0-20
Sue Lambert (Intermountain Conference) (1982–1984)
1976–77	Sue Lambert	5-14	2-11
1977–78	Sue Lambert	5-14	3-11
Sue Lambert:		10-28	5-22
Linda French (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1978–79	Linda French	5-15
1979–80	Linda French	4-22
Linda French:		9-37
Paulette Gebert (Intermountain Conference) (1980–1982)
1980–81	Paulette Gebert	4-20	1-9
1981–82	Paulette Gebert	6-20	1-9
Paulette Gebert (Independent) (1982–1983)
1982–83	Paulette Gebert	9–15
Paulette Gebert:		19-55
Dave Brown (Independent) (1983–1987)
1983–84	Dave Brown	10-14
1984–85	Dave Brown	12-14
1985–86	Dave Brown	17-8
1986–87	Dave Brown	9-18
Dave Brown (Mountain West Conference) (1987–1988)
1987–88	Dave Brown	14-15	8-8
Dave Brown (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990)
1988–89	Dave Brown	12-14	6–10
1989–90	Dave Brown	11-17	6–10
Dave Brown:		85-100	12-20
Linda Bruns (Big Sky Conference) (1990–1993)
1990–91	Linda Bruns	1-26	1-15
1991–92	Linda Bruns	7-20	0-16
1992–93	Linda Bruns	4–24	0-14
Linda Bruns:		10-70	1-45
Charli Turner (Big Sky Conference) (1993–1996)
1993–94	Charli Turner	12–15	6-8
1994–95	Charli Turner Thorne	14–12
1995–96	Charli Turner Thorne	14–13	6-8
Charli Turner Thorne:		40-40	18-24
Meg Sanders (Big Sky Conference) (1996–2003)
1996–97	Meg Sanders	17-11	10-6
1997–98	Meg Sanders	22-6	15-1
1998–99	Meg Sanders	14-14	7-9
1999–2000	Meg Sanders	11-18	7-9
2000–01	Meg Sanders	13-17	10-6
2001–02	Meg Sanders	17–11	10-6
2002–03	Meg Sanders	13-15	6-8
Meg Sanders:		107-92	65-43
Laurie Kelly (Big Sky Conference) (2003–2012)
2003–04	Laurie Kelly	12-16	5-9
2004–05	Laurie Kelly	19-10	9-5
2005–06	Laurie Kelly	22-11	9-5
2006–07	Laurie Kelly	20-12	11-5
2007–08	Laurie Kelly	10-20	6-10
2008–09	Laurie Kelly	9-21	6-10
2009–10	Laurie Kelly	5-24	3-13
2010–11	Laurie Kelly	11-18	6-10
2011–12	Laurie Kelly	9-20	4-12
Laurie Kelly:		117-152	59-79
Sue Darling (Big Sky Conference) (2013–2016)
2012–13	Sue Darling	8-21	7-13
2013–14	Sue Darling	9–20	6–14
2014–15	Sue Darling	13-17	9-9
2015–16	Sue Darling	6–24	2–16
Sue Darling:		32-114
Robyne Bostick (Big Sky Conference) (2016–2017)
2016-17	Robyne Bostick	9-21	5-13
Robyne Bostick :		9-21	5–13
Loree Payne (Big Sky Conference) (2017–present)
2017-18	Loree Payne	7-23	4-14
2018-19	Loree Payne	13-18	8-12
2019-20	Loree Payne	16-15	12-8	NCAA Tournament canceled
2020-21	Loree Payne	16-5	12-2
2021-22	Loree Payne	17-14	12-8
2022-23	Loree Payne	21-14	13-5
Loree Payne:		90–89	61–49
Total:
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 appearances edit

NCAA tournament results edit

The Lumberjacks have made one NCAA Tournament appearance. They have a record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2006	#14	First Round	#3 Baylor	L 56–74

WNIT results edit

The Lumberjacks have made two WNIT appearances. They have a record of 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	First Round	New Mexico	L 64–72

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2024	Second Round	South Dakota	L 65–79

References edit

^ "Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
^ Northern Arizona uses "Lumberjacks" as its athletic nickname for both sexes. This contrasts with the other NCAA Division I school with that nickname, Stephen F. Austin State University—the latter school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.
^ "Northern Arizona University". nauathletics.com.
^ "Northern Arizona" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^ INFORMATION, NAU SPORTS. "NAU Roundup: Loree Payne named women's basketball coach". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-08.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide". Retrieved December 5, 2022.

[2] Northern Arizona uses "Lumberjacks" as its athletic nickname for both sexes. This contrasts with the other NCAA Division I school with that nickname, Stephen F. Austin State University—the latter school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.

[3] "Northern Arizona University". nauathletics.com.

[4] "Northern Arizona" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

[5] INFORMATION, NAU SPORTS. "NAU Roundup: Loree Payne named women's basketball coach". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-08.

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