Bucknell University Athletics
Bison Women's Hoops Enter Patriot League Tournament as Second Seed for Fourth Year in a Row
2/28/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2002
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BUCKNELL IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT: This year marks the fourth straight year Bucknell enters the tournament seeded second ... Before the 1998-99 season, the last time Bucknell finished the regular-season seeded higher than fourth was the 1995-96 season when the Bison claimed the regular-season title ... The Orange and Blue have won three first round games in the 10-year history of the league ... The last first-round game the Bison won was, ironically, against Navy (62-43) in the 1999-2000 tournament at Lafayette ... Before the win over Navy two season's ago, Bucknell had not won a first-round game in the tournament since it defeated Colgate, 53-52, in 1994-95 on Mar. 3 ... BU's only other first-round win occurred at Christl Arena in West Point when the Bison defeated Army in 1992-93.
FEDORJAKA AND THE TOURNAMENT: Two years ago, when Bucknell won two tournament games to get to the championship tilt against Holy Cross, was the first and only time head coach Kathy Fedorjaka experienced a win in the Patriot League Tournament. Now at 2-3 in her four seasons, she has suffered losses to Lehigh (59-55, 1997-98), Army (72-67, 1998-99) and Colgate (85-69, 2000-01).
BUCKNELL VS. LEAGUE: Following is a record of Bucknell vs. every Patriot League school in the tournament. The Bison are 4-9 in tournament action:
American - 0-0 (first season) Army - 1-1 Colgate - 2-2 Holy Cross - 0-2 Lafayette - 0-2 Lehigh - 0-1 Navy - 1-0
BISON FINISH SECOND ... AGAIN: With an 11-3 conference record, the most Patriot League wins in school history, the Bison secured second place in the regular season standings for the fourth consecutive year.
