Women’s Basketball finished its 2018–19 campaign with a 14–14 record and 9–12 mark in the Northeast-10 Conference. The team compiled a six-game winning streak early in the season, highlighted by a victory over rival Stonehill College. Morgan O’Donnell ’19 led the team all season, averaging 17.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while earning NE10 Second-Team All-Conference honors. She was also the 24th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points, during a game against Bentley University, and concluded her career ranked 19th in program history with 1,110 points.
Women’s Track & Field relied on its youth and depth to compile one of the best seasons in program history, culminating with its first-ever runner-up finish at the NE10 Championships in February. Abby Jones ’19 was named the NE10 Most Outstanding Field Athlete after winning the pentathlon with 3,457 points and taking fourth in the high jump. Sarah Miller ’19 won the NE10 title in the long jump with a leap of 5.18 meters, while Kialeigh Marston ’20 won the one-mile race in 5:03.72. She was also part of the 4×800 relay, which took first with a time of 9:37.47. Over the course of the season, the team set 16 new school records, including three by Jones and three more by Victoria Steffon ’22. Jones set new marks in the 55-meter hurdles (8.85s), 60-meter hurdles (9.13s), and pentathlon (3,618), while Steffon broke records in the 55 meters (7.33s), 60 meters (7.83s), and 200 meters (25.49s).
Women’s Swimming & Diving captured the program’s fourth Northeast-10 title, following four days of competition in the NE10 Championship. The team was in second place after the first two days of competition, but won two events and had 12 top-eight finishes to take the lead on the third day and 13 more top-eight finishes to capture the NE10 title February 10. Abbey Holmes ’20 was named the NE10’s Most Valuable Swimmer of the Meet after winning the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and 100-yard breaststroke events. She also was a part of two relay victories and one second-place finish. Shannon Quirk ’19 won the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 1,650-yard freestyle events, becoming the first swimmer in Conference history to win the same event (1,650 free) four straight years. Meanwhile, Allison Fitzgerald ’21 won the 100-yard butterfly in a school record time. In January, the team also earned Scholar All-America honors for the 23rd consecutive semester by posting a team cumulative grade point average of over 3.0.
