St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies
2023–24 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of St. Thomas
First season1977
Head coachRuth Sinn (18th season)
ConferenceSummit League
LocationSaint Paul, Minnesota
ArenaSchoenecker Arena
(Capacity: 1,800)
NicknameTommies
ColorsPurple and gray[1]
   
NCAA tournament champions
Division III: 1991
NCAA tournament Final Four
Division III: 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2019
NCAA tournament appearances
Division III: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

The St. Thomas Tommies women's basketball team represents the University of St. Thomas, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in NCAA Division I as a member of the Summit League.

The Tommies made their NCAA Division I debut under then-seventeenth-year head coach Ruth Opatz Sinn for the 2021–22 season.

The team plays its games at Schoenecker Arena on its campus in St. Paul.

History

The St. Thomas (MN) Tommies women's basketball team founded in 1977 after the college voted to admit women into the college. The Tommies' first head coach was Tom Kosel who mainly coached high school at Benilde-St. Margaret's.[2] In 1984, the Tommies' hired Ted Riverso. They won the 1991 NCAA Division III National Champion beating Muskingum 73–55. During Riverso's tenure he won five MIAC Coach of the Year awards and went to the tournament 13 of his 15 years.[3] After Riverso left to be an assistant[4] at the University of Minnesota, Tricia Dornisch[5] was hired in 1999 and won the MIAC Coach of the Year in 2000 in her first year. Ruth Sinn joined St. Thomas as the fourth head coach of St. Thomas in 2005 and has achieved the most wins in school history. Sinn has helped guide the Tommies' moving from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in Division III to the Summit League in Division I.


Season-by-season results

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tom Kosel (No Conference) (1977–1982)
1977–78 Tom Kosel 12–7——
1978–79 Tom Kosel 18–4——
1979–80 Tom Kosel –——
1980–81 Tom Kosel –——
1981–82 Tom Kosel –——
Tom Kosel (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1982–1984)
1982–83 Tom Kosel –8—1T–1st
1983–84 Tom Kosel –18—21stNCAA Division III Regional Third Place
Tom Kosel: 123–54 (.695)26–3 (.897)
Ted Riverso (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1984–1999)
1984–85 Ted Riverso –12—8T—3rd
1985–86 Ted Riverso –10—12T—6th
1986–87 Ted Riverso –18—42ndNCAA Division III Regional Fourth Place
1987–88 Ted Riverso –20—22ndNCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1988–89 Ted Riverso 20–615—53rdNCAA Division III Regional Third Place
1989–90 Ted Riverso 23–518—22ndNCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1990–91 Ted Riverso 29–219—11stNCAA Division III Championship
1991–92 Ted Riverso 27–120—01stNCAA Division III Regional Second Place
1992–93 Ted Riverso 19–715—53rdNCAA Division III First Round
1993–94 Ted Riverso 22–516—4T—2ndNCAA Division III Second Round
1994–95 Ted Riverso 25–617—32ndNCAA Division III Third Place
1995–96 Ted Riverso 28–320—01stNCAA Division III Third Place
1996–97 Ted Riverso 26–220—01stNCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
1997–98 Ted Riverso 26–221—1T–1stNCAA Division III Elite Eight
1998–99 Ted Riverso 22–419—32ndNCAA Division III Second Round
Ted Riverso: 337–80 (.808)260–50 (.839)
Tricia Dornisch (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1999–2005)
1999–00 Tricia Dornisch 27–222—01stNCAA Division III Third Place
2000–01 Tricia Dornisch 25–419—21stNCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2001–02 Tricia Dornisch 21–519—3T–1st
2002–03 Tricia Dornisch 15–1214—84th
2003–04 Tricia Dornisch 13–1312—106th
2004–05 Tricia Dornisch 11–149—116th
Tricia Dornisch: 113–50 (.693)95–34 (.736)
Ruth Sinn (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2005–2021)
2005–06 Ruth Sinn 10–157—13T—7th
2006–07 Ruth Sinn 15–1114—85th
2007–08 Ruth Sinn 20–818—4T—1stNCAA Division III First Round
2008–09 Ruth Sinn 19–816—63rd
2009–10 Ruth Sinn 21–815–75thNCAA Division III First Round
2010–11 Ruth Sinn 20–718—41st
2011–12 Ruth Sinn 31–222—01stNCAA Division III Third Place
2012–13 Ruth Sinn 24–618—4T—2ndNCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2013–14 Ruth Sinn 25–519—32ndNCAA Division III Second Round
2014–15 Ruth Sinn 30–118—01stNCAA Division III Elite Eight
2015–16 Ruth Sinn 26–416—21stNCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2016–17 Ruth Sinn 31–118—01stNCAA Division III Final Four
2017–18 Ruth Sinn 27–318—01stNCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen
2018–19 Ruth Sinn 30–218—01stNCAA Division III Final Four
2019–20 Ruth Sinn 21–616—43rd
2020–21 Ruth Sinn 6–15—1T–1st
Ruth Sinn (Summit League) (2021–present)
2021–22 Ruth Sinn 7–214—149th
2022–23 Ruth Sinn 13–177—118th
Ruth Sinn: 376–126 (.749)267–81 (.767)
Total:949–310 (.754)

      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

Source:[6][7]

Head coaches

#NameTermRecord
1Tom Kosel1977–1984123-54
2Ted Riverso1984–1999337-80
3Tricia Dornisch1999–2005113-50
4Ruth Sinn2005–present376-126

References

  1. ↑ "Athletic Brand Standards – The University of St. Thomas". March 3, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Seven sports in '77 blazed women's trail". tommiesports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "MIAC Memories: Good rivals brought out best in Women's Hoops". tommiesports.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Former Tommie coach Ted Riverso joins U of M women's basketball staff". news.stthomas.edu. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dornisch promoted to St. Thomas head coach". d3hoops.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "MIAC Record Book" (PDF). miacathletics.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tommies". issuu.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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