The East Coast Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the East Coast Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship.
Daemen and Saint Rose, the latter a former member of the ECC, have the most tournament titles, with six each.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up Most Outstanding Player 1991 Pace 66–64 C.W. Post Tina Thorpe, Pace 1992 Pace (2) 64–58 Philadelphia Textile Tammy Greene, Philadelphia Textile 1993 Philadelphia Textile 62–54 Pace Tammy Greene, Philadelphia Textile 1994 Philadelphia Textile (2) 59–51 Pace Tammy Greene, Philadelphia Textile 1995 Saint Rose 58–56 Philadelphia Textile Krista Kandere, Saint Rose 1996 Saint Rose (2) 80–69 Philadelphia Textile Not awarded 1997 Saint Rose (3) 91–71 Pace Evija Azace, Saint Rose 1998 Saint Rose (4) 102–67 Philadelphia Textile Krista Kandere, Saint Rose 1999 Saint Rose (5) 89–66 Philadelphia Textile Not awarded 2000 Saint Rose (6) 93–48 Dowling Not awarded 2001 C.W. Post 69–66 Philadelphia Sheila Jackson, C.W. Post 2002 Adelphi 58–50 Dowling Alexis Seeley, Adelphi 2003 Dowling 63–60 St. Thomas Aquinas Zulmary Andino, Dowling 2004 Adelphi (2) 77–65 St. Thomas Aquinas Melanie Mangone, Adelphi 2005 Bridgeport 61–45 NYIT Krista Ross, Bridgeport 2006 New Haven 64–50 C.W. Post Adelina Gentry, New Haven 2007 New Haven (2) 75–74 C.W. Post Ashley Hilton, New Haven 2008 Molloy 76–59 New Haven Kymira Woodberry, Molloy 2009 Queens 75–49 Dowling Amanda Bartlett, Queens 2010 Molloy (2) 49–42 Bridgeport Kymira Woodberry, Molloy 2011 C.W. Post (2) 69–66 Bridgeport Janea Aiken, C.W. Post 2012 Dowling (2) 59–54 St. Thomas Aquinas Kelly Puwalski, Dowling & Sarah Schicher, Dowling 2013 Dowling (3) 72–49 NYIT Christine Verrelle, Dowling 2014 District of Columbia 67–57 LIU Post Telisha Turner, District of Columbia 2015 Queens (2) 65–63 NYIT Madison Rowland, Queens 2016 Queens (3) 60–54 Roberts Wesleyan Madison Rowland, Queens 2017 Molloy (3) 56–53 NYIT Aliyah McDonald, Molloy 2018 St. Thomas Aquinas 53–40 NYIT Jenna Erickson, St. Thomas Aquinas 2019 NYIT 80–60 LIU Post Meg Knollmeyer, NYIT 2020 Daemen 68–56 Molloy Katie Titus, Daemen 2021 Roberts Wesleyan 59–53 Daemen Taryn Wilson, Roberts Wesleyan 2022 Daemen 74–67 Molloy Kaytlyn Matz, Daemen 2023 Daemen 66–51 St. Thomas Aquinas Gabby McDuffie, Daemen 2024 Daemen 55–50 Mercy Alahna Paige, Daemen 2025 Daemen 76–68 Staten Island Cecilia Lapertosa, Daemen 2026 Daemen 73–68 Mercy Ne’vaeh Buntley, Daemen
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Daemen 6–1 7 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Saint Rose 6–0 6 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Dowling 3–3 6 2003, 2012, 2013 Molloy 3–2 5 2008, 2010, 2017 Queens 3–0 3 2009, 2015, 2016 Jefferson(Philadelphia, Philadelphia Textile) 2–6 8 1993, 1994 LIU Post(C.W. Post) 2–6 8 2001, 2011 Pace 2–3 5 1991, 1992 New Haven 2–1 3 2006, 2007 Adelphi 2–0 2 2002, 2004 NYIT 1–5 6 2019 St. Thomas Aquinas 1–4 5 2018 Bridgeport 1–2 3 2005 Roberts Wesleyan 1–1 2 2021 District of Columbia 1–0 1 2014 Mercy 0–2 2 Staten Island 0–1 1
D'Youville have not yet qualified for the ECC tournament finals. Concordia (NY), NJIT, and Southampton College never qualified for the ECC tournament finals as conference members. Schools highlighted in yellow have temporarily suspended their athletics programs. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the ECC.
See also East Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
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