Jan. 17, 2025: The NCAA adds women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport. The NCAA’s first women’s wrestling championship will be in 2026. January 17, 2025 57
Oct. 15, 2023: The Iowa women’s basketball team opens the 2023-24 season with a 94-72 victory in its exhibition game with DePaul at Kinnick Stadium in front of 55,646 fans, setting an NCAA single-game record for women’s basketball attendance. The Crossover at Kinnick was also the first women’s basketball game to be played outdoors in a football stadium. All net proceeds from the event benefited The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. October 15, 2023 48
Aug. 30, 2023: Nebraska officially breaks the world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event at 92,003. Volleyball Day in Nebraska featured four teams across two divisions: Division II programs Wayne State (Nebraska) and Nebraska-Kearney played an exhibition match, followed by a regular-season Division I match between Nebraska and Omaha. The event was held in Memorial Stadium, the home of Nebraska football for 100 years. August 30, 2023 55
July 17, 2023: The NCAA announces the creation of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. The 32-team postseason tournament, which will be owned and funded by the NCAA, will be held annually beginning in 2024. With the addition of the WBIT, 100 postseason NCAA-funded opportunities will be available for Division I women’s basketball teams, equal to that of men’s basketball through its two events (the 68-team championship and 32-team National Invitation Tournament). July 17, 2023 45
March 16, 2022: The Division I Women’s Basketball Championship kicks off with the inaugural First Four competition as the bracket expands to 68 teams. March 16, 2022 49
April 5, 2016: Coach Geno Auriemma leads UConn to an 82-51 win over Syracuse in the Women’s Final Four to capture the program’s fourth consecutive NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. The victory is also Auriemma’s 11th overall national title, which is the most in NCAA basketball, breaking the mark of John Wooden, who led the UCLA men’s team to 10 NCAA championships. April 5, 2016 47
April 17-18, 2009: Georgia’s Courtney Kupets wins four individual titles to bring her career total to a record nine titles in the National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships. April 17, 2009 46
May 26, 2003: UCLA pitcher Keira Goerl throws a nine-inning no-hitter in the 2003 NCAA Division I Softball Championship game. May 26, 2003 59
May 13, 2001: UCLA wins the first National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship. May 13, 2001 50
March 12-13, 1999: Wheaton (Massachusetts) wins the first of five straight Division III Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships team titles under coach Paul Souza. March 13, 1999 52
