The California Baptist Lancers women's basketball team is a basketball team that represents California Baptist University in Riverside, California, United States. The California Baptist Lancers compete as members of the Division I Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They are currently led by head coach Jarrod Olson and play at the Fowler Events Center.
In the 2020âÂÂ21 season, the Lancers won the WAC regular season championship with a perfect 14âÂÂ0 record. Despite being ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to being in the third year of a four-year transition from Division II to Division I, they were allowed by the WAC to compete in the conference tournament. They won the semifinal and final matchups against New Mexico State and Grand Canyon, respectively, by 43 combined points. Under normal circumstances, Cal Baptist would have thus secured the automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament from the conference, but due to its ineligible status was not allowed to participate in the NCAA tournament or any other NCAA-sponsored postseason tournament. Utah Valley, the WAC's second-place finisher in the regular season, received the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament (the program's first). The Lancers finished the year with a 26âÂÂ1 record.
In the 2023âÂÂ24 season, the Lancers earned their first NCAA women's basketball tournament appearance as a Division I school.
The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice. They have a record of 0âÂÂ2.
The Lancers have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational once. They won the 2023 title.
The Lancers have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament once. Their record is 2âÂÂ1.
The Lancers have appeared in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament three times. They have a record of 10âÂÂ3 and were national runners-up in 2015.
The Lancers made the NAIA women's basketball championship two times, with a combined record of 1âÂÂ2.