UW-Eau Claire women's basketball news

  • Iverson moves on down the highway
    March 27, 2026
    If you leave UW-Stout and travel east on I-94, the next WIAC school you would pass would be UW-Eau Claire. Just 30 miles separate the schools, but Eau Claire is where Hannah Iverson grew up, and she is heading back there as the Blugolds' women's head coach.
  • Englund announces retirement from UWEC
    March 11, 2026
    After 26 seasons at UW-Eau Claire, Tonja Englund is ready to hang up her whistle. She has announced her retirement after 427 career victories.
  • New poll is as good as (Blu)gold
    January 05, 2026
    With a 10-game winning streak, UW-Eau Claire enters the Top 25 rankings for the first time in a couple years, as does Concordia-Moorhead. Plus, the University of Chicago climbs the poll, and Washington and Lee equals its highest ranking ever.
  • 2023 title game is seventh heaven
    April 01, 2023
    Saturday's title game between No. 1 Christopher Newport and No. 2 Transylvania is just the seventh time the top two teams in our poll will play each other in the NCAA Tournament. To celebrate the special occasion, we look back at the previous six 1-versus-2 matchups with some help from the coaches and players who won those games.
  • Triple take: Blues win in 3OT
    March 04, 2023
    Whitman earned itself a good night’s rest and a place in NCAA Division III women’s basketball history with an 85-81 triple-overtime victory over UW-Eau Claire in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Read about it in our Game of the Night spotlight coverage.
  • Friday women: New York, New York
    February 24, 2023
    The first two bids to the NCAA Tournament were clinched within a few miles of each other when New York University and Brooklyn wrapped up the UAA and CUNYAC titles. Elsewhere, Pacific popped someone’s bubble, UW-Eau Claire rallied past UW-Stout and the ASC had two buzzer beaters
  • 9th Annual Marathon
    February 02, 2023
    The Hoopsville Marathon is back! For the 9th year, we are on air for many hours (at least nine this season) celebrating everything that is Division III basketball. Hoopsville hits the air with plenty of coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and friends. Watch the show on demand.
  • Saturday women: Not standings still
    January 21, 2023
    UW-Eau Claire won in overtime to stay on top of the WIAC standings but Ohio Northern stumbled into a first place tie in the OAC. Elsewhere, Tufts kept pace in the jumbled NESCAC and Stockton kept the NJAC race interesting.
  • Saturday women: Off to a flying start
    November 12, 2022
    One night after setting the Division III women’s basketball single game scoring record, No. 1 Hope poured in 99 points in an impressive win over Illinois Wesleyan. Elsewhere, the WIAC completed a dominant weekend with wins by No. 4 UW-Whitewater, No. 13 UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh.
  • New women's Top 25
    February 28, 2022
    The top four teams in our poll match the four highest seeds in the NCAA bracket. Plus UW-Eau Claire and Gettysburg return to the rankings and Scranton jumps into the Top 10. Get the latest ranking here.
  • Selection Sunday Special
    February 27, 2022
    The end of the regular season is here. Who will be playing in the NCAA Tournaments? The annual tradition of mock selections takes place tonight on Hoopsville. We also talk to those who have punched their tickets into March! Watch on demand or listen to the podcast.
  • Bulldogs, Blugolds bring home bids
    February 25, 2022
    Brooklyn is still top dog in the CUNYAC and UW-Eau Claire seized the WIAC’s automatic bid in Friday night's conference tournament action. Elsewhere Wittenberg busted a bubble, Anja Smith saved Augsburg and the ASC had two thrillers in its semifinals.
  • Saturday women: True Blues
    January 22, 2022
    The Whitman Blues completed an impressive five-day run, the Blugolds won their Top 25 rematch, and Saturday was a red-letter day for blue-clad teams in the NESCAC. Read about it here.
  • Hoopsville: The Ranking Feeling
    December 09, 2021
    The number 25 may not seem lucky to most, but for St. John Fisher and DeSales they may prove a very lucky number. Plus, Yeshiva continues to make history, but we may not know just how significant it is for the Macabees. And UW-Eau Claire is reshaping not only an athletic center, but much more. All of that and more on the latest episode of Hoopsville - catch up On Demand!
  • D3hoops.com Top 25 women's poll
    December 06, 2021
    St. John Fisher makes its first appearance in our Top 25 since 2005 while Gettysburg also shoots into our rankings and UW-Eau Claire keeps climbing. Get the full list here.
  • D3hoops.com Top 25 women's poll
    November 29, 2021
    Eau my! Two big wins vault the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds to No. 11 in the country. Four other teams enter the Top 25 while Hope consolidates the No. 1 votes and Bowdoin bounds into the top five. Get the full list here.
  • D3hoops.com women's Top 15, Week 3
    February 15, 2021
    Millsaps moves into the Top 10 ahead of its scheduled games against No. 4 Oglethorpe while Wheaton and UW-Eau Claire enter the rankings. Get the full list here.
  • Hoopsville: Rankings Reaction
    February 13, 2020
    There is plenty to talk about after the first Regional Rankings were released. Plus, some programs know they simply need to win their conference AQ. Also, a fast break can lead to helping out a basketball program. And do you really understand the SOS? All of that and more on Hoopsville. Watch it On Demand (or listen to the podcast) here.
  • Our preseason women's All-America team
    November 02, 2019
    Who are the players to watch when the Division III women's basketball season tips off this weekend? You can start with the 25 players on our preseason All-America team.
  • Cobbers choose UWEC assistant
    June 09, 2019
    Concordia-Moorhead named UW-Eau Claire lead assistant Kim Wagers as its new head women's basketball coach. She replaces Jessica Rahman who retired in April.
  • Women: RMC wins battle of the buzz
    December 08, 2018
    The Yellow Jackets beat the Wasps in a battle of ODAC title contenders while two WIAC-ARC games produced two upsets. Elsewhere UW-Oshkosh defended its new ranking and the Thomas More road show rolled through Washington.
  • D3hoops.com Classic: Blugolds, Cowboys close with wins
    December 30, 2016
    UW-Eau Claire showed some of its young promise in a decisive win over Pacific Lutheran while the Hardin-Simmons showed they're ready to win now by handling Wheaton (Ill.). That and more from the final day of the 2016 D3hoops.com Classic.
  • Tuesday: Bubble birds flock together
    February 23, 2016
    Rowan defeated Stockton in the NJAC semifinal, pushing the Ospreys into the pool of NCAA tournament at-large hopefuls while Eau Claire knocked the Warhawks out of the WIAC playoffs and onto the bubble. Plus the top two CUNYAC men's seeds were ousted. Get Tuesday's playoff recap here.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Finishes Season in Whitewater
    February 22, 2014
    WHITEWATER, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team was unable to get a win over 11th-ranked UW-Whitewater, which was needed to keep the Blugolds’ postseason hopes alive, falling to the Warhawks 73-53 at Kachel Gymnasium Saturday evening.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Takes Down Pioneers in Regular Season Home Finale
    February 19, 2014
    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team had little trouble getting by UW-Platteville in the final home game of the regular season, defeating the Pioneers 69-58 on Ken Anderson Court in Zorn Arena tonight.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Can't Get By Titans
    February 12, 2014
    OSHKOSH, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – While the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team found itself down by just two points in the second half, the 17th-ranked UW-Oshkosh Titans were able to hang on to defeat the Blugolds 65-55 at the Kolf Sports Center tonight.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Narrowly Falls to Falcons
    February 08, 2014
    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – While the game was close the entire way, the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team came up just short in the end, falling 47-44 to UW-River Falls on Ken Anderson Court in Zorn Arena tonight.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Wins Second Straight, Beating Superior 73-56
    February 05, 2014
    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – Coming off a 57-47 win over UW-La Crosse on Saturday, the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team recorded a victory again tonight, defeating UW-Superior 73-56 on Ken Anderson Court in Zorn Arena.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Picks up Win Over La Crosse
    February 01, 2014
    LA CROSSE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – It was a close battle nearly the entire way but a late run helped the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team defeat UW-La Crosse 57-47 in Mitchell Hall Saturday afternoon.
  • Blugold Women's Basketball Narrowly Falls to UW-Stevens Point
    January 29, 2014
    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team and UW-Stevens Point played close the entire way but the Pointers were able to come out on top, winning 60-50 on Ken Anderson Court in Zorn Arena tonight.
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