Head Coach: Sarah Behn
Year at School: 3rd
*2012-13 Record: 18-9, 15-7 NE10
*Finish: 4th (No. 4 seed, 0-1)
Postseason: None
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/7
Starters Returning/Lost: 0/5
Newcomers: 11
Top Returnees: Lindsey Doucette, So., 4.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.0 apg in 12-13
Melissa Frase, So., 4.6 ppg, 1.5 apg in 12-13
Notes
- UMass Lowell begins its first season as a Division I program in 2013-14.
- River Hawks finished with their best record in 10 years last season, going 18-9 and 15-7 in conference play.
- Averaged 81.5 points per game which was second in DII and would have led the America East.
- UMass Lowell will have to replace the nation's leading scorer in Bianca Simmons who averaged 28.2 points per game last year and was an All-America selection.
- Head coach Sarah Behn is 29-25 in two years with the River Hawks.
- Behn was the only four-time BIG EAST All-Conference selection as a star at Boston College from 1989-1993 and scored 2,523 points.
- UMass Lowell returns just one starter and welcomes 11 newcomers.
- The team also returns just 20% of its scoring from last year.
- The River Hawks start their season at home against Providence College on Nov. 8. The team also makes trips to Nebraska and Oklahoma State.