Mighty Macs Firsts
- First National Women's Collegiate Championship (March 19, 1972) (AIAW)
- Road to Victory:
- Immaculata entered the tournament as the second-place team from the east behind West Chester State after losing to the Golden Rams 70-38 in the regional final.
- The Macs opened championship play with a 60-47 victory over South Dakota State
- Defeated Indiana State by narrow margin 49-47
- Defeated top seed defending champion Mississippi State College for Women 46-43
- In the championship game, Immaculata defeated West Chester 52-48
- First to win three consecutive national titles (AIAW) (1972, 1973, 1974); placed second in 1975 and 1976, fourth in 1977
- First women's team, with University of Maryland, to appear on national TV (January 1975)
- First women's team, with Queen's College, to play Madison Square Garden (February 1975)
- First women's college team to play outside the country (Australia 1974)
- First women's collegiate double header played in Philadelphia Spectrum (January, 1978)
- (Coaches from all four teams were Immaculata graduates)
- Immaculata - Vicki Harrington '67
- Old Dominion - Marianne Crawford Stanley '76
- Rutgers - Theresa Shank Grentz '74
- St. Joseph's - Rene Muth Portland '75
Coach and Outstanding Players
- Named to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2008
- First Coach to serve on the United States Olympic Women's Basketball Committee
- Coached U.S. International Team to gold medal in Pan American Games in Mexico City
- First women's Coach to be named Coach of the Year
- Cathy Rush and Theresa Shank Grentz - first women to be honored by the Philadelphia Basketball Writers Association
- Career coaching record: 149-15
Cathy Rush
Theresa Shank Grentz
- Member of all 3 National Championship Teams
- 3 - time All-American (1972, 1973, 1974)
- Scored over 1,000 career points
- Coach of the 1992 USA Olympic Women's Basketball Team
- Former Coach at St. Joseph's University (1974-76)
- Former Coach of Rutgers (1976-1994)
- Former President of the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)
- Former Coach of women's basketball at the University of Illinois (since 1994)
- Current assistant to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Immaculata University
Rene Muth Portland
- 3 Outstanding College Athlete of America Awards
- New York Press All-America Citation (1973)
- Member of all 3 National Championship Teams
- Former Coach at Penn State University (1980-2007)
- Took team to Final Four in 1996 and 2000
Marianne Crawford Stanley
- 2-time Kodak All-American (1975, 1976)
- Won 3 national championships as Coach of Old Dominion (1978-1987)
- As co-interim Coach at Stanford went to 1996 Final Four
- Coached at University of California, Berkeley
- Former Head Coach of the WNBA Washington Mystics
- Current Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Rutgers University
Mary Scharff
- Kodak All-American (1974)
- Player/Coach of California Dream women's professional basketball team (1979-1980)
- Basketball Coach at Immaculata (1985-1998)