Mighty Mac Facts

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

	Cathy Rush 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 Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2008
	Theresa Shank Gretz 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 Vice President for University 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); 2 AIAW, 1 NCAA championship 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 Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Rutgers University Current assistant coach for WNBA's L.A. Sparks
	Mary Scharff Kodak All-American (1974) Player/Coach of California Dream women's professional basketball team (1979-1980) Basketball Coach at Immaculata (1985-1998)

Mighty Mac Facts

Mighty Mac Facts

Coach and Outstanding Players

Cathy Rush

Theresa Shank Gretz

Rene Muth Portland

Marianne Crawford Stanley

Mary Scharff