Susquehanna girls team history

Posted: Apr 28, 2020

(Updated through end of 2019-20 season)

League Results Last Decade

Season	Division	Record	Place/Teams
2010-11	Lackawanna 3	0-14	8^th of 8
2011-12	Lackawanna 3	1-13	8^th of 8
2012-13	Lackawanna 4	3-9	6^th of 7
2013-14	Lackawanna 4	5-7	5^th of 7
2014-15	Lackawanna 4	4-8	T4^th of 7
2015-16	Lackawanna 4	5-7	T4^th of 7
2016-17	Lackawanna 4	9-3	2^nd of 7
2017-18	Lackawanna 4	12-0	1^st of 7
2018-19	Lackawanna 4	12-0	1^st of 7
2019-20	Lackawanna 4	12-0	1^st of 7
Total		63-61	3 titles

District 2 Playoff Results Last Decade (includes subregional play)

Year	Class	Round	Opponent	Result	Seed-Finish
2011	A	Quarterfinal	Blue Ridge	L, 51-36	5^th Seed Placed 5th
2014	A	Semifinal	Forest City	L, 50-26	3^rd Seed Placed T3^rd
2015	A	Semifinal	Old Forge	L, 50-32	3^rd Seed Placed T3^rd
2016	A	Semifinal	Lackawanna Trail	L, 49-48	2^nd Seed Placed T3^rd
2017	A (D2-11 SR)	Quarterfinal	Lincoln Leadership	W, 53-38	3^rd Seed
2017	A (D2-11 SR)	Semifinal	Forest City	W, 34-28
2017	A (D2-11 SR)	Final	Pottsville Nativity BVM	L, 36-26	Placed 2^nd
2018	A (D2-11 SR)	Semifinal	Pottsville Nativity BVM	L, 55-40	1^st Seed Placed T3^rd
2018	A	Final	Forest City	W, 39-36	Placed 1^st
2019	A (D2-11 SR)	Semifinal	Salem Christian	W, 40-20	1^st Seed
2019	A (D2-11 SR)	Final	Weatherly	W, 49-44	Placed 1^st
2019	A	Final	Forest City	W, 39-21	Placed 1^st
2020	A (D2-11 SR)	Semifinal	Salem Christian	W, 48-25	2^nd Seed
2020	A (D2-11 SR)	Final	Pottsville Nativity BVM	L, 45-29	Placed 2^nd
2020	A	Final	MMI Prep	W, 49-28	Placed 1^st
				8-7	4 district titles 1 subregional title

State Playoff Results Last Decade

Year	Class	Round	Opponent	Result
2017	A	First	Benton	W, 44-28
2017	A	Second	Lourdes Regional	L, 50-26
2019	A	First	Millville	W, 53-40
2019	A	Second	Greenwood	W, 46-36
2019	A	Quarterfinal	Jenkintown	L, 47-42
2020	A	First	Chester Charter	W, 48-44
2020	A	Second	Lancaster Country Day	W, 65-51
Total				5-2

Notes

Susquehanna was winless overall in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.
By winning their last 36 Lackawanna League Division 4 games, the Lady Sabers completed the 10-year stretch from 2010-11 through 2019-20 season two games over .500 in divisional play.
Susquehanna defeated Forest City, 42-36, in a playoff for the first-half division title in 2017, but lost to the Lady Foresters, 48-37, in the all-season championship game.
Prior to starting a streak of four straight District 2 titles in 2017, Susquehanna had not won a district championship since 1996 in the old District 12.
The Lady Sabers were second in the District 2-11 Class A Subregional, but first in District 2 in both 2017 and 2020. They lost in the subregional semifinals in 2018, but won the district title.
The 2017 subregional semifinal with Forest City also served as the District 2 championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena.
The District 2 final was not part of the subregional tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and was played after the subregional semifinal and, in both 2019 and 2020, before the subregional final.
From the start of the 2009-10 season through the 2015-16 season, then an 0-7 start to the 2016-17 season, the Lady Sabers were a total of 26-135 (.161 winning percentage). In a little under four seasons since, they are 75-26 (.743).
Susquehanna was 0-5 in state tournament play prior to 2017 and is 5-2 since. The previous five trips came in succession from 1992 through 1996 as District 12 champion in 1993, 1995 and 1996 and runner-up the other two years.
The Lady Sabers lost their five state tournament games of the 1990s by a total of 156 points. In succession, they lost to Pottsville Nativity BVM, 69-37; Northeast Bradford, 65-51; Mahanoy Area, 56-39; Bishop O’Reilly, 85-31; and Bishop O’Hara, 75-33.