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Basketball - Women's Photos

Following the 1903 recognition of men’s basketball as an official BC sport, a women’s BC athletic association was formed in the autumn of 1904 with the goal of establishing a women’s basketball team. The BC women’s athletic association again formed a basketball club in 1913.

In 1916 the women’s basketball team made their first uniforms with fabric that they purchased from B. Ney’s department store in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The crimson and gold handmade uniforms consisted of mobcaps, blouses, bloomers and cravats.

The earliest women’s basketball teams and basketball clubs played against other Bridgewater College women, local high school teams and affiliated Daleville College. They did not play other colleges until the 1920s.

BC women’s basketball teams have included junior varsity and varsity sections, award-winning players, and a number of beloved and accomplished coaches. Laura Mapp, often shown in these archival images, coached the team from 1961 to 1996. A notable recent retiree is Jean Willi, who spent 11 years as assistant coach and served as head coach from 1996 to 2017.

A fuller history of BC basketball is available within the Francis Wayland College history, Bridgewater College: The First Hundred Years, 1880 – 1980.

The gallery contains digitized photographs selected for general interest; it does not duplicate in the entirety of Bridgewater College archival photographs.

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  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph featuring Doris Scott, 1970s by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph featuring Doris Scott, 1970s

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph with Catherine Stivers and Susan Derrow, 1970s by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph with Catherine Stivers and Susan Derrow, 1970s

  • Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph, circa 1996 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph, circa 1996

  • Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph featuring Angie Vizachero, 1992 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph featuring Angie Vizachero, 1992

  • Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph featuring Robin Lefler #25, 1992 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College women's basketball action photograph featuring Robin Lefler #25, 1992

  • Bridgewater College women's basketball team meeting on the sideline with Coach Laura Mapp, 1992 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College women's basketball team meeting on the sideline with Coach Laura Mapp, 1992

  • Bridgewater College women's basketball team portrait, 1992 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College women's basketball team portrait, 1992

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait in formal wear with ODAC Champions banner, 1989-1990 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait in formal wear with ODAC Champions banner, 1989-1990

  • Bridgewater College, Kim Simmons (photographer), Team portrait of the women's basketball team, 1989-1990 by Kim Simmons

    Bridgewater College, Kim Simmons (photographer), Team portrait of the women's basketball team, 1989-1990

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait, 1987-1988 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait, 1987-1988

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph, circa 1982 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph, circa 1982

  • Bridgewater College, Curt Dudley (photographer), Women's basketball team portrait, 1982 by Curt Dudley

    Bridgewater College, Curt Dudley (photographer), Women's basketball team portrait, 1982

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait, 1976-1977 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball team portrait, 1976-1977

  • Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), Coach Laura Mapp and women's basketball team watching a game, 1975 by Denise Taylor

    Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), Coach Laura Mapp and women's basketball team watching a game, 1975

  • Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), Women's basketball action photograph featuring Janet Stivers, circa 1975 by Denise Taylor

    Bridgewater College, Denise Taylor (photographer), Women's basketball action photograph featuring Janet Stivers, circa 1975

  • Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph, circa 1974 by Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater College Women's basketball action photograph, circa 1974

 
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