For the second consecutive season, the University of Cincinnati Clermont College women’s basketball team has achieved an impressive 26-9 record. but this year is very different.

“This is our first-ever championship,” said Mike Matthews, who has been the head coach of the Cougars’ distaff squad since its beginning nine years ago.

This year the UC Clermont women achieved as high as eighth in the nation in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s rankings.