Taking the “joy in the journey” with them throughout a historic season, the Transylvania women’s basketball team won the school’s first national championship in Dallas, defeating the Christopher Newport University Captains 57-52. The title capped off a history-making season for the Pioneers.

Transylvania University, founded in 1780, is the nation’s 16th oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Find out more about our Lexington, Kentucky campus at www.transy.edu

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