First year head coach Roz Fornari led the women's basketball team to the college's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and second twenty-win (21-6) season. 

In the NCAA's the Behrend Lions squared off against Denison College.  The Big Red, winners of 12 of 13 entering the contest, went home black and blue.  Fornari's charges shot an incredible 74% from the field in the first half and cruised to a 92-73 win.  Penn State Behrend lost in the second round to the eventual national champions Capital University.  The blue, white, and red finished the season ranked 4th in the NCAA Atlantic Region and were ranked in several statistical categories at year's end.  During the year the Behrend Lions had a win streak of five games and won eight straight before their regional semifinal loss. 

The 1993-94 NCAA tournament team included Michelle (Grover) Benim, Anne Bonner, Haley (Locher) Butler, Kate Delaney, Kim (Landes) Richey, Karen (Strait) Oberholzer, Heather (Shearer) O'Donnell, Megan (Musante) Post, Becky Reed, Marlesse Schlott, Amy Stranahan, Wendy (Ebinger) Sunderman, Becky Swartz, and assistant coach Rob Wittman.