Champion, who earlier scored her 1,000th career point, had a fast-break basket in a 7-0 run to answer the Crusaders’ best shot and later made two free throws in the final moments to secure the program’s second title.

For good measure, there is one more connection between the programs.

Monique LeBlanc got a piece of the net during the traditional post-game ritual, which has taken place both years at one end of the Hart Center floor. Now an assistant coach, LeBlanc did a lot of the dirty work on defense and with her rebounding as a senior to help the Bison win in 2002.

“The one similarity that is most important is the way the teams responded from the challenges,” said Fedorjaka, now in her 11th season at Bucknell and the only league coach other than Holy Cross’ Bill Gibbons (11) to have more than one tournament title.