Seniors Lyndsey Costigan and Emma Altmire were named captains of the 2026-27 Muhlenberg women's basketball team.

Costigan is in her third season as a starter at forward. Last year, the started all 25 games, leading the Mules and ranking 11th in the Centennial Conference with her average of 7.0 rebounds per game. Costigan also averaged 6.1 points per game and recorded three double-doubles, including a 15-point, 14-rebound effort vs. Eastern.

Altmire is in her second season with the program after transferring from Moravian University. She played in 17 games as a reserve guard as a junior, scoring 27 points and dishing out 8 assists. Altmire netted a season-high 9 points off the bench in a win vs. Lancaster Bible and hit a pair of threes for 6 points against Lebanon Valley.

The Mules are scheduled to open their season, and the head coaching tenure of Sadie Nelson, with four straight home games, beginning on Friday, November 6, against Penn State Abington.