POINT PARK — Making a list, checking it twice — and marking it off time and time again.

That’s been the story of the Point Park University women’s basketball team under second-year coach Tony Grenek.

The Butler graduate and former Butler County Community College men’s basketball coach continues to lead the Lady Pioneers into uncharted territory.

And he’s using some former Butler County players to help him.

Butler graduate Katresa Savisky, Moniteau grad Maura McCaslin and Karns City grad Ashley Campbell are all on the Point Park roster. Campbell is taking a medical red-shirt after suffering from mononucleosis earlier in the season, but is back practicing with the team.

“All three of us grew up together, playing AAU ball with the Butler Cubs,” Savisky said. “It’s amazing we’re all playing on the same team again.”

They’re winning, too.

After posting a 23-7 record under Grenek last season — a school-record win total that included the program’s first conference title and national tournament berth — the Pioneers are off to a 17-4 start this year, 10-3 as first-year members of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Point Park has won 13 of its last 15 games, including a 69-52 win over Carlow Wednesday night. All five starters scored in double figures, including Savisky’s 13 points and 13 rebounds.

“When we first got here last year, Coach Grenek made a list of things Point Park women’s basketball had never accomplished before,” Savisky said. “We’ve already checked off something like eight of the 10.

“First hearing that list, we all wondered if we’d ever do any of that stuff. Now we’re talking about winning the national tournament.”

Grenek replaced Sam Kosanivich as head coach last season. Kosanovich was coming off consecutive 14-13 seasons — Point Park’s first two successive winning campaigns in 25 years.

Before last year, the Pioneers produced only seven winning seasons in 33 years.

Last year alone, they won 20 games for the first time, qualified for the American Mideast Conference Tournament for the first time, won it, then achieved a NAIA tourney berth for the first time.

“We had to switch to the KIAC because our previous conference was folding,” Grenek said. “But we’ve picked up where we left off.”

Savisky is averaging 9.0 points and 5.4 rebounds this season. She also has 40 assists and 30 steals. The former BC3 player netted a career-high 24 points in a recent game.

“Katresa backs down from no one,” Grenek said of the 5-foot-8 guard-forward. “She’s always 100 percent full speed. She had a badly sprained ankle early in the season, but she’s completely healthy now.”

McCaslin, a senior guard, is averaging nine minutes per game off the bench. Her statistics are modest — 1.5 points and rebounds per game, 15 assists — but Grenek said she helps the team in many ways.

“Maura takes the freshman girls and newcomers to the program under her wing,” the coaxch said. “She helps settle them in.”

McCaslin previously played at Pitt-Titusville — opposing then BC3 teammates Savisky and Campbell twice a year — and was planning on transferring to Pitt-Bradford.

“I saw Coach Grenek got the Point Park job, so I made a visit there,” McCaslin said. “ He was installing a defensive game much like I played in high school.

“The program seemed like a good fit for me. I’m glad I came here. My playing minutes don’t matter to me. I help out the team in practice and by things I say. There are plenty of ways to be a leader.

“I know what it’s like to join a team without knowing anybody. I try to help out all of our new players with that adjustment,” McCaslin added.

Campbell played volleyball at Point Park, but her eligibility in that sport has expired. She will commit to basketball full-time next season after averaging 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds per game as a seldom-used player last season.

“Ashley will have a tremendous impact on our team next year,” Grenek said. “She averaged seven points and five rebounds in the two games she played this year before coming down with mono.”

Savisky, McCaslin and Campbell all have grade point averages above 3.75. Point Park is ranked No. 21 in NAIA women’s basketball and is among the top 20 NAIA squads with a 3.31 team GPA.

“That’s a nice combination to have,” Grenek said. “Those three are a big part of that.”

“Coach Grenek is laid back in practice, but he’s able to get down to business when we need to,” Savisky said. “We’re all about defense first. That’s our focal point and it’s working.”