2018–19 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Portland Pilots women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record13–17 (5–13 WCC)
Head coach
  • Cheryl Sorenson (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Lowe
  • Tiffany Gibson
  • Skyler Young
Home arenaChiles Center
Seasons
2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Gonzaga 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853
BYU † 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
Pepperdine 12 – 6   .667 22 – 12   .647
Saint Mary's 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Pacific 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Loyola Marymount 10 – 8   .556 18 – 15   .545
Santa Clara 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Portland 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
San Diego 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
San Francisco 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226
† 2019 WCC tournament winner
As of March 23, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fifth year coach Cheryl Sorensen. They play their homes games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC women's tournament to San Francisco.

On March 12, Cheryl Sorensen has agreed to parted ways. She finished at Portland with a 5 year record of 33–117.[1] On March 27, former George Fox head coach Michael Meek as the new coach.[2]

Roster

2018–19 Portland Pilots women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Kate Anderson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Jesuit HS Portland, OR
F 2 Liana Kaitu'u 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr East HS Salt Lake City, UT
G 3 Josie Matz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Wilson HS Tacoma, WA
G 10 Haylee Andrews 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Townsville State HS Townsville, Australia
F 11 Lisa-Marie Kaempf 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium
Midland College 		Aschaffenburg, Germany
F 14 Jayce Gorzeman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mayfield HS Las Cruces, NM
G 15 Maddie Muhlheim 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Sunset HS Portland, OR
F 20 Erika Kankfelt 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr Makelanrinne Sports Espoo, Finland
F 22 Kristina Wooldridge 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bishop O'Dowd HS San Leandro, CA
F 23 Julie Spencer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr W.F. West HS Chehalis, WA
F 24 Elena Alaxi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Colegio San Agustín Madrid, Spain
F 30 Keala Quinlan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Roosevelt HS Papakolea, HI
G 32 Darian Slaga 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Boulder Creek HS Prescott Valley, AZ
F 35 Shasta Parker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr San Martin HS Novato, CA
C 44 Lauren Walker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Cardinal Newman HS Windsor, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

[3]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2018*
4:30 pm 		Puget Sound W 88–45 
Chiles Center (260)
Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
Nov 8, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at Utah Valley W 65–60  1–0
 Lockhart Arena (247)
Orem, UT
Nov 12, 2018*
4:00 pm 		at Weber State W 89–73  2–0
 Dee Events Center (569)
Ogden, UT
Nov 16, 2018*
4:30 pm 		at Hawaii
Bank of Hawaii Classic 		W 72–65  3–0
 Stan Sheriff Center (1,236)
Honolulu, HI
Nov 18, 2018*
2:00 pm 		vs. Arizona
Bank of Hawaii Classic 		L 70–92  3–1
 Stan Sheriff Center 
Honolulu, HI
Nov 24, 2018*
12:00 pm 		Cal State Fullerton W 83–74  4–1
 Chiles Center (513)
Portland, OR
Nov 28, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Utah State W 61–54  5–1
 Chiles Center (359)
Portland, OR
Dec 1, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at Portland State L 79–92  5–2
 Viking Pavilion (425)
Portland, OR
Dec 7, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Warner Pacific W 98–63  6–2
 Chiles Center (471)
Portland, OR
Dec 9, 2018*
2:00 pm 		Willamette W 82–27  7–2
 Chiles Center (269)
Portland, OR
Dec 16, 2018*
2:00 pm 		UC Irvine L 69–84  7–3
 Chiles Center (217)
Portland, OR
Dec 18, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Air Force W 79–60  8–3
 Chiles Center (286)
Portland, OR
WCC regular season
Dec 29, 2018
2:00 pm 		at Pepperdine L 68–82  8–4
(0–1) 		Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
Dec 31, 2018
2:00 pm 		at Loyola Marymount L 58–76  8–5
(0–2) 		Gersten Pavilion (236)
Los Angeles, CA
Jan 3, 2019
7:00 pm 		Pacific L 66–76  8–6
(0–3) 		Chiles Center (274)
Portland, OR
Jan 5, 2019
2:00 pm 		Saint Mary's L 81–89  8–7
(0–4) 		Chiles Center (304)
Portland, OR
Jan 12, 2019
2:00 pm 		at No. 14 Gonzaga L 71–97  8–8
(0–5) 		McCarthey Athletic Center (5,697)
Spokane, WA
Jan 17, 2019
12:00 pm 		at San Diego W 69–60  9–8
(1–5) 		Jenny Craig Pavilion (521)
San Diego, CA
Jan 19, 2019
1:00 pm, BYUtv 		at BYU L 71–79  9–9
(1–6) 		Marriott Center (1,177)
Provo, UT
Jan 24, 2019
7:00 pm 		Santa Clara L 66–72  9–10
(1–7) 		Chiles Center (369)
Portland, OR
Jan 26, 2019
2:00 pm 		San Francisco W 78–73  10–10
(2–7) 		Chiles Center (512)
Portland, OR
Jan 31, 2019
6:00 pm 		at Saint Mary's L 85–113  10–11
(2–8) 		McKeon Pavilion (232)
Moraga, CA
Feb 2, 2019
4:00 pm 		at Pacific L 67–77  10–12
(2–9) 		Alex G. Spanos Center (2,731)
Stockton, CA
Feb 9, 2019
4:30 pm 		No. 13 Gonzaga L 62–93  10–13
(2–10) 		Chiles Center (543)
Portland, OR
Feb 14, 2019
7:00 pm 		BYU L 69–70  10–14
(2–11) 		Chiles Center (506)
Portland, OR
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm 		San Diego W 96–74  11–14
(3–11) 		Chiles Center (323)
Portland, OR
Feb 21, 2019
7:00 pm 		at San Francisco W 69–66  12–14
(4–11) 		War Memorial Gymnasium (381)
San Francisco, CA
Feb 23, 2019
2:00 pm 		at Santa Clara L 68–106  12–15
(4–12) 		Leavey Center (404)
Santa Clara, CA
Feb 28, 2018
7:00 pm 		Loyola Marymount L 54–70  12–16
(4–13) 		Chiles Center (288)
Portland, OR
Mar 2, 2018
4:30 pm 		Pepperdine W 85–63  13–16
(5–13) 		Chiles Center (431)
Portland, OR
WCC Women's Tournament
Mar 7, 2019
12:00 pm, BYUtv 		(8) vs. (9) San Francisco
First Round 		L 69–76  13–17
 Orleans Arena (5,234)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ Odom, Joel (March 12, 2019). "Portland Pilots part ways with women's basketball coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Garcia, Kyle (March 27, 2019). "George Fox's Michael Meek hired as UP's next women's basketball coach". The Beacon. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "University of Portland - 2018–19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Portlandpilots.com.
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