2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record19–13 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach
  • Harry Perretta (41st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Joe Mullaney
  • Laura Kurz
  • Shanette Lee
Home arenaFinneran Pavilion
Seasons
2019–20 →
2018–19 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 Marquette 15 – 3   .833 27 – 8   .771
No. 24 DePaul † 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
Butler 11 – 7   .611 23 – 10   .697
Villanova 9 – 9   .500 19 – 13   .594
Georgetown 9 – 9   .500 19 – 15   .559
Providence 8 – 10   .444 19 – 16   .543
Creighton 8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484
Seton Hall 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
St. John's 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
Xavier 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
† 2019 Big East tournament winner
As of March 12, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 41st-year head coach Harry Perretta, returned to play home games at the newly updated Finneran Pavilion after a 1-year renovation and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Georgetown. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they defeated Old Dominion in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.

Roster

2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Cameron Onken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So Lafayette Central Catholic Lafayette, IN
F 1 Bridget Herlihy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Braintree Braintree, MA
F 3 Grace Lange 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Caravel Academy Newark, DE
G 4 Mackenzie Gardler 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Cardinal O'Hara Broomall, PA
G 5 Brie Wajer (W) 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Lincoln Academy Newcastle, ME
G 10 Raven James 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So St. Paul VI Upper Marlboro, MD
G 13 Samantha Carangi 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr North Penn Lansdale, PA
F 14 Brianna Herlihy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Braintree Braintree, MA
F 20 Maddy Siegrist 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Our Lady of Lourdes Poughkeepsie, NY
G/F 21 Jannah Tucker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr New Town Baltimore, MD
G 23 Emily Esposito 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Gorham Gorham, ME
G 25 Kelly Jekot 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Cumberland Valley Enola, PA
F 30 Mary Gedaka 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Gloucester Catholic Mullica Hill, NJ
G 31 Adrianna Hahn 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Ursuline Academy Wilmington, DE
G 45 Grace Stant 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Rumson Fair Haven Fair Haven, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov 1, 2018*
7:00 pm 		East Stroudsburg W 98–54 
Finneran Pavilion 
Villanova, PA
Regular season
Nov 7, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Hartford W 59–41  1–0
 Finneran Pavilion (845)
Villanova, PA
Nov 16, 2018*
6:00 pm 		at Lehigh W 70–48  2–0
 Stabler Arena (957)
Bethlehem, PA
Nov 20, 2018*
7:00 pm 		La Salle W 81–68  3–0
 Finneran Pavilion (535)
Villanova, PA
Nov 24, 2018*
12:00 pm 		vs. Virginia Tech
UCF Thanksgiving Classic 		L 59–61  3–1
 CFE Arena 
Orlando, FL
Nov 25, 2018*
1:30 pm 		at UCF
UCF Thanksgiving Classic 		L 56–71  3–2
 CFE Arena (730)
Orlando, FL
Nov 28, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Princeton W 67–46  4–2
 Finneran Pavilion (601)
Villanova, PA
Dec 2, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Saint Joseph's
Holy War 		W 47–35  5–2
 Hagan Arena (1,138)
Philadelphia, PA
Dec 6, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at George Washington W 60–45  6–2
 Charles E. Smith Center (884)
Washington, D.C.
Dec 9, 2018*
1:00 pm 		Temple W 76–68  7–2
 Finneran Pavilion (761)
Villanova, PA
Dec 14, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Georgia W 62–56  8–2
 Finneran Pavilion (659)
Villanova, PA
Dec 29, 2018
8:00 pm, FS2 		Butler L 55–63  8–3 (0–1)
 Finneran Pavilion (641)
Villanova, PA
Dec 31, 2018
1:00 pm, BEDN 		Xavier W 75–71  9–3 (1–1)
 Finneran Pavilion (909)
Villanova, PA
Jan 4, 2019
8:00 pm, BEDN 		at Creighton W 54–52  10–3 (2–1)
 D. J. Sokol Arena (1,104)
Omaha, NE
Jan 6, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN 		at Providence L 61–67  10–4 (2–2)
 Alumni Hall (512)
Providence, RI
Jan 11, 2019
11:30 am, BEDN 		No. 15 Marquette L 55–91  10–5 (2–3)
 Finneran Pavilion (1,401)
Villanova, PA
Jan 13, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN 		DePaul L 59–66 OT 10–6 (2–4)
 Finneran Pavilion (819)
Villanova, PA
Jan 16, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Penn W 58–50  11–6
 Palestra (621)
Philadelphia, PA
Jan 19, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN 		at Georgetown L 63–68  11–7 (2–5)
 McDonough Gymnasium (1,297)
Washington, D.C.
Jan 25, 2019
7:00 pm, BEDN 		at Seton Hall W 70–66  12–7 (3–5)
 Walsh Gymnasium (902)
South Orange, NJ
Jan 27, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN 		at St. John's W 73–57  13–7 (4–5)
 Carnesecca Arena (754)
Queens, NY
Feb 1, 2019
7:00 pm, BEDN 		Providence W 53–33  14–7 (5–5)
 Finneran Pavilion (601)
Villanova, PA
Feb 3, 2019
2:00 pm, FS1 		Creighton W 67–62 2OT 15–7 (6–5)
 Finneran Pavilion (651)
Villanova, PA
Feb 8, 2019
8:00 pm, BEDN 		at DePaul L 70–93  15–8 (6–6)
 McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,664)
Chicago, IL
Feb 10, 2019
3:00 pm, BEDN 		at No. 8 Marquette L 55–93  15–9 (6–7)
 Al McGuire Center (2,234)
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 16, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN 		Georgetown W 91–43  16–9 (7–7)
 Finneran Pavilion (1,301)
Villanova, PA
Feb 22, 2019
7:00 pm, BEDN 		St. John's L 62–66  16–10 (7–8)
 Finneran Pavilion (651)
Villanova, PA
Feb 24, 2019
1:00 pm, BEDN 		Seton Hall W 73–68  17–10 (8–8)
 Finneran Pavilion (1,001)
Villanova, PA
Mar 1, 2018
7:00 pm, FS2 		at Xavier W 68–63  18–10 (9–8)
 Cintas Center (786)
Cincinnati, OH
Mar 3, 2019
2:00 pm, BEDN 		at Butler L 60–62 OT 18–11 (9–9)
 Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,012)
Indianapolis, IN
Big East Women's Tournament
Mar 10, 2019
3:30 pm, FS2 		(5) vs. (4) Georgetown
Quarterfinals 		L 67–76  18–12
 Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
WNIT
Mar 22, 2019*
7:00 pm 		Old Dominion
First Round 		W 86–81 OT 19–12
 Finneran Pavilion (521)
Villanova, PA
Mar 24, 2019*
3:00 pm 		at West Virginia
Second Round 		L 57–64  19–13
 WVU Coliseum (1,388)
Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP N/A
Coaches RV RV^ RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Villanova Women's Basketball Official Schedule :: Women's Basketball". Villanova.com.
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