2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
American East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record25–8 (15–1 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Courtney England
  • Tom Biskup
  • Gary Fifield
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
Seasons
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine † 15 – 1   .938 25 – 8   .758
Hartford 14 – 2   .875 23 – 11   .676
Stony Brook 11 – 5   .688 23 – 8   .742
Albany 9 – 7   .563 13 – 18   .419
Binghamton 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400
Vermont 7 – 9   .438 11 – 18   .379
UMBC 3 – 13   .188 10 – 20   .333
UMass Lowell 3 – 13   .188 7 – 22   .241
New Hampshire 3 – 13   .188 6 – 24   .200
† 2019 America East tournament winner

The 2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by second year head coach Amy Vachon, played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center and were members of the America East Conference. Maine won the championship game of the 2019 America East women's basketball tournament over Hartford to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1] They lost in the first round to NC State.

Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME
G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Calais Calais, ME
F 5 Maeve Carroll 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Georgetown Visitation Preparatory Oakton, VA
G 10 Doga Alper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Florya Doga Anatolian Istanbul, Turkey
G 12 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Van Buren Van Buren, ME
G 15 Dor Saar 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Israeli Basketball Academy Ma'anit, Israel
G 20 Kelly Fogarty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Walpole Walpole, MA
G 22 Blanca Millán 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Colegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Ss. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne 		Philadelphia, PA
C 31 Kat Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Marjory Stoneman Douglas Coral Springs, FL
F 32 Kira Barra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Theo Koch Schule Dillingen, Germany
F 33 Alex Bolozova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Gymnazium Dominika Tatarku Poprad, Slovakia
F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Luleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018*
1:00 pm 		Stonehill W 85–46 
Cross Insurance Center (1,430)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Toledo W 73–59  1–0
 Cross Insurance Center (1,578)
Bangor, ME
11/13/2018*
1:00 pm 		at Bryant W 74–57  2–0
 Chace Athletic Center (453)
Smithfield, RI
11/15/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 20 Duke L 63–66  2–1
 Cross Insurance Center (2,868)
Bangor, ME
11/20/2018*
8:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Green Bay L 39–70  2–2
 Kress Events Center (1,280)
Green Bay, WI
11/24/2018*
3:15 pm 		vs. North Carolina A&T
Navy Classic semifinals 		W 58–52  3–2
 Alumni Hall (414)
Annapolis, MD
11/25/2018*
3:15 pm 		vs. Penn
Navy Classic championship game 		W 47–46  4–2
 Alumni Hall (368)
Annapolis, MD
12/02/2018*
2:00 pm, ACCNE 		at North Carolina W 85–73  5–2
 Carmichael Arena (2,159)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/04/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Harvard W 67–60  6–2
 Lavietes Pavilion (426)
Cambridge, MA
12/08/2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Brown W 102–96 OT 7–2
 Cross Insurance Center (2,128)
Bangor, ME
12/15/2018*
6:00 pm, ACCNE 		at No. 10 NC State L 46–84  7–3
 Reynolds Coliseum (2,755)
Raleigh, NC
12/22/2018*
12:00 pm 		at Northeastern L 55–63  7–4
 Cabot Center (337)
Boston, MA
12/29/2018*
1:00 pm 		at Fordham
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals 		L 64–72 OT 7–5
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
12/30/2018*
1:00 pm 		vs. Chattanooga
Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game 		L 61–66  7–6
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
America East regular Season
01/02/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		New Hampshire W 67–46  8–6
(1–0) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,541)
Bangor, ME
01/05/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		UMBC W 84–44  9–6
(2–0) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,829)
Bangor, ME
01/09/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Vermont W 63–51  10–6
(3–0) 		Patrick Gym (329)
Burlington, VT
01/12/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		Albany W 76–65  11–6
(4–0) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,733)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Hartford L 46–49  11–7
(4–1) 		Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (566)
West Hartford, CT
01/19/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Stony Brook W 68–54  12–7
(5–1) 		Island Federal Credit Union Arena (683)
Stony Brook, NY
01/27/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Binghamton W 95–66  13–7
(6–1) 		Cross Insurance Center (2,180)
Bangor, ME
01/30/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UMass Lowell W 79–45  14–7
(7–1) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,118)
Bangor, ME
02/02/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at New Hampshire W 69–45  15–7
(8–1) 		Lundholm Gym (813)
Durham, NH
02/06/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Vermont W 66–45  16–7
(9–1) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,279)
Bangor, ME
02/09/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at UMBC W 58–45  17–7
(10–1) 		UMBC Event Center (728)
Catonsville, MD
02/13/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Hartford W 78–58  18–7
(11–1) 		Cross Insurance Center (1,443)
Bangor, ME
02/16/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Albany W 67–61  19–7
(12–1) 		SEFCU Arena (1,014)
Albany, NY
02/24/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Stony Brook W 71–61  20–7
(13–1) 		Augusta Civic Center (1,008)
Augusta, ME
02/27/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at UMass Lowell W 60–41  21–7
(14–1) 		Tsongas Center (514)
Lowell, MA
03/02/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Binghamton W 67–60  22–7
(15–1) 		Binghamton University Events Center (1,501)
Vestal, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/06/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(1) (8) New Hampshire
Quarterfinals 		W 69–36  23–7
 Cross Insurance Center (1,764)
Bangor, ME
03/10/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(1) (4) Albany
Semifinals 		W 66–51  24–7
 Memorial Gym (1,233)
Orono, ME
03/15/2019
5:00 pm, ESPNU 		(1) (2) Hartford
Championship Game 		W 68–48  25–7
 Cross Insurance Center (3,234)
Bangor, ME
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019*
1:30 pm, ESPN2 		(14 G) at (3 G) No. 10 NC State
First Round 		L 51–63  25–8
 Reynolds Coliseum (2,769)
Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G=Greensboro Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lowe, Mike (March 15, 2019). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com.