2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the America East Conference. The Retrievers were led by fourteenth year head coach Phil Stern and played their home games in the Retriever Activities Center. They finished the season 18–14, 8–8 in America East play to finish in a 3-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East women's tournament to Maine. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated Fairfield in the first round before losing to Youngstown State in the quarterfinals.

2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball
WBI, Quarterfinals
Conference	America East Conference
Record	18–14 (8–8 America East)
Head coach	Phil Stern (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Rich Conover Carlee Cassidy Chelsea Barker
Home arena	Retriever Activities Center

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	5		.848
Maine	15	–	1		.938			26	–	9		.743
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
UMass Lowell*	1	–	15		.063			4	–	24		.143
† 2016 America East tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions Rankings from AP poll

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

Roster

2015–16 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Stixz Wilson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So Seton Keough Howard Baltimore, MD G 1 Meghan Roxas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Ridgewood Temple Ridgewood, NJ G 2 Marissa Sommerville 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr St. Mary's Ryken Loveville, MD G/F 3 Liz McNaughton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Fairfax Fairfax, VA G 4 Taylor McCarley 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Academy of the Holy Cross Bowie, MD F 10 Chukwuma Chiamaka 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Eastern Arizona College Lagos, Nigeria G 12 Capree Garner 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Springbrook Harford CC Silver Spring, MD F 13 Pandora Wilson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Academy of the Holy Cross Gaithersburg, MD F/C 15 Amanda Hagaman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Manasquan Manasquan, NJ G 21 Carly Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Shaler Area Glenshaw, PA G 23 Emily Russo 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Glenelg Woodbine, MD G 25 Laura Castaldo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Clarkstown South West Nyack, NY G/F 30 Gracie Doane 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr William Fleming Roanoke, VA G 31 Brittany Burgess (I)  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr St. Mary's Ryken VCU White Plains, MD G 33 Michaela Gelbaugh 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Central Dauphin East Harrisburg, PA	Head coach Phil Stern (Concordia (NY)) Assistant coach(es) Kerry Cashman (Boston University) Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (UMBC) Chelsea Barker Walsh (UMBC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/13/2015* 12:00 pm		Columbia	L 68–70 OT	0–1	Retriever Activities Center (650) Catonsville, MD
11/15/2015* 5:00 pm		Penn	L 46–81	0–2	Retriever Activities Center (514) Catonsville, MD
11/19/2015* 12:00 pm		at Coppin State	W 68–61 2OT	1–2	Physical Education Complex (1,342) Baltimore, MD
11/21/2015* 1:00 pm		Rider	W 58–53	2–2	Retriever Activities Center (416) Catonsville, MD
11/24/2015* 11:00 am		at Towson	L 51–61	2–3	SECU Arena (2,333) Towson, MD
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm		American	W 47–46	3–3	Retriever Activities Center (467) Catonsville, MD
12/06/2015* 1:00 pm		La Salle	W 60–29	4–3	Retriever Activities Center (301) Catonsville, MD
12/08/2015* 7:00 pm		Bucknell	W 65–52	5–3	Retriever Activities Center (612) Catonsville, MD
12/12/2015* 2:00 pm		at Morgan State	W 65–46	6–3	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (459) Baltimore, MD
12/15/2015* 6:00 pm		at Maryland Eastern Shore	W 55–52 OT	7–3	Hytche Athletic Center (428) Princess Anne, MD
12/20/2015* 12:00 pm		at Loyola (MD)	W 52–46	8–3	Reitz Arena (258) Baltimore, MD
12/28/2015* 1:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic semifinals	L 45–104	8–4	Hagan Arena (828) Philadelphia, PA
12/29/2015* 1:00 pm		vs. Rider Hawk Classic 3rd place game	W 67–58	9–4	Hagan Arena (743) Philadelphia, PA
America East regular season
01/02/2016 1:00 pm		Vermont	W 85–48	10–4 (1–0)	Retriever Activities Center (331) Catonsville, MD
01/06/2016 7:00 pm		Albany	L 42–77	10–5 (1–1)	Retriever Activities Center (317) Catonsville, MD
01/09/2016 12:00 pm		at Maine	L 55–65	10–6 (1–2)	Cross Insurance Center (2,026) Bangor, ME
01/13/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Stony Brook	L 60–69 OT	10–7 (1–3)	Retriever Activities Center (2,004) Catonsville, MD
01/16/2016 1:00 pm		at UMass Lowell	W 68–44	11–7 (2–3)	Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA
01/21/2016 7:00 pm		at Hartford	L 57–65	11–8 (2–4)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,012) Hartford, CT
01/27/2016 7:00 pm		Binghamton	W 62–51	12–8 (3–4)	Retriever Activities Center (691) Catonsville, MD
01/30/2016 1:00 pm		at New Hampshire	W 65–55	13–8 (4–4)	Lundholm Gym (491) Durham, NH
02/03/2016 2:00 pm		at Albany	L 39–63	13–9 (4–5)	SEFCU Arena (1,704) Albany, NY
02/06/2016 1:00 pm		Maine	L 38–72	13–10 (4–6)	Retriever Activities Center (608) Catonsville, MD
02/11/2016 7:00 pm		at Stony Brook	W 69–65 OT	14–10 (5–6)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (711) Stony Brook, NY
02/14/2016 1:00 pm		UMass Lowell	W 68–52	15–10 (6–6)	Retriever Activities Center (503) Catonsville, MD
02/17/2016 7:00 pm		Hartford	W 58–51	16–10 (7–6)	Retriever Activities Center (486) Catonsville, MD
02/20/2016 1:00 pm		at Vermont	W 74–60	17–10 (8–6)	Patrick Gym (952) Burlington, VT
02/24/2016 7:00 pm		at Binghamton	L 56–70	17–11 (8–7)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,142) Vestal, NY
02/28/2016 1:00 pm		New Hampshire	L 59–67	17–12 (8–8)	Retriever Activities Center (691) Catonsville, MD
America East Women's Tournament
03/05/2016 8:15 pm, ESPN3		vs. Binghamton Quarterfinals	L 41–49	17–13	Binghamton University Events Center (2,080) Vestal, NY
WBI
03/17/2016 7:00 pm		Fairfield First Round	W 61–49	18–13	Retriever Activities Center (2,080) Catonsville, MD
03/19/2016 2:00 pm		at Youngstown State Quarterfinals	L 48–67	18–14	Beeghly Center (1,065) Youngstown, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2016–17 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
• 2015–16 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team