2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, initially led by seventeenth year head coach Phil Stern, played their home games at UMBC Event Center and are members of the America East Conference.

2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	10–20 (3–13 America East)
Head coach	Phil Stern (resigned 2019-2-22) Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (interim)
Assistant coaches	Chelsea Barker Walsh Courtnay Pilypaitis
Home arena	UMBC Event Center

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

On February 22, 2019, Stern, who had been on administrative leave since December 13, 2018, announced his resignation from UMBC. Assistant coach Carlee Cassidy-Dewey served as interim head coach during Stern's initial leave, and continued in that role following his resignation.

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

2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Tania Hill 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Capitol Christian Academy Brandywine, MD F 1 Janee'a Summers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Bound Brook Bound Brook, NJ G 2 O'lesheya Braxton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Fr Paterson Kennedy Paterson, NJ G 3 Te'yJah Oliver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Riverdale Baptist Clinton, MD F 10 Eryn Fisher 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Woodvale Secondary College Kingsley, Australia G 11 Sariah Penese 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr St. Mary's Girl's Catholic College Wellington, New Zealand G 12 Paula Rubio 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Colegio Sagrada Familia Madrid, Spain F 13 Jen Gast 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Catonsville Baltimore, MD F 22 Kayla Jackson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Aquinas Institute of Rochester Rochester, NY F 23 Kristen Teklits 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So New Fairfield New Fairfield, CT F/C 24 Lucrezia Costa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Liceo Classico Enrico Perito Rome, Italy G 30 Silvia Ferreiros 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Colegio San José Lugo, Spain G 35 Dominika Skrocka 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Southwest Tennessee CC Moscow, Russia G 42 Tyler Moore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Norfolk Academy Portsmouth, VA	Head coach Phil Stern (Concordia (NY)) (resigned 2/22/19) Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (UMBC) (interim) Assistant coach(es) Chelsea Barker Walsh (UMBC) Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont) 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
Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Gettysburg	W 65–51	1–0	UMBC Event Center (386) Catonsville, MD
Nov 8, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern (PA)	W 81–42	2–0	UMBC Event Center (204) Catonsville, MD
Nov 10, 2018* 2:00 pm		vs. UTSA Seton Hall Tip-Off	W 72–58	3–0	Walsh Gymnasium (214) South Orange, NJ
Nov 11, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. Kennesaw State Seton Hall Tip-Off	W 57–53	4–0	Walsh Gymnasium (307) South Orange, NJ
Nov 14, 2018* 11:00 am		at Coppin State	W 57–52	5–0	Physical Education Complex (933) Baltimore, MD
Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Notre Dame (MD)	W 81–43	6–0	UMBC Event Center (175) Catonsville, MD
Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Towson	L 62–71	6–1	UMBC Event Center (197) Catonsville, MD
Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm		at American	L 42–64	6–2	Bender Arena (355) Washington, D.C.
Dec 2, 2018* 1:00 pm		at No. 7 Maryland	L 61–92	6–3	Xfinity Center (4,226) College Park, MD
Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Mount St. Mary's	L 52–65	6–4	UMBC Event Center (318) Catonsville, MD
Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Hofstra	L 42–45	6–5	UMBC Event Center (339) Catonsville, MD
Dec 20, 2018* 5:30 pm		at Morgan State	W 73–68	7–5	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (54) Baltimore, MD
Dec 31, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Maryland Eastern Shore	L 67–73 OT	7–6	UMBC Event Center (1,328) Catonsville, MD
America East regular season
Jan 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Maine	L 44–84	7–7 (0–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,829) Bangor, ME
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Hartford	L 52–66	7–8 (0–2)	UMBC Event Center (426) Catonsville, MD
Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		UMass Lowell	L 55–67	7–9 (0–3)	UMBC Event Center (313) Catonsville, MD
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	L 45–67	7–10 (0–4)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,389) Vestal, NY
Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	L 44–64	7–11 (0–5)	SEFCU Arena (840) Albany, NY
Jan 23, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN3		Vermont	L 44–58	7–12 (0–6)	UMBC Event Center (2,187) Catonsville, MD
Jan 26, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 64–62	8–12 (1–6)	UMBC Event Center (503) Catonsville, MD
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Stony Brook	L 44–57	8–13 (1–7)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (506) Staten Island, NY
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	L 47–92	8–14 (1–8)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (554) West Hartford, CT
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Maine	L 45–58	8–15 (1–9)	UMBC Event Center (728) Catonsville, MD
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Binghamton	L 46–58	8–16 (1–10)	UMBC Event Center (320) Catonsville, MD
Feb 16, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	L 41–62	8–17 (1–11)	Tsongas Center (854) Lowell, MA
Feb 20, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Vermont	L 50–58	8–18 (1–12)	Patrick Gym (1,605) Burlington, VT
Feb 23, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 69–60	9–18 (2–12)	UMBC Event Center (437) Catonsville, MD
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Stony Brook	L 59–70	9–19 (2–13)	UMBC Event Center (604) Catonsville, MD
Mar 2, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	W 55–47	10–19 (3–13)	Lundholm Gym (290) Durham, NH
America East Women's Tournament
Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(7)	at (2) Hartford Quarterfinals	L 48–65	10–20	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (523) West Hartford, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2018–19 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team