2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	19–13 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach	Harry Perretta (41st season);
Assistant coaches	Joe Mullaney; Laura Kurz; Shanette Lee;
Home arena	Finneran Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

2018–19 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

Harry Perretta (Lycoming)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Mullaney (Providence)
Laura Kurz (Villanova)
Shanette Lee (Villanova)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[1]

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.

References

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

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

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2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

Contents

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References