2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball
Ivy League regular season co-champions
WNIT, second round
ConferenceIvy League
Record24–7 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kelly Killion
  • Bernadette Laukaitis
Home arenaPalestra
Seasons
2018–19 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn 12 – 2   .857 24 – 6   .800
Princeton *† 12 – 2   .857 22 – 10   .688
Harvard 9 – 5   .643 17 – 12   .586
Yale 6 – 8   .429 16 – 13   .552
Dartmouth 6 – 8   .429 13 – 14   .481
Cornell 6 – 8   .429 12 – 14   .462
Columbia 4 – 10   .286 8 – 19   .296
Brown 1 – 13   .071 9 – 21   .300
† 2019 Ivy League Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 23, 2019
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by tenth-year head coach Mike McLaughlin, played their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 24–7, 12–2 in Ivy League play, to share the Ivy League regular-season title with Princeton. They advanced to the championship game of the Ivy League women's tournament where they lost to Princeton. They received an automatic trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated American in the first before losing to Providence in the second round.

Roster

2018–19 Penn Quakers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Katie Kinum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So New Providence New Providence, NJ
G 3 Michae Jones 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So E.D. White Catholic Thibodaux, LA
F 4 Kennedy Suttle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Holy Innocents' Episcopal Atlanta, GA
G 5 Sereena Weledji 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Saint Thomas Aquinas Overland Park, KS
G 11 Kendall Grasela 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Germantown Academy Huntingdon Valley, PA
G 14 Meg Hair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr James-DeWitt Syracuse, NY
F 15 Liz Satter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Loyola Academy Glencoe, IL
G 21 Mia Lakstigala 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Naperville Central Naperville, IL
G 22 Deja Jackson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Grinnell Grinnell, IA
G 23 Kristen Daley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr The Rivers School Sharon, MA
F 24 Tori Crawford 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Bullis School Potomac, MD
G 25 Ashley Russell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Braintree Braintree, MA
C 31 Eleah Parker 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Northside Christian Academy Charlotte, NC
G 33 Phoebe Sterba 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Magnificat Cleveland, OH
F 34 Christina Dicindio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So West Windsor-Plainsboro West Windsor, NJ
C 40 Emily Anderson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr South Fayette Bridgeville, PA
C 44 Noelle Cahill 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Regis Jesuit Parker, CO
F 50 Princess Aghayere 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr South Lakes Reston, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: July 13, 2024

Schedule

Source:[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 10, 2018*
2:00 p.m. 		at Siena W 58–51  1–0
 Alumni Recreation Center (1,019)
Loudonville, NY
November 12, 2018*
7:00 p.m., ACCNE 		at No. 1 Notre Dame L 55–78  1–1
 Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,854)
South Bend, IN
November 15, 2018*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Saint Joseph's W 65–45  2–1
 Palestra (354)
Philadelphia, PA
November 17, 2018*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		NJIT W 85–42  3–1
 Palestra (405)
Philadelphia, PA
November 24, 2018*
1:00 p.m. 		at Navy
Navy Classic semifinals 		W 65–61  4–1
 Alumni Hall (414)
Annapolis, MD
November 25, 2018*
3:15 p.m. 		vs. Maine
Navy Classic championship game 		L 46–47  4–2
 Alumni Hall (368)
Annapolis, MD
December 5, 2018*
7:00 p.m., NBCSPHI/ESPN+ 		La Salle W 65–34  5–2
 Palestra (449)
Philadelphia, PA
December 8, 2018*
1:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Iona W 66–43  6–2
 Hynes Athletic Center (583)
New Rochelle, NY
December 21, 2018*
11:30 a.m. 		at Drexel
Battle of 33rd Street 		W 55–39  7–2
 Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,625)
Philadelphia, PA
December 31, 2018*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		at Stetson W 75–53  8–2
 Edmunds Center (263)
DeLand, FL
January 5, 2019
2:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ 		at Princeton W 66–60  9–2
(1–0) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (1,104)
Princeton, NJ
January 16, 2019*
7:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ 		Villanova L 50–58  9–3
 Palestra (263)
Philadelphia, PA
January 23, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Temple W 71–62  10–3
 Palestra (437)
Philadelphia, PA
January 27, 2019*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Haverford W 81–46  11–3
 Palestra (734)
Philadelphia, PA
February 1, 2019
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cornell W 59–46  12–3
(2–0) 		Newman Arena (1,741)
Ithaca, NY
February 2, 2019
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Columbia W 72–60  13–3
(3–0) 		Levien Gymnasium (713)
New York, NY
February 8, 2019
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Brown W 83–43  14–3
(4–0) 		Palestra (671)
Philadelphia, PA
February 9, 2019
6:00 p.m., NBCSPHI+/ESPN+ 		Yale W 54–48  15–3
(5–0) 		Palestra (903)
Philadelphia, PA
February 15, 2019
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Dartmouth W 60–44  16–3
(6–0) 		Leede Arena (733)
Hanover, NH
February 16, 2019
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Harvard L 72–80 2OT 16–4
(6–1) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Cambridge, MA
February 22, 2019
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Columbia W 79–56  17–4
(7–1) 		Palestra (2,906)
Philadelphia, PA
February 23, 2019
4:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cornell W 69–58  18–4
(8–1) 		Palestra (4,298)
Philadelphia, PA
February 26, 2019
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Princeton L 53–68  18–5
(8–2) 		Palestra (683)
Philadelphia, PA
March 1, 2019
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Harvard W 80–75 OT 19–5
(9–2) 		Palestra (568)
Philadelphia, PA
March 2, 2019
6:00 p.m., ESPN3 		Dartmouth W 56–52  20–5
(10–2) 		Palestra (812)
Philadelphia, PA
March 8, 2019
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Yale W 65–56  21–5
(11–2) 		John J. Lee Amphitheater (927)
New Haven, CT
March 9, 2019
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Brown W 75–53  22–5
(12–2) 		Pizzitola Sports Center (631)
Providence, RI
Ivy League women's tournament
March 16, 2019
8:30 p.m., ESPN3 		(2) vs. (3) Harvard
Semifinals 		W 91–62  23–5
 John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
March 17, 2019
4:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(2) vs. (1) Princeton
Championship game 		L 54–65  23–6
 John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
WNIT
March 22, 2019*
7:00 p.m. 		American
First round 		W 64–45  24–6
 Palestra (817)
Philadelphia, PA
March 24, 2019*
4:00 p.m. 		at Providence
Second round 		W 54–6  24–7
 Alumni Hall (511)
Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

See also

References

  1. ^ "University of Pennsylvania". Pennathletics.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.