2021–22 American Eagles women's basketball team

2021–22 American Eagles women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferencePatriot League
Record23–9 (13–5 Patriot)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tiffany Coll
  • Nikki Flores
  • Emily Stallings
Home arenaBender Arena
Seasons
2021–22 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Holy Cross 14 – 4   .778 20 – 11   .645
American † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719
Boston University 12 – 6   .667 17 – 14   .548
Bucknell 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
Lehigh 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Army 10 – 8   .556 16 – 13   .552
Lafayette 7 – 11   .389 12 – 18   .400
Navy 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Colgate 4 – 14   .222 6 – 24   .200
Loyola (MD) 2 – 16   .111 5 – 24   .172
† 2022 Patriot League tournament winner


The 2021–22 American Eagles women's basketball team represented the American University Eagles during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were led by ninth-year head coach Megan Gebbia and played their home games at Bender Arena as members of the Patriot League.

They finished the season 23–9 overall and 13–5 in Patriot League play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the Patriot League tournament they earned a bye into the quarterfinals where they defeated Lafayette, Boston University and Bucknell to win the title. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the fourteenth seed in the Wichita Region. They were defeated in the first round by Michigan to end their season.

Previous season

They finished the previous season 7–4, 6–3 in Patriot League play, to finish in first place in the South Division. They earned a bye in to the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament where they defeated Army, before losing to Boston University in the semifinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Roster

2021–22 American Eagles women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Ivy Bales 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Gatlinburg-Pittman HS Gatlinburg, TN
G 3 Bailey Garbee 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Quaker Valley HS Sewickley, PA
G 4 Emily Fisher 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Emmaus College Melbourne, Australia
G 5 Sadie Stetson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr St. Johnsbury Academy Waterford, VT
G 10 Jade Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr The Latin School of Chicago Chicago, IL
G 11 Jordyn Meunier 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Williston Northampton School Longmeadow, MA
G 13 Kayla Henning 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Evanston Township HS Evanston, IL
F 14 Taylor Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Lakeville North HS Lakeville, MN
F 15 Karla Vres 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr JENSEN gymnasium Södra (Sweden) Zagreb, Croatia
G 21 Maddie Doring 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr St. John Vianney HS Sayreville, NJ
G 22 Riley DeRubbo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Trinity HS Washington, PA
F 23 Lauren Stack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Benet Academy St. Charles, IL
G 24 Laura Graytok 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Greater Latrobe Senior HS Latrobe, PA
F 44 Emily Johns 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Washington Township HS Washington Township, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 20, 2022

Schedule

Source:[1]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at George Washington L 47–58  0–1
 Charles E. Smith Center (417)
Washington, D.C.
November 12, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Marist W 59–52  1–1
 McCann Arena (1,373)
Poughkeepsie, NY
November 13, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Vermont W 68–61 OT 2–1
 Patrick Gym (290)
Burlington, VT
November 17, 2021
8:00 p.m., BTN Plus 		at Minnesota L 56–73  2–2
 Williams Arena (2,643)
Minneapolis, MN
November 23, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		George Mason W 69–61  3–2
 Bender Arena (349)
Washington, D.C.
December 1, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UMBC W 55–47  4–2
 Bender Arena (433)
Washington, D.C.
December 5, 2021
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Radford W 68–58  5–2
 Bender Arena (364)
Washington, D.C.
December 7, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia W 69–56  6–2
 John Paul Jones Arena (1,441)
Charlottesville, VA
December 11, 2021
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Towson L 61–79  6–3
 Bender Arena (452)
Washington, D.C.
December 18, 2021
3:00 p.m. 		at Longwood W 62–58  7–3
 Willett Hall (218)
Farmville, VA
December 21, 2021
1:00 p.m. 		at Howard Canceled Burr Gymnasium 
Washington, D.C.
Patriot League regular season
January 5, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Colgate W 66–52  8–3
(1–0) 		Bender Arena (220)
Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2022
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Boston University L 46–69  8–4
(1–1) 		Case Gym (187)
Boston, MA
January 12, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Holy Cross W 52–39  9–4
(2–1) 		Bender Arena (269)
Washington, D.C.
January 16, 2022
4:00 p.m., CBSSN 		at Bucknell L 52–62  9–5
(2–2) 		Sojka Pavilion (428)
Lewisburg, PA
January 19, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Army W 80–65  10–5
(3–2) 		Bender Arena (259)
Washington, D.C.
January 22, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola (MD) W 53–49  11–5
(4–2) 		Bender Arena (472)
Washington, D.C.
January 26, 2022
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Holy Cross L 44–55  11–6
(4–3) 		Hart Center (92)
Worcester, MA
January 29, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Navy W 69–60  12–6
(5–3) 		Bender Arena (411)
Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Lafayette W 58–51  13–6
(6–3) 		Kirby Sports Center (217)
Easton, PA
February 5, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Colgate L 60–74  13–7
(6–4) 		Cotterell Court (163)
Hamilton, NY
February 9, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Bucknell W 56–48  14–7
(7–4) 		Bender Arena (559)
Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Boston University W 70–57  15–7
(8–4) 		Bender Arena (611)
Washington, D.C.
February 16, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Navy W 54–43  16–7
(9–4) 		Alumni Hall (402)
Annapolis, MD
February 19, 2022
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Army L 62–67  16–8
(9–5) 		Christl Arena (571)
West Point, NY
February 22, 2022
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Lehigh W 64–45  17–8
(10–5) 		Bender Arena (168)
Washington, D.C.
February 23, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Lehigh W 61–52  18–8
(11–5) 		Bender Arena (0)
Washington, D.C.
February 26, 2022
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Loyola (MD) W 49–48  19–8
(12–5) 		Reitz Arena (384)
Baltimore, MD
March 2, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		LaFayette W 62–48  20–8
(13–5) 		Bender Arena (462)
Washington, D.C.
Patriot League tournament
March 7, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (7) LaFayette
Quarterfinals 		W 54–48  21–8
 Bender Arena (283)
Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) vs. (3) Boston University
Semifinals 		W 70–48  22–8
 Bender Arena (386)
Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2022
Noon, CBSSN 		(2) vs. (4) Bucknell
Final 		W 65–54  23–8
 Bender Arena (1,107)
Washington, D.C.
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2022
3:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(14) at (3) No. 12 Michigan
First round 		L 39–74  23–9
 Crisler Center (6,741)
Ann Arbor, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=Wichita.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
AP———————————————————
Coaches———————————————————
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received votes
(NR)   Not ranked and did not receive votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.

References

  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule". aueagles.com. Retrieved May 20, 2022.