2017–18 Fordham Rams women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Fordham Rams women's basketball team represents Fordham University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams were led by seventh-year head coach Stephanie Gaitley. They were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Rose Hill Gymnasium. They finished the season 24–10, 12–4 in A-10 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 women's tournament where they lost to Saint Joseph's. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Harvard and Drexel in the first and second rounds before losing to Virginia Tech in the third round.

2017–18 Fordham Rams women's basketball
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	24–10 (12–4 A-10)
Head coach	Stephanie Gaitley (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Angelika Szumilo Sonia Burke Valerie Nainima
Home arena	Rose Hill Gymnasium

2017–18 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	15	–	1		.938			23	–	7		.767
Duquesne	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
Fordham	12	–	4		.750			24	–	10		.706
George Mason	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
George Washington †	10	–	6		.625			19	–	14		.576
Saint Joseph's	10	–	6		.625			19	–	15		.559
Saint Louis	9	–	7		.563			17	–	16		.515
Richmond	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Davidson	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
UMass	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
La Salle	3	–	13		.188			8	–	22		.267
St. Bonaventure	3	–	13		.188			8	–	22		.267
VCU	4	–	12		.250			7	–	22		.241
Rhode Island	1	–	15		.063			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 A10 Tournament winner As of 22 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Media

Fordham Rams Sports Network

Fordham Rams games will be broadcast on WFUV Sports and streamed online through the Fordham Portal. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

Roster

2017–18 Fordham Rams women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Zara Jillings 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Westlake Girls Auckland, New Zealand G 2 Lauren Holden 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Lower Cape May Regional Cape May, NJ G 3 Katie McLoughlin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr The Ursuline School Yonkers, NY F 5 G'mrice Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Girard College Philadelphia, PA G 10 Breanna Cavanaugh 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Blair Academy California Allamuchy, NJ F 11 Johanna Klug 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Nördlingen, Germany G 12 Asnate Fomina 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Riga Secondary School No. 49 Riga, Latvia C 14 Vilisi Tavui 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Lelean Memorial Nausori, Fiji G 15 Ralene Kwiatkowski 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Carolina Day School Asheville, NC G 20 Kendell Heremaia 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Peter's Whangārei, New Zealand G 21 Lauren Murphy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Northwest Catholic West Hartford, CT F/C 23 Halei Gillis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Carolina Day School Asheville, NC F 34 Mary Goulding 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Rangiora Gillette College Rangiora, New Zealand F 42 Kristen Ryan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Archbishop John Carroll Malvern, PA	Head coach Stephanie Gaitley (Villanova) Assistant coach(es) Angelika Szumilo (LIU Brooklyn) Sonia Burke (Spring Hill) Valerie Nainima (South Carolina) 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
Exhibition
11/03/2017* 4:30 pm		Hofstra Puerto Rico Relief Exhibition	L 46–55		Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm		Post	W 83–33		Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm		UMBC	W 55–46	1–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,923) Bronx, NY
11/16/2017* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra		at Boston College	L 52–55	1–1	Conte Forum (2,563) Chestnut Hill, MA
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	L 52–59 OT	1–2	SEFCU Arena (1,209) Albany, NY
11/24/2017* 7:00 pm		Northern Colorado	W 48–33	2–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (259) Bronx, NY
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		at Manhattan Battle of the Bronx	W 54–48	3–2	Draddy Gymnasium (149) Riverdale, NY
12/03/2017* 2:00 pm		Pittsburgh	W 58–55	4–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (804) Bronx, NY
12/06/2017* 6:00 pm, BTN		at Penn State	L 60–65	4–3	Bryce Jordan Center (2,390) University Park, PA
12/09/2017* 1:00 pm		Iona	W 78–48	5–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,578) Bronx, NY
12/12/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at St. John's Rivalry	W 67–64 2OT	6–3	Carnesecca Arena (587) Queens, NY
12/17/2017* 2:00 pm		Bucknell	W 71–62	7–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (883) Bronx, NY
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		No. 11 UCLA	L 30–67	7–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,327) Bronx, NY
12/28/2017* 1:00 pm		Hartford Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	W 69–44	8–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium (832) Bronx, NY
12/29/2017* 3:30 pm		UC Davis Fordham Holiday Classic championship	W 70–62	9–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium (862) Bronx, NY
Atlantic 10 regular season
12/31/2017 2:00 pm		George Washington	W 61–50	10–4 (1–0)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (905) Bronx, NY
01/03/2018 5:00 pm		at UMass	W 62–51	11–4 (2–0)	Mullins Center (364) Amherst, MA
01/06/2018 1:00 pm, CBSSN		Saint Louis	W 66–63	12–4 (3–0)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,805) Bronx, NY
01/10/2018 12:00 pm		Davidson	W 66–58	13–4 (4–0)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,435) Bronx, NY
01/14/2018 1:00 pm		at VCU	W 64–54	14–4 (5–0)	Siegel Center (619) Richmond, VA
01/17/2018 7:00 pm		Dayton	L 62–63	14–5 (5–1)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (874) Bronx, NY
01/21/2018 2:00 pm		at Richmond	W 43–38	15–5 (6–1)	Robins Center (854) Richmond, VA
01/25/2018 7:00 pm		St. Bonaventure	W 72–48	16–5 (7–1)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (801) Bronx, NY
01/28/2018 2:00 pm		at George Mason	W 67–62	17–5 (8–1)	EagleBank Arena (2,380) Fairfax, VA
01/31/2018 12:00 pm, NBCSN		at Saint Louis	L 85–91 2OT	17–6 (8–2)	Chaifetz Arena (4,320) St. Louis, MO
02/04/2018 2:00 pm		Rhode Island	W 76–64	18–6 (9–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (935) Bronx, NY
02/10/2018 2:00 pm		at Davidson	W 58–45	19–6 (10–2)	John M. Belk Arena (485) Davidson, NC
02/13/2018 7:00 pm		La Salle	W 66–45	20–6 (11–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (967) Bronx, NY
02/18/2018 2:00 pm		at Dayton	L 54–79	20–7 (11–3)	UD Arena (3,357) Dayton, OH
02/21/2018 7:00 pm		at Duquesne	W 51–43	21–7 (12–3)	Palumbo Center (707) Pittsburgh, PA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	L 50–52	21–8 (12–4)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,366) Bronx, NY
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018 7:00 pm	(3)	(14) Rhode Island First Round	W 75–53	22–8	Rose Hill Gymnasium (662) Bronx, NY
03/02/2018 7:00 pm	(3)	vs. (6) Saint Joseph's Quarterfinals	L 49–52	22–9	Richmond Coliseum  Richmond, VA
WNIT
03/16/2018* 7:00 pm		Harvard First Round	W 65–47	23–9	Rose Hill Gymnasium (558) Bronx, NY
03/18/2018* 4:00 pm		at Drexel Second Round	W 63–60	24–9	Daskalakis Athletic Center (505) Philadelphia, PA
03/22/2018* 7:00 pm		at Virginia Tech Third Round	L 50–81	24–10	Cassell Coliseum (950) Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 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

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2017–18 Fordham Rams men's basketball team