2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

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 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record19–13 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joe Mullaney
  • Laura Kurz
  • Shanette Lee
Home arenaFinneran Pavilion
Seasons
2018–19 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
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

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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
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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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

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2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Coaches RV RV^ RV
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

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References

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