2014–15 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team will represent the University of Vermont in the America East Conference. The Catamounts were led by fifth year head coach Lori Gear McBride and will once again play their home games in the Patrick Gym. They finished the season 5-24, 2-14 in America East play in a tie for an eighth-place finish. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2015 America East Women's Basketball Tournament to Albany.

2014–15 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
2014–15 record	5–24 (2–14 America East)
Head coach	Lori Gear McBride (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Shannon Bush (5th season) Shannon Gholar (2nd season) Courtnay Pilypaitis (3rd season)
Home arena	Patrick Gym

2014–15 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	14	–	2		.875			24	–	9		.727
Maine	14	–	2		.875			23	–	9		.719
Stony Brook	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
New Hampshire	9	–	7		.563			17	–	12		.586
Hartford	8	–	8		.500			16	–	17		.485
UMass Lowell*	7	–	9		.438			14	–	15		.483
UMBC	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
Vermont	2	–	14		.125			5	–	24		.172
Binghamton	2	–	14		.125			4	–	26		.133
† 2015 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2015 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games will be televised by the Northeast Sports Network.[1] Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on WVMT 620 AM and streamed online through SportsJuice.com with Rob Ryan calling the action.[2]

Roster

2014–15 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Kylie Butler 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Desert Vista Phoenix, Ariz. G 3 Sydney Smith 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Vernon Hills Vernon Hills, Ill. G 10 Kylie Atwood 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Lake Region Union Irasburg, Vt. G 12 Katie Lavelle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Long Island Lutheran Hicksville, N.Y. G 13 Kristina White 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Woodbury Woodbury, Minn. F 14 Niki Taylor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr York York, Maine F 15 Annie Wheeler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr North Gwinnett Suwanee, Ga. F 21 Kayla Burchill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Deering Portland, Maine G 22 Tierra Shumpert 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Highlands Ranch Lone Tree, Colo. F 23 Gracia Hutson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Hopkins Wayzata, Minn. F 25 Kaylea Britton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Ulysses Ulysses, Kan. F 32 Rachel Merrill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Owego Free Academy Owego, N.Y. G 40 Jordan Eisler 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Monarch Louisville, Colo.	Head coach Lori Gear McBride Assistant coach(es) Shannon Bush Shannon Gholar Courtnay Pilypaitis Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-09-14

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/15/2014* 2:00 pm		Brown	L 76–81	0–1	Patrick Gym (572) Burlington, VT
11/18/2014* 7:00 pm		Bryant	L 55–72	0–2	Patrick Gym (501) Burlington, VT
11/22/2014* 2:00 pm		at Boston University	L 61–66	0–3	Case Gym (213) Boston, MA
11/25/2014* 7:00 pm		at Central Connecticut	L 75–77 ^OT	0–4	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (512) New Britain, Connecticut
11/29/2014* 1:00 pm		Delaware	L 46–68	0–5	Patrick Gym (546) Burlington, VT
12/01/2014* 7:00 pm		at No. 21 Syracuse	L 63–94	0–6	Carrier Dome (357) Syracuse, NY
12/03/2014* 7:00 pm		at Sacred Heart	L 66–76	0–7	William H. Pitt Center (206) Fairfield, CT
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 68–63	1–7	Patrick Gym (479) Burlington, VT
12/14/2014* 3:30 pm		Wanger	W 82–75	2–7	Patrick Gym (424) Burlington, VT
12/17/2014* 2:00 pm		at St. Francis Brooklyn	W 63–61	3–7	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (150) Brooklyn, NY
12/20/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 40–60	3–8	Kress Events Center (2,218) Green Bay, WI
12/30/2014* 8:00 pm		Cornell	L 87–90 ^2OT	3–9	Patrick Gym (661) Burlington, VT
01/03/2015 2:00 pm		Hartford	L 46–62	3–10 (0–1)	Patrick Gym (662) Burlington, VT
01/07/2015 11:00 am		at Stony Brook	L 38–60	3–11 (0–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,012) Stony Brook, NY
01/10/2015 12:00 pm		at Binghamton	L 62–73	3–12 (0–3)	Binghamton University Events Center (N/A) Vestal, NY
01/14/2015 11:30 am		New Hampshire	L 56–64	3–13 (0–4)	Patrick Gym (1,294) Burlington, VT
01/17/2015 2:00 pm		UMBC	L 61–68	3–14 (0–5)	Patrick Gym (845) Burlington, VT
01/22/2015 5:30 pm		at Maine	L 46–74	3–15 (0–6)	Cross Insurance Center (N/A) Bangor, ME
01/25/2015 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	L 63–72	3–16 (0–7)	Tsongas Center (3,971) Lowell, MA
01/29/2015 7:00 pm		Albany	L 48–89	3–17 (0–8)	Patrick Gym (348) Burlington, VT
02/01/2015 2:00 pm		at Hartford	L 49–60	3–18 (0–9)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,307) Hartford, CT
02/04/2015 7:00 pm		Stony Brook	L 62–74	3–19 (0–10)	Patrick Gym (410) Burlington, VT
02/07/2015 2:00 pm		Binghamton	W 72–66	4–19 (1–10)	Patrick Gym (564) Burlington, VT
02/11/2015 7:00 pm		at New Hampshire	W 63–60	5–19 (2–10)	Lundholm Gym (408) Durham, NH
02/14/2015 1:00 pm		at UMBC	L 64–71	5–20 (2–11)	Retriever Activities Center (388) Catonsville, MD
02/18/2015 7:00 pm		Maine	L 54–57	5–21 (2–12)	Patrick Gym (525) Burlington, VT
02/26/2015 7:00 pm		UMass Lowell	L 64–72	5–22 (2–13)	Patrick Gym (570) Burlington, VT
03/01/2015 2:00 pm		at Albany	L 48–76	5–23 (2–14)	SEFCU Arena (824) Albany, NY
2015 America East Tournament
03/07/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Albany Quarterfinals	L 33–63	5–24	Binghamton University Events Center (N/A) Vestal, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2014–15 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
• Vermont Catamounts women's basketball

References

1. "University of Vermont Athletics - Team Page - NSN". NSN.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2014-07-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "UVM Athletics". University of Vermont.