2017–18 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team

The 2017–18 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team represents the University of San Francisco in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by head coach Molly Goodenbour in her second season at San Francisco. The Dons, as members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at War Memorial Gymnasium.[1][2][3] They finished the season 16–15, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

2017–18 San Francisco Dons women's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2017–18 record1615 (108 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Natasha Smith
  • Janell Jones
  • Arthur Moreira
Home arenaWar Memorial Gymnasium
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga171 .944  276  .818
Saint Mary's135 .722  2011  .645
Loyola Marymount117 .611  1911  .633
BYU117 .611  1614  .533
San Francisco108 .556  1615  .516
San Diego810 .444  1715  .531
Pacific711 .389  1517  .469
Pepperdine513 .278  1021  .323
Santa Clara513 .278  921  .300
Portland315 .167  723  .233
2018 WCC Tournament winner
As of 17 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 18–13, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women's Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

Roster

2017–18 San Francisco Dons women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Anna Pierce 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoParish Episcopal Plano, TX
F/C 4 Moa Lundqvist 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoBG LULEÅ
Odessa College
Östersund, Sweden
F/C 11 Bec Black 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrBarker College Coffs Harbour, Australia
G 13 Nia Alexander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoTodd Beamer Federal Way, WA
F 14 Michaela Rakova 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrGymnazium Hubeneho Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia
G 21 Anna Seilund 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SrFalkonergaarden Copenhagen, Denmark
F 23 Alicia Roufosse 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrW. J. Mouat Abbotsford, BC
G 24 Veronica Preciado 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrGrant Union
Eastern Arizona JC
Sacramento, CA
G 33 Shannon Powell 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrBel Air
Cochise College
El Paso, TX
G 35 Kalyn Simon 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SrArchbishop Mitty San Jose, CA
G 43 Ninni Salmi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS SoMäkelänrinne Kauhajoki, Finland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2018

Schedule and results

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
6:00 pm
Cal Poly W 83–71  1–0
War Memorial Gymnasium (300)
San Francisco, CA
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm
Washington State L 70–74  1–1
War Memorial Gymnasium (358)
San Francisco, CA
11/19/2017*
1:00 pm
at Northern Colorado L 60–73  1–2
Bank of Colorado Arena (608)
Greeley, CO
11/25/2017*
2:00 pm
vs. Robert Morris
Cal Poly Holiday Classic
W 57–45  2–2
Robert A. Mott Athletics Center (75)
San Luis Obispo, CA
11/25/2017*
12:00 pm
at Cal Poly
Cal Poly Holiday Classic
L 83–88  2–3
Robert A. Mott Athletics Center (152)
San Luis Obispo, CA
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 16 Stanford L 66–86  2–4
War Memorial Gymnasium (775)
San Francisco, CA
12/01/2017*
7:00 pm
at San Jose State W 87–81  3–4
Event Center Arena (773)
San Jose, CA
12/06/2017*
5:00 pm
at UC Davis L 55–72  3–5
The Pavilion 
Davis, CA
12/15/2017*
6:00 pm
Sacramento State W 90–76  4–5
War Memorial Gymnasium (202)
San Francisco, CA
12/17/2017*
2:00 pm
Fresno State W 70–62  5–5
War Memorial Gymnasium (302)
San Francisco, CA
12/21/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN3
at Texas–Arlington L 54–56  5–6
College Park Center (1,937)
Arlington, TX
WCC regular season
12/28/2017
7:00 pm
San Diego L 54–60  5–7
(0–1)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
12/30/2017
2:00 pm
Portland W 84–75  6–7
(1–1)
War Memorial Gymnasium (347)
San Francisco, CA
01/04/2018
6:00 pm, BYUtv
at BYU L 66–70  6–8
(1–2)
Marriott Center (560)
Provo, UT
01/06/2018
2:00 pm
Pepperdine W 68–67  7–8
(2–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium (348)
San Francisco, CA
01/11/2018
7:00 pm
Loyola Marymount W 78–60  8–8
(3–2)
War Memorial Gymnasium (281)
San Francisco, CA
01/13/2018
2:00 pm
at Gonzaga L 47–74  8–9
(3–3)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,566)
Spokane, WA
01/18/2018
7:00 pm
at Santa Clara W 58–54  9–9
(4–3)
Leavey Center (642)
Santa Clara, CA
01/20/2018
1:00 pm
at Pepperdine L 92–95 2OT 9–10
(4–4)
Firestone Fieldhouse (142)
Malibu, CA
01/25/2018
11:00 am
at Pacific W 81–71  10–10
(5–4)
Alex G. Spanos Center (3,725)
Stockton, CA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
Gonzaga L 57–81  10–11
(5–5)
War Memorial Gymnasium (415)
San Francisco, CA
02/01/2018
7:00 pm
Saint Mary's L 59–73  10–12
(5–6)
War Memorial Gymnasium (473)
San Francisco, CA
02/03/2018
2:00 pm
Santa Clara W 64–47  11–12
(6–6)
War Memorial Gymnasium (358)
San Francisco, CA
02/08/2018
7:00 pm
at Portland W 76–63  12–12
(7–6)
Chiles Center (344)
Portland, OR
02/10/2018
2:00 pm
BYU W 76–73  13–12
(8–6)
War Memorial Gymnasium (337)
San Francisco, CA
02/15/2018
6:30 pm
at Saint Mary's L 64–72  13–13
(8–7)
McKeon Pavilion (271)
Moraga, CA
02/17/2018
2:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount L 60–65  13–14
(8–8)
Gersten Pavilion (304)
Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2018
7:00 pm
Pacific W 80–78  14–14
(9–8)
War Memorial Gymnasium (473)
San Francisco, CA
02/24/2018
2:00 pm
at San Diego W 49–47  15–14
(10–8)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (688)
San Diego, CA
WCC Women's Tournament
03/01/2018
8:00 pm, BYUtv
(5) vs. (4) Loyola Marymount
Quarterfinals
W 89–76  16–14
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
03/05/2018
12:00 pm, BYUtv
(5) vs. (1) Gonzaga
Semifinals
L 53–65  16–15
Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

References

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