2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by sixteenth year head coach Phil Stern and members of the America East Conference,[1][2][3] began the season playing home games in the Retriever Activities Center before the opening of the new UMBC Event Center on February 3, 2018.[4] The women's first game in the new arena was on February 8 against Binghamton.[5]

2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
2017–18 record	5–26 (3–13 America East)
Head coach	Phil Stern (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Carlee Cassidy-Dewey Chelsea Barker Walsh Courtnay Pilypaitis
Home arena	Retriever Activities Center UMBC Event Center

2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Maine †	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
Albany	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
Binghamton	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
Stony Brook	10	–	6		.625			18	–	12		.600
Hartford	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
New Hampshire	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Vermont	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
UMBC	3	–	13		.188			5	–	26		.161
UMass Lowell	1	–	15		.063			4	–	26		.133
† 2018 America East Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.

Roster

2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Janee'a Summers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bound Brook Bound Brook, NJ G 2 O'lesheya Braxton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Paterson Kennedy Paterson, NJ G 3 Te'yJah Oliver 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Riverdale Baptist Clinton, MD F 10 Chukwuma Chiamaka 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Eastern Arizona College Lagos, Nigeria F 13 Jen Gast 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Catonsville Baltimore, MD G 21 Carly Harris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Shaler Area Glenshaw, PA F 23 Kristen Teklits 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr New Fairfield New Fairfield, CT F/C 24 Lucrezia Costa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Liceo Classico Enrico Perito Rome, Italy G 25 Laura Castaldo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Clarkstown South West Nyack, NY G 31 Brittany Burgess 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr St. Mary's Ryken VCU White Plains, MD G 35 Allison McGrath 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So South Park South Park, PA G 42 Tyler Moore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Norfolk Academy Portsmouth, VA F 44 Kayla Hinderlie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Edmund Burke School Silver Spring, MD F 45 Lakiah Sims 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Charles Drew Palm Beach State Riverdale, GA	Head coach Phil Stern (Concordia) Assistant coach(es) Carlee Cassidy-Dewey (UMBC) Chelsea Barker Walsh (UMBC) Courtnay Pilypaitis (Vermont) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm		at Fordham	L 46–55	0–1	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,923) Bronx, NY
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm		at Hofstra	L 55–71	0–2	Hofstra Arena (323) Hempstead, NY
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Gettysburg	W 72–45	1–2	Retriever Activities Center (382) Catonsville, MD
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		LIU Brooklyn	L 52–66	1–3	Retriever Activities Center (341) Catonsville, MD
11/21/2017* 11:00 am		at Towson	L 64–95	1–4	SECU Arena (3,100) Towson, MD
11/25/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. St. Bonaventure Navy Classic semifinals	L 53–64	1–5	Alumni Hall (378) Annapolis, MD
11/26/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. North Dakota State Navy Classic 3rd place game	L 53–67	1–6	Alumni Hall (215) Annapolis, MD
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		American	L 48–61	1–7	Retriever Activities Center (320) Catonsville, MD
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Columbia	L 44–60	1–8	Retriever Activities Center (318) Catonsville, MD
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Denver	L 48–70	1–9	Retriever Activities Center (266) Catonsville, MD
12/11/2017* 7:00 pm		at George Mason	L 38–58	1–10	EagleBank Arena (527) Fairfax, VA
12/21/2017* 6:00 pm		at Maryland Eastern Shore	L 43–66	1–11	Hytche Athletic Center (322) Princess Anne, MD
12/30/2017* 4:00 pm		at Princeton	L 44–70	1–12	Jadwin Gymnasium (828) Princeton, NJ
America East regular season
01/03/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 51–56	1–13 (0–1)	Lundholm Gym (156) Durham, NH
01/06/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	L 58–72	1–14 (0–2)	Retriever Activities Center (291) Catonsville, MD
01/10/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3		Maine	L 50–65	1–15 (0–3)	Retriever Activities Center (2,366) Catonsville, MD
01/13/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 66–54	2–15 (1–3)	Retriever Activities Center (291) Catonsville, MD
01/15/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	L 54–65	2–16 (1–4)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,005) Hartford, CT
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	L 75–78	2–17 (1–5)	Retriever Activities Center (281) Catonsville, MD
01/24/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	L 51–81	2–18 (1–6)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,151) Vestal, NY
01/31/2018 7:00 pm		Stony Brook	L 44–69	2–19 (1–7)	Retriever Activities Center (324) Catonsville, MD
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Maine	L 36–69	2–20 (1–8)	Cross Insurance Center (2,469) Bangor, ME
02/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	W 52–51	3–20 (2–8)	Patrick Gym (156) Burlington, VT
02/08/2018 7:00 pm		Binghamton	L 53–68	3–21 (2–9)	UMBC Event Center (518) Catonsville, MD
02/11/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		New Hampshire	L 46–51	3–22 (2–10)	UMBC Event Center (220) Catonsville, MD
02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Stony Brook	L 49–53	3–23 (2–11)	Binghamton University Events Center (267) Stony Brook, NY
02/17/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	L 45–79	3–24 (2–12)	SEFCU Arena (1,158) Albany, NY
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Hartford	L 54–61	3–25 (2–13)	UMBC Event Center (203) Catonsville, MD
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 61–39	4–25 (3–13)	Costello Athletic Center (891) Lowell, MA
America East Women's Tournament
02/28/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(9)	(8) UMass Lowell First Round	W 73–65	5–25	UMBC Event Center (281) Catonsville, MD
02/28/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(9)	vs. (1) Maine Quarterfinals	L 43–65	5–26	Cross Insurance Arena (2,158) Portland, ME
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2017–18 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team

References

1. "UMBC" (PDF). Umbcretrievers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
2. "UMBC Retrievers Women's Basketball - Retrievers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
3. UMBC Retrievers. "UMBC Retrievers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
4. Shaffer, Jonas (January 24, 2018). "New UMBC Event Center to open for Feb. 3 men's basketball game vs. Vermont". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
5. "Retrievers Fall in RAC Finale, 69-44 to Stony Brook" (Press release). UMBC Retrievers. January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018. UMBC will have their Event Center opener against Binghamton on Thursday, Feb. 8.
6. "2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule - UMBC". Umbcretrievers.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.