2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represents Cornell University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by seventeenth year head coach Dayna Smith, play their home games at Newman Arena and are members of the Ivy League. They finished the season at 12–14, 6–8 to finish in a 3 way tie for fourth place. Due to a tie breaker with to Yale and Dartmouth earns the 4th seed in Ivy League Women's Tournament which they lost to Princeton in semifinals.

2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
2018–19 record	12–14 (6–8 Ivy)
Head coach	Dayna Smith (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Val Klopfer David Elliott Shelby Lyman
Home arena	Newman Arena

2018–19 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn	12	–	2		.857			24	–	6		.800
Princeton *†	12	–	2		.857			22	–	10		.688
Harvard	9	–	5		.643			17	–	12		.586
Yale	6	–	8		.429			16	–	13		.552
Dartmouth	6	–	8		.429			13	–	14		.481
Cornell	6	–	8		.429			12	–	14		.462
Columbia	4	–	10		.286			8	–	19		.296
Brown	1	–	13		.071			9	–	21		.300
† 2019 Ivy League Tournament winner *Tournament #1 seed As of March 23, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Kate Sramac 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mount Lebanon Pittsburgh, PA G 4 Danielle Jorgenson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Orono Orono, MN G 5 Dylan Higgins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr The Episcopal Academy Bala Cynwyd, PA G 10 Caitlyn Smith 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Vero Beach Palm Beach State College Vero Beach, NJ G 11 Samantha Will 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bishop Brady Loudon, NH G 12 Samantha Widmann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Notre Dame Lawrenceville, NJ F 14 Elodie Furey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So The Episcopal Academy Villanova, PA F 15 Theresa Grace Mbanefo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Blaine Otsego, MN F 20 Halley Miklos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Liberty Common Fort Collins, CO G 23 Samantha Clement 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Fairmont Preparatory Academy Anaheim, CA G 24 Laura Bagwell-Katalinich 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Academy of the Holy Angels Minneapolis, MN F 25 Reena Olsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Putnam Valley Cortlandt Manor, NY F 31 Stephanie Umeh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Notre Dame Academy Los Angeles, CA F 33 Jessica Willerson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Catherine McAuley Falmouth, ME F 43 Annika Hoff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Northfield Northfield, MN	Head coach Dayna Smith (Rhode Island) Assistant coach(es) Val Klopfer (Wake Forest) David Elliott (Arizona) Shelby Lyman (Cornell) 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
Nov 9, 2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Binghamton	L 61–72	0–1	Binghamton University Events Center (2,509) Vestal, NY
Nov 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Albany	W 48–34	1–1	Newman Arena (269) Ithaca, NY
Nov 15, 2018* 6:00 pm		at Colgate Postponed; inclement weather[2]			Cotterell Court  Hamilton, NY
Nov 17, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 63–54	2–1	Newman Arena (211) Ithaca, NY
Nov 23, 2018* 4:00 pm		at No. 23 Minnesota	L 45–65	2–2	Williams Arena (4,339) Minneapolis, MN
Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Colorado State	L 53–56	2–3	Moby Arena (1,401) Fort Collins, CO
Nov 29, 2018* 6:00 pm		at Lehigh	L 54–67	2–4	Stabler Arena (482) Bethlehem, PA
Dec 1, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Stony Brook	L 61–63	2–5	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,123) Stony Brook, NY
Dec 15, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Delaware State	W 94–59	3–5	Newman Arena (179) Ithaca, NY
Dec 20, 2018* 12:00 pm		at Lafayette	W 62–59	4–5	Kirby Sports Center (310) Easton, PA
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Hampton	W 79–53	5–5	Newman Arena (223) Ithaca, NY
Dec 31, 2018* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	W 58–44	6–5	Newman Arena (376) Ithaca, NY
Jan 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Vermont Tech Cancelled[3]			Newman Arena  Ithaca, NY
Ivy League regular season
Jan 19, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+		Columbia	W 60–51	7–5 (1–0)	Newman Arena (512) Ithaca, NY
Jan 26, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Columbia	L 57–65	7–6 (1–1)	Levien Gymnasium (1,002) New York, NY
Feb 1, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+		Penn	L 46–59	7–7 (1–2)	Newman Arena (1,741) Ithaca, NY
Feb 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Princeton	L 46–75	7–8 (1–2)	Newman Arena (750) Ithaca, NY
Feb 8, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Dartmouth	L 56–63	7–9 (1–3)	Newman Arena (412) Ithaca, NY
Feb 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Harvard	L 61–68	7–10 (1–4)	Newman Arena (424) Ithaca, NY
Feb 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Brown	W 65–53	8–10 (2–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center (355) Providence, RI
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Yale	W 43–41	9–10 (3–4)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (424) New Haven, CT
Feb 22, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Princeton	L 64–68	9–11 (3–6)	Jadwin Gymnasium (285) Princeton, NJ
Feb 23, 2019 4:30 pm, ESPN+		at Penn	L 58–69	9–12 (3–7)	Palestra (4,298) Philadelphia, PA
Mar 1, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Yale	W 66–56	10–12 (4–7)	Newman Arena (465) Ithaca, NY
Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Brown	W 66–48	11–12 (5–7)	Newman Arena  Ithaca, NY
Mar 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Harvard	L 38–80	11–13 (5–8)	Lavietes Pavilion (763) Cambridge, MA
Mar 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dartmouth	W 57–47	12–13 (6–8)	Leede Arena (757) Hanover, NH
Ivy League Tournament
Mar 16, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(4)	vs. (1) Princeton Semifinals	L 47–68	12–14	John J. Lee Amphitheater  New Haven, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2018–19 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

References

1. "Cornell University - 2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Cornellbigred.com.
2. "WBKB Game At Colgate Postponed Due To Weather". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
3. "Women's Basketball Game vs. Vermont Tech Cancelled". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved January 9, 2019.