2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by new head coach Lisa Fortier; she replaces Kelly Graves, who left to take the head coaching vacancy at Oregon.^[5] The Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26-8, 12-4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals to WCC women's tournament where they lost to BYU. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they upset George Washington in the first round, Oregon State in the second round, before losing to Tennessee in the Sweet Sixteen to end their Cinderella run.

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
WCC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	26–8 (16–2 WCC)
Head coach	Lisa Fortier (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Jordan Green^[1] Stacy Clinesmith^[2] Craig Fortier^[3]
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Gonzaga	16	–	2		.889			26	–	8		.765
San Diego	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
Pacific	13	–	5		.722			21	–	10		.677
Saint Mary's	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
BYU †	12	–	6		.667			23	–	10		.697
San Francisco	8	–	10		.444			19	–	14		.576
Santa Clara	5	–	13		.278			11	–	18		.379
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14		.222			7	–	24		.226
Pepperdine	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
Portland	2	–	16		.111			4	–	26		.133
† Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll^[4]

Roster

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G/F 1 Chelsea Waters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Lewiston Lewiston, ID G 3 Kacie Bosch 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Chinook Lethbridge, AB G 5 Georgia Stirton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Waverly Falcons College of Southern Idaho Melbourne, Australia G 11 Laura Sullivan 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Holy Names Academy Seattle, WA C 12 Emma Wolfram 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Fr South Kamloops Kamloops, BC F 13 Jill Barta 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Fairfield Fairfield, MT F 14 Sunny Greinacher 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Grashof Gymnasium Essen, Germany F 22 Shaniqua Nilles 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr West Valley Spokane, WA F 23 Kiara Kudron 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Huron New Boston, MI G 24 Keani Albanez 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Buena Santa Barbara, CA G 31 Elle Tinkle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Big Sky Missoula, MT G 33 Lindsay Sherbert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Great Oak California Temecula, CA G 42 Emma Stach 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Avides Hurricanes Buchholz, Germany C 44 Shelby Cheslek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Pullman Pullman, WA	Head coach Lisa Mispley Fortier (Cal State Monterey) Assistant coach(es) Jordan Green (George Fox) Stacy Clinesmith (UC Santa Barbara) Craig Fortier (Cal State Monterey) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-11-25

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2014* 2:00 pm		Eastern Oregon	W 92–44	–	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,765) Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/16/2014* 2:00 pm, SWX		No. 22 Dayton	W 75–65	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,442) Spokane, WA
11/18/2014* 6:00 pm, TheW.tv	No. 24	Idaho State	W 88–63	2–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,541) Spokane, WA
11/21/2014* 6:00 pm, Watch Big Sky	No. 24	at Montana State	W 89–60	3–0	Worthington Arena (1,517) Bozeman, MT
11/28/2014* 3:30 pm		vs. American South Point Shootout	L 56–59	3–1	South Point Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
11/29/2014* 3:30 pm		vs. No. 17 Iowa South Point Shootout	L 67–79	3–2	South Point Arena (177) Las Vegas, NV
12/03/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX		at Eastern Washington	W 61–60	4–2	Reese Court (1,877) Cheney, WA
12/07/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Portland State	W 73–41	5–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,204) Spokane, WA
12/09/2014* 6:00 pm, SWX		Washington State	L 58–59	5–3	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,363) Spokane, WA
12/12/2014* 6:00 pm, MW Net		at Wyoming	W 70–56	6–3	Arena-Auditorium (3,620) Laramie, WY
12/15/2014* 10:00 am		at Northwestern	L 43–62	6–4	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,047) Evanston, IL
12/20/2014* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Southern Utah	W 70–51	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,251) Spokane, WA
WCC regular season
12/27/2014 2:00 pm, SWX		BYU	W 78–62	8–4 (1–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,911) Spokane, WA
12/29/2014 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Diego	W 67–49	9–4 (2–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,279) Spokane, WA
01/03/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Portland	W 79–57	10–4 (3–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,072) Spokane, WA
01/08/2015 7:00 pm, TheW.tv		at San Francisco	W 75–64	11–4 (4–0)	War Memorial Gymnasium (257) San Francisco, CA
01/10/2015 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	W 78–70	12–4 (5–0)	Leavey Center (371) Santa Clara, CA
01/15/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pepperdine	W 73–64	13–4 (6–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (4,981) Spokane, WA
01/17/2015 2:00 pm, SWX		Loyola Marymount	W 76–62	14–4 (7–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,282) Spokane, WA
01/22/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Saint Mary's	W 52–42	15–4 (8–0)	McKeon Pavilion (603) Moraga, CA
01/24/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		at Pacific	W 73–63	16–4 (9–0)	Alex G. Spanos Center (673) Stockton, CA
01/31/2015 2:00 pm		at Portland	W 85–63	17–4 (10–0)	Chiles Center (773) Portland, OR
02/05/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		Santa Clara	W 76–49	18–4 (11–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,082) Spokane, WA
02/07/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		San Francisco	W 91–84 ^4OT	19–4 (12–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/12/2015 7:00 pm		at Loyola Marymount	W 82–59	20–4 (13–0)	Gersten Pavilion (338) Los Angeles, CA
02/14/2015 12:00 pm		at Pepperdine	W 78–56	21–4 (14–0)	Firestone Fieldhouse (246) Malibu, CA
02/19/2015 6:00 pm, SWX		Saint Mary's	W 80–72	22–4 (15–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA
02/21/2015 2:00 pm, TheW.tv		Pacific	L 59–71	22–5 (15–1)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/26/2015 6:00 pm, TheW.tv		at San Diego	L 62–75	22–6 (15–2)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (633) San Diego, CA
02/28/2015 1:00 pm, BYUtv		at BYU	W 73–66	23–6 (16–2)	Marriott Center (1,226) Provo, UT
WCC Women's Tournament
03/06/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv		vs. Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals	W 70–50	24–6	Orleans Arena (7,110) Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015 12:00 pm, BYUtv		vs. BYU Semifinals	L 55–61	24–7	Orleans Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
NCAA tournament
03/20/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 19 George Washington First Round	W 82–69	25–7	Gill Coliseum (3,728) Corvallis, OR
03/22/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 10 Oregon State Second Round	W 76–64	26–7	Gill Coliseum (5,071) Corvallis, OR
03/28/2015* 4:00 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 6 Tennessee Sweet Sixteen	L 69–73 ^OT	26–8	Spokane Arena (8,686) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP	RV	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
• Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball

References

1. . CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
2. "Gonzaga hires Stacy Clinesmith as women's basketball assistant". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
3. . CaptainU News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
4. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
5. "Lisa Mispley Fortier replaces Graves as Gonzaga women's basketball coach". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
6. . Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.