2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 23–10, 15–1 in America East play to win the America East Regular Season. They also won the America East women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2004. They lost to Texas in the first round.

2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season and Tournament champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	23–10 (13–5 America East)
Head coach	Amy Vachon (Interim) (7th season) Richard Barron
Assistant coaches	Jhasmin Player Courtney Anderson England Garett Sherman
Home arena	Memorial Gym Cross Insurance Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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 home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Calais Calais, ME F 5 Maeve Carroll 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Georgetown Visitation Preparatory Oakton, VA G 10 Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Collège Montmorency Repentigny, QE G 12 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Van Buren Van Buren, ME G 15 Dor Saar 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Israeli Basketball Academy Ma'anit, Israel G 20 Kelly Fogarty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Walpole Walpole, MA G 22 Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Colegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne Philadelphia, PA C 31 Kat Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Marjory Stoneman Douglas Coral Springs, FL F 32 Kira Barra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Theo Koch Schule Dillingen, Germany F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Academy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Luleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden	Head coach Amy Vachon (Maine) Assistant coach(es) Jhasmin Player (Baylor) Courtney Anderson England (Maine) Garett Sherman (Frostburg State) 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
Exhibition
10/28/2017* 5:00 pm		Stonehill	L 49–68		Cross Insurance Center (1,250) Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Tulane Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals	L 34–42	0–1	Memorial Gym (1,054) Orono, ME
11/11/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		Harvard Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game	W 76–51	1–1	Memorial Gym (855) Orono, ME
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Bryant	W 70–68 ^OT	2–1	Cross Insurance Center (1,137) Bangor, ME
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Maine–Fort Kent	W 100–40	3–1	Cross Insurance Center (1,082) Bangor, ME
11/24/2017* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Miami (FL) Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	L 73–80	3–2	Watsco Center (713) Coral Gables, FL
11/26/2017* 2:30 pm		vs. Kennesaw State Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	W 75–39	4–2	Watsco Center (884) Coral Gables, FL
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Toledo	L 64–65 ^OT	4–3	Savage Arena (3,208) Toledo, OH
12/03/2017* 1:00 pm		at No. 8 Ohio State	L 70–83	4–4	Value City Arena (5,879) Columbus, OH
12/05/2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Maine Maritime Academy	W 89–49	5–4	Cross Insurance Center (1,964) Bangor, ME
12/09/2017* 12:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 64–51	6–4	Leede Arena (571) Hanover, NH
12/17/2017* 3:00 pm		at No. 5 Mississippi State	L 43–83	6–5	Humphrey Coliseum (4,953) Starkville, MS
12/19/2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 14 Duke	L 39–69	6–6	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,053) Durham, NC
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Boston College	W 61–40	7–6	Conte Forum (1,337) Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 64–56	8–6 (1–0)	Cross Insurance Center (1,103) Bangor, ME
01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Binghamton	L 62–66 ^OT	8–7 (1–1)	Cross Insurance Center (1,282) Bangor, ME
01/10/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3		at UMBC	W 64–50	9–7 (2–1)	Retriever Activities Center (2,366) Catonsville, MD
01/13/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	L 54–68	9–8 (2–2)	SEFCU Arena (921) Albany, NY
01/15/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Vermont	W 64–55	10–8 (3–2)	Cross Insurance Center (1,584) Bangor, ME
01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	W 59–44	11–8 (4–2)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (790) West Hartford, CT
01/24/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	W 56–46	12–8 (5–2)	Lundholm Gym (348) Durham, NH
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		UMBC	W 69–36	13–8 (6–2)	Cross Insurance Center (2,469) Bangor, ME
01/31/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 69–51	14–8 (7–2)	Tsongas Center (4,125) Lowell, MA
02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	W 61–38	15–8 (8–2)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,343) Vestal, NY
02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Hartford	W 59–56	16–8 (9–2)	Cross Insurance Center (1,208) Bangor, ME
02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		New Hampshire	W 77–46	17–8 (10–2)	Cross Insurance Center (1,174) Bangor, ME
02/11/2018 2:00 pm		at Stony Brook	L 68–76	17–9 (10–3)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,107) Stony Brook, NY
02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 70–65	18–9 (11–3)	Cross Insurance Center (1,141) Bangor, ME
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Vermont	W 79–47	19–9 (12–3)	Patrick Gym (505) Burlington, VT
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 74–69 ^OT	20–9 (13–3)	Cross Insurance Center (3,140) Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (8) UMBC Quarterfinals	W 65–43	21–9	Cross Insurance Arena (2,158) Portland, ME
03/04/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(1)	vs. (5) New Hampshire Semifinals	W 64–48	22–9	Cross Insurance Arena  Portland, ME
03/09/2018 4:00 pm, ESPNU	(1)	(6) Hartford Championship Game	W 75–64	23–9	Cross Insurance Center (3,373) Bangor, ME
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(15 KC)	at (2 KC) No. 8 Texas First Round	L 54–83	23–10	Frank Erwin Center (3,878) Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2017–18 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "University of Maine Athletics" (PDF). Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
2. "Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball - Black Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
3. Maine Black Bears. "Maine Black Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
4. "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.