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
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2017–18 record23–10 (13–5 America East)
Head coachAmy Vachon (Interim)
Richard Barron (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jhasmin Player
  • Courtney Anderson England
  • Garett Sherman
Home arenaMemorial Gym
Cross Insurance Center
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine †13–3 .813  23–10  .697
Albany12–4 .750  24–8  .750
Binghamton10–6 .625  20–12  .625
Stony Brook10–6 .625  18–12  .600
Hartford9–7 .563  19–13  .594
New Hampshire9–7 .563  19–12  .613
Vermont5–11 .313  8–22  .267
UMBC3–13 .188  5–26  .161
UMass Lowell1–15 .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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoMount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME
G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) JrCalais Calais, ME
F 5 Maeve Carroll 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrGeorgetown Visitation Preparatory Oakton, VA
G 10 Julie Brosseau 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoCollège Montmorency Repentigny, QE
G 12 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrVan Buren Van Buren, ME
G 15 Dor Saar 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrIsraeli Basketball Academy Ma'anit, Israel
G 20 Kelly Fogarty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrWalpole Walpole, MA
G 22 Blanca Millan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoColegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne		 Philadelphia, PA
C 31 Kat Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrMarjory Stoneman Douglas Coral Springs, FL
F 32 Kira Barra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrTheo Koch Schule Dillingen, Germany
F 33 Kirsten Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrAcademy of Our Lady Peace San Diego, CA
F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoLuleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden
Head coach
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

Roster

Schedule

[4]

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

References
  1. "University of Maine Athletics" (PDF). Goblackbears.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  2. "Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball - Black Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. Maine Black Bears. "Maine Black Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  4. "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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