2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represents the University of Maine in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by second year head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center and are members of the America East Conference. Maine won the championship game of the 2019 America East Women's Basketball Tournament over Hartford to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1] They lost in the first round to NC State.

2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
American East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Women's Basketball, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2018–19 record25–8 (15–1 America East)
Head coachAmy Vachon (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Courtney England
  • Tom Biskup
  • Gary Fifield
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine †15–1 .938  25–8  .758
Hartford14–2 .875  23–11  .676
Stony Brook11–5 .688  23–8  .742
Albany9–7 .563  13–18  .419
Binghamton7–9 .438  12–18  .400
Vermont7–9 .438  11–18  .379
UMBC3–13 .188  10–20  .333
UMass Lowell3–13 .188  7–22  .241
New Hampshire3–13 .188  6–24  .200
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

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
2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Sierra Tapley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrMount Desert Island Bar Harbor, ME
G 4 Maddy McVicar 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) SrCalais Calais, ME
F 5 Maeve Carroll 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SoGeorgetown Visitation Preparatory Oakton, VA
G 10 Doga Alper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrFlorya Doga Anatolian Istanbul, Turkey
G 12 Parise Rossignol 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SrVan Buren Van Buren, ME
G 15 Dor Saar 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) SoIsraeli Basketball Academy Ma'anit, Israel
G 20 Kelly Fogarty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoWalpole Walpole, MA
G 22 Blanca Millán 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrColegio Manuel Peleteiro Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G 23 Tanesha Sutton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS SrSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne		 Philadelphia, PA
C 31 Kat Williams 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SoMarjory Stoneman Douglas Coral Springs, FL
F 32 Kira Barra 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoTheo Koch Schule Dillingen, Germany
F 33 Alex Bolozova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrGymnazium Dominika Tatarku Poprad, Slovakia
F 51 Fanny Wadling 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrLuleå Praktiska Gymnasium Nacka, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

[2]

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018*
1:00 PM		 Stonehill W 85–46 
Cross Insurance Center (1,430)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2018*
1:00 PM, ESPN+		 Toledo W 73–59  1–0
 Cross Insurance Center (1,578)
Bangor, ME
11/13/2018*
1:00 PM		 at Bryant W 74–57  2–0
 Chace Athletic Center (453)
Smithfield, RI
11/15/2018*
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 No. 20 Duke L 63–66  2–1
 Cross Insurance Center (2,868)
Bangor, ME
11/20/2018*
8:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Green Bay L 39–70  2–2
 Kress Events Center (1,280)
Green Bay, WI
11/24/2018*
3:15 PM		 vs. North Carolina A&T
Navy Classic semifinals		 W 58–52  3–2
 Alumni Hall (414)
Annapolis, MD
11/25/2018*
3:15 PM		 vs. Penn
Navy Classic championship game		 W 47–46  4–2
 Alumni Hall (368)
Annapolis, MD
12/02/2018*
2:00 PM, ACCNE		 at North Carolina W 85–73  5–2
 Carmichael Arena (2,159)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/04/2018*
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at Harvard W 67–60  6–2
 Lavietes Pavilion (426)
Cambridge, MA
12/08/2018*
1:00 PM, ESPN+		 Brown W 102–96 OT 7–2
 Cross Insurance Center (2,128)
Bangor, ME
12/15/2018*
6:00 PM, ACCNE		 at No. 10 NC State L 46–84  7–3
 Reynolds Coliseum (2,755)
Raleigh, NC
12/22/2018*
12:00 PM		 at Northeastern L 55–63  7–4
 Cabot Center (337)
Boston, MA
12/29/2018*
1:00 PM		 at Fordham
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals		 L 64–72 OT 7–5
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
12/30/2018*
1:00 PM		 vs. Chattanooga
Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd place game		 L 61–66  7–6
 Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
America East regular Season
01/02/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 New Hampshire W 67–46  8–6
(1–0)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,541)
Bangor, ME
01/05/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 UMBC W 84–44  9–6
(2–0)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,829)
Bangor, ME
01/09/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Vermont W 63–51  10–6
(3–0)		 Patrick Gym (329)
Burlington, VT
01/12/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 Albany W 76–65  11–6
(4–0)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,733)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Hartford L 46–49  11–7
(4–1)		 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (566)
West Hartford, CT
01/19/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Stony Brook W 68–54  12–7
(5–1)		 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (683)
Stony Brook, NY
01/27/2019
12:00 PM, ESPN+		 Binghamton W 95–66  13–7
(6–1)		 Cross Insurance Center (2,180)
Bangor, ME
01/30/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 UMass Lowell W 79–45  14–7
(7–1)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,118)
Bangor, ME
02/02/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at New Hampshire W 69–45  15–7
(8–1)		 Lundholm Gym (813)
Durham, NH
02/06/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 Vermont W 66–45  16–7
(9–1)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,279)
Bangor, ME
02/09/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN3		 at UMBC W 58–45  17–7
(10–1)		 UMBC Event Center (728)
Catonsville, MD
02/13/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 Hartford W 78–58  18–7
(11–1)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,443)
Bangor, ME
02/16/2019
2:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Albany W 67–61  19–7
(12–1)		 SEFCU Arena (1,014)
Albany, NY
02/24/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN+		 Stony Brook W 71–61  20–7
(13–1)		 Augusta Civic Center (1,008)
Augusta, ME
02/27/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 at UMass Lowell W 60–41  21–7
(14–1)		 Tsongas Center (514)
Lowell, MA
03/02/2019
12:00 PM, ESPN3		 at Binghamton W 67–60  22–7
(15–1)		 Binghamton University Events Center (1,501)
Vestal, NY
America East Women's Tournament
03/06/2019
7:00 PM, ESPN+		 (1) (8) New Hampshire
Quarterfinals		 W 69–36  23–7
 Cross Insurance Center (1,764)
Bangor, ME
03/10/2019
1:00 PM, ESPN+		 (1) (4) Albany
Semifinals		 W 66–51  24–7
 Memorial Gym (1,233)
Orono, ME
03/15/2019
5:00 PM, ESPNU		 (1) (2) Hartford
Championship Game		 W 68–48  25–7
 Cross Insurance Center (3,234)
Bangor, ME
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019*
1:30 PM, ESPN2		 (14 G) at (3 G) No. 10 NC State
First Round		 L 51–63  25–8
 Reynolds Coliseum (2,769)
Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

References
  1. Writer, Mike LoweStaff (2019-03-15). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com.
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