2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	18–16 (6–10 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne Boyle (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Kim McNeill; La'Keshia Frett Meredith; Cory McNeill;
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame †	16	–	0	1.000	33	–	2	.943
No. 8 Louisville	15	–	1	.938	26	–	8	.765
No. 14 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	30	–	8	.789
No. 17 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
No. 19 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
NC State	10	–	6	.625	20	–	11	.645
Duke	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Virginia	6	–	10	.375	18	–	16	.529
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Virginia Tech	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
North Carolina	4	–	12	.250	14	–	18	.438
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	15	–	16	.484
Clemson	0	–	16	.000	4	–	26	.133


† 2016 ACC tournament winner As of April 5, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team will represent the University of Virginia during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Cavaliers, led by fifth year head coach Joanne Boyle. The Cavaliers are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the John Paul Jones Arena. They finished the season 17–16, 6–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Duke. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated VCU and Rutgers in the first and second rounds before losing to Hofstra in the third round.

2015–16 media

Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network

The Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network will broadcast select Cavaliers games on WINA. John Freeman, Larry Johnson, and Myron Ripley will provide the call for the games. Games not broadcast on WINA can be listened to online through Cavaliers Live at virginiasports.com.

Roster

2015–16 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	00	Debra Ferguson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Amherst County	Madison Heights, VA
G	1	Mikayla Venson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Yorktown	Arlington, VA
F	2	Jae'Lisa Allen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	White Hall	Pine Bluff, AR
G	10	J'Kyra Brown	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Rocky Mount East Carolina	Rocky Mount, NC
G	12	Breyana Mason	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Forest Park	Woodbridge, VA
F	13	Emily Battle	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	St. Anne's-Belfield	Charlottesville, VA
G	20	Faith Randolph	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Derwood, MD
F	21	Lauren Moses	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Rancocas	Mt. Holly, NJ
G	23	Aliyah Huland El	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Randolph	Randolph, NJ
F	32	Moné Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Riverside	Durham, NC
F	35	Shakyna Payne	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy	Acworth, GA
F	44	Sydney Umeri	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	The Lovett School	Acworth, GA

Head coach

Joanne Boyle (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Kim McNeill (Richmond)
La'Keisha Frett Meredith (Georgia)
Cory McNeill (Morgan State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-10-21

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 13* 6:30 pm	at Middle Tennessee	W 70–66	1–0	Murphy Center (5,613) Murfreesboro, TN
November 16* 7:00 pm	Norfolk State	W 86–50	2–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,495) Charlottesville, VA
November 19* 7:00 pm, SECN	at Auburn	W 69–52	3–0	Auburn Arena (1,675) Auburn, AL
November 22* 2:00 pm	Longwood	W 81–46	4–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,616) Charlottesville, VA
November 26* 1:00 pm	vs. Green Bay Paradise Jam tournament Island Division	W 68–59	5–0	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 27* 3:15 pm	vs. Rutgers Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 48–60	5–1	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
November 28* 1:00 pm	vs. Tulane Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division	L 62–67	5–2	Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI
December 2* 7:00 pm	Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 73–85	5–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,360) Charlottesville, VA
December 5* 7:00 pm	NJIT	W 81–54	6–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,268) Charlottesville, VA
December 8* 11:00 am	Bowling Green	W 68–39	7–3	John Paul Jones Arena (10,048) Charlottesville, VA
December 18* 7:00 pm	Charleston Southern	W 85–65	8–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,975) Charlottesville, VA
December 21* 7:00 pm	at No. 9 Ohio State	L 73–93	8–4	Value City Arena (4,778) Columbus, OH
December 28* 7:00 pm	Coppin State Cavalier Classic Tournament	W 75–40	9–4	John Paul Jones Arena (3,062) Charlottesville, VA
December 29* 7:00 pm	Richmond Cavalier Classic Tournament	W 71–51	10–4	John Paul Jones Arena (3,190) Charlottesville, VA
Conference regular season
January 3 1:00 pm, RSN	No. 22 Miami (FL)	W 76–56	11–4 (1–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,656) Charlottesville, VA
January 7 7:00 pm	No. 3 Notre Dame	L 46–74	11–5 (1–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,394) Charlottesville, VA
January 10 2:00 pm	at Wake Forest	W 52–50	12–5 (2–1)	LJVM Coliseum (875) Winston-Salem, NC
January 14 7:00 pm	No. 23 Louisville	L 41–59	12–6 (2–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,880) Charlottesville, VA
January 17 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Georgia Tech	W 78–67	13–6 (3–2)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,041) Atlanta, GA
January 21 7:00 pm	at No. 14 Florida State	L 48–70	13–7 (3–3)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,495) Tallahassee, FL
January 24 1:00 pm, RSN	Pittsburgh	L 55–58	13–8 (3–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,895) Charlottesville, VA
January 27 7:30 pm	at NC State	L 52–63	13–9 (3–5)	Broughton HS (1,499) Raleigh, NC
February 4 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at Duke	L 52–67	13–10 (3–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,506) Durham, NC
February 7 2:00 pm	Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	L 46–66	13–11 (3–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,052) Charlottesville, VA
February 11 7:00 pm, RSN	Syracuse	L 57–91	13–12 (3–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,081) Charlottesville, VA
February 14 5:00 pm, RSN	at Boston College	W 61–50	14–12 (4–8)	Conte Forum (522) Chestnut Hill, MA
February 18 7:00 pm, ESPN3	at No. 11 Louisville	L 59–74	14–13 (4–9)	KFC Yum! Center (8,736) Louisville, KY
February 21 1:00 pm, RSN	Clemson	W 65–48	15–13 (5–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (5,012) Charlottesville, VA
February 25 7:00 pm, RSN	North Carolina	W 72–68	16–13 (6–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,109) Charlottesville, VA
February 28 2:00 pm, ESPN3	at Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	L 55–60	16–14 (6–10)	Cassell Coliseum (2,710) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Women's tournament
March 3 2:00 pm, RSN	vs. Duke Second Round	L 53–57	16–15	Greensboro Coliseum (2,114) Greensboro, NC
WNIT
March 17* 7:00 pm	at VCU First Round	W 52–50	17–15	Siegel Center (859) Richmond, VA
March 20* 7:00 pm	at Rutgers Second Round	W 71–55	18–15	The RAC (597) Piscataway, NJ
March 22* 7:00 pm	at Hofstra Third Round	L 57–65	18–16	Hofstra Arena (344) Hempstead, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

References

^ "VIRGINIASPORTS.COM - The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site - UVa Women's Basketball". virginiasports.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

[virginiasports-1] "VIRGINIASPORTS.COM - The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site - UVa Women's Basketball". virginiasports.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

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v t e Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Venues	University Hall (1974–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song"
People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics