2017–18 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team

2017–18 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball
2017–18 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball
Hawk Classic Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	19–15 (10–6 A-10)
Head coach	Cindy Griffin (17th season);
Assistant coaches	Susan Moran; John Hampton; Stephanie McCaffrey;
Home arena	Hagan Arena
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	15	–	1	.938	23	–	7	.767
Duquesne	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
Fordham	12	–	4	.750	24	–	10	.706
George Mason	11	–	5	.688	24	–	10	.706
George Washington †	10	–	6	.625	19	–	14	.576
Saint Joseph's	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Saint Louis	9	–	7	.563	17	–	16	.515
Richmond	8	–	8	.500	14	–	17	.452
Davidson	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
UMass	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
La Salle	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
St. Bonaventure	3	–	13	.188	8	–	22	.267
VCU	4	–	12	.250	7	–	22	.241
Rhode Island	1	–	15	.063	3	–	27	.100


† 2018 A10 Tournament winner As of 22 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team represents the Saint Joseph's University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks, led by seventeenth year head coach Cindy Griffin, play their home games at Hagan Arena and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 19–15, 10–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the championship game of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to George Washington. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seton Hall in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.

Media

All non-televised Hawks home games air on the A-10 Digital Network. All Hawks games are streamed via the Saint Joseph's Sports Network on sjuhawks.com.

Roster

2017–18 Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Whisper Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	Owings Mills Loyola Chicago	Owings Mills, MD
G	2	Lula Roig	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	IES Costa I Llobera	Barcelona, Spain
G	3	Nailah Delinois	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Fr	Northeast	Sunrise, FL
G	4	Kristalyn Baisden	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Berkshire School	East Hartford, CT
G	11	Avery Marz	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Wilson West Lawn	Sinking Springs, PA
G	12	Alyssa Monaghan	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Bonner Prendergast	Drexel Hill, PA
G	13	Mary Sheehan	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Cardinal O'Hara	Drexel Hill, PA
G	20	Katie Jekot	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Cumberland Valley	Enola, PA
G	30	Sarah Veilleux	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	RHAM	Hebron, CT
G	31	Jaryn Garner	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Germantown Academy Virginia	Sewell, NJ
G	32	Chelsea Woods	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Freire Charter	Philadelphia, PA
F	33	Adashia Franklyn	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	West Chester Bayard Rustin	West Chester, PA
F	34	Amanda Fioravanti	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Frederick, MD
F	35	Michala Clay	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Roland Park Country School	Baltimore, MD
F	40	Candace Belvedere	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Kellenberg Memorial	Merrick, NY

Head coach

Cindy Griffin (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Susan Moran (Saint Joseph's)
John Hampton (Mansfield)
Stephanie McCaffrey (Saint Joseph's)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2017* 12:00 PM		at Niagara	W 93–69	1–0	Gallagher Center (463) Lewiston, NY
11/15/2017* 6:00 PM		at Bucknell	W 77–53	2–0	Sojka Pavilion (704) Lewisburg, PA
11/19/2017* 2:00 PM		at James Madison	W 73–66	3–0	JMU Convocation Center (1,850) Harrisonburg, VA
11/25/2017* 2:00 PM		Eastern Illinois Hawk Classic semifinals	W 80–62	4–0	Hagan Arena (877) Philadelphia, PA
11/26/2017* 4:00 PM		Saint Peter's Hawk Classic championship	W 87–58	5–0	Hagan Arena (732) Philadelphia, PA
11/29/2017* 7:00 PM		at Temple Rivalry	L 66–69	5–1	McGonigle Hall (1,028) Philadelphia, PA
12/03/2017* 7:00 PM		at No. 25 Villanova Holy War	L 44–79	5–2	Jake Nevin Field House (1,519) Villanova, PA
12/05/2017* 7:00 PM		at Towson	L 66–90	5–3	SECU Arena (209) Towson, MD
12/11/2017* 7:00 PM		Penn	L 50–57	5–4	Hagan Arena (913) Philadelphia, PA
12/17/2017* 1:30 PM		Drexel	L 58–65	5–5	Hagan Arena (3,551) Philadelphia, PA
12/20/2017* 2:30 PM		vs. Princeton Gator Holiday Classic	L 54–63	5–6	O'Connell Center (1,054) Gainesville, FL
12/21/2017* 12:00 PM		at Florida Gator Holiday Classic	L 51–71	5–7	O'Connell Center (1,008) Gainesville, FL
Atlantic 10 regular season
12/31/2017 2:00 PM		VCU	W 79–41	6–7 (1–0)	Hagan Arena (711) Philadelphia, PA
01/03/2018 7:00 PM		at St. Bonaventure	W 70–64	7–7 (2–0)	Reilly Center (743) Olean, NY
01/07/2018 2:00 PM		Dayton	L 59–65	7–8 (2–1)	Hagan Arena (747) Philadelphia, PA
01/10/2018 12:00 PM, NBCSN		Richmond	W 81–72	8–8 (3–1)	Hagan Arena (681) Philadelphia, PA
01/13/2018 2:00 PM		at UMass	W 84–79	9–8 (4–1)	Mullins Center (536) Amherst, MA
01/21/2018 2:00 PM		at Saint Louis	L 73–96	9–9 (4–2)	Chaifetz Arena (6,346) St. Louis, MO
01/24/2018 7:00 PM		Duquesne	L 42–61	9–10 (4–3)	Hagan Arena (543) Philadelphia, PA
01/28/2018 1:00 PM		at La Salle	W 75–64	10–10 (5–3)	Tom Gola Arena (427) Philadelphia, PA
01/31/2018 6:00 PM		at VCU	L 54–56	10–11 (5–4)	Siegel Center (541) Richmond, VA
02/04/2018 4:00 PM, CBSSN		George Mason	L 57–65	10–12 (5–5)	Hagan Arena (343) Philadelphia, PA
02/07/2018 7:00 PM		Rhode Island	W 64–46	11–12 (6–5)	Hagan Arena (346) Philadelphia, PA
02/10/2018 2:30 PM		at Duquesne	W 69–50	12–12 (7–5)	Palumbo Center (711) Pittsburgh, PA
02/14/2018 7:00 PM		at Davidson	W 64–62	13–12 (8–5)	John M. Belk Arena (321) Davidson, NC
02/17/2018 1:00 PM		La Salle	W 70–49	14–12 (9–5)	Hagan Arena (913) Philadelphia, PA
02/20/2018 7:00 PM		George Washington	L 46–49	14–13 (9–6)	Hagan Arena (551) Philadelphia, PA
02/24/2018 2:00 PM		at Fordham	W 52–50	15–13 (10–6)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,366) Bronx, NY
Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament
02/27/2018 7:00 PM	(6)	(11) VCU First Round	W 72–63	16–13	Hagan Arena (516) Philadelphia, PA
03/02/2018 7:00 PM	(6)	vs. (3) Fordham Quarterfinals	W 52–49	17–13	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
03/03/2018 1:30 PM, CBSSN	(6)	vs. (7) Saint Louis Semifinals	W 58–49	18–13	Richmond Coliseum (1,709) Richmond, VA
03/04/2018 1:00 PM, ESPNU	(6)	vs. (5) George Washington Championship Game	L 49–65	18–14	Richmond Coliseum (2,103) Richmond, VA
WNIT
02/14/2018* 7:00 PM		at Seton Hall First Round	W 75–57	19–14	Walsh Gymnasium (281) South Orange, NJ
02/18/2018* 2:00 PM		at West Virginia Second Round	L 51–79	19–15	WVU Coliseum (1,651) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 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	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

^ "2017-18 Saint Joseph's University Women's Basketball Media Guide by Saint Joseph's Athletics". issuu. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ "Saint Joseph's Hawks Women's Basketball - Hawks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ Saint Joseph's Hawks. "Saint Joseph's Hawks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - Saint Joseph's University - Official Athletic Site". sjuhawks.com.

[1] "2017-18 Saint Joseph's University Women's Basketball Media Guide by Saint Joseph's Athletics". issuu. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[2] "Saint Joseph's Hawks Women's Basketball - Hawks News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[3] Saint Joseph's Hawks. "Saint Joseph's Hawks on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-13.

[4] "Women's Basketball - Schedule - Saint Joseph's University - Official Athletic Site". sjuhawks.com.

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v t e Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball
Venues	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1973–2008) The Palestra (2008–2009) Hagan Arena (2009–present)
Rivalries	Temple Villanova
Culture & lore	The Hawk City 6 Philadelphia Big 5
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References