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 tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record25–8 (15–1 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Courtney England
  • Tom Biskup
  • Gary Fifield
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
Seasons
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Maine151 .938258 .758
Hartford142 .8752311 .676
Stony Brook115 .688238 .742
Albany97 .5631318 .419
Binghamton79 .4381218 .400
Vermont79 .4381118 .379
UMBC313 .1881020 .333
UMass Lowell313 .188722 .241
New Hampshire313 .188624 .200
2019 America East tournament winner

Media

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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

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2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G2Sierra Tapley5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)JrMount Desert IslandBar Harbor, ME
G4Maddy McVicar5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)SrCalaisCalais, ME
F5Maeve Carroll5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)SoGeorgetown Visitation PreparatoryOakton, VA
G10Doga Alper5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)FrFlorya Doga AnatolianIstanbul, Turkey
G12Parise Rossignol5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)SrVan BurenVan Buren, ME
G15Dor Saar5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)SoIsraeli Basketball AcademyMa'anit, Israel
G20Kelly Fogarty5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SoWalpoleWalpole, MA
G22Blanca Millán5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)JrColegio Manuel PeleteiroSantiago de Compostela, Spain
G23Tanesha Sutton5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)RS SrSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
C31Kat Williams6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)SoMarjory Stoneman DouglasCoral Springs, FL
F32Kira Barra6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)SoTheo Koch SchuleDillingen, Germany
F33Alex Bolozova6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)JrGymnazium Dominika TatarkuPoprad, Slovakia
F51Fanny Wadling6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)JrLuleå Praktiska GymnasiumNacka, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2018*
1:00 pm
StonehillW 85–46 
Cross Insurance Center (1,430)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
ToledoW 73–59 1–0
Cross Insurance Center (1,578)
Bangor, ME
11/13/2018*
1:00 pm
at BryantW 74–57 2–0
Chace Athletic Center (453)
Smithfield, RI
11/15/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
No. 20 DukeL 63–66 2–1
Cross Insurance Center (2,868)
Bangor, ME
11/20/2018*
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at Green BayL 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 CarolinaW 85–73 5–2
Carmichael Arena (2,159)
Chapel Hill, NC
12/04/2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at HarvardW 67–60 6–2
Lavietes Pavilion (426)
Cambridge, MA
12/08/2018*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
BrownW 102–96 OT7–2
Cross Insurance Center (2,128)
Bangor, ME
12/15/2018*
6:00 pm, ACCNE
at No. 10 NC StateL 46–84 7–3
Reynolds Coliseum (2,755)
Raleigh, NC
12/22/2018*
12:00 pm
at NortheasternL 55–63 7–4
Cabot Center (337)
Boston, MA
12/29/2018*
1:00 pm
at Fordham
Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals
L 64–72 OT7–5
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 HampshireW 67–46 8–6
(1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,541)
Bangor, ME
01/05/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBCW 84–44 9–6
(2–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,829)
Bangor, ME
01/09/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at VermontW 63–51 10–6
(3–0)
Patrick Gym (329)
Burlington, VT
01/12/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
AlbanyW 76–65 11–6
(4–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,733)
Bangor, ME
01/16/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at HartfordL 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 BrookW 68–54 12–7
(5–1)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (683)
Stony Brook, NY
01/27/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN+
BinghamtonW 95–66 13–7
(6–1)
Cross Insurance Center (2,180)
Bangor, ME
01/30/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
UMass LowellW 79–45 14–7
(7–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,118)
Bangor, ME
02/02/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at New HampshireW 69–45 15–7
(8–1)
Lundholm Gym (813)
Durham, NH
02/06/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
VermontW 66–45 16–7
(9–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,279)
Bangor, ME
02/09/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBCW 58–45 17–7
(10–1)
UMBC Event Center (728)
Catonsville, MD
02/13/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
HartfordW 78–58 18–7
(11–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,443)
Bangor, ME
02/16/2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at AlbanyW 67–61 19–7
(12–1)
SEFCU Arena (1,014)
Albany, NY
02/24/2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Stony BrookW 71–61 20–7
(13–1)
Augusta Civic Center (1,008)
Augusta, ME
02/27/2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMass LowellW 60–41 21–7
(14–1)
Tsongas Center (514)
Lowell, MA
03/02/2019
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at BinghamtonW 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

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References

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