2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2019 America East Tournament winner ;

2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
American East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Women's Basketball, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
2018–19 record	25–8 (15–1 America East)
Head coach	Amy Vachon (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Courtney England; Tom Biskup; Gary Fifield;
Home arena	Cross Insurance Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Sierra Tapley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Mount Desert Island	Bar Harbor, ME
G	4	Maddy McVicar	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Sr	Calais	Calais, ME
F	5	Maeve Carroll	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Georgetown Visitation Preparatory	Oakton, VA
G	10	Doga Alper	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr		Istanbul, Turkey
G	12	Parise Rossignol	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Van Buren	Van Buren, ME
G	15	Dor Saar	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So		Ma'anit, Israel
G	20	Kelly Fogarty	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Walpole	Walpole, MA
G	22	Blanca Millán	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr		Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G	23	Tanesha Sutton	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Ss. Neumann and Goretti Duquesne	Philadelphia, PA
C	31	Kat Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Coral Springs, FL
F	32	Kira Barra	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So		Dillingen, Germany
F	33	Alex Bolozova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr		Poprad, Slovakia
F	51	Fanny Wadling	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr		Nacka, Sweden

Head coach

Amy Vachon (Maine)

Assistant coach(es)

Courtney England (Maine)
Tom Biskup (Maine)
Gary Fifield (Vermont)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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	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. 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.

References[]

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

[1] Lowe, Mike (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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v t Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Venues	The Pit (1935–1989; alternate, 2011–present) Bangor Auditorium (1989–1992) Alfond Arena (1992–2013) Cross Insurance Center (2013–present)
People
	1929–75 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

2018–19 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

Contents

Media[]

Roster[]

Schedule and results[]

See also[]

References[]

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Maine †	15	–	1	.938	25	–	8	.758
Hartford	14	–	2	.875	23	–	11	.676
Stony Brook	11	–	5	.688	23	–	8	.742
Albany	9	–	7	.563	13	–	18	.419
Binghamton	7	–	9	.438	12	–	18	.400
Vermont	7	–	9	.438	11	–	18	.379
UMBC	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333
UMass Lowell	3	–	13	.188	7	–	22	.241
New Hampshire	3	–	13	.188	6	–	24	.200


† 2019 America East Tournament winner