2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball
2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	23–10 (13–5 WAC)
Head coach	Julie Goodenough (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Yannick Denson; Tatum Veitenheimer; Chris Garcia; Malone Graham;
Home arena	Moody Coliseum

2025–26 WAC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
California Baptist †	15	–	3	.833	23	–	11	.676
Abilene Christian	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
Southern Utah	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Utah Valley	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Tarleton	7	–	11	.389	14	–	17	.452
UT Arlington	4	–	14	.222	12	–	21	.364
Utah Tech	4	–	14	.222	9	–	20	.310

† 2026 WAC tournament winner As of March 22, 2026

The 2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 14th-year head coach Julie Goodenough, play their home games at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 22–13, 9–7 in WAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.^[1] They were defeated by Utah Valley in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,^[3] where they would defeat Northwestern State in the first round,^[4] and Central Arkansas in the second round,^[5] before falling to Illinois State in the Super 16.^[6]

Preseason

On October 29, 2025, the Western Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Abilene Christian was picked to finish atop the conference, with two first-place votes.^[7]

Preseason rankings

WAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Abilene Christian	32 (2)
2	California Baptist	31 (4)
3	UT Arlington	25 (1)
4	Utah Valley	23
5	Tarleton State	18
6	Utah Tech	12
7	Southern Utah	6
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[7]

Preseason All-WAC Team

Preseason All-WAC Team
Player	Year	Position
Payton Hull	Junior	Guard
Meredith Mayes	Junior	Center

Source:^[7]

Preseason Player of the Year

Preseason Player of the Year
Player	Year	Position
Payton Hull	Junior	Guard

Source:^[7]

Roster

2025–26 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Molly Daugherty	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Summerville High School	Summerville, South Carolina
F	1	Emma Daugherty	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Summerville High School	Summerville, South Carolina
G	2	Natalia Chavez	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	New Mexico	Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico
G	4	Erin Woodson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Purdue Fort Wayne	Richmond, Virginia
G	5	Breanna Davis	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	North Texas	Waxahachie, Texas
G	10	Payton Hull	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Peaster High School	Peaster, Texas
G	11	Bree Riley	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Grand Oaks High School	Spring, Texas
C	14	Meredith Mayes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Bixby High School	Bixby, Oklahoma
G	15	Jazmyn Stone	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	Charleston	Federal Way, Washington
G	21	Riley Grohman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Jim Ned High School	Tuscola, Texas
C	23	Jordyn Coleman	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Triton College	Zionsville, Indiana
F	24	Emma Troxell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Bushland High School	Bushland, Texas
C	41	Aimee Flippen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Glen Rose High School	Glen Rose, Texas

Head coach

Julie Goodenough (UT Arlington)

Assistant coach(es)

Yannick Denson (Lamar)
Tatum Veitenheimer (Texas Tech)
Chris Garcia (Abilene Christian)
Malone Graham (Texas Tech)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 23, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2025* 5:00 pm		Houston Christian	W 76–48	–	14 – Mayes	–	–	Moody Coliseum Abilene, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Howard Payne	W 103–33	1–0	16 – Hull	6 – Troxell	5 – Woodson	Moody Coliseum (1,002) Abilene, TX
November 7, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 69–56	2–0	19 – Troxell	9 – Troxell	4 – Tied	Moody Coliseum (575) Abilene, TX
November 11, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Rio Grande Valley	W 76–58	3–0	20 – Chavez	13 – Mayes	7 – Davis	Moody Coliseum (1,080) Abilene, TX
November 14, 2025* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		at Stephen F. Austin	L 76–77	3–1	22 – Hull	10 – Troxell	6 – Stone	William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,212) Nacogdoches, TX
November 19, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at North Texas	W 60−51	4−1	16 – Hull	9 – Mayes	2 – Tied	The Super Pit (1,267) Denton, TX
November 28, 2025* 10:00 am, Ion		vs. Northwestern Fort Myers Tip-Off Shell Division	L 59−62	4−2	13 – Troxell	6 – Tied	4 – Troxell	Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2025* 10:00 am, Ion		vs. Bradley Fort Myers Tip-Off Shell Division	L 74–80	4–3	23 – Hull	9 – Mayes	3 – Tied	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (593) Fort Myers, FL
December 2, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		McMurry	W 112–60	5–3	29 – Hull	13 – Mayes	7 – Davis	Moody Coliseum (1,500) Abilene, TX
December 6, 2025* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at East Texas A&M	W 72–55	6–3	19 – Mayes	13 – Mayes	4 – Tied	The Field House (239) Commerce, TX
December 14, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Texas Tech	L 57–67	6–4	23 – Hull	11 – Troxell	2 – Tied	Odessa College Sports Center (1,300) Odessa, TX
December 19, 2025* 5:30 pm, ESPN+		Montana ACU Christmas Classic	W 60–48	7–4	24 – Mayes	12 – Troxell	3 – Woodson	Moody Coliseum (775) Abilene, TX
December 20, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		Buffalo ACU Christmas Classic	W 72−48	8−4	17 – Hull	9 – Woodson	4 – Davis	Moody Coliseum (877) Abilene, TX
December 29, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Nelson	W 112–54	9–4	23 – Hull	7 – Woodson	8 – Hull	Moody Coliseum (500) Abilene, TX
WAC regular season
January 1, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Tech	W 81–51	10–4 (1–0)	19 – Mayes	10 – Mayes	8 – Hull	Burns Arena (837) St. George, UT
January 3, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley	L 67–69	10–5 (1–1)	21 – Hull	8 – Mayes	5 – Hull	UCCU Center (544) Orem, UT
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Tarleton State	W 64–59	11–5 (2–1)	18 – Mayes	9 – Woodson	5 – Woodson	Moody Coliseum (593) Abilene, TX
January 10, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 59–56	12–5 (3–1)	21 – Woodson	8 – Tied	4 – Troxell	Moody Coliseum (712) Abilene, TX
January 15, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at California Baptist	W 70–58	13–5 (4–1)	23 – Woodson	11 – Troxell	7 – Davis	Fowler Events Center (4,157) Riverside, CA
January 17, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Utah	W 82–54	14–5 (5–1)	21 – Hull	9 – Woodson	4 – Davis	Moody Coliseum (846) Abilene, TX
January 29, 2026 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Tech	W 54-46	15-5 (6-1)	12 – Chavez	7 – Woodson	4 – Davis	Burns Arena (597) St. George, UT
January 31, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Utah	L 68-71	15-6 (6-2)	21 – Hull	10 – Troxell	2 – Woodson	America First Event Center (461) Cedar City, UT
February 3, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Tarleton State	W 68-65	16-6 (7-2)	27 – Hull	5 – Tied	4 – Hull	Moody Coliseum (894) Abilene, TX
February 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Valley	W 70-50	17-6 (8-2)	28 – Hull	6 – Woodson	4 – Troxell	Moody Coliseum (799) Abilene, TX
February 7, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		California Baptist	L 71-74	17-7 (8-3)	22 – Troxell	6 – {Tied	4 – Hull	Moody Coliseum (1,167) Abilene, TX
February 12, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	W 72-63	18-7 (9-3)	24 – Hull	6 – Tied	5 – Troxell	College Park Center (810) Arlington, TX
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Tarleton State	W 72-67	19-7 (10-3)	36 – Hull	6 – Troxell	2 – Tied	EECU Center (1,127) Stephenville, TX
February 22, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Utah	L 70-78	19-8 (10-4)	30 – Hull	6 – Flippen	4 – Davis	America First Event Center (439) Cedar City, UT
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Tech	W 76-66	20-8 (11-4)	23 – Woodson	14 – Woodson	6 – Tied	Moody Coliseum (1,283) Abilene, TX
February 28, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Valley	W 58-57	21-8 (12-4)	11 – Hull	9 – Woodson	6 – Woodson	Moody Coliseum (1,127) Abilene, TX
March 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		California Baptist	L 69-76 ^OT	21-9 (12-5)	18 – Hull	10 – Tied	4 – Hull	Moody Coliseum (1,231) Abilene, TX
March 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UT Arlington	W 72-57	22-9 (13-5)	13 – Tied	9 – Tied	7 – Hull	College Park Center (795) Arlington, TX
WAC tournament
March 13, 2026 4:30 pm, ESPN+	(2)	vs. (6) UT Arlington Semifinals						Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "ACU women's basketball March Madness hopes dashed in surprise WAC tourney loss". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "Northwestern State Lady Demons vs. Abilene Christian Wildcats - Final Score - March 20, 2025". FOX Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "UCA falls in WNIT, ends year". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "Electric atmosphere carries Illinois State women's basketball to 78-68 win over Abilene Christian". The Vidette. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Abilene Christian Selected as 2025-26 WAC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "Women's Basketball 2025-26 Schedule". Abilene Christian University Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
^ "Abilene Christian Wildcats 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[2] "ACU women's basketball March Madness hopes dashed in surprise WAC tourney loss". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[3] "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[4] "Northwestern State Lady Demons vs. Abilene Christian Wildcats - Final Score - March 20, 2025". FOX Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[5] "UCA falls in WNIT, ends year". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[6] "Electric atmosphere carries Illinois State women's basketball to 78-68 win over Abilene Christian". The Vidette. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[poll-7] "Abilene Christian Selected as 2025-26 WAC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[8] "Women's Basketball 2025-26 Schedule". Abilene Christian University Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

[9] "Abilene Christian Wildcats 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

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