2025–26 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team

2025–26 Denver Pioneers women's basketball
2025–26 Denver Pioneers women's basketball
Conference	Summit League
Record	11–19 (5–11 Summit)
Head coach	Doshia Woods (6th season);
Associate head coach	Lindsay Werntz
Assistant coaches	Janet Butler; Alex Frazier;
Home arena	Hamilton Gymnasium

2025–26 Summit League women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Dakota State	15	–	1	.938	29	–	5	.853
South Dakota State †	14	–	2	.875	27	–	7	.794
South Dakota	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
Oral Roberts	8	–	8	.500	15	–	15	.500
St. Thomas	8	–	8	.500	16	–	16	.500
Denver	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
Kansas City	4	–	12	.250	7	–	23	.233
Omaha	3	–	13	.188	6	–	27	.182
North Dakota	3	–	13	.188	7	–	24	.226

† 2026 Summit League tournament winner As of March 22, 2026

The 2025–26 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team represented the University of Denver during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pioneers, who were led by sixth-year head coach Doshia Woods, played their home games at Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver, Colorado as members of the Summit League.

This was Denver's last season as members of the Summit League, as they will be joing the West Coast Conference, effective July 1, 2026.^[1]

The Pioneers finished the regular season 11–18 overall, and 5–11 in the Summit League to finish in sixth place. In the Summit League tournament they lost to South Dakota in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

The Pioneers finished the 2024–25 season 9–21, 2–14 in Summit League play, to finish in ninth (last) place.^[2] They were defeated by Omaha in the first round of the Summit League tournament.^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Denver Pioneers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Brooke Murrell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS So	Hawai'i	Aurora, Colorado
F	1	Laila McLeod	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Grand Canyon	Dallas, Texas
G	2	Lexi Pletschette	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Chabot College	Livermore, California
G	3	Tori Baker	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Highlands Ranch High School	Highlands Ranch, Colorado
C	5	Anna Rosenberger	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Glenbrook South High School	Glenview, Illinois
F	8	Natalia Fanjul	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Socrates Educa International School	Altafulla, Spain
PF	9	Teodora Simoncevic	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	ŽKK Art Basket	Ivanjica, Serbia
G	10	Coryn Watts	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Regis Jesuit High School	Aurora, Colorado
G	11	Karolina Padilla	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Cochise College	Douglas, Arizona
G	12	Laia Monclova	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	La Salle	Mallorca, Spain
C	13	Ana Conde	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Siena	Madrid, Spain
G	15	Jocelyn Medina	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	College of the Sequoias	Arbuckle, California
F	22	Paula Oliva	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Col. Maria Auxiliadora	Salamanca, Spain
C	32	Lily Esparza	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Boylan Catholic High School	Rockford, Illinois

Head coach

Doshia Woods (Western Illinois)

Assistant coach(es)

Lindsay Werntz (Purdue Fort Wayne)
Janet Butler (Louisiana College)
Alex Frazier (East Carolina)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 3, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, SLN/Altitude 2		Air Force	L 50–59	0–1	19 – Watts	8 – Monclova	3 – Tied	Hamilton Gymnasium (594) Denver, CO
November 7, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 54–72	0–2	15 – Watts	8 – Murrell	3 – Monclova	LionTree Arena (1,292) La Jolla, CA
November 9, 2025* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 57–64	0–3	23 – Watts	6 – Murrell	2 – Tied	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
November 14, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	W 56–53	1–3	18 – Watts	7 – Murrell	3 – Conde	Bank of Colorado Arena (730) Greeley, CO
November 16, 2025* 1:00 pm, SLN		Cal State Fullerton	W 60–55	2–3	23 – Watts	7 – McLeod	4 – Baker	Hamilton Gymnasium (343) Denver, CO
November 21, 2025* 6:00 pm, SLN		Regis	W 67−40	3−3	20 – Watts	9 – Conde	4 – Medina	Hamilton Gymnasium (1,026) Denver, CO
November 29, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UTEP	L 52−69	3−4	19 – Watts	8 – Murrell	2 – Medina	Don Haskins Center (1,096) El Paso, TX
December 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington Big Sky–Summit League Challenge	L 65–66	3–5	19 – Watts	7 – Tied	5 – Watts	Reese Court (490) Cheney, WA
December 6, 2025* 12:00 pm, SLN		Idaho Big Sky–Summit League Challenge	L 54–84	3–6	15 – Watts	5 – Murrell	4 – Monclova	Hamilton Gymnasium (504) Denver, CO
December 9, 2025* 3:00 pm, SLN		MSU Denver	W 92–68	4–6	30 – Watts	15 – Murrell	6 – Baker	Hamilton Gymnasium (251) Denver, CO
December 14, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kansas	L 38–77	4–7	10 – Baker	6 – Conde	3 – Tied	Allen Fieldhouse (3,709) Lawrence, KS
December 17, 2025* 6:00 pm, SLN		Colorado Christian	W 80–53	5–7	30 – Monclova	8 – Tied	5 – Baker	Hamilton Gymnasium (465) Denver, CO
December 19, 2025* 1:00 pm, SLN		California Baptist	W 76−71	6−7	32 – Watts	8 – Monclova	5 – Watts	Hamilton Gymnasium (330) Denver, CO
Summit League regular season
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, SLN		North Dakota	W 64–57	7–7 (1–0)	23 – Watts	7 – Monclova	3 – Tied	Hamilton Gymnasium (575) Denver, CO
January 3, 2026 12:00 pm, SLN		North Dakota State	L 44–81	7–8 (1–1)	15 – Monclova	4 – Rosenberger	4 – Baker	Hamilton Gymnasium (398) Denver, CO
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		at St. Thomas	L 65–74 ^OT	7–9 (1–2)	17 – Tied	10 – Monclova	6 – Monclova	Lee & Penny Anderson Arena (206) St. Paul, MN
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		at South Dakota State	L 44–90	7–10 (1–3)	14 – Watts	6 – Simoncevic	2 – Baker	First Bank and Trust Arena (2,480) Brookings, SD
January 17, 2026 12:00 pm, SLN		at South Dakota	L 55–75	7–11 (1–4)	19 – Watts	9 – Murrell	1 – Tied	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,988) Vermillion, SD
January 21, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		Kansas City	W 64–54	8–11 (2–4)	21 – Watts	12 – Monclova	8 – Watts	Hamilton Gymnasium (372) Denver, CO
January 24, 2026 11:00 am, SLN		Oral Roberts	W 86–74	9–11 (3–4)	31 – Watts	13 – Medina	7 – Medina	Hamilton Gymnasium (449) Denver, CO
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		at North Dakota State	L 55–95	9–12 (3–5)	19 – Watts	4 – Murrell	2 – Conde	Scheels Center (1,234) Fargo, ND
January 31, 2026 12:00 pm, SLN		at North Dakota	L 72–73	9–13 (3–6)	23 – Medina	6 – Medina	5 – Monclova	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,511) Grand Forks, ND
February 5, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		South Dakota	L 42–53	9–14 (3–7)	15 – Watts	7 – Murrell	3 – Tied (2)	Hamilton Gymnasium (414) Denver, CO
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, SLN		St. Thomas	L 56–60	9–15 (3–8)	13 – Medina	7 – Monclova	5 – Watts	Hamilton Gymnasium (440) Denver, CO
February 11, 2026 6:00 pm, Altitude 2/SLN		Omaha	L 58–65	9–16 (3–9)	25 – Watts	8 – Murrell	5 – Baker	Hamilton Gymnasium (369) Denver, CO
February 14, 2026 1:00 pm, SLN		at Oral Roberts	L 55–76	9–17 (3–10)	15 – Watts	8 – Murrell	3 – Monclova	Mabee Center (1,174) Tulsa, OK
February 18, 2026 6:00 pm, SLN		at Kansas City	W 79–63	10–17 (4–10)	25 – Watts	6 – Medina	7 – Watts	Swinney Recreation Center (323) Kansas City, MO
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm, SLN		South Dakota State	L 55–71	10–18 (4–11)	26 – Watts	7 – Murrell	3 – Monclova	Hamilton Gymnasium (632) Denver, CO
February 28, 2026 12:00 pm, SLN		at Omaha	W 71–50	11–18 (5–11)	23 – Watts	6 – Medina	4 – Watts	Baxter Arena (1,136) Omaha, NE
Summit League tournament
March 6, 2026 2:30 pm, SLN	(6)	vs. (3) South Dakota Quarterfinal	L 50–61	11–19	13 – Murrell	5 – Medina	3 – Tied (3)	Denny Sanford Premier Center (5,315) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "West Coast Conference Expands Footprint With Addition of the University of Denver". West Coast Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
^ "Omaha women's basketball holds off Denver to advance to quarterfinal of Summit League tournament". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Denver Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
^ "Denver Pioneers 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

[1] "West Coast Conference Expands Footprint With Addition of the University of Denver". West Coast Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

[2] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

[3] "Omaha women's basketball holds off Denver to advance to quarterfinal of Summit League tournament". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

[4] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Denver Athletics. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

[5] "Denver Pioneers 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2026.

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Denver Pioneers women's basketball
Venues	DU Arena (1974–1997) McNichols Sports Arena / Denver Coliseum (1997–1999) Magness Arena (1999–2020) Hamilton Gymnasium (2020–present)
People	Head coaches
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