2025–26 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team

2025–26 Harvard Crimson women's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record18–11 (10–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ali Sanders
  • Steve Harney
  • Ariel Gaston
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
2025–26 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Princeton † 12 – 2   .857 26 – 4   .867
Columbia 11 – 3   .786 22 – 8   .733
Harvard 10 – 4   .714 20 – 11   .645
Brown 8 – 6   .571 16 – 11   .593
Penn 7 – 7   .500 17 – 10   .630
Cornell 4 – 10   .286 9 – 18   .333
Yale 3 – 11   .214 7 – 20   .259
Dartmouth 1 – 13   .071 10 – 17   .370
† 2026 Ivy League tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team represents Harvard University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson, led by fourth-year head coach Carrie Moore, play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2024–25 24–5 and 11–3 in Ivy League play to clinch the No. 3 seed and make the Ivy League tournament. They beat No. 2 Princeton by three points in the semifinals before beating No. 1 Columbia, also by three points, in the championship game to become Ivy League champions for the first time. They went onto the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to Michigan State.

Offseason

Departures

Harvard Departures
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Mona Zaric 4 F 6'2" Senior Novi Sad, Serbia Graduated
Elena Rodriguez 10 G 6'2" Senior Aguimes, Spain Graduated
Harmoni Turner 14 G 5'10" Senior Mansfield, TX Graduated; drafted 35th overall by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2025 WNBA draft

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Aubrey Shaw
G 		Overland Park, KS Blue Valley North 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

Roster

2025–26 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Olivia Jones 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Westtown High School Harrisburg, PA
G 1 Aubrey Shaw 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Blue Valley North High School Overland Park, KS
F 3 Asani Ceaser 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Centennial High School Las Vegas, NV
G 5 Gabby Anderson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr IMG Academy Columbus, OH
G 6 Lydia Chatira 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So ACS Athens Pikermi, Greece
G 11 Alayna Rocco 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So North Catholic High School Pittsburgh, PA
G 12 Karlee White (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Oak Park High School Burbank, CA
F 13 Hana Belibi 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) So Regis Jesuit High School Englewood, CO
F/C 15 Maya Nahar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Western Reserve Academy Paramaribo, Suriname
G/F 21 Ava Krumwiede 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Harpeth Hall Nashville, TN
G 22 Saniyah Glenn-Bello 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Christ the King High School Staten Island, NY
G 23 Nina Emnace 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Trinity Hall Toms River, NJ
F 24 Mary Hollensteiner 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Bethesda, MD
G/F 25 Sam Wills 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Visitation High School Mendota Heights, MN
F 31 Katie Krupa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Morton High School Morton, IL
G/F 40 Abigail Wright (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Newton North High School Newton, MA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

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 7, 2025*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		St. John's W 61–56  1–0
  16 – White   9 – Anderson   2 – Wright  Lavietes Pavilion (658)
Cambridge, MA
November 9, 2025*
12:00 p.m., B1G+ 		at No. 13 Michigan L 55–84  1–1
  17 – Wright   9 – Wright   2 – Wright  Crisler Center (3,348)
Ann Arbor, MI
November 11, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UMass L 55–68  1–2
  12 – White   11 – Anderson   5 – Wright  Mullins Center (978)
Amherst, MA
November 15, 2025*
8:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		vs. Oakland
Raising The B.A.R. Invitational semifinals 		W 93–55  2–2
  17 – Emnace   6 – Wright   4 – Tied  Haas Pavilion (137)
Berkeley, CA
November 16, 2025*
10:00 p.m., ACCNX 		vs. California
Raising The B.A.R. Invitational championship 		L 65–76  2–3
  23 – Wright   7 – Tied   3 – Glenn-Bello  Haas Pavilion (1,019)
Berkeley, CA
November 19, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Boston College W 72–65 OT 3–3
  23 – Wright   13 – Wright   6 – Glenn-Bello  Conte Forum (817)
Boston, MA
November 24, 2025*
6:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. Alabama
Pink Flamingo Championship Junkanoo Division semifinal 		L 60–80  3–4
  16 – Tied   10 – Glenn-Bello   7 – Glenn-Bello  Baha Mar Convention Center (317)
Nassau, The Bahamas
November 26, 2025*
6:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. South Florida
Pink Flamingo Championship Junkanoo Division consolation 		L 54–56  3–5
  17 – Glenn-Bello   17 – Anderson   3 – Krupa  Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, The Bahamas
November 30, 2025*
1:30 p.m., SECN+ 		at Arkansas W 69–51  4–5
  15 – Tied   9 – Shaw   6 – Krupa  Bud Walton Arena (2,310)
Fayetteville, AR
December 3, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Holy Cross W 61–46  5–5
  14 – Glenn-Bello   8 – Wright   6 – Krupa  Lavietes Pavilion (532)
Cambridge, MA
December 5, 2025*
11:00 a.m., NESN 		Stony Brook W 67–33  6–5
  22 – Wright   11 – Jones   9 – Glenn-Bello  Lavietes Pavilion (1,147)
Cambridge, MA
December 21, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Maine L 57–59  6–6
  22 – Wright   9 – Wright   2 – Glenn-Bello  Lavietes Pavilion (676)
Cambridge, MA
December 29, 2025*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Delaware W 70–63  7–6
  20 – Glenn-Bello   7 – White   4 – Krupa  Lavietes Pavilion (717)
Cambridge, MA
Ivy League regular season
January 3, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Dartmouth W 72–47  8–6
(1–0) 		 14 – Wright   9 – Wright   4 – Jones  Leede Arena 
Hanover, NH
January 10, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Columbia L 55–58  8–7
(1–1) 		 20 – Wright   8 – Jones   4 – Krupa  Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Cambridge, MA
January 17, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Penn W 53–42  9–7
(2–1) 		 14 – Wright   10 – Wright   5 – Jones  Palestra (446)
Philadelphia, PA
January 19, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 20 Princeton L 79–82 OT 9–8
(2–2) 		 27 – White   10 – White   4 – Wright  Jadwin Gymnasium (1,857)
Princeton, NJ
January 24, 2026
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Cornell W 84–38  10–8
(3–2) 		 22 – Hollensteiner   5 – Glenn-Bello   10 – Jones  Newman Arena (312)
Ithaca, NY
January 30, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Yale W 72–44  11–8
(4–2) 		 19 – White   12 – Jones   4 – Tied  Lavietes Pavilion (982)
Cambridge, MA
January 31, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Brown W 61–58  12–8
(5–2) 		 21 – White   8 – Wright   6 – Jones  Lavietes Pavilion (861)
Cambridge, MA
February 7, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Dartmouth W 75–35  13–8
(6–2) 		 15 – Shaw   7 – Jones   4 – Glenn-Bello  Lavietes Pavilion (854)
Cambridge, MA
February 13, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Yale W 70–62  14–8
(7–2) 		 35 – White   6 – Wright   7 – Krupa  John J. Lee Amphitheater (571)
New Haven, CT
February 14, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Brown L 62–68  14–9
(7–3) 		 29 – Wright   9 – Jones   4 – White  Pizzitola Sports Center (242)
Providence, RI
February 21, 2026
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cornell W 74–37  15–9
(8–3) 		 24 – White   9 – Jones   7 – Jones  Lavietes Pavilion (766)
Cambridge, MA
February 27, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Penn W 60–46  16–9
(9–3) 		 14 – Wright   10 – Wright   5 – Krupa  Lavietes Pavilion (635)
Cambridge, MA
February 28, 2026
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 25 Princeton L 49–62  16–10
(9–4) 		 10 – White   9 – Jones   3 – Krupa  Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Cambridge, MA
March 7, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Columbia W 68–64  17–10
(10–4) 		 24 – White   9 – White   4 – Krupa  Levien Gymnasium (2,647)
New York, NY
Ivy League tournament
March 13, 2026
4:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(3) vs. (2) Columbia
Semifinals 		W 67–65 OT 18–10
  18 – Wright   9 – Jones   3 – White  Newman Arena (788)
Ithaca, NY
March 14, 2026
5:30 p.m., ESPNU 		(3) vs. (1) No. 23 Princeton
Championship 		L 53–63  18–11
  15 – White   8 – Tied   4 – Krupa  Newman Arena (698)
Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:[1]

See also

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Harvard University Athletics.
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