2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	19–13 (12–4 America East)
Head coach	Amy Vachon (9th season);
Associate head coach	Courtney England
Assistant coaches	Tom Biskup; Tanesha Sutton;
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium

2025–26 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Vermont †	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
Maine	12	–	4	.750	19	–	13	.594
Binghamton	10	–	6	.625	20	–	13	.606
UMBC	10	–	6	.625	17	–	15	.531
NJIT	9	–	7	.563	19	–	13	.594
Bryant	8	–	8	.500	18	–	12	.600
New Hampshire	4	–	12	.250	10	–	20	.333
Albany	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
UMass Lowell	2	–	14	.125	8	–	21	.276

† 2026 AmEast tournament winner

The 2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team currently represents the University of Maine during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by ninth-year head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine as members of the America East Conference.

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2024–25 season 15–16 and 9–7 in America East play, earning them a bid to the America East tournament as the No. 4 seed.^[1] They beat No. 5 NJIT in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to No. 1 Albany.

Offseason

Departures

Maine Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Sera Hodgson	0	G	6'0"	Senior	Rindge, NH	Graduated
Olivia Rockwood	1	G	5'7"	Graduate	Windsor, VT	Graduated
Jaycie Christopher	4	G	5'10"	Junior	Skowhegan, ME	Transferred to Southern Maine (DIII)^[2]
Ona Alarcon	9	F	6'3"	Freshman	Barcelona, Spain	TBD; not listed on roster
Caroline Bornemann	13	G/F	5'10"	Graduate	Hørsholm, Denmark	Graduated
Paula Gallego	15	G	6'0"	Senior	Barcelona, Spain	Graduated
Caroline Dotsey	25	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Havertown, PA	Transferred to Butler
Idan Shush	45	G	5'8"	Senior	Gedera, Israel	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Maine Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Lizzy Gruber	8	C	6'4"	Junior	Gardiner, ME	Saint Joseph's
Kaliyah Sain	45	F	6'0"	Junior	Cedar Rapids, IA	Lindenwood

Recruiting class

There was no college recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Emmie Streams	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Bangor High School	Veazie, ME
G	3	Izzy Allen	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Central High School	Corinth, ME
G	5	Amiyah Donaldson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Lutheran High School East Western Nebraska Community College	Cleveland, OH
G	6	Asta Blauenfeldt	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Seattle	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
C	8	Lizzy Gruber	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Gardiner High School Saint Joseph's	Gardiner, ME
G	12	Sarah Talon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Windham High School	Windham, ME
C	15	Abby Price	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Grandview Preparatory School	Boca Raton, FL
G	23	Maddie Fitzpatrick	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Fr	Cheverus High School	Cumberland, ME
F	31	Bailey Breen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Montverde Academy	South Thomaston, ME
G	32	Olivia Alvarez	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	IES Carmen Conde	Madrid, Spain
F	33	Adrianna Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Bishop O'Connell High School	Reston, VA
G/F	34	Mackenzie Mori	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Hamden Hall Country Day School	Wethersfield, CT
G	35	Lala Woods	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Wheeling Park High School	Wheeling, WV
F	45	Kaliyah Sain	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	John F. Kennedy High School Kirkwood Community College Lindenwood	Cedar Rapids, IA

Head coach

Amy Vachon (Maine)

Assistant coach(es)

Courtney England (Maine)
Tom Biskup (Maine)
Tanesha Sutton (Maine)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	L 62–63	0–1	25 – Smith	13 – Smith	4 – Alvarez	Memorial Gymnasium (1,230) Orono, ME
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 9 NC State	L 47–66	0–2	16 – Blauenfeldt	10 – Smith	6 – Smith	Reynolds Coliseum (4,575) Raleigh, NC
November 14, 2025* 7:00 p.m., MASN/ESPN+		at VCU	L 77–81	0–3	26 – Sain	10 – Sain	7 – Smith	Stuart C. Siegel Center (814) Richmond, VA
November 17, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Stonehill	W 79–53	1–3	26 – Smith	13 – Smith	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (922) Orono, ME
November 23, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	L 39–70	1–4	10 – Blauenfeldt	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Pizzitola Sports Center (217) Providence, RI
November 28, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. UIC Iona Turkey Tip-Off	L 54–64	1–5	14 – Blauenfeldt	8 – Smith	5 – Smith	Hynes Athletics Center (217) New Rochelle, NY
November 29, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Saint Francis Iona Turkey Tip-Off	W 69–46	2–5	19 – Smith	13 – Smith	10 – Smith	Hynes Athletics Center (390) New Rochelle, NY
December 1, 2025* 6:00 p.m., NESN/ESPN+		Boston University	W 54–45	3–5	24 – Smith	10 – Smith	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (1,111) Orono, ME
December 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Penn	L 35–58	3–6	10 – Smith	8 – Tied	3 – Smith	The Palestra (204) Philadelphia, PA
December 7, 2025* 1:00 p.m., NESN/ESPN+		Rhode Island	L 56–69	3–7	26 – Smith	6 – Smith	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (1,143) Orono, ME
December 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Fairfield	L 51–74	3–8	19 – Smith	12 – Smith	3 – Smith	Leo D. Mahoney Arena (729) Fairfield, CT
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Quinnipiac	W 63–55	4–8	18 – Smith	20 – Smith	4 – Alvarez	M&T Bank Arena (263) Hamden, CT
December 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Harvard	W 59–57	5–8	21 – Smith	9 – Talon	7 – Smith	Lavietes Pavilion (676) Cambridge, MA
America East regular season
January 1, 2026 6:00 p.m., NESN/ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 73–65	6–8 (1–0)	37 – Smith	6 – Tied	4 – Talon	Kennedy Family Athletic Complex (291) Lowell, MA
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bryant	L 73–82	6–9 (1–1)	27 – Smith	6 – Talon	5 – Smith	Chace Athletic Center (157) Smithfield, RI
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMBC	W 58–43	7–9 (2–1)	19 – Smith	11 – Smith	6 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (809) Orono, ME
January 10, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		NJIT	W 86–67	8–9 (3–1)	30 – Smith	13 – Smith	8 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (1,113) Orono, ME
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Vermont	L 53–64	8–10 (3–2)	15 – Tied	7 – Smith	5 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (934) Orono, ME
January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at New Hampshire	W 73–51	9–10 (4–2)	30 – Smith	9 – Smith	4 – Smith	Lundholm Gymnasium (422) Durham, NH
January 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Albany	W 65–60	10–10 (5–2)	25 – Smith	9 – Smith	7 – Smith	Broadview Center (1,051) Albany, NY
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Binghamton	L 57–62	10–11 (5–3)	29 – Smith	7 – Smith	3 – Talon	Dr. Bai Lee Court (1,458) Vestal, NY
January 31, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 92–42	11–11 (6–3)	26 – Blauenfeldt	11 – Smith	8 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (1,165) Orono, ME
February 5, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Vermont	W 55–46	12–11 (7–3)	21 – Blauenfeldt	13 – Smith	5 – Smith	Patrick Gymnasium (2,549) Burlington, VT
February 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., NESN/ESPN+		Bryant	W 64–56	13–11 (8–3)	29 – Smith	11 – Smith	4 – Talon	Memorial Gymnasium (1,197) Orono, ME
February 12, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at UMBC	W 56–55	14–11 (9–3)	25 – Smith	13 – Smith	3 – Gruber	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,540) Baltimore, MD
February 14, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at NJIT	L 42–63	14–12 (9–4)	24 – Smith	15 – Smith	2 – Tied	Wellness and Events Center (281) Newark, NJ
February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		New Hampshire	W 67–61	15–12 (10–4)	35 – Smith	14 – Smith	5 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (1,151) Orono, ME
February 26, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Albany	W 60–59	16–12 (11–4)	20 – Smith	8 – Smith	12 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (1,168) Orono, ME
February 28, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Binghamton	W 74–67	17–12 (12–4)	21 – Smith	17 – Smith	6 – Smith	Memorial Gymnasium (1,172) Orono, ME
America East tournament
March 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	(7) New Hampshire Quarterfinals						Memorial Gymnasium Orono, ME
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[3]^[4]

References

[1] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Standings". America East Conference.

[2] "Jaycie Christopher transfers to University of Southern Maine women's basketball program". WABI-TV.

[3] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Maine Athletics.

[4] "Maine Black Bears 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN.

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Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1983–1989; 2011–present) Bangor Auditorium (1989–1992) Alfond Arena (1992–2013) Cross Insurance Center (2013–2022)
People	Head coaches
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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References