2025–26 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2025–26 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record19–11 (11–7 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachCJ Jones (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Duke † 16 – 2   .889 24 – 8   .750
No. 13 Louisville 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
No. 15 North Carolina 14 – 4   .778 26 – 7   .788
NC State 13 – 5   .722 20 – 10   .667
No. 22 Notre Dame 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
Virginia Tech 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
Syracuse 12 – 6   .667 23 – 8   .742
Virginia 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Clemson 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
California 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Georgia Tech 8 – 10   .444 14 – 18   .438
Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 17 – 14   .548
Stanford 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Florida State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 14 – 17   .452
SMU 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
Pittsburgh 1 – 17   .056 8 – 23   .258
Boston College 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of March 8, 2026
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represents the University of Virginia during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers are led by fourth-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and play their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The Cavaliers finished the season 17–15 overall and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they faced fifteenth seed Pittsburgh in the First Round. The Cavaliers won 64–50 to advance to the second round where they lost to California 75–58. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Rylee Grays 2 F 6'4" Sophomore Pearland, Texas Transferred to Tulsa[1]
Yonta Vaughn 5 G 5'8" Junior District Heights, Maryland Entered transfer portal[2]
Hawa Doumbouya 7 C 6'7" Sophomore Bronx, New York Transferred to VCU[3]
Edessa Noyan 8 F 6'3" Sophomore Södertälje, Sweden Transferred to Indiana[4]
Casey Valenti-Paea 10 G 5'9" Graduate Student Melbourne, Australia Graduated; transferred
to Grand Canyon[5]
Kamryn Kitchen 12 G 5'9" Freshman Charlotte, North Carolina Transferred to Arizona[6]
Payton Dunbar 23 G 5'11" Freshman Narrows, Virginia Transferred to Providence[7]
Latasha Lattimore 35 F 6'4" Senior Toronto, Canada Graduated; transferred
to Ole Miss[8]
Taylor Lauterbach 41 C 6'7" Graduate Student Appleton, Wisconsin Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school
Raianne Dias Dos Santos 2 G 5'9" Junior São Paulo, Brazil Florida State[9]
Sa'Myah Smith 5 F 6'2" Junior Texarkana, Texas LSU[10]
Tabitha Amanze 7 F 6'4" Senior Ogun, Nigeria Princeton[11]
Adeang Ring 8 F 6'5" Sophomore Sydney, Australia UCF[12]
Caitlin Weimar 12 F 6'4" Graduate Student Cortlandt Manor, New York NC State[13]
Romi Levy 23 G 6'3" Graduate Student Herzliya, Israel South Florida[14]
Danelle Arigbabu 28 F 6'4" Graduate Student Berlin, Germany West Virginia[15]

Recruiting class

Source:[16]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Gabby White
G 		Chapel Hill, North Carolina Seaforth High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A Aug 6, 2024 
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:    ESPN:    (91)
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:

Roster

2025–26 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Olivia McGhee 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr IMG Academy Louisa, VA
G 1 Paris Clark 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Long Island Lutheran
Arizona 		New York, NY
G 4 Raiane Dias Dos Santos 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Gulf Coast State
Florida State 		São Paulo, Brazil
G 3 Gabby White 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Seaforth Chapel Hill, NC
G 4 Jillian Brown 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS East Grand Rapids
Northwestern 		Grand Rapids, MI
F 5 Sa'Myah Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr DeSoto
LSU 		Texarkana, TX
F 7 Tabitha Amanze 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Blair Academy
Princeton 		Ogun, Nigeria
F 8 Adeang Ring 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Bella Vista College Prep
UCF 		Sydney, Australia
F 12 Caitlin Weimar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Hendrick Hudson
NC State 		Cortlandt Manor, NY
G 21 Kymora Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr St. Anne's-Belfield Charlottesville, VA
G 23 Romi Levy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Hof HaSharon
South Florida 		Herzliya, Israel
F 28 Danelle Arigbabu 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) GS Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
West Virginia 		Berlin, Germany
F 32 Breona Hurd 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Waynesville Waynesville, MO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source:[17]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2025*
7:00 p.m. 		Frostburg State W 99–38  –
   –      –      –    John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
Regular season
November 4, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Morgan State W 86–36  1–0
  24 – Johnson   11 – Levy   5 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,597)
Charlottesville, VA
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Bucknell W 80–35  2–0
  23 – Johnson   11 – Amanze   7 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,874)
Charlottesville, VA
November 13, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		UMBC L 56–61  2–1
  22 – Hurd   9 – Levy   5 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,531)
Charlottesville, VA
November 16, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Radford W 77–46  3–1
  21 – Amanze   12 – Amanze   8 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,754)
Charlottesville, VA
November 20, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Longwood W 94–47  4–1
  23 – Johnson   12 – Tied   10 – Levy  John Paul Jones Arena (3,569)
Charlottesville, VA
November 24, 2025*
8:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. Northwestern State
Emerald Coast Classic Bay Bracket Semifinal 		W 69–48  5–1
  13 – White   6 – Tied   4 – Ring  Raider Arena (700)
Niceville, FL
November 25, 2025*
8:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. Nebraska
Emerald Coast Classic Bay Bracket Championship 		L 82–91  5–2
  24 – Johnson   6 – Tied   6 – Johnson  Raider Arena (850)
Niceville, FL
November 30, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Maryland Eastern Shore W 92–59  6–2
  20 – Johnson   9 – Amanze   5 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,742)
Charlottesville, VA
December 3, 2025*
5:00 p.m., SECN 		at No. 15 Vanderbilt
ACC–SEC Challenge 		L 68–81  6–3
  22 – Johnson   6 – Amanze   7 – Johnson  Memorial Gymnasium (2,661)
Nashville, TN
December 7, 2025
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Boston College W 81–55  7–3
(1–0) 		 13 – Tied   10 – Amanze   9 – Johnson  Conte Forum (836)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 10, 2025*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Howard W 76–50  8–3
  18 – Smith   8 – Smith   7 – Tied  John Paul Jones Arena (3,611)
Charlottesville, VA
December 20, 2025*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Winthrop W 88–53  9–3
  41 – Johnson   9 – Clark   12 – Clark  John Paul Jones Arena (4,077)
Charlottesville, VA
December 29, 2025
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		SMU W 76–52  10–3
(2–0) 		 17 – Johnson   15 – Smith   10 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (4,222)
Charlottesville, VA
January 1, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Clemson W 73–63  11–3
(3–0) 		 18 – Amanze   11 – Amanze   8 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (4,032)
Charlottesville, VA
January 4, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Florida State W 91–87 2OT 12–3
(4–0) 		 31 – Johnson   11 – Weimar   11 – Johnson  Donald L. Tucker Center (1,126)
Tallahassee, FL
January 8, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Georgia Tech W 61–59  13–3
(5–0) 		 14 – Clark   12 – Amanze   6 – Johnson  McCamish Pavilion (1,526)
Atlanta, GA
January 11, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Syracuse L 60–79  13–4
(5–1) 		 19 – Johnson   8 – Weimar   5 – Tied  John Paul Jones Arena (5,797)
Charlottesville, VA
January 15, 2026
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Duke L 58–65  13–5
(5–2) 		 20 – Amanze   7 – Smith   4 – Clark  Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,533)
Durham, NC
January 22, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Pittsburgh W 84–46  14–5
(6–2) 		 20 – Weimar   9 – White   9 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,755)
Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		NC State L 76–78 OT 14–6
(6–3) 		 26 – Johnson   10 – Weimar   9 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (4,291)
Charlottesville, VA
January 29, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Wake Forest W 109–103 3OT 15–6
(7–3) 		 26 – Johnson   12 – White   8 – Johnson  LJVM Coliseum (1,178)
Winston-Salem, NC
February 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Virginia Tech
Rivalry 		L 64–76  15–7
(7–4) 		 19 – Johnson   11 – Smith   3 – Johnson  Cassell Coliseum (5,281)
Blacksburg, VA
February 5, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Miami (FL) W 67–56  16–7
(8–4) 		 18 – Johnson   7 – Tied   5 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (3,709)
Charlottesville, VA
February 8, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Notre Dame W 81–70  17–7
(9–4) 		 29 – Johnson   9 – Smith   5 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (5,223)
Charlottesville, VA
February 12, 2026
10:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at California L 58–64  17–8
(9–5) 		 14 – Amanze   8 – Levy   8 – Johnson  Haas Pavilion (1,310)
Berkeley, CA
February 15, 2026
2:00 p.m., The CW 		at Stanford W 75–69  18–8
(10–5) 		 25 – Johnson   9 – White   4 – Johnson  Maples Pavilion (3,358)
Stanford, CA
February 22, 2026
12:00 p.m., The CW 		at No. 8 Louisville W 74–72  19–8
(11–5) 		 16 – Johnson   11 – Amazne   8 – Clark  KFC Yum! Center (8,984)
Louisville, KY
February 26, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 21 North Carolina L 70–82  19–9
(11–6) 		 22 – Johnson   6 – Tied   5 – Clark  John Paul Jones Arena (4,669)
Charlottesville, VA
March 1, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		Virginia Tech
Rivalry 		L 82–83  19–10
(11–7) 		 26 – Johnson   7 – Tied   6 – Johnson  John Paul Jones Arena (5,125)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC tournament
March 5, 2026*
11:00 a.m., ACCN 		(8) vs. (9) Clemson
Second Round 		L 50–63  19–11
  15 – Clark   11 – Smith   3 – Tied  Gas South Arena (6,203)
Duluth, GA
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2026*
9:00 p.m., ESPN2 		(10 S4) vs. (10 S4) Arizona State
First Four 		      Carver–Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S4=Sacramento 4.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP————————————————RV
Coaches—RV—————————RV————

References

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