2025–26 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team

2025–26 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball
2025–26 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	5–25 (1–17 WCC)
Head coach	Skyler Young (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Rachel Swartz; John Motherwell; Briana Gray;
Home arena	Redhawk Center

2025–26 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Loyola Marymount	15	–	3	.833	21	–	10	.677
Gonzaga †	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
Santa Clara	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
Oregon State	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
Portland	11	–	7	.611	19	–	14	.576
Pepperdine	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
San Francisco	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	11	–	19	.367
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	9	–	25	.265
Saint Mary's	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
San Diego	4	–	14	.222	11	–	22	.333
Seattle	1	–	17	.056	5	–	25	.167

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of March 19, 2026

The 2025–26 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team represents Seattle University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redhawks, led by third-year head coach Skyler Young, play their home games at the Redhawk Center in Seattle, Washington as first-year members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2024–25 season 4–26, 1–15 in WAC play, to finish in a tie for eighth (last) place.^[1] They were defeated by Utah Tech in the first round of the WAC tournament.^[2] This was Seattle's final season as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).^[3]

Preseason

On October 23, 2025, the West Coast Conference released their preseason poll. Seattle was picked to finish twelfth (last) in the conference.^[4]

Preseason rankings

WCC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Oregon State	119 (9)
2	Gonzaga	111 (3)
3	Washington State	94
4	Portland	91
5	Santa Clara	84
6	San Francisco	70
7	Saint Mary's	55
8	Pacific	52
9	Loyola Marymount	38
10	Pepperdine	36
11	San Diego	31
12	Seattle	11
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-WCC Team

No players were named to the Preseason All-WCC Team.^[4]

Roster

2025–26 Seattle Redhawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Ella Brubaker	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Pepperdine	University Place, Washington
F	4	Fia Proctor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Wyoming	Bothell, Washington
G	5	Dylan Mogel	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Clackamas High School	Clackamas, Oregon
F	6	Andjela Bigovic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	GS	Tarleton State	Herceg Novi, Montenegro
C	7	Lucija Milkovic	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Jr	Missouri	Šibenik, Croatia
G	8	Chloe Emanga	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	BasCats USC Heidelberg	Marbach am Neckar, Germany
G	9	Jana Vesic	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Central Pointe Christian Academy	Belgrade, Serbia
F	14	Tamia Stricklin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Fresno State	Renton, Washington
G	21	Aaliyah Ibarra	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Utah Tech	Las Vegas, Nevada
G	22	Lucy Larson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	West Seattle High School	Seattle, Washington
G	24	Sydnie Rodriguez	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Owyhee High School	Boise, Idaho

Head coach

Skyler Young (Western Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Rachel Swartz (Missouri State)
John Motherwell (Michigan)
Briana Gray (Weber State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 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* 5:00 pm, B1G+		at Washington	L 43–90	0–1	12 – Stricklin	7 – Milkovic	3 – Mogel	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,975) Seattle, WA
November 5, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Northwest	W 86–56	1–1	17 – Brubaker	9 – Stricklin	7 – Tied	Redhawk Center (234) Seattle, WA
November 9, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	L 49–89	1–2	17 – Vesic	10 – Stricklin	3 – Vesic	Redhawk Center (312) Seattle, WA
November 11, 2025* 6:30 pm, MWN		at Fresno State	L 53–78	1–3	12 – Vesic	5 – Stricklin	2 – Vesic	Save Mart Center (1,107) Fresno, CA
November 15, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal Poly	W 75−73	2−3	20 – Bigovic	10 – Stricklin	6 – Mogel	Redhawk Center (305) Seattle, WA
November 21, 2025* 5:30 pm, MWN		at Boise State	L 65−86	2−4	17 – Brubaker	5 – Tied	4 – Vesic	ExtraMile Arena (1,708) Boise, ID
November 28, 2025* 10:30 am, ESPN+		vs. Presbyterian FIU Thanksgiving Tournament	W 72–61	3–4	24 – Brubaker	9 – Stricklin	5 – Mogel	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (36) Miami, FL
November 30, 2025* 10:30 am, ESPN+		at FIU FIU Thanksgiving Tournament	L 59–64	3–5	15 – Brubaker	10 – Stricklin	5 – Tied	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (58) Miami, FL
December 2, 2025* 11:00 am, ESPN+		Evergreen State	W 102–37	4–5	18 – Milkovic	13 – Larson	6 – Larson	Redhawk Center (688) Seattle, WA
December 13, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	L 51–72	4–6	16 – Stricklin	6 – Rodriguez	2 – Tied	Redhawk Center (291) Seattle, WA
December 17, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland State	L 62–85	4–7	20 – Brubaker	9 – Rodriguez	4 – Mogel	Viking Pavilion (324) Portland, OR
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Pacific	L 66−85	4−8 (0–1)	14 – Tied	8 – Stricklin	2 – Tied	Alex G. Spanos Center (365) Stockton, CA
December 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 65–94	4–9 (0–2)	17 – Stricklin	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Leavey Center (331) Santa Clara, CA
January 2, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Gonzaga	L 59–85	4–10 (0–3)	15 – Brubaker	6 – Rodriguez	4 – Rodriguez	Redhawk Center (541) Seattle, WA
January 4, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Washington State	L 69–73	4–11 (0–4)	17 – Brubaker	9 – Milkovic	5 – Stricklin	Redhawk Center (432) Seattle, WA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		San Diego	W 68–62	5–11 (1–4)	20 – Tied	11 – Rodriguez	3 – Tied	Redhawk Center (243) Seattle, WA
January 10, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oregon State	L 38–68	5–12 (1–5)	11 – Stricklin	8 – Brubaker	3 – Vesic	Gill Coliseum (3,775) Corvallis, OR
January 17, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland	L 57-83	5-13 (1-6)	15 – Stricklin	5 – Milkovic	3 – Tied	Chiles Center (790) Portland, OR
January 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Santa Clara	L 59-93	5-14 (1-7)	16 – Brubaker	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Redhawk Center (483) Seattle, WA
January 24, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Mary's	L 53-67	5-15 (1-8)	26 – Brubaker	6 – Rodriguez	2 – Tied	Redhawk Center (326) Seattle, WA
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Pepperdine	L 63-90	5-16 (1-9)	19 – Vesic	10 – Bigovic	3 – Bigovic	Firestone Fieldhouse (301) Malibu, CA
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at LMU	L 40-81	5-17 (1-10)	12 – Brubaker	10 – Bigovic	2 – Bigovic	Gersten Pavilion (393) Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		San Francisco	L 67-76	5-18 (1-11)	21 – Brubaker	6 – Emanga	2 – Tied	Redhawk Center (277) Seattle, WA
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at San Diego	L 54-71	5-19 (1-12)	27 – Brubaker	8 – Brubaker	5 – Vesic	Jenny Craig Pavilion (866) San Diego, CA
February 16, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 59-86	5-20 (1-13)	16 – Brubaker	7 – Stricklin	5 – Stricklin	University Credit Union Pavilion (198) Moraga, CA
February 19, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		LMU	L 54-78	5-21 (1-14)	25 – Brubaker	7 – Stricklin	3 – Tied	Redhawk Center (252) Seattle, WA
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland	L 61-65	5-22 (1-15)	20 – Brubaker	9 – Brubaker	3 – Brubaker	Redhawk Center (428) Seattle, WA
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Washington State	L 55-69	5-23 (1-16)	17 – Brubaker	9 – Tied	3 – Bigovic	Beasley Coliseum (939) Pullman, WA
February 28, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Pepperdine	L 67-81	5-24 (1-17)	16 – Vesic	14 – Stricklin	2 – Tied	Redhawk Center (658) Seattle, WA
WCC tournament
March 5, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(12)	vs. (9) Washington State First Round	L 58-80	5-25	17 – Stricklin	11 – Stricklin	4 – Brubaker	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "Trailblazers Power Past Seattle U in WAC Tourney Opener on Tuesday, 74-60". Utah Tech University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "West Coast Conference Adds Grand Canyon University and Seattle University as Members". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Seattle University Redhawks - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
^ "Seattle U Redhawks 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[2] "Trailblazers Power Past Seattle U in WAC Tourney Opener on Tuesday, 74-60". Utah Tech University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[3] "West Coast Conference Adds Grand Canyon University and Seattle University as Members". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[poll-4] "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[5] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Seattle University Redhawks - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

[6] "Seattle U Redhawks 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 13, 2026.

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