2025–26 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2025–26 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
2025–26 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
WBIT
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	20–13 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach	Kate Paye (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Tempie Brown (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Katy Steding (6th season); Heather Oesterle (2nd season); Erica McCall (3rd season); Jeanette Pholen (2nd season);
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Duke †	16	–	2	.889	25	–	8	.758
No. 13 Louisville	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
No. 15 North Carolina	14	–	4	.778	27	–	7	.794
NC State	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
No. 22 Notre Dame	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Virginia Tech	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Syracuse	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Virginia	11	–	7	.611	20	–	11	.645
Clemson	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
California	9	–	9	.500	20	–	14	.588
Georgia Tech	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Miami (FL)	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Stanford	8	–	10	.444	20	–	13	.606
Florida State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Wake Forest	4	–	14	.222	14	–	18	.438
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 20, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal were led by second-year head coach Kate Paye and played their home games at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, California. They competed as second-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Cardinal finished the season 16–15 overall and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they faced fourteenth seed Clemson in the First Round. The Cardinal lost to Clemson for the second time this season, this time 63–46. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT and were the second seed in the St. Joseph's section of the bracket. They lost to unseeded Portland 69–68 in overtime, in the First Round to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Num.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Elena Bosgana	20	G	6'2"	Senior	Athens, Greece	Graduated
Brooke Demetre	21	F	6'3"	Senior	Foothill Ranch, California	Graduated
Jzaniya Harriel	32	G	5'10"	Junior	Sacramento, California	Graduated; transferred to SMU^[1]
Tess Heal	34	G	5'10"	Junior	Melbourne, Australia	Transferred to Kansas State^[2]

Recruiting

Source:^[3]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Carly Amborn G	Larkspur, California	San Domenico	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Carly Amborn G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Alexandra Eschmeyer F	Boulder, Colorado	Peak to Peak	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	N/A	Jan 5, 2024
Alexandra Eschmeyer F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (96)
Nora Ezike F	La Grange, Illinois	Lyons Township	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jul 1, 2024
Nora Ezike F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Lara Somfai F	Adelaide, Australia	IMG Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Nov 13, 2024
Lara Somfai F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (97)
Hailee Swain G	Marietta, Georgia	Holy Innocents'	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Jul 10, 2024
Hailee Swain G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (97)
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 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Hailee Swain	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Holy Innocents'	Marietta, GA
F	3	Nunu Agara	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
F	4	Alexandra Eschmeyer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Peak to Peak	Boulder, CO
G	6	Shay Ijiwoye	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Desert Vista	Phoenix, AZ
G	10	Talana Lepolo	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Carondelet	Alameda, CA
G	11	Carly Amborn	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	San Domenico	Larkspur, CA
F	12	Lara Somfai	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	IMG Academy	Adelaide, Australia
G	13	Chloe Clardy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Conway	Conway, AR
F	15	Harper Patterson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Whitney	Rocklin, CA
F	22	Mary Ashley Stevenson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Dalton Purdue	New York, NY
G	24	Stavi Papadaki	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	2nd EPAL Chanion	Chania, Greece
F	25	Nora Ezike	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Lyons Township	La Grange, IL
G	31	Lauren Green	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Castro Valley	Castro Valley, CA
F	40	Courtney Ogden	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Westminster School	Atlanta, GA
C	45	Kennedy Umeh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	McDonogh	Columbia, MD

Head coach

Kate Paye (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 13, 2025

Schedule and results

Source:^[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 7:00 p.m.		Cal State LA	W 85-50	—	20 – Clardy	10 – Somfai	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (1,976) Stanford, CA
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Greensboro	W 87–42	1–0	15 – Somfai	10 – Stevenson	4 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,068) Stanford, CA
November 6, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Santa Clara	W 79–58	2–0	16 – Lepolo	13 – Somfai	5 – Swain	Maples Pavilion (2,289) Stanford, CA
November 9, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Cal Poly	W 90–55	3–0	16 – Agara	10 – Somfai	4 – Lepolo	Maples Pavilion (2,461) Stanford, CA
November 14, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Washington State	W 54–46	4–0	10 – Swain	8 – Agara	3 – Tied	Beasley Coliseum (1,318) Pullman, WA
November 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Gonzaga	W 65–52	5–0	20 – Clardy	11 – Agara	4 – Swain	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,584) Spokane, WA
November 20, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UC Davis	W 70–45	6–0	16 – Agara	16 – Agara	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,228) Stanford, CA
November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Lehigh	W 98–43	7–0	24 – Agara	7 – Eschmeyer	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,427) Stanford, CA
November 28, 2025* 5:00 p.m., FloCollege		vs. Florida Gulf Coast Resorts World Classic	L 62–66	7–1	22 – Agara	9 – Agara	3 – Stevenson	Resorts World Arena Las Vegas, NV
November 29, 2025* 5:00 p.m., FloCollege		vs. Colorado State Resorts World Classic	W 62–60	8–1	18 – Agara	16 – Somfai	3 – Clardy	Resorts World Arena Las Vegas, NV
December 3, 2025* 6:15 p.m., ESPN2		No. 19 Tennessee ACC–SEC Challenge/Rivalry	L 62–65	8–2	14 – Tied	11 – Agara	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (4,499) Stanford, CA
December 14, 2025 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		California Rivalry	W 78–69	9–2 (1–0)	25 – Ogden	13 – Somfai	5 – Agara	Maples Pavilion (2,957) Stanford, CA
December 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 22 Washington	W 67–62	10–2	14 – Somfai	7 – Odgen	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,533) Stanford, CA
December 21, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ESPN		vs. Oregon Invisalign Bay Area Women's Classic	W 64–53	11–2	20 – Ogden	11 – Tied	5 – Clardy	Chase Center (6,258) San Francisco, CA
December 28, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Cornell	W 82–50	12–2	19 – Agara	18 – Somfai	4 – Ogden	Maples Pavilion (3,397) Stanford, CA
January 1, 2026 11:00 a.m., ACCN		at NC State	L 46–74	12–3 (1–1)	16 – Agara	16 – Somfai	2 – Ijiwoye	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 4, 2026 10:00 a.m., ESPN		at No. 16 North Carolina	W 77–71 ^OT	13–3 (2–1)	21 – Ogden	9 – Clardy	7 – Lepolo	Carmichael Arena (3,076) Chapel Hill, NC
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 55–43	14–3 (3–1)	27 – Agara	11 – Eschmeyer	3 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,475) Stanford, CA
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN		Duke	L 60–67	14–4 (3–2)	17 – Agara	10 – Agara	4 – Lepolo	Maples Pavilion (3,908) Stanford, CA
January 15, 2026 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	W 77–52	15–4 (4–2)	15 – Swain	9 – Ogden	6 – Ogden	Conte Forum (633) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 18, 2026 11:00 a.m., ACCNX		at Syracuse	L 58–69	15–5 (4–3)	17 – Somfai	13 – Agara	4 – Clardy	JMA Wireless Dome (3,225) Syracuse, NY
January 25, 2026 3:00 p.m., ACCN		at California Rivalry	L 71–78 ^OT	15–6 (4–4)	16 – Tied	9 – Somfai	2 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (4,519) Berkeley, CA
January 29, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 7 Louisville	L 66–84	15–7 (4–5)	16 – Ogden	8 – Somfai	3 – Ijiwoye	Maples Pavilion (2,594) Stanford, CA
February 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., The CW		Notre Dame	L 66–78	15–8 (4–6)	23 – Ogden	10 – Ogden	3 – Swain	Maples Pavilion (4,119) Stanford, CA
February 5, 2026 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh	W 86–65	16–8 (5–6)	26 – Clardy	23 – Somfai	8 – Somfai	Peterson Events Center (571) Pittsburgh, PA
February 8, 2026 11:00 a.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 52–74	16–9 (5–7)	19 – Somfai	9 – Somfai	6 – Somfai	McCamish Pavilion (3,056) Atlanta, GA
February 12, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech	L 67–79	16–10 (5–8)	20 – Clardy	15 – Somfai	2 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (2,503) Stanford, CA
February 15, 2026 11:00 a.m., The CW		Virginia	L 69–75	16–11 (5–9)	21 – Agara	6 – Swain	3 – Odgen	Maples Pavilion (3,358) Stanford, CA
February 19, 2026 5:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	L 51–66	16–12 (5–10)	16 – Swain	10 – Somfai	2 – Tied	Watsco Center (833) Coral Gables, FL
February 22, 2026 11:00 a.m., ACCN		at Florida State	W 77–61	17–12 (6–10)	22 – Agara	14 – Agara	6 – Ogden	Donald Tucker Center (1,686) Tallahassee, FL
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		SMU	W 87–57	18–12 (7–10)	19 – Somfai	9 – Agara	3 – Ogden	Maples Pavilion (2,769) Stanford, CA
March 1, 2026 11:00 a.m., The CW		Clemson	W 85–50	19–12 (8–10)	24 – Agara	10 – Agara	6 – Somfai	Maples Pavilion (3,034) Stanford, CA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2026* 8:00 a.m., ACCN	(13)	vs. (12) Miami (FL) First Round	L 76–83 ^OT	19–13	22 – Ogden	8 – Agara	6 – Ogden	Gas South Arena (5,192) Duluth, GA
WBIT
March 19, 2026* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	Loyola Marymount First Round	W 80–76	20–13	26 – Agara	16 – Agara	4 – Swain	Maples Pavilion (944) Stanford, CA
March 22, 2026* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	Quinnipiac Second Round						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in PST.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV*	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ Grausz, Dylan (April 11, 2025). "Former Stanford Women's Basketball Star Commits to SMU". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
^ Kunz, Seth (April 15, 2025). "Kansas State Women's Basketball Lands Second Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
^ "Stanford Cardinal". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

[1] Grausz, Dylan (April 11, 2025). "Former Stanford Women's Basketball Star Commits to SMU". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 8, 2025.

[2] Kunz, Seth (April 15, 2025). "Kansas State Women's Basketball Lands Second Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

[3] "Stanford Cardinal". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

[4] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". gostanford.com. Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved October 13, 2025.

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Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Venues	Maples Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee UConn
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" Harvard upset
People	Head coaches WNBA draftees
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NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics