2025–26 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

2025–26 Penn Quakers women's basketball
2025–26 Penn Quakers women's basketball
FDU Christmas Classic champions
Conference	Ivy League
Record	14-9 (4-6 Ivy)
Head coach	Mike McLaughlin (17th season);
Associate head coach	Ashley Robinson
Assistant coach	Ryan Weiss
Home arena	The Palestra

2025–26 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Princeton	8	–	2	.800	20	–	3	.870
Columbia	8	–	2	.800	17	–	6	.739
Brown	7	–	3	.700	15	–	7	.682
Harvard	7	–	3	.700	14	–	9	.609
Penn	4	–	6	.400	14	–	9	.609
Cornell	3	–	7	.300	8	–	15	.348
Yale	2	–	8	.200	6	–	17	.261
Dartmouth	1	–	9	.100	10	–	13	.435

† 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of February 14, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Penn Quakers women's basketball team currently represents the University of Pennsylvania during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by 16th-year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Quakers finished the 2024–25 season 15–13 and 6–8 in Ivy League play, finishing in a tie for 4th place with Brown. They clinched the No. 4 seed in the Ivy League tournament over Brown due to having the better overall record, losing to No. 1 seed Columbia in the semi-final game 54–60.

Offseason

Departures

Penn Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Stina Almqvist	5	G	6'1"	Senior	Kinna, Sweden	Graduated
Lizzy Groetsch	32	G	5'10"	Senior	Sewickley, PA	Graduated

Transfers

There were no transfers for the 2025–26 season.

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ashna Tambe	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Hockaday School	Plano, TX
G	2	Brooke Suttle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Campbell High School	Atlanta, GA
G	3	Ruke Ogbevire	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Fulshear High School	Houston, TX
G	4	Saniah Caldwell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Saddle River Day School	Franklin Lakes, NJ
F	5	Ari Paraskevopoulou	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	16th General HS of Athens	Athens, Greece
G	8	Sarah Miller	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Xavier College Prep	Phoenix, AZ
C	10	Tina Njike	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Skyline High School	Salt Lake City, UT
G	11	Simone Sawyer	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Stevenson High School	Lincolnshire, IL
G	14	Reagan Jamison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Camas High School	Vancouver, WA
G	15	Georgia Heine	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Manasquan High School	Spring Lake Heights, NJ
G	20	Abby Sharpe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School	Lafayette Hill, PA
C	21	Kate Lipatova	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Putnam Science Academy	Moscow, Russia
G	22	Mataya Gayle	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	River Ridge High School	Woodstock, GA
G	23	Ese Ogbevire	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Fulshear High School	Houston, TX
F	25	Katie Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Manasquan High School	Manasquan, NJ
G	32	Sarah Gordon	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Vestavia Hills High School	Vestavia Hills, AL
F	33	Gabriella Kelley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	San Francisco University High School	San Francisco, CA

Head coach

Mike McLaughlin (Holy Family)

Assistant coach(es)

Ashley Robinson (Saint Joseph's)
Ryan Weise (Long Island)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 23, 2025

Notes:

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	King's (PA)	W 105–31	1–0	18 – Collins	6 – Njike	4 – Tied	The Palestra (421) Philadelphia, PA
November 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Delaware State	W 63–41	2–0	15 – Njike	12 – Tied	3 – Tied	Memorial Hall (175) Dover, DE
November 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Drexel	L 55–72	2–1	13 – Gayle	12 – Collins	7 – Gayle	Daskalakis Athletic Center (808) Philadelphia, PA
November 15, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Hofstra	W 67–55	3–1	21 – Sawyer	9 – Sawyer	5 – Caldwell	Mack Sports Complex (462) Hempstead, NY
November 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Norfolk State	W 55–50	4–1	12 – Njike	8 – Sawyer	3 – Tied	The Palestra (206) Philadelphia, PA
November 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Joseph's	L 53–74	4–2	14 – Sawyer	7 – Sawyer	4 – Tied	The Palestra (491) Philadelphia, PA
November 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. Thomas (TX)	W 78–44	5–2	18 – Collins	8 – Collins	6 – Gayle	Jeraback Athletic and Activity Center (100) Houston, TX
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 4 Texas	L 63–81	5–3	24 – Gayle	9 – Collins	8 – Tied	Moody Center (8,642) Austin, TX
December 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Maine	W 58–35	6–3	21 – Sawyer	13 – Collins	4 – Gayle	The Palestra (204) Philadelphia, PA
December 7, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. La Salle Toyota Women's Big 5 Classic	W 65–52	7–3	20 – Collins	13 – Njike	6 – Caldwell	Finneran Pavilion (–) Villanova, PA
December 19, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Washington State	W 67–62	8–3	15 – Tied	9 – Njike	6 – Gayle	The Palestra (768) Philadelphia, PA
December 29, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Maryland Eastern Shore FDU Christmas Classic semifinals	W 78–57	9–3	18 – Collins	11 – Collins	5 – Gayle	Bogota Savings Bank Center (139) Hackensack, NJ
December 30, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Binghamton FDU Christmas Classic championship	W 59–54	10–3	21 – Collins	8 – Njike	5 – Gayle	Bogota Savings Bank Center (109) Hackensack, NJ
Ivy League regular season
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25 Princeton	L 68–74	10–4 (0–1)	17 – Gayle	7 – Gayle	6 – Gayle	The Palestra (992) Philadelphia, PA
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Brown	L 65–77 ^2OT	10–5 (0–2)	18 – Gayle	11 – Collins	4 – Gayle	Pizzitola Sports Center (294) Providence, RI
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Harvard	L 42–53	10−6 (0−3)	16 – Gayle	9 – Collins	3 – Collins	The Palestra (446) Philadelphia, PA
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dartmouth	W 67−59	11−6 (1−3)	16 – Njike	13 – Njike	4 – Gayle	The Palestra (550) Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Yale	W 64–37	12–6 (2–3)	18 – Sawyer	9 – Collins	6 – Gayle	John J. Lee Amphitheater (529) New Haven, CT
January 30, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell	L 58–62	12–7 (2–4)	20 – Gayle	12 – Collins	6 – Caldwell	The Palestra (116) Philadelphia, PA
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Columbia	W 64–55	13–7 (3–4)	16 – Gayle	10 – Njike	7 – Gayle	The Palestra (762) Philadelphia, PA
February 6, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 23 Princeton	L 50–69	13–8 (3–5)	16 – Tied	10 – Njike	4 – Caldwell	Jadwin Gymnasium (917) Princeton, NJ
February 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cornell	W 72-66	14-8 (4-5)	23 – Gayle	9 – Sawyer	7 – Caldwell	Newman Arena (186) Ithaca, NY
February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Columbia	L 56-69	14-9 (4-6)	22 – Collins	8 – Sawyer	8 – Gayle	Levien Gymnasium (1,612) New York, NY
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Yale						The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Harvard						Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Dartmouth						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Brown						The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[1]^[2]

References

[1] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Pennsylvania Athletics.

[2] "Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule 2025-26". ESPN.

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