2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	18–5 (8–2 WCC)
Head coach	Loree Payne (1st season);
Associate head coach	TJ Harris
Assistant coaches	Kellee Barney; Ryan Freeman; Des Abeyta;
Home arena	Leavey Center

2025–26 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	12	–	3	.800	20	–	8	.714
Loyola Marymount	12	–	3	.800	18	–	8	.692
Santa Clara	11	–	4	.733	21	–	7	.750
Oregon State	11	–	4	.733	19	–	9	.679
Portland	9	–	6	.600	15	–	12	.556
San Francisco	8	–	7	.533	15	–	11	.577
Pepperdine	7	–	8	.467	16	–	11	.593
Saint Mary's	6	–	9	.400	15	–	13	.536
Pacific	6	–	9	.400	11	–	15	.423
Washington State	4	–	11	.267	5	–	23	.179
San Diego	3	–	12	.200	9	–	19	.321
Seattle	1	–	14	.067	5	–	21	.192

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of February 19, 2026

The 2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team represents Santa Clara University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Broncos, led by first-year head coach Loree Payne, play their home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California, as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Broncos finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 8–12 in WCC play, to finish in eighth place.^[1] They were defeated by Loyola Marymount in the second round of the WCC tournament.^[2]

Prior to the season, on October 12, 2024, head coach Bill Carr announced his resignation, ending his eight-year tenure with the team, with associate head coach Michael Floyd being named interim head coach for the 2024–25 season.^[3] On March 24, 2025, it was announced that the school would be hiring Northern Arizona head coach Loree Payne as the team's new head coach.^[4]

Preseason

On October 23, 2025, the West Coast Conference released their preseason poll. Santa Clara was picked to finish fifth in the conference.^[5]

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:^[5]

Preseason All-WCC Team

Preseason All-WCC Team
Player	Year	Position
Sophie Glancey	Graduate Student	Forward
Maia Jones	Junior	Guard

Source:^[5]

Roster

2025–26 Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Maia Jones	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	Saint Mary's	Tasman, New Zealand
G	2	Aniya Hooker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Siena	Lynnwood, Washington
G	3	Kate Schat	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Cardinal Newman High School	Redwood Valley, California
G	4	Maddy Warberg	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	South Medford High School	Eugene, Oregon
G	5	Sara Schmerbach	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	South Medford High School	South Medford, Oregon
G	6	Sienna Grieger	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	St Michael's College	West Adelaide, Australia
F	10	Lauren Grover	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Santiago High School	Corona, California
F	11	Alana Goodchild	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Northwestern	Sydney, Australia
F	12	Sophie Glancey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	Northern Arizona	Boise, Idaho
F	13	Ava Schmidt	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Northern Arizona	Sammamish, Washington
G	20	Delainey Miller	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Cherokee Trail High School	Aurora, Colorado
G	23	Ashley Hawkins	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Gardner–Webb	Long Beach, California
G	24	Reilly Clark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Northern Arizona	Tucson, Arizona
F	30	Kylee Fox	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Fresno State	Richland, Washington
F	34	Tyler Gildersleeve-Stiles	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Snohomish High School	Snohomish, Washington

Head coach

Loree Payne (Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

TJ Harris (Great Falls)
Kellee Barney (Idaho)
Ryan Freeman (Florida)
Des Abeyta (UC Davis)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 8, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Stanislaus State	W 108–52	1–0	18 – Fox	11 – Tied	6 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (321) Santa Clara, CA
November 6, 2025* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	at Stanford	L 58–79	1–1	16 – Jones	6 – Glancey	5 – Hawkins	Maples Pavilion (2,289) Stanford, CA
November 11, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 85–62	2–1	20 – Glancey	5 – Tied	6 – Hawkins	Dugan Wellness Center (994) Corpus Christi, TX
November 14, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Wyoming	W 76–45	3–1	13 – Tied	10 – Tied	8 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (415) Santa Clara, CA
November 16, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Arizona State	L 77–82	3–2	20 – Jones	8 – Glancey	6 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (448) Santa Clara, CA
November 19, 2025* 11:00 am, MWN	at San Diego State	W 72−47	4−2	25 – Jones	9 – Tied	4 – Tied	Viejas Arena (3,707) San Diego, CA
November 23, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Fresno State	W 81−63	5−2	17 – Glancey	12 – Glancey	6 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (283) Santa Clara, CA
November 28, 2025* 2:00 pm	vs. Lindenwood Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 84–70	6–2	24 – Glancey	12 – Schmidt	5 – Hawkins	Stan Sheriff Center (103) Honolulu, HI
November 29, 2025* 2:00 pm	vs. Vermont Rainbow Wahine Showdown	L 51–63	6–3	15 – Jones	8 – Fox	4 – Hawkins	Stan Sheriff Center (100) Honolulu, HI
November 30, 2025* 4:30 pm, ESPN+	at Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine Showdown	W 76–57	7–3	19 – Glancey	12 – Glancey	5 – Jones	Stan Sheriff Center (1,594) Honolulu, HI
December 6, 2025* 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Simpson	W 125–43	8–3	22 – Jones	13 – Tied	6 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (640) Santa Clara, CA
December 14, 2025* 12:00 pm, MWN	at Grand Canyon	W 91–72	9–3	29 – Glancey	8 – Glancey	9 – Hawkins	Global Credit Union Arena (602) Phoenix, AZ
December 21, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at North Texas	W 84–72	10–3	23 – Fox	13 – Glancey	11 – Hawkins	The Super Pit (1,206) Denton, TX
WCC regular season
December 28, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+	San Diego	W 68–46	11–3 (1–0)	14 – Schat	8 – Tied	5 – Tied	Leavey Center (356) Santa Clara, CA
December 30, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Seattle	W 94–65	12–3 (2–0)	22 – Glancey	8 – Gildersleeve-Stiles	7 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (331) Santa Clara, CA
January 2, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at LMU	L 85–92	12–4 (2–1)	20 – Glancey	5 – Jones	6 – Hawkins	Gersten Pavilion (303) Los Angeles, CA
January 4, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	Gonzaga	W 77–73	13–4 (3–1)	17 – Tied	8 – Glancey	11 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (376) Santa Clara, CA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at San Francisco	W 77-67	14-4 (4-1)	25 – Jones	8 – Glancey	4 – Hawkins	Sobrato Center (257) San Francisco, CA
January 10, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	at Washington State	W 98-92	15-4 (5-1)	26 – Hawkins	6 – Tied	8 – Hawkins	Beasley Coliseum (883) Pullman, WA
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Portland	L 66-73	15-5 (5-2)	15 – Hawkins	11 – Schmidt	8 – Hawkins	Leavey Center (346) Santa Clara, CA
January 17, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Saint Mary's	W 68-63	16-5 (6-2)	17 – Tied	9 – Miller	3 – Tied	University Credit Union Pavilion (486) Moraga, CA
January 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Seattle	W 93-59	17-5 (7-2)	19 – Miller	9 – Miller	4 – Hawkins	Redhawk Center (483) Seattle, WA
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Washington State	W 102-71	18-5 (8-2)	20 – Hawkins	7 – Miller	7 – Hawkins	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+	Pepperdine						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
February 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Pacific						Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
February 12, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 14, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Portland						Chiles Center Portland, OR
February 19, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Saint Mary's						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+	at Pepperdine						Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	Pacific						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
February 28, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	San Francisco						Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
WCC tournament
March 5–10, 2026	vs.						Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ "Lions Rolls Past Broncos, Moves On to Face Dons". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ "WCC women's basketball preview: Where St. Mary's, USF, Santa Clara stand". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ "Havre native Loree Payne named head coach at Santa Clara". swxlocalsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ "2025-2026 Women's Basketball Schedule". Santa Clara University. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
^ "Santa Clara Broncos 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[2] "Lions Rolls Past Broncos, Moves On to Face Dons". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[3] "WCC women's basketball preview: Where St. Mary's, USF, Santa Clara stand". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[4] "Havre native Loree Payne named head coach at Santa Clara". swxlocalsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[poll-5] "Oregon State Picked to Win 2025-26 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[6] "2025-2026 Women's Basketball Schedule". Santa Clara University. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

[7] "Santa Clara Broncos 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 8, 2026.

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Santa Clara Broncos women's basketball
Venues	San Jose Civic Auditorium (1963–1975) Toso Pavilion / Leavey Center (1975–present)
Culture & lore	History "Fight for Santa Clara"
People	Head coaches
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