2023–24 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

2023–24 Richmond Spiders women's basketball
2023–24 Richmond Spiders women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	14–3 (4–0 A-10)
Head coach	Aaron Roussell (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeanine Radice; Brittany Pinkney; Ariel Stephenson; Alex Louin; John Studer;
Home arena	Robins Center

2023–24 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Richmond	4	–	0	1.000	14	–	3	.824
Saint Joseph's	3	–	1	.750	14	–	2	.875
VCU	3	–	1	.750	14	–	2	.875
George Mason	3	–	1	.750	12	–	3	.800
Rhode Island	3	–	1	.750	11	–	6	.647
Duquesne	3	–	1	.750	8	–	7	.533
Davidson	2	–	2	.500	12	–	3	.800
Loyola Chicago	2	–	2	.500	8	–	7	.533
La Salle	2	–	2	.500	5	–	10	.333
Saint Louis	2	–	3	.400	7	–	11	.389
St. Bonaventure	1	–	3	.250	4	–	11	.267
UMass	1	–	3	.250	3	–	13	.188
Dayton	1	–	4	.200	7	–	9	.438
Fordham	1	–	4	.200	6	–	10	.375
George Washington	0	–	3	.000	7	–	8	.467

† 2024 A10 tournament winner As of January 13, 2024

The 2023–24 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team are representing the University of Richmond during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by fifth-year head coach Aaron Roussell, play their home games at the Robins Center and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Spiders finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 21–11, 8–6 in A-10 play to finish in fifth place. In the A-10 women's tournament, they received a first-round bye before defeating No. 12 seed Dayton in the second round and No. 4 seed Fordham in the quarterfinals.^[1]^[2] The Spiders ultimately fell to No. 1 seed Massachusetts in the semifinals.^[3]

The Spiders then received an at-large invitation to the 2023 WNIT, where they defeated Penn in the first round before being eliminated by conference foe Rhode Island in the second round.^[4]^[5]

Roster

2023–24 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Laren VanArsdale	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	GS	Hillgrove Hampton	Powder Springs, GA
G	1	Grace Townsend	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	James River	Midlothian, VA
F	2	Anna Camden	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Shipley School Penn State	Downingtown, PA
F	4	Jada Green	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	St. Thomas Aquinas High School	Parkland, FL
F	10	Melissa Mwanza	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Life Christian Academy	Harare, Zimbabwe
G	11	Torin Rogers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Murphy	Brasstown, NC
G	14	Ally Sweeney	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Sparta	Sparta, NJ
F	20	Addie Budnik	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Highland Park	Highland Park, IL
G	21	Kylee Lewandowski	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	North Catholic	Pittsburgh, PA
G	22	Rachel Ullstrom	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Marianapolis Prep	Auburn, MA
F	23	Courtney Swider	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Tabor Academy	Portsmouth, RI
F	24	Faye Parker	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	GS	Tabor Academy Penn	Swampscott, MA
G	25	Katie Hill	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Saint John Vianney	Colts Neck, NJ
G	32	Siobhan Ryan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Sacred Heart	Buffalo, NY
F	44	Maggie Doogan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Cardinal O'Hara High School	Broomall, PA

Head coach

Aaron Roussell (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeanine Radice (Fordham)
Brittany Pinkney (VCU)
Ariel Stephenson (Wake Forest)
Alex Louin (Villanova)
John Studer (Illinois)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 15, 2023

Schedule

Richmond's 2023–24 non-conference schedule features 13 games, including a trio of games in the Drake Thanksgiving Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa, and another pair in the Cherokee Invitational in Cherokee, North Carolina.^[6]

In the Atlantic 10 portion of the schedule, Richmond is scheduled to play a total of 18 games, including both home and away games against Duquesne, George Washington, Rhode Island, and VCU. In addition, Richmond is scheduled to host Dayton, Fordham, La Salle, Loyola Chicago, and Massachusetts, while the Spiders will travel to Davidson, George Mason, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, and St. Bonaventure.^[7]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX	at Duke	L 53–83	0–1	17 – Budnik	6 – Budnik	3 – Hill	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,864) Durham, NC
Nov 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Delaware State	W 105–44	1–1	15 – Ryan	5 – Tied	8 – Townsend	Robins Center (909) Richmond, VA
Nov 15, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Gardner–Webb	W 80–53	2–1	25 – Doogan	10 – Doogan	8 – Townsend	Paul Porter Arena (2,167) Boiling Springs, NC
Nov 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	American	W 76–44	3–1	20 – Ryan	11 – Budnik	3 – Tied	Robins Center (410) Richmond, VA
Nov 24, 2023* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Maine Drake Thanksgiving Invitational	W 77–43	4–1	27 – Doogan	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Knapp Center (1,734) Des Moines, IA
Nov 25, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Drake Drake Thanksgiving Invitational	W 74–66	5–1	17 – Budnik	7 – Tied	7 – Townsend	Knapp Center (1,861) Des Moines, IA
Nov 26, 2023* 12:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Louisiana Tech Drake Thanksgiving Invitational	W 83–56	6–1	21 – Doogan	6 – Doogan	6 – Budnik	Knapp Center (580) Des Moines, IA
Nov 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops	at Villanova	L 57–67	6–2	18 – Doogan	8 – Townsend	6 – Towsend	Finneran Pavilion (2,241) Villanova, PA
Dec 3, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Le Moyne	W 69–40	7–2	18 – Doogan	7 – Budnik	5 – Townsend	Robins Center (478) Richmond, VA
Dec 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Appalachian State	W 80–77 ^OT	8–2	28 – Doogan	8 – Ullstrom	3 – Tied	Robins Center (1,395) Richmond, VA
Dec 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Liberty	W 99–73	9–2	22 – Doogan	7 – Ullstrom	5 – Tied	Robins Center (747) Richmond, VA
Dec 20, 2023* 9:30 p.m., BallerTV	vs. Michigan State Cherokee Invitational	L 76–83	9–3	17 – Budnik	7 – Townsend	7 – Townsend	Harrah's Cherokee (302) Cherokee, NC
Dec 21, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BallerTV	vs. Chattanooga Cherokee Invitational	W 64–60	10–3	17 – Doogan	7 – Doogan	6 – Budnik	Harrah's Cherokee (422) Cherokee, NC
Atlantic 10 regular season
Dec 30, 2023 noon, ESPN+/Monumental	at George Washington	W 70–66	11–3 (1–0)	26 – Townsend	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Charles E. Smith Center (284) Washington, D.C.
Jan 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+/MASN	VCU	W 72–65	12–3 (2–0)	21 – Townsend	7 – Doogan	8 – Doogan	Robins Center (1,226) Richmond, VA
Jan 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Joseph's	W 64–59	13–3 (3–0)	16 – Tied	7 – Tied	6 – Townsend	Hagan Arena (650) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 10, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	UMass	W 79–65	14–3 (4–0)	26 – Ullstrom	6 – Ullstrom	7 – Townsend	Robins Center (1,904) Richmond, VA
Jan 14, 2024 noon, CBSSN	Rhode Island						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Jan 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
Jan 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Jan 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Duquesne						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 28, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
Feb 3, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Feb 7, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
Feb 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Washington						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Feb 14, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at VCU						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
Feb 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Chicago						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Feb 21, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	La Salle						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Feb 24, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at George Mason						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
Feb 28, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Duquesne						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Mar 2, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Mar 6–10, 2024 TBA	vs. TBD						Henrico Sports & Events Center Glen Allen, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[8]

References

↑ "Budnik's 20 Points Lifts Spiders to Victory over No.12 Dayton in A-10 Championship Second Round". RichmondSpiders.com. March 2, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Spiders Reach A-10 Semifinals with Thrilling win over No. 4 Fordham". RichmondSpiders.com. March 3, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Spiders fall to No. 1 UMass in A-10 Championship Semifinal". RichmondSpiders.com. March 4, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Spiders Shake up Quakers in WNIT First Round Victory". RichmondSpiders.com. March 16, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Spiders Fight, end Season in WNIT Second Round at Rhode Island". RichmondSpiders.com. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Women's Basketball Releases 2023-24 Non-Conference Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. August 28, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "Women's Basketball Announces Atlantic 10 Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. September 19, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
↑ "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

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[1] "Budnik's 20 Points Lifts Spiders to Victory over No.12 Dayton in A-10 Championship Second Round". RichmondSpiders.com. March 2, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[2] "Spiders Reach A-10 Semifinals with Thrilling win over No. 4 Fordham". RichmondSpiders.com. March 3, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[3] "Spiders fall to No. 1 UMass in A-10 Championship Semifinal". RichmondSpiders.com. March 4, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[4] "Spiders Shake up Quakers in WNIT First Round Victory". RichmondSpiders.com. March 16, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[5] "Spiders Fight, end Season in WNIT Second Round at Rhode Island". RichmondSpiders.com. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[6] "Women's Basketball Releases 2023-24 Non-Conference Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. August 28, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[7] "Women's Basketball Announces Atlantic 10 Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. September 19, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

[8] "2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule". RichmondSpiders.com. Retrieved November 15, 2023.

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Richmond Spiders women's basketball
Venues	Millhiser Gymnasium (1922–1947) Blues Armory (1947–1950) Grays Armory (1950–1951) Benedictine High School Gymnasium (1951–1954) Richmond Arena (1954–1971) Richmond Coliseum (1971–1972) Robins Center (1972–present)
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People	Head coaches
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