2023–24 Stonehill Skyhawks women's basketball team

2023–24 Stonehill Skyhawks women's basketball
2023–24 Stonehill Skyhawks women's basketball
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	4–26 (4–12 NEC)
Head coach	Trisha Brown (23rd season);
Assistant coaches	Marcus Reilly; Jill Conroy; Jhay Fletcher;
Home arena	Merkert Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Stonehill Skyhawks women's basketball team represented Stonehill College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, who were led by 23rd-year head coach Trisha Brown, played their home games at Merkert Gymnasium in Easton, Massachusetts as members of the Northeast Conference.

2023–24 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Sacred Heart †	15	–	1	.938	24	–	10	.706
Le Moyne*	14	–	2	.875	18	–	15	.545
Fairleigh Dickinson	11	–	5	.688	14	–	17	.452
Merrimack	8	–	8	.500	12	–	19	.387
Central Connecticut	7	–	9	.438	9	–	21	.300
LIU	5	–	11	.313	8	–	22	.267
Stonehill*	4	–	12	.250	4	–	26	.133
Saint Francis	4	–	12	.250	5	–	25	.167
Wagner	4	–	12	.250	7	–	21	.250
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2024 NEC tournament winner

This season was Stonehill's second year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I.^[1]^[2] As a result, the Skyhawks are not eligible for NCAA postseason play until the 2026–27 season.^[3]

Previous season edit

The Skyhawks finished the 2022–23 season 9–20, 5–11 in NEC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.^[4] Due to their transition to Division I, they were ineligible to participate in the NEC tournament.

Roster edit

2023–24 Stonehill Skyhawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Chayil Mauristhene	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Noble and Greenough School	Milton, Massachusetts
G	2	Jada Thornton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Gaithersburg High School	Germantown, Maryland
G	3	Brooke Paquette	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Bishop Guertin High School	Hudson, New Hampshire
F	4	Cameron Ward	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	Bound Brook High School	Bound Brook, New Jersey
G	5	Chelsea Graiver	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Greely High School	Falmouth, Maine
G	10	Sharn Hayward	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Marist Regional College	Penguin, Tasmania
G	12	Breana Delaney	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	St. John Vianney High School	Marlboro, New Jersey
C	13	Isabella Mallory	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	E. O. Smith High School	Mansfield Center, Connecticut
G/F	15	Lauren Sampson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Providence	Waltham, Massachusetts
G	21	Anna Boruta	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Northeastern	Vienna, Austria
F	22	Emma Arcà	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	St. Andrew's School	Rome, Italy
G/F	30	Catelyn Wheeler	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Bishop Guertin High School	Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
F	31	Paige Martin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	St. Francis Brooklyn	Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
F	44	Maureen Stapleton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	St. Rose High School	Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey

Head coach

Trisha Brown (Harvard)

Assistant coach(es)

Marcus Reilly (Trinity (CT))
Jill Conroy (Holy Family)
Jhay Fletcher (UT Southern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: March 12, 2024

Schedule and results edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Northeastern	L 61–73	0–1	Merkert Gymnasium (443) Easton, MA
November 9, 2023* 8:00 pm, FloHoops		at DePaul	L 52–99	0–2	Wintrust Arena (849) Chicago, IL
November 11, 2023* 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Lehigh	L 50–62	0–3	Merkert Gymnasium (360) Easton, MA
November 14, 2023* 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Bryant	L 49–69	0–4	Merkert Gymnasium (118) Easton, MA
November 17, 2023* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Buffalo	L 39–60	0–5	Alumni Arena (1,276) Amherst, NY
November 19, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Niagara	L 69–71	0–6	Gallagher Center (397) Lewiston, NY
November 25, 2023* 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Utah Tech	L 58–81	0–7	Merkert Gymnasium (118) Easton, MA
November 29, 2023* 7:30 pm, NEC Front Row		Holy Cross	L 32–59	0–8	Merkert Gymnasium (127) Easton, MA
December 6, 2023* 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		New Hampshire	L 41–68	0–9	Merkert Gymnasium (327) Easton, MA
December 12, 2023* 11:00 am, ACCNX		at Boston College	L 37–101	0–10	Conte Forum (3,630) Chestnut Hill, MA
December 16, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Albany	L 38–77	0–11	Broadview Center (790) Albany, NY
December 21, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at George Washington	L 34–67	0–12	Charles E. Smith Center (304) Washington, D.C.
December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Fairfield	L 49–72	0–13	Merkert Gymnasium (431) Easton, MA
NEC regular season
January 6, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at LIU	L 52–54	0–14 (0–1)	Steinberg Wellness Center (134) Brooklyn, NY
January 8, 2024 4:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Central Connecticut	L 59–71	0–15 (0–2)	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (275) New Britain, CT
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 60–56	1–15 (1–2)	Merkert Gymnasium (416) Easton, MA
January 15, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Wagner	W 67–44	2–15 (2–2)	Merkert Gymnasium (387) Easton, MA
January 19, 2024 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Fairleigh Dickinson	L 50–61	2–16 (2–3)	Bogota Savings Bank Center (130) Hackensack, NJ
January 21, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Merrimack	L 60–72	2–17 (2–4)	Merkert Gymnasium (508) Easton, MA
January 25, 2024 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Saint Francis	W 66–57	3–17 (3–4)	Merkert Gymnasium (563) Easton, MA
February 1, 2024 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Sacred Heart	L 53–80	3–18 (3–5)	Merkert Gymnasium (381) Easton, MA
February 3, 2024 4:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Wagner	L 55–63	3–19 (3–6)	Spiro Sports Center (623) Staten Island, NY
February 9, 2024 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Le Moyne	L 51–72	3–20 (3–7)	Ted Grant Court (572) DeWitt, NY
February 15, 2024 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Merrimack	L 56–74	3–21 (3–8)	Hammel Court (577) North Andover, MA
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Le Moyne	L 44–55	3–22 (3–9)	Merkert Gymnasium (647) Easton, MA
February 24, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Francis	W 66–56	4–22 (4–9)	DeGol Arena (476) Loretto, PA
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Sacred Heart	L 49–78	4–23 (4–10)	William H. Pitt Center (441) Fairfield, CT
March 2, 2024 2:00 pm, NEC Front Row		Central Connecticut	L 45–64	4–24 (4–11)	Merkert Gymnasium (147) Easton, MA
March 7, 2024 6:00 pm, NEC Front Row		LIU	L 65–74	4–25 (4–12)	Merkert Gymnasium (112) Easton, MA
NEC tournament
March 11, 2024 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row	(7)	at (2) Le Moyne Quarterfinals	L 59–79	4–26	Ted Grant Court (–) DeWitt, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References edit

^ "Stonehill College". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ Dudek, Greg (April 7, 2022). "Movin' on Up: Stonehill College Celebrates 2022–23 Upgrade to Division I Athletics". The Enterprise. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ Doherty, Matt (April 5, 2022). "Stonehill sports are moving to Division 1, into the Northeast Conference, beginning in 2022-23". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ "NEC Women's College Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball 2023-24". Stonehill. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ "Stonehill Skyhawks 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[1] "Stonehill College". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[2] Dudek, Greg (April 7, 2022). "Movin' on Up: Stonehill College Celebrates 2022–23 Upgrade to Division I Athletics". The Enterprise. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[3] Doherty, Matt (April 5, 2022). "Stonehill sports are moving to Division 1, into the Northeast Conference, beginning in 2022-23". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[4] "NEC Women's College Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[5] "Women's Basketball 2023-24". Stonehill. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[6] "Stonehill Skyhawks 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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