2025–26 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team

2025–26 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball
2025–26 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–3 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Linda Cimino (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Shelby Boyle
Assistant coaches	Anh-Dao Tran-Lagado; Zenovia Walker;
Home arena	Leede Arena

2025–26 Ivy League women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Princeton	0	–	0	–	12	–	1	.923
Dartmouth	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Penn	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Columbia	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Brown	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Harvard	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Cornell	0	–	0	–	4	–	7	.364
Yale	0	–	0	–	4	–	9	.308

† 2026 Ivy League tournament winner As of December 22, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team currently represents Dartmouth College during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Green, led by third-year head coach Linda Cimino, play their home games at Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Big Green finished the 2024–25 season with an 8–19 overall record and 2–12 in Ivy League play to finish last in the conference and missing the Ivy League tournament for the third consecutive year.

Offseason

Departures

Dartmouth Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Meena Tate	2	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Iowa City, IA	TBD
Doreen Ariik	14	F	6'4"	Senior	Nairobi, Kenya	Graduated
Victoria Page	15	G	5'8"	Senior	Murfreesboro, TN	Graduated
Lucija Banovic	21	F	6'0"	Sophomore	Zagreb, Croatia	TBD
Annika Jiwani	32	F	6'0"	Freshman	Buena Park, CA	TBD

Transfers

There were no transfers for the season.

Recruiting class

There was no college recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Nina Minicozzi	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Rivers School	Belmont, MA
G	2	Emma Olausson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Hamden Hall Country Day School	Guilford, CT
G	3	Jacalyn Myrthill	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Mount Paran Christian School	Atlanta, GA
F	4	Cate MacDonald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	New Hampton School	Lynnfield, MA
G	5	Ellie Cerf	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Bethlehem Central High School	Delmar, NY
F	10	Olivia Lawlor	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Summit High School	Summit, NJ
G	11	Alexandra Eldredge	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Worcester Academy Southern Utah	McLean, VA
G	13	Zeynep Ozel	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Blair Academy	Istanbul, Turkey
F	14	Yufei Zou	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	IMG Academy	Tianjin, China
G	15	Tahira Muhammad	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Noble and Greenough School	Hyde Park, MA
G	20	Brooke Hollawell	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Manasquan High School	Wall, NJ
F	21	Olivia Austin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Nazareth Academy	Western Springs, IL
G	22	Sierra Carson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School	Norway, ME
F	24	Debra Hill	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Blair Academy Pingry School	Bedminster, NJ
F	25	Clare Meyer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Germantown Friends School	Philadelphia, PA

Head coach

Linda Cimino (Adelphi)

Assistant coach(es)

Shelby Boyle (Boston College)
Anh-Dao Tran-Lagaro (Adelphi)
Zenoviah Walker (Transylvania)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 7, 2025

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* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Boston University	W 52–50	1–0	12 – Tied	8 – MacDonald	3 – Tied	Case Gym (670) Boston, MA
November 10, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at UAlbany	L 41–65	1–1	16 – Austin	6 – Tied	2 – Eldredge	Broadview Center (1,207) Albany, NY
November 12, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Colby–Sawyer	W 98–33	2–1	17 – Austin	8 – MacDonald	10 – Ozel	Leede Arena (618) Hanover, NH
November 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Siena	W 65–55	3–1	14 – Minicozzi	10 – MacDonald	4 – Ozel	UHY Center (416) Loudonville, NY
December 2, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Merrimack	L 57–59	3–2	13 – Minicozzi	10 – Tied	5 – Ozel	Leede Arena (603) Hanover, NH
December 5, 2025* 6:00 p.m., NESN+	Central Connecticut State	W 53–44	4–2	14 – MacDonald	9 – MacDonald	4 – Meyer	Leede Arena (766) Hanover, NH
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bucknell	W 53–45	5–2	14 – Minicozzi	9 – MacDonald	8 – Ozel	Leede Arena (773) Hanover, NH
December 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at NJIT	W 61–60	6–2	16 – MacDonald	9 – Austin	7 – Ozel	Wellness and Events Center (201) Newark, NJ
December 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Iona	W 65–57	7–2	14 – Ozel	8 – MacDonald	4 – Tied	Hynes Athletics Center (637) New Rochelle, NY
December 16, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Franklin Pierce	W 68–50	8–2	16 – Tied	10 – Minicozzi	8 – Ozel	Leede Arena (1,528) Hanover, NH
December 20, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at New Hampshire	L 38–74	8–3	14 – MacDonald	12 – Austin	3 – Ozel	Lundholm Gymnasium Durham, NH
December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Vermont						Patrick Gymnasium Burlington, VT
December 30, 2025* 1:00 p.m., NESN	St. Joseph's (Brooklyn)						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
Ivy League regular season
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Harvard						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
January 10, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Princeton						Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Penn						The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Columbia						Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
January 30, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Brown						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Yale						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Harvard						Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA
February 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Brown						Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Yale						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Columbia						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Princeton						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Penn						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
March 7, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cornell						Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Sources:^[1]

Footnotes

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Dartmouth University Athletics.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Dartmouth University Athletics.

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