2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team

2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball
2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	7–4 (1–1 Big East)
Head coach	Anthony Bozzella (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Jose Rebimbas; Cassandra Callaway; Ka-Deidre Simmons;
Home arena	Walsh Gymnasium

2025–26 Big East women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn	3	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Villanova	3	–	0	1.000	10	–	2	.833
Marquette	2	–	1	.667	8	–	4	.667
Seton Hall	2	–	1	.667	8	–	4	.667
Creighton	2	–	1	.667	6	–	6	.500
St. John's	1	–	2	.333	11	–	3	.786
Xavier	1	–	2	.333	8	–	4	.667
Providence	1	–	2	.333	7	–	5	.583
Butler	1	–	2	.333	7	–	6	.538
Georgetown	0	–	2	.000	7	–	3	.700
DePaul	0	–	3	.000	3	–	11	.214

† 2026 Big East tournament winner As of December 22, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team represents Seton Hall University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by thirteenth-year head coach Anthony Bozzella, play their home games in South Orange, New Jersey, at the Walsh Gymnasium as members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the season 23–10, 13–5 in Big East play to finish third place. They defeated Xavier in the first round of the Big East women's tournament before losing to Creighton in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT where they won in the first round against Quinnipiac but lost in the second round to Portland

Departures

Seton Hall Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick	1	F	5'10"	Sophomore	New London, Connecticut	Transferred to Bowling Green
Faith Masonius	3	F	6'1"	Graduate student	Spring Lake, New Jersey	Graduated
Yaya Lops	7	F	6'3"	Graduate student	Stamford, Connecticut	Graduated
Nicole Melious	10	F	5'8"	Sophomore	Staten Island, New York (state)	Transferred to Siena
Kaydan Lawson	15	G/F	6'0"	Graduate student	Cleveland, Ohio	Graduated
Amari Wright	22	G	5'9"	Graduate student	Jacksonville, Florida	Graduated
Ramani Parker	24	F	6'4"	Graduate student	Fresno, California	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Seton Hall Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mariana Valenzuela	6	F	6'2"	Senior	Mazatlán, Mexico	Florida State^[1]
Cam Rust	10	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Wakefield, Rhode Island	Penn State^[2]
Jordana Codio	23	G	6'1"	Senior	Winter Garden, Florida	Texas^[3]

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2025

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Ari Woodward G	Oviedo, Florida	Lake Highland Prep	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Ari Woodward G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Natalia Hall-Rosa G	Randolph, Massachusetts	Rivers School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Natalia Hall-Rosa G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Zahara Bishop G	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Benilde-St. Margaret's	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Zahara Bishop G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Trishay Collins G	Palm Bay	Palm Bay	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Trishay Collins G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Jada Snow G	Bear, Delaware	Sanford School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Jada Snow G	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2025–26 Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jada Eads	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Lake Highland Prep	Orlando, Florida
G	1	Ari Woodward	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Lake Highland Prep	Oviedo, Florida
G	2	Ja'Kahla Craft	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	St. Michael-Albertville	Elk River, Minnesota
G/F	3	Natalia Hall-Rosa	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Rivers School	Randolph, Massachusetts
F/C	4	Savanna Jones	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	North Dakota State College of Science	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
G	5	Savannah Catalon	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Mansfield Legacy	Burleson, Texas
F	6	Mariana Valenzuela	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Florida State	Mazatlán, Mexico
G	8	Zahara Bishop	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Benilde-St. Margaret's	Minneapolis, Minnesota
F	10	Cam Rust	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Penn State	Wakefield, Rhode Island
F	13	Messiah Hunter	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	West Virginia	Hopewell, Virginia
G/F	21	Shailyn Pinkey	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sr	East Hartford	East Hartford, Connecticut
G	23	Jordana Codio	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Texas	Winter Garden, Florida
F	24	Trishay Collins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Palm Bay	Palm Bay, Florida
G/F	35	Jada Snow	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Sanford School	Bear, Delaware

Head coach

Anthony Bozzella (Seton Hall)

Assistant coach(es)

Jose Rebimbas (Seton Hall)
Cassandra Callaway (Albany)
Ka-Deidre Simmons (Seton Hall)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	Jefferson	W 92–42		25 – Codio	6 – Tied	6 – Pinkney	Walsh Gymnasium (418) South Orange, NJ
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Peter's	W 88–39	1–0	20 – Codio	8 – Valenzuela	5 – Eads	Walsh Gymnasium (757) South Orange, NJ
November 14, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	at San Francisco	W 80–66	2–0	Eads – 16	15 – Eads	9 – Valenzuela	Sobrato Center (367) San Francisco, CA
November 16, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Pacific	W 79–57	3–0	16 – Valenzuela	8 – Valenzuela	5 – Eads	Alex G. Spanos Center (516) Stockton, CA
November 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham	W 90–83 ^2OT	4–0	21 – Valenzuela	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Walsh Gymnasium (689) South Orange, NJ
December 2, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Princeton	L 78–82	4–1	24 – Catalon	10 – Eads	5 – Eads	Jadwin Gymnasium (665) Princeton, NJ
December 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Butler	W 70–51	5–1 (1–0)	25 – Valenzuela	13 – Valenzuela	6 – Eads	Walsh Gymnasium (629) South Orange, NJ
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at NC State	L 53–61	5–2	16 – Eads	7 – Tied	4 – Eads	Reynolds Coliseum (4,789) Raleigh, NC
December 9, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Columbia	L 53–54	5–3	16 – Catalon	10 – Tied	2 – Tied	Walsh Gymnasium (1,195) South Orange, NJ
December 14, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Auburn	W 69–63	6–3	20 – Valenzuela	8 – Tied	Tied –	Walsh Gymnasium (838) South Orange, NJ
December 16, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Washington State	W 74-65	7-3	19 – Bishop	10 – Bishop	4 – Eads	Walsh Gymnasium (556) South Orange, NJ
December 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Villanova	L 55-72	7-4 (1-1)	12 – Eads	6 – Catalon	2 – Eads	Finneran Pavilion (1,113) Villanova, PA
December 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Creighton						D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE
December 31, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgetown						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
January 3, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1	at No. 1 UConn						PeoplesBank Arena Hartford, CT
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Providence						Alumni Hall Providence, RI
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Marquette						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at DePaul						Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Providence						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 1 UConn						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
January 29, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Georgetown						McDonough Arena Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., TruTV	Creighton						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint John's						Carnesecca Arena Queens, NY
February 11, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Marquette						Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
February 14, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	DePaul						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Xavier						Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH
February 22, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint John's						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
February 26, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock	Villanova						Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
March 1, 2026 3:30 p.m., Peacock	at Butler						Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Big East tournament
March 6–9, 2026 TBA	vs.						Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "Seton Hall Adds Florida State Transfer Mariana Valenzuela". Seton Hall. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
^ "Pirates Add Penn State Transfer Cam Rust". Seton Hall. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
^ "Pirates Land Texas Transfer Jordana Codio". Seton Hall. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Seton Hall Pirates. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

[1] "Seton Hall Adds Florida State Transfer Mariana Valenzuela". Seton Hall. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

[2] "Pirates Add Penn State Transfer Cam Rust". Seton Hall. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

[3] "Pirates Land Texas Transfer Jordana Codio". Seton Hall. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

[4] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Seton Hall Pirates. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

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Seton Hall Pirates women's basketball
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People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2025

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References