2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–3 (1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Megan Duffy (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Itoro Coleman (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jen Hoover (2nd season); Sharnee Zoll-Norman (2nd season); Darren Guensch (1st season); Jerod McCullen (1st season);
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum

2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 13 Louisville	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	3	.800
NC State	2	–	0	1.000	9	–	4	.692
Syracuse	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
Stanford	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	2	.846
No. 18 Notre Dame	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	2	.818
Virginia	1	–	0	1.000	9	–	3	.750
Duke	1	–	0	1.000	6	–	6	.500
Virginia Tech	1	–	1	.500	11	–	3	.786
Wake Forest	1	–	1	.500	11	–	3	.786
Clemson	1	–	1	.500	9	–	4	.692
Miami (FL)	1	–	1	.500	8	–	4	.667
No. 16 North Carolina	0	–	1	.000	11	–	3	.786
California	0	–	1	.000	8	–	5	.615
SMU	0	–	1	.000	7	–	6	.538
Pittsburgh	0	–	1	.000	7	–	7	.500
Boston College	0	–	1	.000	4	–	10	.286
Florida State	0	–	2	.000	5	–	9	.357
Georgia Tech	0	–	2	.000	4	–	9	.308

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

The 2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represents Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies are led by second-year head coach Megan Duffy and play their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Hokies finished the season 19–13 overall and 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to ninth-seed Georgia Tech in the Second Round. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT and were the first seed in their section of the bracket. They defeated un-seeded North Carolina A&T before losing to also un-seeded Texas Tech 69–59 to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Lani White	0	G	6'0"	Junior	Irvine, California	Transferred to Utah^[1]
Rose Micheaux	4	F	6'2"	Senior	Wayne, Michigan	Graduated
Matilda Ekh	11	G/F	6'2"	Senior	Västerås, Sweden	Graduated
Myah Hazelton	21	F	6'4"	Freshman	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred to Rice^[2]
Ramiya White	22	C	6'5"	Freshman	Louisville, Kentucky	Transferred to Kansas State^[3]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Kilah Freelon	0	F	6'1"	Senior	Denver, Colorado	Texas Tech^[4]
Mel Daley	21	G	5'11"	Graduate Student	Hastings-on-Hudson, New York	Northwestern^[5]
Sophie Swanson	31	G	5'10"	Junior	Barrington, Illinois	Purdue^[6]

Recruiting class

Source:^[7]^[8]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Špela Brecelj G/F	Ajdovščina, Slovenia	—	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Aug 21, 2025
Špela Brecelj G/F	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Amani Jenkins F	Johnston, Iowa	Johnston High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Jun 23, 2024
Amani Jenkins F	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (92)
Kate Sears G	Boone, North Carolina	Watauga High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A	May 27, 2024
Kate Sears G	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (92)
Aniya Trent F	Springboro, Ohio	Springboro High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	Oct 7, 2024
Aniya Trent F	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
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 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Kilah Freelon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Mullen Texas Tech	Denver, CO
G	1	Carleigh Wenzel	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Antonian College Prep	San Antonio, TX
G	2	Leila Wells	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Chelsea	Chelsea, MI
G	3	Mackenzie Nelson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	St. Luke's	Greenwich, CT
F	10	Carys Baker	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Loomis Chaffee	West Hartford, CT
G/F	11	Špela Brecelj	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr		Ajdovščina, Slovenia
G	12	Samyah Suffren	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Cannon School	Charlotte, NC
G	13	Kate Sears	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Watauga	Boone, NC
G	21	Melannie Daley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Hastings Northwestern	Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
F	24	Amani Jenkins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Johnston	Johnston, IA
F	30	Aniya Trent	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Springboro	Springboro, OH
G	31	Sophie Swanson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Barrington Prep Purdue	Barrington, IL
F	34	Kayl Petersen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Waupun	Waupun, WI

Head coach

Megan Duffy (Notre Dame)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source:^[9]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Towson	W 100–56	1–0	17 – Petersen	11 – Tied	7 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (4,184) Blacksburg, VA
November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Loyola (MD)	W 64–48	2–0	18 – Wenzel	9 – Petersen	11 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (4,280) Blacksburg, VA
November 13, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Gardner–Webb	W 87–51	3–0	17 – Suffren	18 – Freelon	7 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (3,951) Blacksburg, VA
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Coastal Carolina	W 82–59	4–0	23 – Wenzel	8 – Freelon	10 – Wenzel	Cassell Coliseum (4,408) Blacksburg, VA
November 20, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Niagara	W 83–46	5–0	13 – Tied	6 – Freelon	7 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (4,099) Blacksburg, VA
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison	L 56–65	5–1	20 – Wenzel	7 – Freelon	4 – Nelson	Atlantic Union Bank Center (3,320) Harrisonburg, VA
November 27, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. BYU Paradise Jam Island Bracket semifinals	L 60–64	5–2	18 – Wenzel	14 – Freelon	5 – Nelson	UVI Sports and Fitness Center (824) Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Oregon State Paradise Jam Island Bracket 3rd place game	W 78–67	6–2	24 – Daley	7 – Tied	6 – Tied	UVI Sports and Fitness Center (324) Saint Thomas, USVI
December 4, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2	Florida ACC–SEC Challenge	W 68–64	7–2	23 – Baker	10 – Baker	6 – Wenzel	Cassell Coliseum (4,118) Blacksburg, VA
December 7, 2025 2:00 p.m., ACCN	at Duke	L 54–70	7–3 (0–1)	15 – Wenzel	6 – Petersen	4 – Nelson	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,797) Durham, NC
December 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Presbyterian	W 92–36	8–3	17 – Suffren	8 – Baker	5 – Wells	Cassell Coliseum (3,716) Blacksburg, VA
December 14, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX	East Tennessee State	W 73–55	9–3	22 – Baker	8 – Baker	8 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (4,126) Blacksburg, VA
December 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Florida State	W 79–54	10–3 (1–1)	21 – Baker	10 – Daley	12 – Nelson	Donald L. Tucker Center (1,277) Tallahassee, FL
December 21, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	Radford	W 79–47	11–3	23 – Baker	17 – Freelon	7 – Nelson	Cassell Coliseum (4,443) Blacksburg, VA
January 1, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Miami (FL)						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 4, 2026 4:00 p.m., ACCN	at Louisville						KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Syracuse						JMA Wireless Dome Syracuse, NY
January 11, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCN	Boston College						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 15, 2026 7:30 p.m., ACCNX	at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
January 22, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Clemson						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
January 25, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Wake Forest						LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	Pittsburgh						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Virginia Rivalry						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Notre Dame						Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN
February 8, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCN	NC State						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 12, 2026 10:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 15, 2026 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2026 6:00 p.m., ACCN	North Carolina						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
February 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	Georgia Tech						Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
March 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., ACCN	at Virginia Rivalry						John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
ACC tournament
*	vs.						Gas South Arena Duluth, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References

^ Judd, Brandon (April 24, 2025). "This former Utah basketball player — and fan favorite — is returning to the Utes". Deseret News. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "Edmonds Announces Addition of Louann Battiston and Myah Hazelton". riceowls.com. Rice University Athletics. April 18, 2025. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ Kunz, Seth (April 7, 2025). "Kansas State Women's Basketball Picks Up Virginia Tech Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ Berman, Mike (April 25, 2025). "Virginia Tech basketball notes:Women add Texas Tech transfer, Young joining UNC". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ Dorsey, Gavin (May 1, 2025). "Northwestern Women's Basketball Key Player Chooses Transfer Destination". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ Schutte, Dustin (April 3, 2025). "Ex-Purdue WBB Guard Sophie Swanson Announces Transfer to ACC Program". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "Virginia Tech Hokies". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "Virginia Tech 2025 Women's Basketball Commits". 247 Sports. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[1] Judd, Brandon (April 24, 2025). "This former Utah basketball player — and fan favorite — is returning to the Utes". Deseret News. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[2] "Edmonds Announces Addition of Louann Battiston and Myah Hazelton". riceowls.com. Rice University Athletics. April 18, 2025. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[3] Kunz, Seth (April 7, 2025). "Kansas State Women's Basketball Picks Up Virginia Tech Transfer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[4] Berman, Mike (April 25, 2025). "Virginia Tech basketball notes:Women add Texas Tech transfer, Young joining UNC". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[5] Dorsey, Gavin (May 1, 2025). "Northwestern Women's Basketball Key Player Chooses Transfer Destination". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[6] Schutte, Dustin (April 3, 2025). "Ex-Purdue WBB Guard Sophie Swanson Announces Transfer to ACC Program". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[7] "Virginia Tech Hokies". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[8] "Virginia Tech 2025 Women's Basketball Commits". 247 Sports. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

[9] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

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Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
Venues	Cassell Coliseum (1976–present)
Rivalries	Virginia
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics