2025–26 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

2025–26 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball
2025–26 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–9 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Dalila Eshe (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Hannah Early Vaughn; Anna Kim;
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater

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 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team currently represents Yale University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Dalila Eshe, play their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 4–23 and 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place (tied with Cornell). They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament for the third consecutive year.

Offseason

Departures

Yale Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Avery Lee	0	G	5'8"	Senior	Los Altos Hills, CA	Graduated
Abigail Long	2	G	5'7"	Freshman	Mission Hills, KS	TBA
Grace Thybulle	20	F	6'3"	Senior	Irvington, NY	Graduated
Lola Lesmond	23	G	6'0"	Junior	Six-Fours-les-Plages, France	TBA
Mackenzie Egger	24	G/F	6'0"	Senior	Mount Pleasant, MI	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Yale Incoming Transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Luisa Vydrova	17	F	6'1"	Junior	Prague, Czechia	UTEP
Mary Meng	20	F	6'5"	Junior	Grafton, OH	Michigan State

Recruiting class

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

Roster

2025–26 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Olivia Kim	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Broomfield High School	Broomfield, CO
G	1	Ciniya Moore	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)		IMG Academy	Bradenton, FL
G	3	Hannah Wasserman	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Scarsdale High School	Scarsdale, NY
G	4	Lucy Lynn	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Gonzaga Prep	Liberty Lake, WA
G	5	Magdalena Schmidt	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	BG BRG Gmunden and Ballsportgymnasium Wien	Gmunden, Austria
G	9	Radhika Garapaty	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Notre Dame High School	Milpitas, CA
G	10	Ke'iara Odume	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Loomis Chaffee School	Syracuse, NY
F	11	Ana Guillen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Sant Andrew de Nazaret Wisconsin	Badalona, Spain
F	17	Luisa Vydrova	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Gymnazium Nad Stolou UTEP	Prague, Czechia
F	20	Mary Meng	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	Midview High School Michigan State	Grafton, OH
G	21	Kiley Capstraw	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	West Orange High School	West Orange, NJ
G	22	Marisa Chapman	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Storm King School	Middletown, NY
F	32	Dorka Kastl	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Holderness School	Budapest, Hungary
F	33	Sophia Gibson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Notre Dame Academy	Taylor Mill, KY

Head coach

Dalila Eshe (Florida)

Assistant coach(es)

Hannah Early Vaughn (Davidson)
Anna Kim (Long Beach State)

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+	Northeastern	L 64–75	0–1	20 – Moore	9 – Vydrova	4 – Chapman	John J. Lee Amphitheater (383) New Haven, CT
November 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Hofstra	L 66–73	0–2	19 – Capstraw	9 – Tied	4 – Capstraw	John J. Lee Amphitheater (240) New Haven, CT
November 14, 2025* 1:30 p.m., ESPN+	at St. John's	L 60–88	0–3	12 – Tied	8 – Capstraw	7 – Capstraw	Carnesecca Arena (518) Queens, NY
November 18, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Quinnipiac	L 46–69	0–4	16 – Moore	7 – Chapman	2 – Tied	John J. Lee Amphitheater (354) New Haven, CT
November 21, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Providence	L 64–75	0–5	16 – Tied	8 – Chapman	3 – Tied	Alumni Hall (652) Providence, RI
November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola (MD)	L 48–73	0–6	11 – Moore	6 – Kastl	5 – Vydrova	John J. Lee Amphitheater (267) New Haven, CT
November 26, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at American	W 63–54	1–6	22 – Moore	11 – Chapman	6 – Vydrova	Bender Arena (304) Washington, D.C.
November 30, 2025* 1:00 p.m., B1G+	at Penn State	L 64–82	1–7	19 – Vydrova	6 – Gibson	8 – Kastl	Rec Hall (1,461) State College, PA
December 3, 2025* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Bryant	W 61–48	2–7	22 – Moore	9 – Kastl	6 – Capstraw	John J. Lee Amphitheater (231) New Haven, CT
December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rider	W 53–52	3–7	16 – Chapman	8 – Kastl	4 – Tied	Alumni Gymnasium (482) Lawrenceville, NJ
December 8, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	at New Haven	W 63–49	4–7	23 – Moore	10 – Chapman	5 – Tied	Jeffery P. Hazell Center (411) West Haven, CT
December 18, 2025* 11:30 a.m., FloSports	at Monmouth	L 46–50 ^OT	4–8	10 – Moore	14 – Meng	2 – Tied	OceanFirst Bank Center (1,061) West Long Branch, NJ
December 20, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at High Point	L 83–85 ^2OT	4–9	33 – Moore	15 – Meng	7 – Capstraw	Qubein Center (954) High Point, NC
Ivy League regular season
January 3, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Brown						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Princeton						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Columbia						Levien Gymnasium New York, NY
January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cornell						Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Penn						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
January 30, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Harvard						Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Dartmouth						Leede Arena Hanover, NH
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Brown						Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
February 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Harvard						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dartmouth						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Penn						The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Columbia						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell						John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
March 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Princeton						Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
*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". Yale University Athletics.

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

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