2017–18 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2017–18 Cornell Big Red women's basketball

Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–20 (3–11 Ivy)
Head coach	Dayna Smith (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Val Klopfer David Elliott Shelby Lyman
Home arena	Newman Arena
Seasons← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Ivy League women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Princeton †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	6	.800
Penn	11	–	3	.786	22	–	9	.710
Harvard	10	–	4	.714	18	–	11	.621
Yale	8	–	6	.571	19	–	13	.594
Dartmouth	7	–	7	.500	15	–	12	.556
Brown	3	–	11	.214	15	–	12	.556
Cornell	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
Columbia	2	–	12	.143	8	–	21	.276


† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by sixteenth year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–20, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy women's tournament.

Previous season

They finished the season 16–11, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Roster

2017–18 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Kate Sramac	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Mount Lebanon	Pittsburgh, PA
G	4	Danielle Jorgenson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Orono	Orono, MN
G	5	Dylan Higgins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	The Episcopal Academy	Bala Cynwyd, PA
G	10	Janée Dennis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	St. Andrew's School	Burlington Township, NJ
G	12	Samantha Widmann	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Notre Dame	Lawrenceville, NJ
G	13	Caroline Shelquist	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Minnetonka	Minnetonka, MN
F	14	Elodie Furey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	The Episcopal Academy	Villanova, PA
F	22	Halley Miklos	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Liberty Common	Fort Collins, CO
G	23	Samantha Clement	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Fairmont Preparatory Academy	Anaheim, CA
G/F	24	Ariana Abdulmassih	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Saint Ignatius College Preparatory	San Francisco, CA
F	25	Jessica Willerson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Catherine McAuley	Falmouth, ME
F	30	Reena Olsen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Putnam Valley	Cortlandt Manor, NY
G	32	Laura Bagwell-Katalinich	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Academy of the Holy Angels	Minneapolis, MN
F	33	Christine Ehland	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Mount Lebanon	Pittsburgh, PA
F	45	Stephanie Umeh	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Notre Dame Academy	Los Angeles, CA

Head coach

Dayna Smith (Rhode Island)

Assistant coach(es)

Val Klopfer (Wake Forest)
David Elliott (Arizona)
Shelby Lyman (Cornell)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 29, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 12:00 pm	at Loyola (MD)	L 63–78	0–1	Reitz Arena (374) Baltimore, MD
11/13/2017* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra	at Pittsburgh	L 39–51	0–2	Peterson Events Center (10,587) Pittsburgh, PA
11/16/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Colgate	L 70–74	0–3	Newman Arena (212) Ithaca, NY
11/20/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Lehigh	L 57–62	0–4	Newman Arena (124) Ithaca, NY
11/22/2017* 1:00 pm	at Canisius	W 67–59	1–4	Koessler Athletic Center (618) Buffalo, NY
11/28/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Lafayette	L 58–59	1–5	Newman Arena (117) Ithaca, NY
12/01/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Stony Brook	W 48–40	2–5	Newman Arena (267) Ithaca, NY
12/16/2017* 12:00 pm, ILDN	Oakland	L 77–79	2–6	Newman Arena (112) Ithaca, NY
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN	Binghamton	L 58–66	2–7	Newman Arena (229) Ithaca, NY
12/21/2017* 1:00 pm	at Drexel	L 39–61	2–8	Daskalakis Athletic Center (524) Philadelphia, PA
12/29/2017* 7:00 pm	at New Hampshire	L 45–48	2–9	Lundholm Gym (273) Durham, NH
12/31/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3	at UMass Lowell	W 71–53	3–9	Costello Athletic Center (203) Lowell, MA
01/03/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN3	at NJIT	W 61–46	4–9	Wellness and Events Center (1,457) Lowell, MA
Ivy League regular season
01/12/2018 5:30 pm, ILDN	at Penn	L 48–68	4–10 (0–1)	Palestra (2,176) Philadelphia, PA
01/13/2018 4:30 pm, ILDN	at Princeton	L 54–75	4–11 (0–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (760) Princeton, NJ
01/20/2018 4:00 pm, SNY	at Columbia	W 57–47	5–11 (1–2)	Levien Gymnasium (921) New York, NY
01/27/2018 1:00 pm, ILDN	Columbia	L 54–72	5–12 (1–3)	Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
02/02/2018 7:00 pm, ILDN/ESPN3	at Dartmouth	L 40–55	5–11 (1–4)	Leede Arena (467) Hanover, NH
02/03/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN/ESPN3	at Harvard	L 58–80	5–12 (1–5)	Lavietes Pavilion (620) Cambridge, MA
02/09/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN/ESPN3	Brown	W 70–68	6–12 (2–5)	Newman Arena (343) Ithaca, NY
02/10/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN/ESPN3	Yale	L 55–65	6–12 (2–6)	Newman Arena (379) Ithaca, NY
02/16/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN	Princeton	L 40–72	6–16 (2–7)	Newman Arena (424) Ithaca, NY
02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN	at Penn	L 40–53	6–17 (2–8)	Newman Arena (523) Ithaca, NY
02/23/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN	at Yale	L 56–69	6–18 (2–9)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (543) New Haven, CT
02/24/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN	at Brown	L 59–85	7–18 (3–9)	Pizzitola Sports Center (350) Providence, RI
03/02/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN	Harvard Postponed to March 3 (inclement weather)			Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
03/03/2018 2:00 pm, ILDN	Harvard Rescheduled from March 2	L 57–91	7–19 (3–10)	Newman Arena (214) Ithaca, NY
03/03/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN/ESPN3	at Dartmouth Postponed to March 4 (inclement weather)			Newman Arena Ithaca, NY
03/04/2018 2:00 pm, ILDN	at Dartmouth Rescheduled from March 3	W 51–49	7–20 (3–11)	Newman Arena (178) Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"Cornell University - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Quick Facts". Cornellbigred.com. July 18, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
Jeff Goodman. "Cornell Big Red Women's Basketball - Big Red News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
Cornell Big Red. "Cornell Big Red on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
"Cornell University - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Schedule". Cornellbigred.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

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