2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

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2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
Wolverines wordmark.png
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 WAC)
Head coach
  • Dan Nielson (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Keilani Unga (4th season)
  • Michael Shreeve (1st season)
  • Xojian Harry (1st season)
Home arenaUCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500)[1]
Lockhart Arena (Capacity: 2,000)[2]
Seasons
2022–23 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Abilene Christian 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
California Baptist 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Grand Canyon 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
New Mexico State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Sam Houston 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Seattle 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Southern Utah 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Stephen F. Austin 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Tarleton* 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
UT Arlington 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Utah Tech* 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Utah Valley 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2022 WAC tournament winner

The 2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represents Utah Valley University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Dan Nielson entered the season as head coach for his 4th season.[3] The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center and Lockhart Arena in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

Previous season

Main article: 2021–22 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

The Wolverines finished the 2021–22 season 16–15, 10–8 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. In the 2022 WAC women's basketball tournament, they defeated Texas-Rio Grande Valley in the quarterfinals before losing to Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals.[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name Position Height Year Reason for departure
Maria Carvalho G 5'8" Senior Transferred to Utah State on March 28[5]
Megan Jensen F 6'3" Junior Transferred to Southern Utah on March 30[6]
Josie Williams C 6'5" Senior Transferred to Lousiville on June 30[7]
Madison Grange G 5'11" Senior Transferred to South Dakota on August 19[8]

Incoming transfers

Name Position Height Year Previous school
Halle Nelson G/F 6'1" Redshirt Sophomore Utah State[9]
Jaeden (Vaifanua) Brown F 6'1" Sophomore Wyoming[10]

Roster

2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Kylee Mabry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Davis High School Kaysville, UT
F 2 Elina Tausinga 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So East High School Salt Lake City, UT
G 3 Kaylee Byon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Rosary Academy Buena Park, CA
G 4 Abby Hendricks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr La Costa Canyon High School Carlsbad, CA
F 5 Shay Fano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Timpview High School Spanish Fork, UT
G 10 Saige Gibb 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Timpview High School Raymond, Alberta, Canada
F 11 Kayla Anderson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mountain View High School Meridian, ID
G 12 Eleyana Tafisi 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Copper Hills High School West Jordan, UT
G 13 Ally Criddle 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Skyridge High School Lehi, UT
G 14 Abby Conlee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lone Peak High School Alpine, UT
G/F 20 Halle Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So American Fork High School American Fork, UT
G 21 Tahlia White 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Mountain View High School Orem, UT
F 22 Hanna Roberts 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Riverton High School Riverton, UT
F 24 Jaeden Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Corner Canyon High School Draper, UT
C 34 Tessa Chaney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Westlake High School Saratoga Springs, UT
F 45 Mae Afoa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Jordan High School Sandy, UT
Head coach
  • Dan Nielson (BYU)
Assistant coach(es)
  • Keilani Unga (BYU)
  • Michael Shreeve (BYU)
  • Xojian Harry (BYU)
Strength and conditioning coach(es)
  • Josh Morzelewski (Utah)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2022-11-01

Schedule and results

[11]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2022*
2:00 pm 		Fort Lewis W 57–48  –
 Lockhart Arena 
Orem, UT
Non-conference season
November 7, 2022*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Park University (Gilbert, AZ) UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
November 11 2022*
1:30 pm 		at Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
November 16, 2022*
4:00 pm 		at UNLV Cox Pavilion 
Las Vegas, NV
November 19, 2022*
1:00 pm 		at Weber State Dee Events Center 
Ogden, UT
November 26, 2022*
3:00 pm 		at Portland State Viking Pavilion 
Portland, OR
December 1, 2022*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
December 3, 2022*
2:00 pm 		at Utah State Smith Spectrum 
Logan, UT
December 7, 2022*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Idaho State UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
December 10, 2022*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northwest Nazarene UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
December 17, 2022*
2:00 pm 		at Fresno State Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
December 21 2022*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Idaho UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
WAC conference season
December 29, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Grand Canyon UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
December 31, 2022
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Utah Tech Burns Arena 
St. George, UT
January 4, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		New Mexico State UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
January 7, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		California Baptist UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
January 11, 2023
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Southern Utah America First Event Center 
Cedar City, UT
January 14, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Abilene Christian UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
January 19, 2023
5:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Stephen F. Austin William R. Johnson Coliseum 
Nacogdoches, TX
January 21, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Sam Houston Bernard Johnson Coliseum 
Huntsville, TX
January 26, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Seattle U UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
February 2, 2023
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Abilene Christian Moody Coliseum 
Abilene, TX
February 4, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Tarleton Wisdom Gymnasium 
Stephenville, TX
February 9, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UT Arlington UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
February 11, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Southern Utah UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
February 16, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at California Baptist CBU Events Center 
Riverside, CA
February 23, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Grand Canyon GCU Arena 
Phoenix, AZ
February 25, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Seattle U Redhawk Center 
Seattle, WA
February 28, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UT Rio Grande Valley UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
March 2, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Utah Tech UCCU Center 
Orem, UT
WAC Tournament
March 6-7 & 8-11, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		vs. TBD Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

References

  1. ^ "UCCU Center". www.utahvalley.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "UVU arena named after Becky Lockhart, first female speaker of the Utah House of Representatives". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ^ "UVU signs men's and women's hoops coaches to new five-year deals". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  4. ^ Driscoll, Dennis; Communications, SFA Associate Athletic Director of Strategic. "SFA Advances to WAC Championship Game". Stephen F. Austin. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ "Utah State Women's Basketball Dominates Fort Lewis College in Exhibition 74-45". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ^ Ellertson, Sean. "Southern Utah women's basketball picks up transfers Tomekia Whitman and Kinlee Toomer". The Spectrum. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  7. ^ PR, University of Louisville. "Louisville Adds Utah Valley State Transfer Center Josie Williams". Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  8. ^ "Grange transfers to South Dakota". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  9. ^ "UVU women's basketball adds Utah State transfer". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  10. ^ "Nielson announces three prep signings and transfer". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  11. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule".
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