2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

2025–26 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record23–10 (12–6 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachItoro Coleman (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
2025–26 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Duke † 16 – 2   .889 26 – 8   .765
No. 13 Louisville 15 – 3   .833 29 – 7   .806
No. 15 North Carolina 14 – 4   .778 28 – 7   .800
NC State 13 – 5   .722 21 – 11   .656
No. 22 Notre Dame 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
Virginia Tech 12 – 6   .667 23 – 10   .697
Syracuse 12 – 6   .667 24 – 9   .727
Virginia 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Clemson 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
California 9 – 9   .500 21 – 14   .600
Georgia Tech 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424
Miami (FL) 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Stanford 8 – 10   .444 21 – 13   .618
Florida State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Wake Forest 4 – 14   .222 14 – 18   .438
SMU 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
Pittsburgh 1 – 17   .056 8 – 23   .258
Boston College 1 – 17   .056 5 – 26   .161
† 2026 ACC tournament winner
As of March 23, 2026
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

Main article: 2024–25 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

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 
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 
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 
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 
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Source:[9]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# 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) L 67–75 OT 11–4
(1–2) 		 16 – Wenzel   7 – Tied   8 – Nelson  Cassell Coliseum (4,617)
Blacksburg, VA
January 4, 2026
4:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 13 Louisville L 60–85  11–5
(1–3) 		 16 – Baker   9 – Baker   5 – Suffren  KFC Yum! Center (9,594)
Louisville, KY
January 8, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Syracuse W 77–57  12–5
(2–3) 		 18 – Wenzel   6 – Tied   5 – Tied  JMA Wireless Dome (2,318)
Syracuse, NY
January 11, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		Boston College W 78–56  13–5
(3–3) 		 17 – Baker   9 – Freelon   4 – Wenzel  Cassell Coliseum (4,144)
Blacksburg, VA
January 15, 2026
7:30 p.m., ACCNX 		at SMU W 79–42  14–5
(4–3) 		 18 – Tied   9 – Freelon   5 – Nelson  Moody Coliseum (1,191)
University Park, TX
January 22, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Clemson W 71–68  15–5
(5–3) 		 24 – Tied   9 – Freelon   3 – Nelson  Cassell Coliseum (3,992)
Blacksburg, VA
January 24, 2026
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Wake Forest W 85–57  16–5
(6–3) 		 20 – Baker   9 – Baker   6 – Wenzel  LJVM Coliseum (1,177)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 29, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Pittsburgh W 67–50  17–5
(7–3) 		 17 – Wenzel   11 – Freelon   5 – Nelson  Cassell Coliseum (4,051)
Blacksburg, VA
February 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Virginia
Rivalry 		W 76–64  18–5
(8–3) 		 23 – Wenzel   7 – Freelon   5 – Tied  Cassell Coliseum (5,281)
Blacksburg, VA
February 5, 2026
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Notre Dame L 70–80  18–6
(8–4) 		 21 – Baker   13 – Freelon   7 – Nelson  Purcell Pavilion (6,775)
Notre Dame, IN
February 8, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		NC State L 62–82  18–7
(8–5) 		 22 – Wenzel   18 – Freelon   3 – Tied  Cassell Coliseum (4,454)
Blacksburg, VA
February 12, 2026
10:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Stanford W 79–67  19–7
(9–5) 		 24 – Baker   7 – Baker   7 – Nelson  Maples Pavilion (2,503)
Stanford, CA
February 15, 2026
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at California W 68–58  20–7
(10–5) 		 19 – Suffren   10 – Freelon   4 – Nelson  Haas Pavilion (2,444)
Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2026
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 22 North Carolina L 63–66 OT 20–8
(10–6) 		 15 – Tied   10 – Freelon   4 – Nelson  Cassell Coliseum (4,271)
Blacksburg, VA
February 22, 2026
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Georgia Tech W 62–51  21–8
(11–6) 		 16 – Suffren   8 – Tied   6 – Nelson  Cassell Coliseum (4,803)
Blacksburg, VA
March 1, 2026
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Virginia
Rivalry 		W 83–82  22–8
(12–6) 		 29 – Wenzel   7 – Baker   11 – Nelson  John Paul Jones Arena (5,125)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC tournament
March 5, 2026*
7:30 p.m., ACCN 		(6) vs. (11) Georgia Tech
Second Round 		W 62–54  23–8
  15 – Wenzel   9 – Nelson   6 – Nelson  Gas South Arena (5,290)
Duluth, GA
March 6, 2026*
7:30 p.m., ACCN 		(6) vs. (3) No. 16 North Carolina
Quarterfinals 		L 68–85  23–9
  26 – Wenzel   8 – Baker   6 – Nelson  Gas South Arena (6,572)
Duluth, GA
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2026*
1:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(9 FW3) vs. (8 FW3) Oregon
First Round 		L 60–70  23–10
  21 – Baker   14 – Baker   6 – Nelson  Moody Center (7,938)
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
FW3=Fort Worth 3.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
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