2022–23 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2022–23 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
2022–23 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	15–15 (4–14 ACC)
Head coach	Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Alysiah Bond; Tori Jankoska; CJ Jones;
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10т Notre Dame	15	–	3	.833	27	–	6	.818
No. 13 Duke	14	–	4	.778	26	–	7	.788
No. 4 Virginia Tech †	14	–	4	.778	31	–	4	.886
Louisville	12	–	6	.667	26	–	12	.684
Florida State	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
Miami (FL)	11	–	7	.611	22	–	13	.629
No. 20 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
NC State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Clemson	7	–	11	.389	19	–	16	.543
Boston College	5	–	13	.278	16	–	17	.485
Wake Forest	5	–	13	.278	17	–	17	.500
Virginia	4	–	14	.222	15	–	15	.500
Georgia Tech	4	–	14	.222	13	–	17	.433
Pittsburgh	3	–	15	.167	10	–	20	.333

† 2023 ACC tournament winner As of March 27, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

After firing Tina Thompson after the previous season, Virginia announced that Amaka Agugua-Hamilton would be the new head coach of the program.^[1]

The Cavaliers finished the season 15–15 and 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for thirteenth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament they lost their First round matchup with Wake Forest. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament and declined an invitation to the WNIT.^[2]

Previous season[edit]

The Cavaliers finished the season 5–22 and 2–16 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament they lost their First Round matchup with Wake Forest. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or WNIT. After the season, Virginia announced that Head Coach Tina Thompson had been relieved of her duties after going 30–63 during her tenure.^[3]

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Aaliyah Pitts	3	G	6'0"	Sophomore	Suitland, Maryland	Transferred to Western Kentcuky^[4]
Tihana Stojsavljevic	5	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Zagreb, Croatia	Graduated
Meg Jefferson	12	F	6'3"	Junior	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to Hawaii^[5]
Deja Bristol	13	F	6'1"	Sophomore	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	Transferred to Northeastern^[6]
Eleah Parker	21	F	6'4"	Graduate Student	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Amandine Toi	23	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Paris, France	Graduated
Nycerra Minnis	32	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Riverdale, Maryland	Transferred to UNC Asheville^[7]

Incoming transfers[edit]

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mir Mclean	10	G/F	5'11"	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland	UConn^[8]
Alexia Smith	23	G	5'8"	Junior	Columbus, Ohio	Minnesota^[9]
Sam Brunelle	33	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Ruckersville, Virginia	Notre Dame^[10]

Recruiting Class[edit]

Source:^[11]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Yonta Vaughn G	District Heights, Maryland	Bishop McNamara High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Yonta Vaughn G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92
Cady Pauley G	Milan, Missouri	Milan High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Cady Pauley G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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[edit]

2022–23 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Carole Miller	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Thomas Edison	Alexandira, VA
G	2	Taylor Valladay	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Rich South Marquette	Chicago, IL
G	5	Yonta Vaughn	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Bishop McNamara	District Heights, MD
G/F	10	Mir Mclean	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Roland Park Connecticut	Baltimore, MD
G	14	Kaydan Lawson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Orange	Cleveland, OH
G	15	AnnaLiese Griffin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Aurora Christian	Joliet, IL
F	20	Camryn Taylor	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Richwoods Marquette	Peoria, IL
G	23	Alexia Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Columbus Africentric Minnesota	Columbus, OH
G	32	Cady Pauley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Milan	Milan, MO
F	33	Sam Brunelle	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	GS	William Monroe Notre Dame	Ruckersville, VA
F	34	London Clarkson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Pflugerville Florida State	Pflugerville, TX
G	44	McKenna Dale	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Edwin O. Smith Brown	Storrs, CT

Head coach

Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2022

Schedule[edit]

Source:^[12]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Pitt Johnstown	W 92–45	–	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
Regular season
November 7, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		George Washington	W 85–59	1–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,503) Charlottesville, VA
November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UMBC	W 101–46	2–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,346) Charlottesville, VA
November 13, 2022 2:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	W 72–52	3–0 (1–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,868) Charlottesville, VA
November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola-Chicago	W 68–62	4–0	Gentile Arena (501) Chicago, IL
November 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at American	W 74–60	5–0	Bender Arena (530) Washington, D.C.
November 23, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Campbell	W 62–41	6–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,431) Charlottesville, VA
November 26, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Minnesota Cavalier Classic	W 73–70	7–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,871) Charlottesville, VA
November 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCN		East Carolina Cavalier Classic	W 72–50	8–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,854) Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Penn State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 89–68	9–0	Bryce Jordan Center (1,823) University Park, PA
December 4, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Wilmington	W 78–36	10–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,221) Charlottesville, VA
December 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at William & Mary	W 83–54	11–0	Kaplan Arena (553) Williamsburg, VA
December 18, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Morgan State	W 84–28	12–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,706) Charlottesville, VA
December 21, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	L 56–70	12–1 (1–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,568) Durham, NC
December 29, 2022 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	W 69–63	13–1 (2–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,749) Charlottesville, VA
January 5, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN		at No. 9 Virginia Tech Rivalry	L 66–74	13–2 (2–2)	Cassell Coliseum (2,630) Blacksburg, VA
January 8, 2023 3:00 p.m., ACCRSN		at No. 10 NC State	L 62–87	13–3 (2–3)	Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC
January 12, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 22 North Carolina	L 59–70	13–4 (2–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,191) Charlottesville, VA
January 15, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCN		Boston College	W 66–50	14–4 (3–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,766) Charlottesville, VA
January 19, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	L 68–77	14–5 (3–5)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,125) Charlottesville, VA
January 22, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 54–76	14–6 (3–6)	Purcell Pavilion (6,442) Notre Dame, IN
January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Syracuse	L 72–90	14–7 (3–7)	JMA Wireless Dome (1,606) Syracuse, NY
January 29, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 12 Virginia Tech Rivalry	L 60–72	14–8 (3–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (5,103) Charlottesville, VA
February 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN		at No. 11 North Carolina	L 62–73	14–9 (3–9)	Carmichael Arena (2,490) Chapel Hill, NC
February 5, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Pittsburgh	L 51–60	14–10 (3–10)	Petersen Events Center (1,136) Pittsburgh, PA
February 9, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville	L 53–63	14–11 (3–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,008) Charlottesville, VA
February 12, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCRSN		No. 22 NC State	W 71–59	15–11 (4–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,700) Charlottesville, VA
February 19, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 9 Duke	L 52–56	15–12 (4–12)	John Paul Jones Arena (6,378) Charlottesville, VA
February 23, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	L 69–79	15–13 (4–13)	Littlejohn Coliseum (892) Clemson, SC
February 26, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	L 74–85	15–14 (4–14)	Watsco Center (2,453) Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 1, 2023 1:00 p.m., ACCN	(13)	vs. (12) Wake Forest First round	L 57–68	15–15	Greensboro Coliseum (3,879) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings[edit]

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP				RV	RV	RV	RV												N/A
Coaches					RV	RV	25	RV	RV

Note: The AP does not release a final poll.

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References[edit]

^ "Virginia hires Missouri State's Amaka Agugua-Hamilton as women's basketball coach". espn.com. Associated Press. March 21, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Virginia Declines WNIT Invitation". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. March 12, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
^ "Virginia Announces Head Women's Basketball Coaching Change". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
^ "WKU's Lady Toppers land transfer Pitts from Virginia". whopam.com. Forcht Broadcasting. April 22, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "Hawai'i Adds Transfer Forward Meg Jefferson to the Mix". hawaiiathletics.com. University of Hawaii. April 14, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "Northeastern Adds Transfers JaMiya Braxton and Deja Bristol". nuhuskies.com. Northeastern University. June 10, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "Women's Basketball adds Virginia transfer Nycerra Minnis to its recruiting class". uncabulldogs.com. UNC Asheville Athletics. May 20, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ Willett, Preston (January 28, 2022). "UConn transfer McLean makes unexpected UVA debut". cbs19news.com. CBS19News. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "Agugua-Hamilton Adds Minnesota Transfer Alexia Smith". viriginiasports.com. Virginia Sports. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
^ "Former Notre Dame women's basketball forward Sam Brunelle lands at University of Virginia". ndinsider.com. NDInsider. April 10, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[1] "Virginia hires Missouri State's Amaka Agugua-Hamilton as women's basketball coach". espn.com. Associated Press. March 21, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[2] "Virginia Declines WNIT Invitation". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. March 12, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.

[3] "Virginia Announces Head Women's Basketball Coaching Change". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[4] "WKU's Lady Toppers land transfer Pitts from Virginia". whopam.com. Forcht Broadcasting. April 22, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[5] "Hawai'i Adds Transfer Forward Meg Jefferson to the Mix". hawaiiathletics.com. University of Hawaii. April 14, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[6] "Northeastern Adds Transfers JaMiya Braxton and Deja Bristol". nuhuskies.com. Northeastern University. June 10, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[7] "Women's Basketball adds Virginia transfer Nycerra Minnis to its recruiting class". uncabulldogs.com. UNC Asheville Athletics. May 20, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[8] Willett, Preston (January 28, 2022). "UConn transfer McLean makes unexpected UVA debut". cbs19news.com. CBS19News. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[9] "Agugua-Hamilton Adds Minnesota Transfer Alexia Smith". viriginiasports.com. Virginia Sports. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[10] "Former Notre Dame women's basketball forward Sam Brunelle lands at University of Virginia". ndinsider.com. NDInsider. April 10, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[11] "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

[12] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved November 4, 2022.

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Rivalries	Virginia Tech
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People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics