2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball
2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	15–11 (10–2 America East)
Head coach	Alisa Kresge (6th season);
Associate head coach	Will Lanier
Assistant coaches	Hayley Moore; Lindsay Werner;
Home arena	Patrick Gym
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 America East Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Albany	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
Vermont	11	–	3	.786	16	–	12	.571
Maine	8	–	6	.571	13	–	14	.481
NJIT	8	–	6	.571	11	–	16	.407
UMBC	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Bryant	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
Binghamton	6	–	9	.400	14	–	14	.500
New Hampshire	4	–	11	.267	10	–	18	.357
UMass Lowell	1	–	13	.071	3	–	23	.115

† 2025 AmEast tournament winner As of February 22, 2025

The 2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team represents the University of Vermont during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by sixth-year head coach Alisa Kresge, play their home games at the Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont as members of the America East Conference.

Previous season

The Catamounts finished the 2023–24 season 25–12, 12–4 in America East play, to finish in third place.^[1] They defeated UMBC^[2] and Albany^[3] before falling to Maine in the America East tournament championship game.^[4] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,^[5] where they defeated Niagara in the second round,^[6] Colgate in the Super 16^[7] and Purdue in the Great 8,^[8] before falling to eventual tournament champions Saint Louis in the Fab 4.^[9]

Roster

2024–25 Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Malia Lenz	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Abbotsford Senior Secondary School	Chilliwack, British Columbia
G	1	Lexi Kerstein	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Deerfield High School	Riverwoods, Illinois
G	3	Emma Haan	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Zionsville Community High School	Zionsville, Indiana
G	4	Natalie Beaudoin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lewiston High School	Lewiston, Maine
G	10	Bella Vito	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Montville Township High School	Montville, New Jersey
G	11	Nika Kurdija	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Slavonski Brod	Gornja Vrba, Croatia
G	12	Keira Hanson	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Issaquah High School	Issaquah, Washington
F	13	Julia Blanck	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	Skidmore College	Hinesburg, Vermont
G	14	Catherine Gilwee	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Champlain Valley Union High School	Shelburne, Vermont
F	15	Piper Risdon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Lowell High School	Lowell, Michigan
G	22	Sarah Ericson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	St. Thomas Aquinas College	Norwich, Connecticut
G	23	Devon Yarde	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Hilton Head Christian Academy	Bluffton, South Carolina
F	24	Anna Olson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Monticello High School	Monticello, Minnesota
C	25	Nikola Priede	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Riga High School	Riga, Latvia
F	33	Savanna Creal	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Hamilton Chandler High School	Chandler, Arizona
F	34	Sarah Lazar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Saint Louis	Madison, Wisconsin

Head coach

Alisa Kresge (Marist)

Assistant coach(es)

Will Lanier (Georgia Tech)
Hayley Moore (Binghamton)
Lindsay Warner (Merrimack)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 15, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2024* 6:00 p.m.	Saint Michael's	W 75–37	–	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Missouri	W 62–46	1–0	Patrick Gym (1,068) Burlington, VT
November 8, 2024* 8:00 p.m., B1G+	at Minnesota	L 52–74	1–1	Williams Arena (3,192) Minneapolis, MN
November 12, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Providence	L 53–58	1–2	Patrick Gym (790) Burlington, VT
November 16, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Holy Cross	W 67–50	2–2	Patrick Gym (877) Burlington, VT
November 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Dartmouth	W 61–37	3–2	Leede Arena (496) Hanover, NH
November 22, 2024* 9:15 p.m., YouTube	vs. North Dakota State Great Alaska Shootout semifinals	L 50–58	3–3	Alaska Airlines Center (550) Anchorage, AK
November 23, 2024* 10:15 p.m., YouTube	at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout 3rd-place game	L 52–68	3–4	Alaska Airlines Center (869) Anchorage, AK
November 28, 2024* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Idaho State Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 64–44	4–4	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (151) Cancún, Mexico
November 29, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops	vs. Rice Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	L 57–79	4–5	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (100) Cancún, Mexico
December 4, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Bucknell	L 59–62 ^OT	4–6	Sojka Pavilion (1,596) Lewisburg, PA
December 7, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	Manhattan	W 74–57	5–6	Patrick Gym (915) Burlington, VT
December 15, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Quinnipiac	L 63–68	5–7	Patrick Gym (791) Burlington, VT
December 19, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Buffalo	L 68–70	5–8	Alumni Arena (875) Amherst, NY
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Princeton	L 45–60	5–9	Jadwin Gymnasium (792) Princeton, NJ
America East regular season
January 2, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Albany	L 55–64	5–10 (0–1)	Broadview Center (1,163) Albany, NY
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Hampshire	W 72–52	6–10 (1–1)	Patrick Gym (1,045) Burlington, VT
January 9, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	UMass Lowell	W 77-52	7-10 (2-1)	Patrick Gym (3,024) Burlington, VT
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bryant	W 74-43	8-10 (3-1)	Patrick Gym (1,011) Burlington, VT
January 16, 2025 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Binghamton	W 55-46	9-10 (4-1)	Dr. Bai Lee Court (4,627) Vestal, NY
January 23, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at NJIT	W 60-38	10-10 (5-1)	Wellness and Events Center (181) Newark, NJ
January 25, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UMBC	W 67-44	11-10 (6-1)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (455) Catonsville, MD
January 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Binghamton	W 53-40	12-10 (7-1)	Patrick Gym (817) Burlington, VT
February 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Maine	L 39-45	12-11 (7-2)	Memorial Gymnasium (1,181) Orono, ME
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Albany	W 59-50	13-11 (8-2)	Patrick Gym (1,282) Burlington, VT
February 13, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at New Hampshire	W 55-46	14-11 (9-2)	Lundholm Gym (178) Durham, NH
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Maine	W 65-34	15-11 (10-2)	Patrick Gym (1,349) Burlington, VT
February 20, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Bryant	L 53-61	15-12 (10-3)	Chace Athletic Center (317) Smithfield, RI
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UMass Lowell			Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA
February 27, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	NJIT			Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMBC			Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[10]^[11]

References

^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". America East Conference. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Abrami, Alex (March 8, 2024). "'Not finished yet': Utterback, UVM women's basketball oust UMBC in league quarterfinals". The Burlington Free Press. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Dugan, Michael (March 12, 2024). "UVM women stun Albany late, advance to America East title game". WCAX-TV. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Maine women beat Vermont 64-48 to win America East championship and secure first NCAA bid since 2019". AP News. March 15, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Postseason WNIT officials release 48-team field for 2024 event". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 17, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Cierzan, Noah (March 26, 2024). "Vermont women's basketball holds off Niagara to advance to third round of WNIT". My NBC5. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Cerio, Jon (March 29, 2024). "Colgate Women's Basketball's Postseason Run Comes to an End at the Hands of the Catamounts, 65-55". WKTV. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Vega de Soto, Juan (April 2, 2024). "Catamounts defeat Purdue to reach final four for the 1st time". VTDigger. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Sacks, Ian (April 3, 2024). "Saint Louis heads to WNIT final". Mid-Major Madness. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Vermont Catamounts Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". America East Conference. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[2] Abrami, Alex (March 8, 2024). "'Not finished yet': Utterback, UVM women's basketball oust UMBC in league quarterfinals". The Burlington Free Press. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[3] Dugan, Michael (March 12, 2024). "UVM women stun Albany late, advance to America East title game". WCAX-TV. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[4] "Maine women beat Vermont 64-48 to win America East championship and secure first NCAA bid since 2019". AP News. March 15, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[5] "Postseason WNIT officials release 48-team field for 2024 event". WNIT Pre and Post Tournament. March 17, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[6] Cierzan, Noah (March 26, 2024). "Vermont women's basketball holds off Niagara to advance to third round of WNIT". My NBC5. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[7] Cerio, Jon (March 29, 2024). "Colgate Women's Basketball's Postseason Run Comes to an End at the Hands of the Catamounts, 65-55". WKTV. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[8] Vega de Soto, Juan (April 2, 2024). "Catamounts defeat Purdue to reach final four for the 1st time". VTDigger. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[9] Sacks, Ian (April 3, 2024). "Saint Louis heads to WNIT final". Mid-Major Madness. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[10] "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

[11] "Vermont Catamounts Schedule 2024-25". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

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