2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team
2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball | |
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Conference | America East Conference |
2015–16 record | 11–19 (7–9 America East) |
Head coach | Jennifer Rizzotti (17th season) |
Assistant coach | Bill Sullivan |
Assistant coach | Jackie Smith |
Assistant coach | Sarah Eichler |
Home arena | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion |
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2015–16 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Hartford during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks were led by seventeenth year Women's Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Jennifer Rizzotti and will once again play their home games in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 7–9 in America East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Women's Tournament to Stony Brook.
On April 15 it was announced that Jennifer Rizzotti has resign from Hartford and accept her coaching position at George Washington.[1] She finished at Hartford with a 17-year record of 316–200.
Media
All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WWUH.
Roster
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Jennifer Rizzotti (Connecticut)
Bill Sullivan (Connecticut)
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 7:00 PM |
Cornell | W 53–50 | 1–0 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (862) Hartford, CT | |||||||
11/15/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Sacred Heart | W 68–67 | 2–0 |
William H. Pitt Center (312) Fairfield, CT | |||||||
11/19/2015* 11:00 AM |
at Quinnipiac | L 69–71 OT | 2–1 |
TD Bank Sports Center (1,329) Hamden, CT | |||||||
11/22/2015* 2:00 PM |
Lafayette | W 55–50 | 3–1 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (802) Hartford, CT | |||||||
11/25/2015* 12:00 PM |
at Providence | L 50–69 | 3–2 |
Alumni Hall (802) Providence, RI | |||||||
11/27/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Michigan | L 47–83 | 3–3 |
Crisler Center (2,004) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
12/02/2015* 7:00 PM |
Central Connecticut | W 49–41 | 4–3 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,402) Hartford, CT | |||||||
12/09/2015* 7:00 PM |
at Boston College | L 28–62 | 4–4 |
Conte Forum (411) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
12/12/2015* 2:00 PM |
Dartmouth | L 36–43 | 4–5 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (883) Hartford, CT | |||||||
12/14/2015* 7:00 PM |
No. 21 Arizona State | L 29–60 | 4–6 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,822) Hartford, CT | |||||||
12/22/2015* 2:00 PM |
at Massachusetts | L 56–63 | 4–7 |
Mullins Center (256) Amherst, MA | |||||||
12/30/2015* 7:00 PM |
at George Washington | L 51–82 | 4–8 |
Charles E. Smith Center (915) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
01/02/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Florida Gulf Coast | L 44–64 | 4–9 |
Alico Arena (2,217) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
America East regular season | |||||||||||
01/06/2016 7:00 PM |
UMass Lowell | W 72–59 | 5–9 (1–0) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (784) Hartford, CT | |||||||
01/13/2016 7:00 PM |
Binghamton | L 47–53 | 5–10 (1–1) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (825) Hartford, CT | |||||||
01/16/2016 2:00 PM |
at Vermont | W 51–47 | 6–10 (2–1) |
Patrick Gym (481) Burlington, VT | |||||||
01/18/2016 5:00 PM |
at Stony Brook | L 35–58 | 6–11 (2–2) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (816) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
01/21/2016 7:00 PM |
UMBC | W 65–57 | 7–11 (3–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,012) Hartford, CT | |||||||
01/24/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN3 |
New Hampshire | W 48–44 | 8–11 (4–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,091) Hartford, CT | |||||||
01/27/2016 7:00 PM |
at Maine | L 43–61 | 8–12 (4–3) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,559) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/31/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Albany | L 41–78 | 8–13 (4–4) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,516) Hartford, CT | |||||||
02/03/2016 7:00 PM |
at UMass Lowell | W 75–70 OT | 9–13 (5–4) |
Costello Athletic Center (449) Lowell, MA | |||||||
02/08/2016 7:00 PM |
Stony Brook | L 42–45 | 9–14 (5–5) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (816) Hartford, CT | |||||||
02/11/2016 7:00 PM |
at Binghamton | W 41–39 | 10–14 (6–5) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,266) Vestal, NY | |||||||
02/14/2016 2:00 PM |
Vermont | W 52–50 OT | 11–14 (7–5) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,440) Hartford, CT | |||||||
02/17/2016 7:00 PM |
at UMBC | L 51–58 | 11–15 (7–6) |
Retriever Activities Center (486) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
02/20/2016 1:00 PM |
at New Hampshire | L 42–53 | 11–16 (7–7) |
Lundholm Gym (384) Durham, NH | |||||||
02/24/2016 7:00 PM |
Maine | L 44–50 | 11–17 (7–8) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,091) Hartford, CT | |||||||
02/28/2016 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Albany | L 39–84 | 11–18 (7–9) |
SEFCU Arena (1,647) Albany, NY | |||||||
America East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/05/2016 2:15 PM, ESPN3 |
vs. Stony Brook Quarterfinals |
L 42–60 | 11–19 |
Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |