LA JOLLA, Calif.— UC San Diego women's basketball will begin the 2026-27 season—ts final season as a member of the Big West—on the road at No. 15 Washington.
The two-time defending Big West Champions will take on the Huskies on Monday at 11 a.m. in Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be streamed to subscribers on B1G+ and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.
DETAILS
Game 1
UC San Diego at No. 15 Washington
Monday, Nov. 2 | 11 a.m.
Alaska Airlines Arena (9,294) | Seattle, Wash.
All-time series: 0-1
Last meeting: UCSD 50, UW 67 (Nov. 28, 2025)
Watch on B1G+ |
Live Stats
| ABOUT THE TRITONS |
ABOUT WASHINGTON |
| Roster | Schedule | 25-26 Stats |
Roster | Schedule | 25-26 Stats |
| 25-26 Overall: 24-9 |
25-26 Overall: 22-11 |
| 25-26 Big West: 17-3 |
25-26 Big Ten: 10-8 |
| 25-26 Home: 11-4 |
25-26 Home: 13-4 |
| 25-26 Away: 11-5 |
25-26 Away: 7-5 |
| 25-26 Neutral: 2-0 |
25-26 Neutral: 2-2 |
| vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-2 |
vs. Ranked Opponents: 2-6 |
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UP NEXT
The Tritons will celebrate the opening week of the season in San Diego at the inaugural National University Bill Walton Classic. UC San Diego will face the University of San Diego at Pechanga Arena on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 3 p.m. The game is slated as a double-header with the San Diego State men's program taking on Colorado.
BACK-TO-BACK BIG WEST CHAMPIONS
In 2025-26, UC San Diego went 24-9 overall and finished 17-3 in Big West play for a share of their first regular season conference title. Head coach
Heidi VanDerveer's squad went on to win the Big West Championship as the No. 2 Seed to become back-to-back tournament champions and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season. UC San Diego is just the second team in NCAA Division I women's basketball to make the tournament in its first two seasons of postseason eligibility after reclassifying from Division II.
SOLID CORE RETURNING
UC San Diego will return six Tritons from the 2025-26 championship squad, including All-Big West honorees
Erin Condron (First Team),
Lev Feiman (All-Freshman),
Dymonique Maxie (Honorable Mention) and
Rosa Smith (Honorable Mention). UC San Diego had a strong core five with three players starting every game. All five starters averaged above 30 minutes per game, among the top of the Big West. The Tritons will return three of five starters, including Condron, Maxie and Smith.
NEW FACES IN LA JOLLA
The Tritons will add seven talented newcomers, including three transfers and four true freshmen. Upperclassmen
Alexandra Cummins (San Jose State),
Jite Gbemuotor (CSUN) and
Coryn Watts (Denver) bring depth to the Triton lineup. Cummins averaged 8.5 points, 2.2 rebounds 1.8 assists last season for the Spartans. Gbemuotor was an All-Big West Honorable Mention in 25-26, averaging 9.2 points and team-leading 8.3 rebounds while shooting 49.6 percent from the field for the Matadors. Watts was an All-Summit League first team selection, averaging 19.6 points per game for the Pioneers.
UC San Diego will also add four first-year scholar-athletes, including
Emma Cook (Archbishop Mitty HS),
Noelle Mulvanny (Mater Dei HS),
Sadie Sin (Clovis HS) and
Megan Roberts (Eastlake HS (WA)).
LOCAL PRODUCTS RETURN HOME TO PNW
A pair of Tritons will return home to the Pacific Northwest to open the season—true freshman
Megan Roberts (Sammamish, Wash.) and graduate student
Rosa Smith (Kirkland, Wash.). Roberts prepped at Eastlake High School where she was a three-time All-KingCo 4A selection, earning first team honors as a senior last season. Smith is a 2022 graduate of Lake Washington High School where she was named 3A State Player of the Year, KingCo MVP and First Team All-State as a senior. Smith recorded 19 points with three assists, two blocks and a steal in front of a hometown crowd against the Huskies last season (Nov. 28, 2025).
TRITONS PICKED FIRST IN BIG WEST PRESEASON POLL
For the first time since reclassifying to Division I in 2020, the Tritons were picked to finish first in the Big West Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Tritons earned 10 of the 12 first-place votes with 120 points. UC Irvine was picked to finish second with 108 points and one first-place vote and UC Santa Barbara rounded out the top three with 94 points.
Big West newcomer California Baptist was picked fourth with 93 points and newcomer Sacramento State received the remaining first-place vote with 88 points. Another new conference member, Utah Valley (70 points) was picked sixth, followed by UC Riverside (59), CSUN (53), Cal Poly (35), Cal State Bakersfield/Long Beach State (25) and Cal State Fullerton (22).
TRIO NAMED TO BIG WEST PRESEASON TEAM
Erin Condron (Woodend, Victoria, Australia),
Lev Feiman (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and
Rosa Smith (Kirkland, Wash.) were named to the 2026-27 Big West Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Team, marking the most ever Big West preseason honorees for the Tritons.
Erin Condron | Senior | Forward/Center
Condron was an All-Big West First Team selection and Big West Championship All-Tournament honoree in 2025-26. She set the program's Division I single season rebounds record (297), while also leading the team with 549 points. Condron also set the Tritons' D-I single game scoring record with 32 points (Feb. 5) and ranked first in the Big West in field goal percentage (52.1). She averaged a team-best 15.6 points and 8.5 rebounds, with 1.7 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.1 steals in 33.8 minutes per game.
Lev Feiman | Sophomore | Guard
Feiman had a strong debut season in 25-26, earning a spot on the Big West All-Freshman Team. She appeared in 28 games, making six starts for the Tritons, averaging 6.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game. Feiman shot 46.8 percent from the field on the season, 39.5 percent from three and 88.5 percent from the free throw line, recording 10 double-figure scoring efforts and one 20-point game.
Rosa Smith | Graduate Student | Guard
Smith returns for a graduate year after earning All-Big West Honorable Mention and CSC Academic All-District honors last season. She appeared in 32 games, making 29 starts and averaged 10.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal in 30.1 minutes per game. Smith ranked eighth in the Big West in threes per game (1.8) and 15th in assists per game. She recorded 16 double-figure scoring efforts and three 20-point games on the season.
UC SAN DIEGO RANKED IN PRESEASON MID-MAJOR TOP 25®
The Tritons open the 2026-27 season at No. 5 in the Preseason Mid-Major Top 25®, earning one first-place vote in the coaches' poll. Now in its' 17th season, the CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25® is voted on by 31 Division I coaches. The Tritons' appeared in the Mid-Major Top 25® for the first time last season, spending two weeks at No. 25 late in the season.
TRITONS SET TO COMPETE IN INAUGURAL BILL WALTON CLASSIC
The Tritons will celebrate the opening week of the 26-27 season in San Diego at the inaugural National University Bill Walton Classic, a new college basketball event celebrating the sport and the city that shaped one of its greatest legends. UC San Diego will face the University of San Diego at Pechanga Arena on Nov. 7. The game is slated as a double-header with the San Diego State men's program taking on Colorado.
The contest will mark the first meeting for UC San Diego and the University of San Diego in women's basketball since the Tritons transitioned to Division I in 2020 and will kickstart a new crosstown rivalry as UC San Diego is set to join the Toreros in the West Coast Conference in 2027-28.
TOUGH TESTS EARLY FOR TRITONS
The two-time defending Big West Champions will begin their season on the road at Washington (Nov. 2) and face USD at the Bill Walton Classic (Nov. 7). UC San Diego will then play seven of the next eight games in LionTree Arena, starting with the home opener against Portland State (Nov. 12). The Tritons will also host San Francisco (Nov. 15), Whittier (Nov. 24), Cal State San Marcos (Dec. 10) and Pacific (Dec. 14).
The Tritons will travel to Northern Arizona (Nov. 28) over the Thanksgiving Weekend and wrap up the non-conference slate with a trip to the East Coast for the FDU Holiday Classic in Hackensack, N.J. on Dec. 19-20. UC San Diego will face La Salle in a neutral matchup on the opening day, with Youngstown State and host FDU also participating in the weekend tournament.
ALLEN ELEVATED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
UC San Diego women's basketball head coach
Heidi VanDerveer announced the elevation of
PhyNique Allen to Associate Head Coach for the 2026-27 season. Allen enters her sixth season with the UC San Diego program in 26-27, responsible for coordinating the offense and supporting the Tritons' recruiting efforts.
During her tenure in La Jolla, Allen has helped 18 Tritons earn All-Big West accolades. After she took over offensive duties last season, UC San Diego averaged 70.2 points per game with a +7.5 scoring margin, ranking third and second in the Big West respectively. The Tritons were first in field goal percentage (42.0) and second in assists (465 total, 14.09 per game).
UC SAN DIEGO HEADED TO THE WCC
On Sept. 3, 2025, UC San Diego accepted a formal invitation to join the West Coast Conference (WCC) beginning July 1, 2027. UC San Diego will compete in 14 of the West Coast Conference's 16 sponsored sports, including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's water polo, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's golf and women's rowing.
Beginning in 2027-28, the WCC membership will consist of: University of California San Diego, Loyola Marymount University, University of the Pacific, Pepperdine University, University of Portland, Saint Mary's College, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University, and Seattle University. UC San Diego will become the first public institution in the West Coast Conference since the departure of the University of Nevada-Reno in 1979.
WHY THE TRITONS?
The Triton is described as the offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, a demigod of the sea with a lower part of the body like that of a fish. It is known as a mighty and fierce sea warrior. Given UC San Diego's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean and its connections with the world-famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Triton became our mascot in 1964.
UC SAN DIEGO ON THE WORLDWIDE LEADER
Most UC San Diego home men's and women's basketball games, men's and women's soccer matches, men's and women's volleyball matches, baseball and softball games are broadcast live on ESPN+. For more information on where to watch UC San Diego women's basketball, visit
UCSDTritons.com/live.
GAME DAY GOES DIGITAL
Triton fans now have a whole new way to access game day information, as game programs have gone digital! Fans can visit
UCSDTritons.com from their smart phone or scan the QR code at the entrance to LionTree Arena for everything they need to know about each home game, including updated rosters, schedules, and stats for each team, as well as links to watch on ESPN+.
COVERING THE TRITONS
Media members wishing to cover a UC San Diego game in-person at LionTree Arena must notify a member of the Athletics Communication staff no later than 24 hours prior to the game. Following the conclusion of each home game, a video highlight melt and video postgame interviews will be made available for media members to download.
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
