2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Joanne Boyle resumed the responsibility as head coach for a fourth consecutive season. The Cavaliers were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and played their home games at the John Paul Jones Arena. They finished the season 17–14, 7–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Miami (FL). They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Old Dominion.

2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	17–14 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach	Joanne Boyle (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kim McNeill (4th season) La'Keshia Frett Meredith (2nd season) Cory McNeill (4th season)
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
Seasons ← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			36	–	3		.923
No. 7 Florida State	14	–	2		.875			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			27	–	7		.794
No. 16 Duke	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
No. 15 North Carolina	10	–	6		.625			26	–	9		.743
Pittsburgh	9	–	7		.563			20	–	12		.625
Miami (FL)	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
NC State	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Boston College	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Wake Forest	2	–	14		.125			13	–	20		.394
Virginia Tech	1	–	15		.063			12	–	20		.375
Clemson	1	–	15		.063			9	–	21		.300
† 2015 ACC tournament winner As of 7 April 2015 Rankings from AP poll

2014–15 media

Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network

The Virginia Cavaliers Sports Network will broadcast select Cavaliers games on WINA. John Freeman, Larry Johnson, and Myron Ripley will provide the call for the games. Games not broadcast on WINA can be listened to online through Cavaliers Live at virginiasports.com.

Roster

2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Mikayla Venson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Yorktown Arlington, VA F 2 Jae'Lisa Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr White Hall Pine Bluff, AR F 3 Sarah Beth Barnett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Lexington Christian Academy Lexington, KY G 12 Breyana Mason 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Forest Park Woodbridge, VA G 13 Tiffany Suarez 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Our Lady of Lourdes Miami, FL G 15 Jaryn Garner 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Germantown Academy Sewell, NJ G 20 Faith Randolph 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Our Lady of Good Counsel Derwood, MD F 21 Lauren Moses 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Rancocas Mt. Holly, NJ G 23 Aliyah Huland El 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Randolph Randolph, NJ C 42 Sarah Imovbioh 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr St. Anne's-Belfield Abuja, Nigeria F 44 Sydney Umeri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So The Lovett School Acworth, GA	Head coach Joanne Boyle (Duke) Assistant coach(es) Kim McNeill (Richmond) La'Keisha Frett Meredith (Georgia) Cory McNeill (Morgan State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2014-07-05

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 14* 7:00 pm		Ohio State	W 87–82	1–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,358) Charlottesville, VA
November 16* 1:00 pm		Radford	W 75–47	2–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,172) Charlottesville, VA
November 20* 7:00 pm		at Xavier	W 71–62	3–0	Cintas Center (714) Cincinnati, OH
November 23* 2:00 pm		Auburn	W 66–51	4–0	John Paul Jones Arena (3,526) Charlottesville, VA
November 28* 8:00 pm		vs. Toledo Florida International Tournament	L 62–64	4–1	FIU Arena (436) Miami, FL
November 30* 2:00 pm		at FIU Florida International Tournament	W 74–61	5–1	FIU Arena (305) Miami, FL
December 3* 8:00 pm		at Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 63–86	5–2	State Farm Center (1,253) Champaign, IL
December 6* 7:00 pm		Delaware State	W 100–62	6–2	John Paul Jones Arena (2,998) Charlottesville, VA
December 16* 7:00 pm		Longwood	W 91–49	7–2	John Paul Jones Arena (2,841) Charlottesville, VA
December 19* 7:00 pm		Saint Mary's	W 62–49	8–2	John Paul Jones Arena (2,950) Charlottesville, VA
December 21* 6:00 pm		Howard	W 74–53	9–2	John Paul Jones Arena (3,014) Charlottesville, VA
December 28* 2:30 pm		Davidson Holiday Inn University Area Cavalier Classic	L 57–67	9–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,302) Charlottesville, VA
December 29* 7:00 pm		Drexel Holiday Inn University Area Cavalier Classic	W 72–66	10–3	John Paul Jones Arena (3,031) Charlottesville, VA
Conference regular season
January 4 2:00 pm		at Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	W 62–47	11–3 (1–0)	Cassell Coliseum (1,225) Blacksburg, VA
January 8 7:00 pm		Wake Forest	W 72–70	12–3 (2–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,034) Charlottesville, VA
January 11 1:00 pm		at No. 21 Syracuse	L 58–70	12–4 (2–1)	Carrier Dome (708) Syracuse, NY
January 15 7:00 pm		Boston College	W 68–56	13–4 (3–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,397) Charlottesville, VA
January 18 3:00 pm, RSN		at No. 4 Louisville Rivalry	L 55–67	13–5 (3–2)	KFC Yum! Center (11,322) Louisvilly, KY
January 21 7:00 pm		at Miami (FL)	L 58–67	13–6 (3–3)	BankUnited Center (1,406) Miami, FL
January 25 2:00 pm		Georgia Tech	L 62–68	13–7 (3–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,975) Charlottesville, VA
January 29 7:00 pm		NC State	W 71–63	14–7 (4–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,092) Charlottesville, VA
February 1 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Clemson	W 77–72	15–7 (5–4)	Littlejohn Coliseum (902) Clemson, SC
February 5 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 4 Notre Dame	L 54–75	15–8 (5–5)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,738) South Bend, IN
February 12 7:00 pm		No. 11 Duke	L 43–71	15–9 (5–6)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,333) Charlottesville, VA
February 15 1:00 pm, RSN		No. 7 Florida State	L 56–65	15–10 (5–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,042) Charlottesville, VA
February 19 7:00 pm		at Pittsburgh	L 63–68 OT	15–11 (5–8)	Petersen Events Center (736) Pittsburgh, PA
February 22 1:00 pm		Virginia Tech Commonwealth Classic	W 73–59	16–11 (6–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,772) Charlottesville, VA
February 26 7:00 pm, RSN		at No. 15 North Carolina	L 70–72	16–12 (6–9)	Carmichael Arena (2,988) Chapel Hill, NC
March 1 1:00 pm, RSN		No. 8 Louisville Rivalry	W 75–59	17–12 (7–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (3,744) Charlottesville, VA
2015 ACC Tournament
March 5 2:00 pm, RSN		vs. Miami (FL) Second Round	L 52–62	17–13	Greensboro Coliseum (3,688) Greensboro, NC
WNIT
March 19* 7:00 pm		at Old Dominion First Round	L 62–69	17–14	Ted Constant Convocation Center (973) Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team