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2021–22 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball
West Coast Conference tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. RV
APNo. RV
Record27–7 (15–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMcCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
2021–22 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT[1]
No. 20 BYU 15 1   .938 26 4   .867
Gonzaga 15 2   .882 27 7   .794
San Francisco 10 8   .556 17 16   .515
Portland 8 7   .533 20 11   .645
Saint Mary's 9 9   .500 18 15   .545
San Diego 8 9   .471 17 15   .531
Santa Clara 8 10   .444 16 15   .516
Pepperdine 4 11   .267 8 17   .320
Loyola Marymount 4 13   .235 11 19   .367
Pacific 3 14   .176 6 23   .207
2022 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), were members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by eighth year head coach Lisa Fortier, played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

Roster

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2021–22 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Esther Little 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Ipswich Basketball Academy Ipswich, England
F 1 Anamaria Virjoghe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr Voievodul Mercea
Northwest Christian
Târgoviște, Romania
F 3 Payton Muma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, CO
G/F 4 Abby O'Connor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Joseph
Loyola–Chicago
South Bend, IN
G 5 Maud Huijbens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr N/A
Syracuse
Hilversum, Netherlands
F 10 Calli Stokes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Redondo Redondo Beach, CA
G 11 Kayleigh Truong 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Jersey Village Houston, TX
F 12 Eliza Hollingsworth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So St Leonard's College Melbourne, Australia
G 13 Cierra Walker 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Oregon City
Vanderbilt
Oregon City, OR
G 14 Kaylynne Truong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Jersey Village Houston, TX
F 15 Yvonne Ejim 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Edge School Calgary, AB
G 24 McKayla Williams 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Windward Los Angeles, CA
G 32 Kylee Griffen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Lake Stevens Marysville, WA
F 33 Melody Kempton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Post Falls Post Falls, ID
G 35 Bree Salenbien 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Lenawee Christian Adrian, MI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Nov. 6, 2021*
2:00 pm
Central Washington W 78–42 
McCarthey Athletic Center (2,887)
Spokane, WA
Non Conference regular season
Nov. 11, 2021*
6:00 pm
Montana State W 72–47  1–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (3,301)
Spokane, WA
Nov. 14, 2021*
1:00 pm, SWX
at Montana W 67–60  2–0
Dahlberg Arena (2,844)
Missoula, MT
Nov. 18, 2021*
6:00 pm
Idaho State W 69–39  3–0
McCarthey Athletic Center (2,821)
Spokane, WA
Nov. 21, 2021*
1:00 pm, SWX
No. 7 Stanford L 62–66  3–1
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Nov 26, 2021*
2:00 pm
vs. Utah
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 89-71  4-1
Stan Sheriff Center 
Manoa, HI
Nov 27, 2021*
2:00 pm
vs. Eastern Illinois
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 74-53  5-1
Stan Sheriff Center 
Manoa, HI
Nov 28, 2021*
4:30 pm, SPEC on ESPN+
at Hawaii
Rainbow Wahine Showdown
W 68-49  6-1
Stan Sheriff Center (1,017)
Manoa, HI
Dec 3, 2021*
6:00 pm
Wyoming W 54-47  7-1
McCarthey Athletic Center (3,171)
Spokane, WA
Dec 8, 2021*
6:00 pm, SWX
SCSP
Washington State L 51-49  7-2
McCarthey Athletic Center (3,469)
Spokane, WA
Dec 12, 2021*
6:30 pm, SCSA
Stephen F. Austin W 64-54  8-2
McCarthey Athletic Center (2,751)
Spokane, WA
Dec 19, 2021*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at UC Davis L 69-66  8-3
University Credit Union Center (726)
Davis, CA
Dec 21, 2021*
6:00 pm, SWX
at Eastern Washington W 76–48  9–3
Reese Court (1,021)
Cheney, WA
WCC regular season
Jan 1, 2022
1:00 pm
at Loyola Marymount Canceled due to COVID-19 issues Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
Jan 6, 2022
7:00 pm
at Portland W 76-65  10-3
(1-0)
Chiles Center (532)
Portland
Jan 9, 2022*
3:00 pm
at No. 2 Stanford L 66-50  10-4
Maples Pavilion (0)
Stanford, California
Jan 13, 2022
7:00 pm
at Pacific W 92-51  11-4
(2–0)
Alex G. Spanos Center (377)
Stockton, CA
Jan 15, 2022
2:00 pm, SWX
San Diego W 76-66  12-4
(3-0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,971)
Spokane, WA
Jan 20, 2022
6:00 pm
Portland W 68-59  13-4
(4-0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,119)
Spokane, WA
Jan 22, 2022
1:00 pm
at St. Mary's W 66-53  14-4
(5-0)
University Credit Union Pavilion (314)
Moraga, CA
Jan 27, 2022
7:00 pm
at Pepperdine W 66-54  15-4
(6-0)
Firestone Fieldhouse (203)
Malibu, CA
Jan 29, 2022
2:00 pm
at San Diego W 69-43  16-4
(7-0)
Jenny Craig Pavilion (291)
San Diego, CA
Feb 3, 2022
6:00 pm
Pacific W 79-38  17-4
(8-0)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,882)
Spokane, WA
Feb 5, 2022
2:00 pm, ROOT
No. 16 BYU L 50–62  17–5
(8–1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,503)
Spokane, WA
Feb 7, 2022
6:00 pm
San Francisco
Rescheduled from December 30
W 55-49  18-5
(9-1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,847)
Spokane, WA
Feb 10, 2022
6:00 pm, SCSC
at Santa Clara W 72-55  19-5
(10-1)
Leavey Center (0)
Santa Clara, CA
Feb 12, 2022
2:00 pm
at San Francisco W 83-82  20-5
(11-1)
The Sobrato Center (832)
San Francisco, CA
Feb 17, 2022
6:00 pm
St. Mary's W 85-49  21-5
(12-1)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,980)
Spokane, WA
Feb 19, 2022
1:00 pm, BYUtv
at No. 20 BYU L 63-39  21-6
(12-2)
Marriott Center (6,289)
Provo, UT
Feb 21, 2022
2:00 pm
Santa Clara
Rescheduled from January 8
W 74-58  22-6
(13-2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,047)
Spokane, WA
Feb 24, 2022
6:00 pm, SWX
Pepperdine W 85-41  23-6
(14-2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (4,966)
Spokane, WA
Feb 26, 2022
2:00 pm, SWX
Loyola Marymount W 83-62  24-6
(15-2)
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,386)
Spokane, WA
WCC Tournament
Mar 7, 2022
2:30 pm, ROOT, BYUtv, WCC Network
vs. San Francisco
Semifinals
W 69-55  25-6
(15-2)
Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
Mar 8, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPNU
vs. BYU
Championship
W 71-59  26-6
(15-2)
Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
NCAA tournament
Mar 18, 2022*
12:30 pm, ESPNews
(9 W) vs. (8 W) Nebraska
First Round
W 68-55  27-6
KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
Mar 20, 2022*
4:00 pm, ESPN
(9 W) at (1 W) No. 4 Louisville
Second Round
L 59-68  27-7
KFC Yum! Center (10,414)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=Wichita.
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Rankings

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2021–22 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
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Week
10
Week
11
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Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Week
17
Week
18
Week
19
Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WCC Standings - 2021-22". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021–22 Women's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Gozags.com.