2017–18 Portland Pilots women's basketball team

2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	17	–	1	.944	27	–	6	.818
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Loyola Marymount	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
BYU	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
San Francisco	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
San Diego	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Pacific	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Portland	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 2018 WCC tournament winner As of 17 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots are led by fourth year coach Cheryl Sorensen. They play their homes games at Chiles Center and are members of the West Coast Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Previous season

They finished the season 6–24, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pacific.

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Kate Anderson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Jesuit HS	Portland, OR
G	3	Josie Matz	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Wilson HS	Tacoma, WA
F	11	Lisa-Marie Kaempf	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium Midland College	Aschaffenburg, Germany
F	14	Jayce Gorzeman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Mayfield HS	Las Cruces, NM
G	15	Maddie Muhlheim	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Sunset HS	Portland, OR
F	20	Erika Kankfelt	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Makelanrinne Sports	Espoo, Finland
F	22	Kristina Wooldridge	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Bishop O'Dowd HS	San Leandro, CA
F	23	Julie Spencer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	W.F. West HS	Chehalis, WA
G	24	Rachelle Owens	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Carson HS College of Southern Idaho	Carson, CA
F	30	Keala Quinlan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Roosevelt HS	Papakolea, HI
G	32	Darian Slaga	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Boulder Creek HS	Prescott Valley, AZ
F	33	Ashley Gray	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	West Valley HS	Yakima, WA
C	35	Sara Zaragoza	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Insituto Veritas	Madrid, Spain
C	44	Lauren Walker	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Cardinal Newman HS	Windsor, CA

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2018

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 7:30 PM	Western Oregon	W 73–72		Chiles Center (420) Portland, OR
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 PM	Hawaii	W 76–47	1–0	Chiles Center (456) Portland, OR
11/12/2017* 7:00 PM	Willamette	W 72–52	2–0	Chiles Center (334) Portland, OR
11/14/2017* 5:00 PM	Utah Valley	W 71–64 ^OT	3–0	Chiles Center (301) Portland, OR
11/17/2017* 7:00 PM	at UC Irvine	L 52–63	3–1	Bren Events Center (386) Irvine, CA
11/25/2017* 2:00 PM	at Cal State Fullerton	L 61–66	3–2	Titan Gym (192) Irvine, CA
11/28/2017* 7:00 PM	Portland State	L 71–77	3–3	Chiles Center (169) Portland, OR
12/03/2017* 1:30 PM, P12N	at Washington	L 67–93	3–4	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,410) Seattle, WA
12/08/2017* 7:00 PM	Warner Pacific	W 95–59	4–4	Chiles Center (361) Portland, OR
WCC regular season

WCC Women's Tournament

*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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