2025–26 Siena Saints women's basketball team

2025–26 Siena Saints women's basketball
2025–26 Siena Saints women's basketball
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	13–17 (11–9 MAAC)
Head coach	Terry Primm (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Sydnie Rosales; Billy Lovett;
Home arena	UHY Center
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Siena Saints women's basketball team represented Siena University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Saints, led by second-year head coach Terry Primm, played their home games at the UHY Center in Loudonville, New York, as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

2025–26 MAAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Quinnipiac	19	–	1	.950	27	–	7	.794
Fairfield †	19	–	1	.950	28	–	5	.848
Merrimack	15	–	5	.750	19	–	13	.594
Iona	12	–	8	.600	20	–	12	.625
Siena	11	–	9	.550	13	–	17	.433
Mount St. Mary's	11	–	9	.550	15	–	15	.500
Sacred Heart	10	–	10	.500	13	–	18	.419
Manhattan	10	–	10	.500	11	–	20	.355
Marist	8	–	12	.400	11	–	20	.355
Saint Peter's	6	–	14	.300	7	–	23	.233
Rider	5	–	15	.250	7	–	22	.241
Canisius	3	–	17	.150	5	–	24	.172
Niagara	1	–	19	.050	1	–	28	.034

† 2026 MAAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Saints finished the 2024–25 season 17–14, 14–6 in MAAC play, to finish in third place.^[1] They were upset by #6 seed Merrimack in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament.^[2] They received an at-large bid to the WNIT,^[3] where they would be defeated by Howard in the first round.^[4]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Siena was picked to finish fifth in the conference.^[5]

Preseason rankings

MAAC Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Fairfield	169 (13)
2	Quinnipiac	155
3	Mount St. Mary's	132
4	Marist	128
5	Siena	103
6	Iona	100
7	Manhattan	95
8	Merrimack	76
9	Canisius	69
10	Saint Peter's	51
11	Niagara	48
12	Sacred Heart	43
13	Rider	14
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[5]

Preseason All-MAAC Teams

No players were named to the Preseason All-MAAC First, Second or Third Teams.^[5]

Roster

2025–26 Siena Saints women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jamariah Turner	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Stillman College	Huntsville, Alabama
G	3	Francesca Schiro	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Hillsborough High School	Hillsborough, New Jersey
G	4	Valencia Fontenelle-Posson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Guilderland High School	Guilderland, New York
G	5	Azera Gates	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	Albany High School	Albany, New York
G	6	Zyriah Price	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Hazel Green High School	Huntsville, Alabama
G	7	Dallas Pierce	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	UMass	New Castle, Delaware
G	9	Caydence Hadley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Towson	Rochester, New York
G	10	Nicole Melious	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Seton Hall	Staten Island, New York
G	11	Alexis Rosenfeld	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Manhattan	Ridgewood, New Jersey
G	12	Alden Yergey	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Brentsville District High School	Nokesville, Virginia
G	20	Kaiya Rain Tucker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Friends' Central School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	22	Genevive Wedemeyer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	UAB	Hamburg, Germany
G	24	Olivia Watkins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Norman North High School	Lawton, Oklahoma
G	32	Garrisen Freeman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	GS	Cal State Bakersfield	Las Vegas, Nevada

Head coach

Terry Primm (Palm Beach Atlantic)

Assistant coach(es)

Sydnie Rosales (Marist)
Billy Lovett (Fordham)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 20, 2026

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 6:00 pm		RPI	W 97–47	–	UHY Center (341) Loudonville, NY
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Colgate	L 43–53	0–1	UHY Center (432) Loudonville, NY
November 8, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMass	L 73–84	0–2	Mullins Center (970) Amherst, MA
November 13, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Army	L 52–67	0–3	Christl Arena (549) West Point, NY
November 16, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Dartmouth	L 55–65	0–4	UHY Center (416) Loudonville, NY
November 19, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Albany Albany Cup	L 42−67	0−5	Broadview Center (1,631) Albany, NY
November 24, 2025* 7:00 pm, B1G+		at Rutgers	L 61−67	0−6	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,757) Piscataway, NJ
November 26, 2025* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Cornell	L 47–49	0–7	Newman Arena (314) Ithaca, NY
December 3, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		New Haven	W 80–54	1–7	UHY Center (281) Loudonville, NY
December 15, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Central Connecticut	W 94–56	2–7	UHY Center (324) Loudonville, NY
MAAC regular season
December 19, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Niagara	W 107–69	3–7 (1–0)	Gallagher Center (239) Lewiston, NY
December 21, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Canisius	W 73–56	4–7 (2–0)	Koessler Athletic Center (110) Buffalo, NY
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Mount St. Mary's	W 69−59	5−7 (3–0)	UHY Center (405) Loudonville, NY
January 3, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Iona	W 94–80	6–7 (4–0)	Hynes Athletics Center (636) New Rochelle, NY
January 8, 2026 11:00 am, ESPN+		Rider	L 59–61	6–8 (4–1)	UHY Center (1,625) Loudonville, NY
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Merrimack	L 65–82	6–9 (4–2)	UHY Center (367) Loudonville, NY
January 14, 2026 11:30 am, ESPN+		at Sacred Heart	L 58–70	6–10 (4–3)	William H. Pitt Center (253) Fairfield, CT
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Saint Peter's	W 74–47	7–10 (5–3)	UHY Center (423) Loudonville, NY
January 19, 2026 2:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+		at Fairfield	L 50–86	7–11 (5–4)	Leo D. Mahoney Arena (1,152) Fairfield, CT
January 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	L 72–75	7–12 (5–5)	McCann Arena (508) Poughkeepsie, NY
January 29, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Niagara	W 84–64	8–12 (6–5)	UHY Center (549) Loudonville, NY
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Canisius	W 69–65 ^OT	9–12 (7–5)	UHY Center (685) Loudonville, NY
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Peter's	W 75–62	10–12 (8–5)	Run Baby Run Arena (359) Jersey City, NJ
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Manhattan	Postponed due to inclement weather^[6]		UHY Center Loudonville, NY
February 8, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Manhattan Rescheduled from February 7	W 91–72	11–12 (9–5)	Draddy Gymnasium (142) Riverdale, NY
February 12, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Quinnipiac	L 40–62	11–13 (9–6)	M&T Bank Arena (310) Hamden, CT
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Merrimack	L 60–79	11–14 (9–7)	Lawler Arena (321) North Andover, MA
February 19, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Iona	L 52–61	11–15 (9–8)	UHY Center (484) Loudonville, NY
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Fairfield	L 51–81	11–16 (9–9)	UHY Center (705) Loudonville, NY
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rider	W 67–55	12–16 (10–9)	Alumni Gymnasium (486) Lawrenceville, NJ
February 28, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Marist	W 67–57	13–16 (11–9)	UHY Center (632) Loudonville, NY
MAAC tournament
March 7, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+	(5)	vs. (4) Iona Quarterfinals	L 50–59	13–17	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "Shepard's Career-High Propels Women's Basketball to Victory Over #3 Siena in MAAC Quarterfinals". Merrimack College Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "Howard women's basketball earns historic win in WNIT first round". HBCU Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
1 2 3 "Fairfield Unanimously Picked First in Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "Siena vs. Manhattan Women's Basketball Postponed". Siena College Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Siena University Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
↑ "Siena Saints 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[1] "2024–25 Women's Basketball Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[2] "Shepard's Career-High Propels Women's Basketball to Victory Over #3 Siena in MAAC Quarterfinals". Merrimack College Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[3] "WNIT tournament bracket, TV, schedule, times, where to watch". USA Today. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[4] "Howard women's basketball earns historic win in WNIT first round". HBCU Sports. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[poll-5] 1 2 3 "Fairfield Unanimously Picked First in Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[6] "Siena vs. Manhattan Women's Basketball Postponed". Siena College Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[7] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Siena University Athletics. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

[8] "Siena Saints 2025–26 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved June 20, 2026.

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