Ladies’s Basketball proclaims 2025-26 non-conference schedule

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Highlighted by video games in opposition to the ACC, Big East, Patriot League, and Ivy League, the Bulldogs introduced the thirteen-game non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season on Thursday afternoon.

 The Black and Gold are coming off an excellent season, the place they hosted a WNIT recreation for the primary time in DI program historical past, whereas producing their second consecutive season of 15+ common season wins and their first season of 10+ America East wins. Bryant defeated Binghamton within the AE Quarterfinals for the primary AE playoff win in program historical past.  

Lynne-Ann Kokoski enters her third season as head coach and has accrued a 32-30 file, whereas going 18-15 within the America East and a 21-9 file on the Chace Athletic Center. The Black and Gold are 9-2 in opposition to non-conference opponents in Smithfield.

Schedule Highlights

• The Bulldogs will start the season at dwelling for the third consecutive season.
• The Black and Gold will face ACC member Boston College for a 3rd straight 12 months at Chestnut Hill.
• Bryant renews its rivalry with Providence College, which would be the ninth match up between the 2 groups.
• The Bulldogs can have six non-conference video games on the Chace in opposition to Central Connecticut, Cornell, Rider, Holy Cross, Georgian Court (D2), and Franklin Pierce (D2).

Bryant begins the 2025-26 season with back-to-back dwelling video games versus CCSU (Nov. 3) and Cornell (Nov. 7). The Bulldogs then head to New York to face Marist (Nov. 11), earlier than returning to Smithfield to welcome Rider for a Saturday night time recreation on Nov. 15.

The Bulldogs will then play in 5 straight street video games in opposition to Merrimack (Nov. 19), Stonehill (Nov. 22), Boston University (Nov. 26), PC (Nov. 30), and Yale (Dec. 3). Bryant will then return dwelling to face Holy Cross (Dec. 7), which shall be adopted by a matchup with ACC member BC in Chestnut Hill on December ninth. The Black and Gold conclude the 2025-26 non-conference schedule with two dwelling video games versus Georgian Court (Dec. 19) and Franklin Pierce (Dec. 21).