# 2013–14 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. The Rams, led by second year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at the Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the championship game of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Fresno State. As regular season champions who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic big to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Southern Utah.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | AJ Newton | Guard | 5–3 | Junior | San Jose, California |
| 1 | Victoria Wells | Guard/Forward | 5-10 | Junior | Los Angeles, California |
| 2 | Stine Austgulen | Guard | 5–11 | Freshman | Bergen, Norway |
| 3 | Hayley Thompson | Guard | 6-1 | Senior | Denver, Colorado |
| 4 | Emilie Hesseldal | Forward | 6-1 | Sophomore | Aarhus, Denmark |
| 5 | Hanne Mestdagh | Guard/Forward | 5-10 | RS Sophomore | Ieper, Belgium |
| 10 | Emily Johnson | Guard | 5-11 | Sophomore | Georgetown, Texas |
| 11 | Gritt Ryder | Guard | 5-10 | Junior | Rungsted Kyst, Denmark |
| 12 | Sam Martin | Forward | 6-2 | Senior | Parker, Colorado |
| 13 | Ellen Nystrom | Forward | 6-1 | Freshman | Luleå, Sweden |
| 14 | Gabby Frykbo | Guard | 5-5 | Freshman | Södertälje, Sweden |
| 20 | Kara Spotton | Forward | 6-2 | Junior | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 22 | Elin Gustavsson | Forward | 6-3 | Freshman | Ängelholm, Sweden |
| 24 | Alicia Nichols | Forward | 6-0 | Senior | Brush, Colorado |
| 33 | Caitlin Duffy | Guard | 5-11 | Sophomore | Rapid City, South Dakota |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/28/2013* 7:00 pm | Colorado School of Mines | W 95–47 | - | Moby Arena (N/A) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/01/2013* 7:00 pm | Black Hills State | W 72–49 | - | Moby Arena (802) Fort Collins, CO |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/08/2013* 8:00 pm | UC Colorado Springs | W 87–82 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | Moby Arena (1,733) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/12/2013* 7:00 pm | No. 17 Colorado | L 59–63 | 1–1 | Moby Arena (1,437) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/16/2013* 12:00 pm | Drake | W 92–77 | 2–1 | Moby Arena (836) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/23/2013* 3:00 pm | at Illinois State | W 76–61 | 3–1 | Redbird Arena (867) Norman, IL |
| 11/28/2013* 8:00 pm | at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 65–60 $^{OT}$ | 4–1 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,615) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/29/2013* 3:00 pm | vs. Minnesota Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 55–79 | 4–2 | Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI |
| 11/30/2013* 3:00 pm | vs. Chattanooga Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 57–59 | 4–3 | Stan Sheriff Center (N/A) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/05/2013* 7:00 pm | Loyola Marymount | W 70–68 | 5–3 | Moby Arena (840) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/08/2013* 1:00 pm | at Denver | W 86–78 | 6–3 | Magness Arena (1,557) Denver, CO |
| 12/14/2013* 1:00 pm | South Dakota Mines | W 67–47 | 7–3 | Moby Arena (999) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/22/2013* 2:00 pm | Weber State | W 59–54 | 8–3 | Moby Arena (985) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/02/2014 7:00 pm | at San Diego State | W 64–61 | 9–3 (1–0) | Viejas Arena (427) San Diego, CA |
| 01/05/2014 2:00 pm | New Mexico | W 72–60 | 10–3 (2–0) | Moby Arena (1,125) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/08/2014 7:00 pm | San Jose State | W 101–60 | 11–3 (3–0) | Moby Arena (968) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/11/2014 3:00 pm | at Fresno State | L 50–60 | 11–4 (3–1) | Save Mart Center (2,378) Fresno, CA |
| 01/15/2014 7:00 pm | Utah State | W 88–78 | 12–4 (4–1) | Moby Arena (1,091) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/18/2014 1:00 pm | at Air Force | W 87–49 | 13–4 (5–1) | Clune Arena (635) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 01/25/2014 6:00 pm | at New Mexico | W 62–57 | 14–4 (6–1) | The Pit (6,431) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/29/2014 7:00 pm | Nevada | W 71–64 | 15–4 (7–1) | Moby Arena (1,202) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/01/2014 2:00 pm | San Diego State | W 95–48 | 16–4 (8–1) | Moby Arena (1,688) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/05/2014 8:00 pm | at UNLV | W 66–48 | 17–4 (9–1) | Cox Pavilion (1,002) Paradise, NV |
| 02/08/2014 12:00 pm | Air Force | W 88–28 | 18–4 (10–1) | Moby Arena (2,209) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/12/2014 7:00 pm | at Utah State | W 100–75 | 19–4 (11–1) | Smith Spectrum (583) Logan, UT |
| 02/15/2014 2:00 pm | Fresno State | W 53–47 | 20–4 (12–1) | Moby Arena (2,003) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/19/2014 7:00 pm | at Boise State | W 71–51 | 21–4 (13–1) | Taco Bell Arena (996) Boise, ID |
| 02/22/2014 2:00 pm | at Wyoming | L 49–75 | 21–5 (13–2) | Arena-Auditorium (4,955) Laramie, WY |
| 02/26/2014 7:00 pm | UNLV | W 84–64 | 22–5 (14–2) | Moby Arena (1,626) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/04/2014 8:00 pm | at San Jose State | L 64–65 | 22–6 (14–3) | Event Center Arena (420) San Jose, CA |
| 03/07/2014 7:00 pm | Wyoming | W 58–46 | 23–6 (15–3) | Moby Arena (3,119) Fort Collins, CO |
| 2014 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2014 1:00 pm | vs. Utah State Quarterfinals | W 72–67 | 24–6 | Thomas & Mack Center (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 03/12/2014 1:00 pm | vs. Wyoming Semifinals | W 95–92 $^{3OT}$ | 25–6 | Thomas & Mack Center (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 03/13/2014 8:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. Fresno State Championship Game | L 68–77 | 25–7 | Thomas & Mack Center (13,798) Paradise, NV |
| 2014 WNIT ||||||
| 03/20/2014 7:00 pm | Southern Utah First Round | L 56–71 | 25–8 | Moby Arena (1,550) Fort Collins, CO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. All dates, times and TV are tentative and subject to change. ||||||