# 2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by fourteenth year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 6–10 in A-10 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Louis.
It was announced that on March 10 that Shafer would not return, ending his 14-year coaching tenure at Richmond. Shafer leaves as the all-time winningest coach of the program with 223 wins, but never led the Spiders to the NCAA tournament during his time.

## 2018–19 media

All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on Spider TV Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgetown | L 53–73 | 0–1 | Robins Center (1,006) Richmond, VA |
| Nov 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Fairfield | L 40–58 | 0–2 | Robins Center (527) Richmond, VA |
| Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Wake Forest | L 48–62 | 0–3 | LJVM Coliseum (407) Winston-Salem, NC |
| Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 57–55 | 1–3 | Robins Center (454) Richmond, VA |
| Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Florida Atlantic | L 55–69 | 1–4 | FAU Arena (555) Boca Raton, FL |
| Nov 24, 2018* 2:30 pm | | at UCF UCF Thanksgiving Tournament | L 48–70 | 1–5 | CFE Arena (761) Orlando, FL |
| Nov 25, 2018* 12:00 pm | | vs. Virginia Tech UCF Thanksgiving Tournament | L 57–85 | 1–6 | CFE Arena Orlando, FL |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at William & Mary | L 55–65 | 1–7 | Kaplan Arena (634) Williamsburg, VA |
| Dec 8, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Howard | W 67–60 | 2–7 | Robins Center (673) Richmond, VA |
| Dec 19, 2018* 5:30 pm | | at Quinnipiac | L 48–65 | 2–8 | People's United Center (453) Hamden, CT |
| Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Ohio | L 58–109 | 2–9 | Robins Center (505) Richmond, VA |
| Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Drexel | L 35–58 | 2–10 | Robins Center (635) Richmond, VA |
| Jan 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UNC Greensboro | W 59–48 | 3–10 | Robins Center (454) Richmond, VA |
| Atlantic 10 regular season ||||||
| Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Rhode Island | L 60–66 | 3–11 (0–1) | Robins Center (659) Richmond, VA |
| Jan 9, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | at Fordham | L 49–60 | 3–12 (0–2) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,538) Bronx, NY |
| Jan 12, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | VCU Capital City Classic | L 43–68 | 3–13 (0–3) | Robins Center (1,393) Richmond, VA |
| Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Davidson | L 55–78 | 3–14 (0–4) | John M. Belk Arena (731) Davidson, NC |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Duquesne | L 54–80 | 3–15 (0–5) | Palumbo Center (743) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Saint Joseph's | W 46–45 | 4–15 (1–5) | Robins Center (551) Richmond, VA |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at La Salle | W 74–60 | 5–15 (2–5) | Tom Gola Arena (324) Philadelphia, PA |
| Feb 3, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Massachusetts | W 62–58 | 6–15 (3–5) | Robins Center (576) Richmond, VA |
| Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Dayton | L 50–71 | 6–16 (3–6) | UD Arena (1,818) Dayton, OH |
| Feb 9, 2019 6:00 pm | | at VCU Capital City Classic | L 37–58 | 6–17 (3–7) | Siegel Center (2,033) Richmond, VA |
| Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm | | St. Bonaventure | W 55–47 | 7–17 (4–7) | Robins Center (355) Richmond, VA |
| Feb 17, 2019 3:00 pm, NBCSN | | at Saint Louis | L 48–78 | 7–18 (4–8) | Chaifetz Arena (5,786) St. Louis, MO |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | George Mason | L 52–67 | 7–19 (4–9) | Robins Center (548) Richmond, VA |
| Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm | | La Salle | W 56–51 | 8–19 (5–9) | Robins Center (667) Richmond, VA |
| Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Massachusetts | L 38–64 | 8–20 (5–10) | Mullins Center (541) Amherst, MA |
| Mar 2, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | George Washington | W 56–48 | 9–20 (6–10) | Robins Center (629) Richmond, VA |
| Atlantic 10 Tournament ||||||
| Mar 5, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | (11) | at (6) Saint Louis First Round | L 49–58 | 9–21 | Chaifetz Arena (608) St. Louis, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |