2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	3–27 (2–16 Big Sky)
Head coach	Chris Boettcher (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Dionisio Gomez; Anne Freitas Sabatini; Robert Yonce;
Home arena	America First Events Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Big Sky women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northern Colorado †	15	–	3	.833	26	–	7	.788
Idaho	13	–	5	.722	19	–	14	.576
Eastern Washington	12	–	6	.667	17	–	14	.548
Weber State	12	–	6	.667	21	–	11	.656
Idaho State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Portland State	11	–	7	.611	19	–	13	.594
Montana	9	–	9	.500	14	–	17	.452
Montana State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
North Dakota	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Sacramento State	5	–	13	.278	7	–	23	.233
Northern Arizona	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16	.111	3	–	27	.100


† 2018 Big Sky tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Boettcher and play their home games at America First Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 3–27, 1–15 in Big Sky play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State.

On March 13, Chris Boettcher was fired. He finished at Southern Utah with a 4 year record of 29–92.^[4] On April 18, former Saint Mary's assistant coach Tracy Sanders was named the next head coach at Southern Utah.^[5]

Roster

2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Rebecca Cardenas	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	So	Burges	El Paso, TX
G/F	4	Ashley Larsen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS So	American Fork Utah Valley	American Fork, UT
G	10	Natalie Sanchez	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Burges	El Paso, TX
F	11	Megan Kamps	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Fr	Manhattan Christian	Manhattan, MT
G/F	12	Chloe Bradford	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Minico Treasure Valley CC	Heyburn, ID
G	14	Breanu Reid	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Piedmont	Oklahoma City, OK
G	15	Kiana Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS So	Northridge Northern Colorado	Tuscaloosa, AL
G	20	Skylee Doman	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Canby	Canby, OR
C	21	Whitney Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Lone Peak HS New Mexico	Highland, UT
F	24	Jessica Chatman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Union BYU	Ridgefield, WA
G	25	Peyton Torgerson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	North Sevier	Salina, UT
C	30	Carlie Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Dallas Christian	Forney, TX
G/F	34	Mo Tapasa	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Central Western Oregon	Monmouth, OR
F	40	Sariah Swallow	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Millard	Flowell, UT

Head coach

Chris Boettcher (BYU)

Assistant coach(es)

Dionisio Gomez (Arkansas)
Anne Freitas Sabatini
Robert Yonce (Tennessee)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 21, 2017

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 30, 2017* 6:30 pm		Northern New Mexico	W 86–67		America First Events Center Cedar City, UT
Nov 03, 2017* 5:00 pm		Concordia (Oregon)	W 82–62		America First Events Center Cedar City, UT
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm		at BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 67–75 ^OT	0–1	Marriott Center (972) Provo, UT
Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm		at San Diego	L 59–72	0–2	Jenny Craig Pavilion (202) San Diego, CA
Nov 18, 2017* 7:30 pm		Binghamton	L 66–72	0–3	America First Events Center (480) Cedar City, UT
Nov 21, 2017* 5:00 pm		Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 70–67	1–3	America First Events Center (450) Cedar City, UT
Nov 24, 2017* 2:00 pm		UC Davis	L 59–85	1–4	America First Events Center (500) Cedar City, UT
Nov 27, 2017* 6:30 pm		Cal State Bakersfield	L 45–46	1–5	America First Events Center (525) Cedar City, UT
Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 61–69	1–6	Lockhart Arena (319) Orem, UT
Dec 05, 2017* 12:00 pm		UC Irvine	L 64–71	1–7	America First Events Center (800) Cedar City, UT
Dec 09, 2017* 3:00 pm		at No. 9 Oregon	L 38–98	1–8	Matthew Knight Arena (2,565) Eugene, OR
Dec 18, 2017* 2:00 pm		at Grand Canyon	L 54–59	1–9	GCU Arena (247) Phoenix, AZ
Dec 20, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Arizona	L 74–76 ^2OT	1–10	McKale Center (1,215) Tucson, AZ
Big Sky regular season
Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm		at Montana State	L 71–91	1–11 (0–1)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,679) Bozeman, MT
Dec 30, 2017 2:00 pm		at Montana	L 71–81	1–12 (0–2)	Dahlberg Arena (2,717) Missoula, MT
Jan 04, 2018 6:30 pm		Idaho State	W 76–70	2–12 (1–2)	America First Events Center (756) Cedar City, UT
Jan 06, 2018 12:30 pm		Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 64–77	2–13 (1–3)	America First Events Center (714) Cedar City, UT
Jan 13, 2018 5:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 75–55	3–13 (2–3)	Walkup Skydome (294) Flagstaff, AZ
Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm		at Idaho	L 51–74	3–14 (2–4)	Cowan Spectrum (505) Moscow, ID
Jan 20, 2018 3:00 pm		at Eastern Washington	L 41–58	3–15 (2–5)	Reese Court (426) Cheney, WA
Jan 25, 2018 6:30 pm		Montana	L 64–75	3–16 (2–6)	America First Events Center (1,010) Cedar City, UT
Jan 27, 2018 12:30 pm		Montana State	L 57–63	3–17 (2–7)	America First Events Center (653) Cedar City, UT
Feb 01, 2018 12:00 pm		at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 50–61	3–18 (2–8)	Dee Events Center (3,146) Ogden, UT
Feb 03, 2018 2:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 39–66	3–19 (2–9)	Reed Gym (974) Pocatello, ID
Feb 10, 2018 12:30 pm		Northern Arizona	L 55–72	3–20 (2–10)	America First Events Center (953) Cedar City, UT
Feb 15, 2018 6:30 pm		North Dakota	L 53–68	3–21 (2–11)	America First Events Center (723) Cedar City, UT
Feb 17, 2018 12:30 pm		Northern Colorado	L 54–60	3–22 (2–12)	America First Events Center (631) Cedar City, UT
Feb 22, 2018 9:00 pm		at Portland State	L 66–70	3–23 (2–13)	Pamplin Sports Center (310) Portland, OR
Feb 24, 2018 3:05 pm		at Sacramento State	L 77–79	3–24 (2–14)	Hornets Nest (373) Sacramento, CA
Feb 28, 2018 6:30 pm		Eastern Washington	L 49–70	3–25 (2–15)	America First Events Center (1,082) Cedar City, UT
Mar 02, 2018 6:30 pm		Idaho	L 57–65	3–26 (2–16)	America First Events Center (978) Cedar City, UT
Big Sky Women's Tournament
Mar 05, 2018 3:35 pm	(12)	vs. (6) Idaho State First Round	L 49–59	3–27	Reno Events Center Reno, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Women's Basketball - Thunderbirds News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ Southern Utah Thunderbirds. "Southern Utah Thunderbirds on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "SUU fires women's basketball coach Chris Boettcher" (Press release). The Spectrum. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
^ "Southern Utah Announces Tracy Sanders As Head Women's Basketball Coach" (Press release). SSU Thunderbirds. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[1] "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[2] "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Women's Basketball - Thunderbirds News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] Southern Utah Thunderbirds. "Southern Utah Thunderbirds on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[4] "SUU fires women's basketball coach Chris Boettcher" (Press release). The Spectrum. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

[5] "Southern Utah Announces Tracy Sanders As Head Women's Basketball Coach" (Press release). SSU Thunderbirds. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

[6] "Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics". Suutbirds.com. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

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v t e Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Venues	America First Event Center (1985–present)
Rivalries	In-state Utah schools
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References