2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team

2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball
2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	9–22 (4–12 WCC)
Head coach	Cindy Fisher (19th season);
Associate head coach	Mary Ann Falcosky
Assistant coaches	Jualeah Woods; Rachel Nagel;
Home arena	Jenny Craig Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	4	.889
Santa Clara	12	–	4	.750	25	–	9	.735
Portland †	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
San Francisco	10	–	6	.625	14	–	16	.467
Pacific	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Saint Mary's	6	–	10	.375	13	–	18	.419
Loyola Marymount	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
San Diego	4	–	12	.250	9	–	22	.290
Pepperdine	1	–	15	.063	5	–	25	.167

† 2024 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team represented the University of San Diego in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Toreros, led by 19th-year head coach Cindy Fisher, played their home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion and are members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).

Previous season

The Toreros finished the 2022–23 season 19–14, 11–7 in WCC play, to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Pacific.^[1] They were invited to the WNIT where they defeated Long Beach State in round 1^[2] and UC Irvine in round 2,^[3] before losing to Oregon in the super 16 to end their season.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

San Diego departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Kiera Oakry	0	G	5' 10"	Senior	San Diego, CA	Graduated
Ayanna Khalfani	5	G	5' 11"	Senior	Woodland Hills, CA	Graduate transferred to UNC Greensboro
Myah Pace	10	G	5' 11"	GS Senior	Oakland, CA	Graduated/signed to play professionally in England with Manchester Mystics
Laura Erikstrup	11	F	6' 2"	Junior	Portland, OR	Transferred to Grand Canyon
Amanda Olinger	33	F	6' 3"	Senior	Chatsworth, CA	Graduate transferred to Cal Poly

Incoming

San Diego incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Dylan Horton	10	G	5' 9"	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Florida A&M
Maddie Vejsicky	14	G	6' 0"	Sophomore	New Concord, OH	Virginia Tech

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 San Diego Toreros women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Courtney Wristen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Broomfield	Broomfield, CO
G	2	Veronica Sheffey	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Sno-King Academy	Woodinville, WA
G	3	Jess Finney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Chaparral Washington	Scottsdale, AZ
G	4	Mila Wawszkowicz	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Hunter Valley Grammar School	Maitland (NSW), Australia
G	5	Lauren McCall	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Timberline	Boise, ID
G	10	Dylan Horton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Redondo Union Florida A&M	Inglewood, CA
G	11	Malia Tharpe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Shenton College	Cottesloe, Australia
G	14	Maddie Vejsicky	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Newark Virginia Tech	New Concord, OH
F	21	Melesungu Afeaki	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Capuchino	San Bruno, CA
F	22	Kasey Neubert	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Highlands Ranch Hawaii	Elizabeth, CO
F	23	Harsimran Kaur	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Central Pointe Academy (FL)	Kapurthala, India
G	24	Kylie Horstmeyer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Redwood	Greenbrae, CA
G	30	Claire Gallagher	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Jr	King's Lafayette	Lake Forest Park, WA

Head coach

Cindy Fisher (Eastern Wyoming College)

Assistant coach(es)

Mary Ann Falcosky (Northern Arizona)
Jualeah Woods (USC)
Rachel Nagel (UC Davis)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 30, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		Chapman	W 92–38	1–0	14 – Horstmeyer	11 – Neubert	6 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (202) San Diego, CA
November 11, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland State	W 71–43	2–0	18 – Horstmeyer	12 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (327) San Diego, CA
November 14, 2023* 5:30 p.m.		at Arizona	L 66–79	2–1	15 – Sheffey	10 – Neubert	2 – Sheffey	McKale Center (6,727) Tucson, AZ
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Princeton	L 51–62	2–2	12 – Neubert	6 – Horton	6 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,059) San Diego, CA
November 24, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Weber State The Dana on Mission Bay Thanksgiving Tournament	W 56–53	3–2	17 – Sheffey	10 – Kaur	4 – Finney	Jenny Craig Pavilion (555) San Diego, CA
November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		UNLV The Dana on Mission Bay Thanksgiving Tournament	L 56–93	3–3	10 – tied	4 – tied	5 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (223) San Diego, CA
November 29, 2023* 1:00 p.m., MW Network		at Nevada	L 63–76	3–4	18 – Sheffey	8 – Wristen	4 – Sheffey	Lawlor Events Center (1,003) Reno, NV
December 3, 2023* 3:00 p.m.		at No. 6 USC	L 58–89	3–5	18 – Horstmeyer	10 – Wristen	7 – Sheffey	Galen Center (2,169) Los Angeles, CA
December 7, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego State	L 63–67	3–6	23 – Sheffey	9 – Neubert	8 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (637) San Diego, CA
December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cal State Northridge	W 85–61	4–6	14 – Finney	9 – Wristen	8 – Sheffey	Premier America Credit Union Arena (244) Northridge, CA
December 20, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Montana USD Winter Classic	L 52–72	4–7	12 – Sheffey	7 – Neubert	4 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (232) San Diego, CA
December 21, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Boise State USD Winter Classic	L 54–62	4–8	15 – Sheffey	13 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (203) San Diego, CA
December 30, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Brown	L 61–70	4–9	17 – Finney	10 – Neubert	6 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (413) San Diego, CA
WCC regular season
January 4, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		Pepperdine	L 52–53	4–10 (0–1)	13 – Horstmeyer	14 – Neubert	3 – tied	Jenny Craig Pavilion (235) San Diego, CA
January 6, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 59–67	4–11 (0–2)	18 – Neubert	11 – Neubert	6 – Sheffey	University Credit Union Pavilion (457) Moraga, CA
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland	L 54–65	4–12 (0–3)	15 – tied	12 – tied	5 – Sheffey	Chiles Center (436) Portland, OR
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 16 Gonzaga	L 67–85	4–13 (0–4)	20 – Sheffey	7 – Neubert	2 – tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (5,303) Spokane, WA
January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	L 48–75	4–14 (0–5)	18 – Sheffey	16 – Neubert	2 – Gallagher	Jenny Craig Pavilion (247) San Diego, CA
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 60–67	4–15 (0–6)	16 – Neubert	10 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Gersten Pavilion (289) Los Angeles, CA
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland	L 59–64	4–16 (0–7)	12 – Kaur	8 – Neubert	6 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (388) San Diego, CA
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 19 Gonzaga	L 52–80	4–17 (0–8)	13 – Horton	9 – Neubert	8 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (334) San Diego, CA
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	W 77–66	5–17 (1–8)	22 – Horton	8 – Wawszkowicz	6 – tied	Jenny Craig Pavilion (314) San Diego, CA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 57–83	5–18 (1–9)	18 – Kaur	6 – Neubert	7 – Sheffey	Leavey Center (418) Santa Clara, CA
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pepperdine	W 69–49	6–18 (2–9)	15 – Horstmeyer	11 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Firestone Fieldhouse (103) Malibu, CA
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount	W 66–50	7–18 (3–9)	18 – Horton	9 – Neubert	6 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (631) San Diego, CA
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Santa Clara	L 57–66	7–19 (3–10)	12 – Horstmeyer	11 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (384) San Diego, CA
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Mary's	W 69–52	8–19 (4–10)	19 – Sheffey	13 – Neubert	7 – Sheffey	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,494) San Diego, CA
February 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	L 62–82	8–20 (4–11)	15 – Finney	10 – Neubert	5 – Sheffey	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,040) Stockton, CA
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Francisco	L 66–68	8–21 (4–12)	23 – Finney	5 – Neubert	4 – Finney	War Memorial Gymnasium (578) San Francisco, CA
WCC women's tournament
March 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	(8)	vs. (9) Pepperdine First round	W 79–64	9–21	21 – Kaur	8 – tied	7 – Sheffey	Orleans Arena (513) Paradise, NV
March 8, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	(8)	vs. (5) Pacific Second round	L 66–72	9–22	18 – Horstmeyer	14 – Kaur	8 – Finney	Orleans Arena (853) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[5]

References

^ "Women's Basketball Falls in WCC Quarterfinal". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
^ "Neubert's Historic Night Powers Toreros Past Long Beach State in WNIT". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
^ "Women's Basketball Powers Past UC Irvine Into WNIT Super 16". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
^ "Season Concludes in WNIT Super 16 for Women's Basketball". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". usdtoreros.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[1] "Women's Basketball Falls in WCC Quarterfinal". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

[2] "Neubert's Historic Night Powers Toreros Past Long Beach State in WNIT". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

[3] "Women's Basketball Powers Past UC Irvine Into WNIT Super 16". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

[4] "Season Concludes in WNIT Super 16 for Women's Basketball". University of San Diego Athletics. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

[5] "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". usdtoreros.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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