EMORY, Va. – Emory & Henry University Head Women's Basketball Coach Jaclyn Dickens is excited to release information about the 2025-26 season. The Wasps roster consists of 15 players with eight returners, one transfer and six freshmen.
Joining the team this year are junior transfer Paige Niethammer (Parrottsville, Tenn.) and freshmen Julie Matheson (Boone, N.C.), Camori Veal (Norfolk, Va.), Kinley Painter (Johnson City, Tenn.), Hali Harris (Richmond, Va.), Journi Grice (Durham, N.C.) and Hannah Miller (Greeneville, Tenn.).
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This year, E&H will play a regular season schedule of 28 games. The South Atlantic Conference season has expanded to a full double round-robin of 22 contests. The Wasps will also play six true non-conference games and will play the third season of their SAC/Conference Carolinas Challenge.
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Emory & Henry gets things started on Saturday, November 8 with a NCAA Division I exhibition contest at Radford University. Tipoff between the Wasps and Highlanders is set for 2:00 p.m.
The Wasps travel to Southern Wesleyan University for the SAC/Conference Carolinas Challenge. On Friday, November 14 E&H will face Southern Wesleyan and will close out competition on Saturday, November 15 against Belmont Abbey College.
Emory & Henry will play a pair of non-conference games at border rival King (Tenn.) University on Thursday, November 20 (6 p.m.) and at Trevecca Nazarene University on Sunday, November 23 (2 p.m.).
The Wasps jump into SAC action on Saturday, November 29 at home against Anderson (S.C.). E&H will host its second annual Education Day on Wednesday, December 3 against the University of Mount Olive, then hit the road to open December for back-to-back contests at Lenoir-Rhyne University (Sat., Dec. 6) and at Southwest Virginia rival UVA Wise (Wed., Dec. 10). E&H returns home for a showdown against Newberry College on Saturday, December 13 then rounds out the calendar year at Lincoln Memorial (Wed., Dec. 17) and at Catawba College (Sat., Dec. 20).
Emory & Henry briefly steps out of SAC play after the Christmas holidays when they visit Virginia State University (Sat., Jan. 3). The Wasps will play three of the next four SAC contests at home as they host Carson-Newman University (Wed., Jan. 7) and visit Coker University (Sat., Jan. 10), before returning to the friendly confines of the John Rutledge King Center for games against Mars Hill University (Wed., Jan. 14) and Wingate University (Sat., Jan. 17). E&H will end the month of January with road games at Tusculum (Wed., Jan. 21) and Anderson (Sat., Jan. 24) before hosting Lincoln Memorial (Wed., Jan. 28) and Lenoir-Rhyne (Sat., Jan. 31).
February kicks off with a pair of road contests at Mars Hill (Wed., Feb. 4) and Newberry (Sat., Feb. 7), then return trips for UVA Wise (Wed., Feb. 11) and Catawba (Sat., Feb. 14). The Wasps will be on the road for its final two away games of the regular season at Carson-Newman (Wed., Feb. 18) and Wingate (Sat., Feb. 21), before returning home to wrap up the 2025-26 schedule against Tusculum (Wed., Feb. 25) and Coker (Sat., Feb. 28).
The South Atlantic Conference Tournament will be played between Wednesday, March 4 and Saturday, March 7 at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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