2020–21 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by second-year head coach Aaron Roussell, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

2020–21 Richmond Spiders women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	13–9 (9–6 A-10)
Head coach	Aaron Roussell (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jeanine Radice Darren Guensch Brittany Pinkney
Home arena	Robins Center

2020–21 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	12	–	1		.923			14	–	5		.737
Fordham	8	–	2		.800			12	–	6		.667
Rhode Island	11	–	4		.733			11	–	8		.579
Saint Louis	9	–	3		.750			14	–	6		.700
VCU †	10	–	5		.667			16	–	11		.593
Richmond	9	–	6		.600			13	–	9		.591
UMass	7	–	5		.583			16	–	8		.667
Duquesne	4	–	7		.364			5	–	11		.313
Saint Joseph's	5	–	9		.357			7	–	10		.412
George Washington	5	–	9		.357			9	–	14		.391
La Salle	6	–	11		.353			11	–	15		.423
St. Bonaventure	6	–	11		.353			8	–	13		.381
Davidson	5	–	10		.333			8	–	15		.348
George Mason	0	–	14		.000			3	–	19		.136
† 2021 A10 Tournament winner As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Spiders finished the 2019–20 season with a record of 15–17, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They earned the ninth seed in the A-10 women's tournament by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker over La Salle and defeated No. 8 seed George Washington on the road in the first round. The Spiders then fell to No. 1 seed Dayton in the second round.

Roster

2020–21 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Grace Townsend 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr James River Midlothian, VA G 2 Aniyah Carpenter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Roland Park Country Baltimore, MD G 3 Celia Satter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Loyola Academy Glencoe, IL F 10 Madelyn Neff 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Hayward Hayward, WI G 12 Claire Holt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Spain Park Hoover, AL G 13 Alex Parson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Monacan North Chesterfield, VA F 15 Emma Squires 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Tabor Academy Kingston, MA F 20 Addie Budnik 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Highland Park Highland Park, IL G 21 Kylee Lewandowski 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr North Catholic Pittsburgh, PA G 22 Molly Mraz 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Villa Maria Erie, PA G 24 Kate Klimkiewicz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Paul VI Boston College Oakton, VA F 30 Kailyn Fee 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Oakton Vienna, VA F 31 Elaina Chapman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Trinity Episcopal Richmond, VA G 32 Siobhan Ryan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Sacred Heart Buffalo, NY F 33 Maya Ettle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Moravian Bethlehem, PA G 41 Angel Burgos 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Trinity Episcopal Richmond, VA	Head coach Aaron Roussell (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Jeanine Radice (Fordham) Darren Guensch (Radford) Brittany Pinkney (VCU) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 6, 2020

Schedule

Richmond's 2020–21 non-conference schedule was planned to include 8 games, although adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancelation of three games.

In the Atlantic 10 portion of the schedule, Richmond was scheduled to play a total of 18 games, including home and away games against VCU, George Washington, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and George Mason. In addition, Richmond was scheduled to host Fordham, Davidson, St. Joseph's and La Salle and travel to St. Bonaventure, Duquesne, Dayton, and Saint Louis. The Fordham and Davidson games, as well as the home Massachusetts game, were postponed and ultimately canceled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 25, 2020* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 64–85	0–1	14 – Klimkiewicz	6 – Townsend	3 – Tied	Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA
Nov 29, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgetown	Canceled due to COVID-19					Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Dec 2, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Navy	W 65–49	1–1	14 – Holt	14 – Chapman	3 – Tied	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Dec 4, 2020* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Gardner–Webb	W 85–73	2–1	25 – Klimkiewicz	9 – Klimkiewicz	6 – Townsend	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Dec 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., FloSports		at William & Mary	W 72–55	3–1	23 – Budnik	11 – Chapman	5 – Townsend	Kaplan Arena  Williamsburg, VA
Dec 13, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Francis (PA)	Canceled due to COVID-19					Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Dec 17, 2020* 2:00 p.m.		at Norfolk State	Canceled due to COVID-19					Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall  Norfolk, VA
Atlantic 10 regular season
Dec 20, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		VCU Crosstown Showdown	L 49–73	3–2 (0–1)	19 – Klimkiewicz	7 – Chapman	4 – Parson	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Non-conference regular season
Dec 22, 2020* 2:00 p.m.		at Howard	L 54–65	3–3	13 – Tied	12 – Ryan	4 – Ryan	Burr Gymnasium  Washington, D.C.
Atlantic 10 regular season
Jan 8, 2021 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	W 59–58	4–3 (1–1)	18 – Klimkiewicz	9 – Klimkiewicz	4 – Townsend	Reilly Center  St. Bonaventure, NY
Jan 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Duquesne	W 80–78	5–3 (2–1)	18 – Budnik	7 – Townsend	7 – Townsend	Kerr Fitness Center  McCandless, PA
Jan 13, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		George Washington	W 47–42	6–3 (3–1)	14 – Klimkiewicz	14 – Klimkiewicz	5 – Townsend	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Jan 15, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Rhode Island	L 53–56	6–4 (3–2)	17 – Klimkiewicz	7 – Klimkiewicz	4 – Tied	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Jan 17, 2021 2:00 p.m., CBSSN		UMass	Canceled due to COVID-19					Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Jan 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VCU Crosstown Showdown	W 69–64	7–4 (4–2)	14 – Tied	8 – Klimkiewicz	4 – Budnik	Siegel Center (123) Richmond, VA
Jan 26, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		George Mason	W 86–48	8–4 (5–2)	18 – Chapman	8 – Chapman	4 – Townsend	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Jan 29, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Washington	W 60–49	9–4 (7–2)	13 – Budnik	11 – Chapman	3 – Townsend	Charles E. Smith Center  Washington, D.C.
Jan 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at George Mason	W 67–52	10–4 (7–2)	16 – Budnik	9 – Chapman	7 – Townsend	EagleBank Arena (114) Fairfax, VA
Feb 5, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Fordham	Canceled due to COVID-19					Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Feb 7, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Davidson	Canceled due to COVID-19					Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Feb 12, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Dayton	L 54–72	10–5 (7–3)	13 – Budnik	7 – Budnik	3 – Tied	UD Arena  Dayton, OH
Feb 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Louis	L 57–62	10–6 (7–4)	21 – Budnik	9 – Budnik	4 – Tied	Chaifetz Arena  St. Louis, MO
Feb 19, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Joseph's	W 68–58	11–6 (8–4)	23 – Klimkiewicz	13 – Klimkiewicz	4 – Budnik	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Feb 20, 2021 noon, ESPN+		La Salle	W 67–61	12–6 (9–4)	14 – Klimkiewicz	10 – Chapman	5 – Parson	Robins Center  Richmond, VA
Feb 26, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rhode Island	L 56–70	12–7 (9–5)	16 – Klimkiewicz	6 – Tied	4 – Budnik	Ryan Center  Kingston, RI
Feb 28, 2021 4:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. UMass	L 65–70	12–8 (9–6)	23 – Klimkiewicz	10 – Chapman	4 – Klimkiewicz	Ryan Center  Kingston, RI
Atlantic 10 Tournament
Mar 11, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (11) George Washington Second round	W 58–54 OT	13–8	15 – Klimkiewicz	11 – Klimkiewicz	5 – Parson	Siegel Center  Richmond, VA
Mar 12, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) Saint Louis Quarterfinal	L 58–59 OT	13–9	19 – Klimkiewicz	7 – Klimkiewicz	3 – Parson	Siegel Center (250) Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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