2022–23 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hokies, were led by seventh-year head coach Kenny Brooks, and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1][2][3]

2022–23 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record31–5 (14–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Lindsey Hicks
  • Radvile Autukaite
Home arenaCassell Coliseum
Seasons
2022–23 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10т Notre Dame 15 3   .833 27 6   .818
No. 13 Duke 14 4   .778 26 7   .788
No. 4 Virginia Tech 14 4   .778 31 4   .886
Louisville 12 6   .667 26 12   .684
Florida State 12 6   .667 23 10   .697
Miami (FL) 11 7   .611 22 13   .629
No. 20 North Carolina 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
NC State 9 9   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Clemson 7 11   .389 19 16   .543
Boston College 5 13   .278 16 17   .485
Wake Forest 5 13   .278 17 17   .500
Virginia 4 14   .222 15 15   .500
Georgia Tech 4 14   .222 13 17   .433
Pittsburgh 3 15   .167 10 20   .333
2023 ACC tournament winner
As of March 27, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 31–5 overall and 14–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated sixth seed Miami in the Quarterfinals, second seed Duke in the Semifinals and fourth seed Louisville in the Final to win the title. The ACC Tournament title was the first in program history.[4] They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the first seed in the Seattle 3. They defeated sixteenth seed Chattanooga in the First Round, ninth seed South Dakota State in the Second Round, fourth seed Tennessee in the Sweet 16 and third seed Ohio State in the Elite Eight. In the Final Four they could not overcome third seed LSU, losing 72–79 to end their season. The Hokies' trips to the Elite Eight and Final Four were the first such trips in program history.[5][6]

Previous season

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The Hokies finished the season 23–10 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated thirteenth seed Clemson in the Second Round and fourth seed North Carolina in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions and first seed NC State in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the fifth seed in the Spokane Region. They lost to twelfth seed Florida Gulf Coast in the First Round to end their season.

Off-season

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Aisha Sheppard 2 G 5'9" Graduate Student Alexandria, Virginia Graduated; Drafted 23rd overall in the 2022 WNBA draft
Azana Baines 15 G 6'1" Junior Blackwood, New Jersey Transferred to Seton Hall[7]
Shamarla King 21 G 6'0"   Freshman Hartford, Connecticut Transferred to Stonybrook[8]
Emily Lytle 24 G/F 5'1'" Graduate Student Memphis, Tennessee Graduated
Rochelle Norris 31 G/F 6'0"   Sophomore Stafford, Virginia Transferred to Central Michigan[9]

Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Taylor Soule 13 F 5'11" Senior West Lebanon, New Hampshire Boston College[10]
Ashley Owusu 15 G 6'0" Senior Woodbridge, Virginia Maryland[11]
Clara Ford 32 C 6'3" Senior Vienna, Virginia Boston College[12]

Recruiting Class

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Source:[13]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Carleigh Wenzel
G
San Antonio, Texas Antonian College Prep 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 94
Charlise Dunn
G
Victoria, Australia Lake Ginninderra 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Maddie Vejsicky
G
New Concord, Ohio Newark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2022–23 Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Carleigh Wenzel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Antonian College Prep San Antonio, TX
G 3 Chloe Brooks 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Spotswood Harrisonburg, VA
G 5 Georgia Amoore 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Loretto College Ballarat, Australia
G 10 Charlise Dunn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lake Ginninderra Victoria, Australia
F 11 D'asia Gregg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Wilson
Georgia Tech/Gulf Coast State
Florence, SC
F 13 Taylor Soule 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Kimball Union Academy
Boston College
Lebanon, NH
G 14 Maddie Vejsicky 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Newark New Concord, OH
G 15 Ashley Owusu 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Paul VI Catholic HS
Maryland
Woodbridge, VA
G 22 Cayla King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Northwest Guilford Greensboro, NC
G 23 Kayana Traylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Martinsville
Purdue
Martinsville, IN
C 32 Clara Ford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS George C. Marshall
Boston College
Vienna, VA
C 33 Elizabeth Kitley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Northwest Guilford Summerfield, NC
G/F 35 Taylor Geiman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr South Western Hanover, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Source:[14]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 7, 2022*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Mount St. Mary's W 101–45  1–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,104)
Blacksburg, VA
November 11, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Bucknell W 67–41  2–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,268)
Blacksburg, VA
November 14, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14 USC Upstate W 79–24  3–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,486)
Blacksburg, VA
November 21, 2022*
12:00 p.m., FloHoops
No. 11 vs. Kentucky
Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship
W 82–74  4–0
Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, Bahamas
November 23, 2022*
1:30 p.m., FloHoops
No. 11 vs. Missouri
Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship
W 73–57  5–0
Baha Mar Convention Center 
Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2022*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 Longwood W 89–28  6–0
Cassell Coliseum (1,913)
Blacksburg, VA
December 1, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 9 Nebraska
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 85–54  7–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,651)
Blacksburg, VA
December 4, 2022*
1:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 9 at Tennessee
Jimmy V Classic
W 59–56  8–0
Thompson–Boling Arena (8,507)
Knoxville, TN
December 7, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 7 at Boston College W 73–58  9–0
(1–0)
Conte Forum (1,112)
Chestnut Hill, MA
December 11, 2022*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 UNC Asheville W 86–48  10–0
Cassell Coliseum (2,027)
Blacksburg, VA
December 18, 2022
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 6 No. 5 Notre Dame L 52–63  10–1
(1–1)
Cassell Coliseum (4,206)
Blacksburg, VA
December 21, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 8 at High Point W 86–66  11–1
Qubein Center (1,378)
High Point, NC
December 29, 2022
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 7 at Clemson L 59–64  11–2
(1–2)
Littlejohn Coliseum (1,517)
Clemson, SC
January 1, 2023
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 7 No. 13 North Carolina W 68–65  12–2
(2–2)
Cassell Coliseum (4,186)
Blacksburg, VA
January 5, 2023
7:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 9 Virginia
Rivalry
W 74–66  13–2
(3–2)
Cassell Coliseum (2,630)
Blacksburg, VA
January 8, 2023
1:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 9 at Miami (FL) L 66–77  13–3
(3–3)
Watsco Center (1,639)
Coral Gables, FL
January 12, 2023
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Louisville W 81–79  14–3
(4–3)
Cassell Coliseum (2,328)
Blacksburg, VA
January 19, 2023
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 at Pittsburgh W 69–62  15–3
(5–3)
Petersen Events Center (356)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 22, 2023
1:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 12 Wake Forest W 74–57  16–3
(6–3)
Cassell Coliseum (3,209)
Blacksburg, VA
January 26, 2023
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 12 at No. 16 Duke L 55–66  16–4
(6–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,207)
Durham, NC
January 29, 2023
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 12 at Virginia
Rivalry
W 72–60  17–4
(7–4)
John Paul Jones Arena (5,103)
Charlottesville, VA
February 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Syracuse W 78–64  18–4
(8–4)
Cassell Coliseum (2,592)
Blacksburg, VA
February 6, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 at No. 22 NC State
Play4Kay
W 73–61  19–4
(9–4)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
February 12, 2023
2:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 11 No. 19 Florida State W 84–70  20–4
(10–4)
Cassell Coliseum (2,897)
Blacksburg, VA
February 16, 2023
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 No. 9 Duke W 61–45  21–4
(11–4)
Cassell Coliseum (3,084)
Blacksburg, VA
February 19, 2023
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 NC State W 75–62  22–4
(12–4)
Cassell Coliseum (6,413)
Blacksburg, VA
February 23, 2023
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 9 at No. 22 North Carolina W 61–59  23–4
(13–4)
Carmichael Arena (2,908)
Chapel Hill, NC
February 26, 2023
4:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 9 at Georgia Tech W 65–52  24–4
(14–4)
McCamish Pavilion (2,014)
Atlanta, GA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 3, 2023
8:00 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 8 vs. (6) Miami (FL)
Quarterfinals
W 68–42  25–4
Greensboro Coliseum (7,823)
Greensboro, NC
March 4, 2023
2:30 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 8 vs. (2) No. 13 Duke
Semifinals
W 58–37  26–4
Greensboro Coliseum (7,122)
Greensboro, NC
March 5, 2023
12:00 p.m., ESPN
(3) No. 8 vs. (4) Louisville
Championship
W 75–67  27–4
Greensboro Coliseum (6,802)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2023*
5:30 p.m., ESPNU
(1 S3) No. 4 (16 S3) Chattanooga
First Round
W 58–33  28–4
Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
March 19, 2023*
5:00 p.m., ESPN2
(1 S3) No. 4 (9 S3) South Dakota State
Second Round
W 72–60  29–4
Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
March 25, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
(1 S3) No. 4 vs. (4 S3) No. 24 Tennessee
Sweet Sixteen
W 73–64  30–4
Climate Pledge Arena (10,839)
Seattle, WA
March 27, 2023*
9:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 S3) No. 4 vs. (3 S3) No. 12 Ohio State
Elite Eight
W 84–74  31–4
Climate Pledge Arena (8,466)
Seattle, WA
March 31, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN
(1 S3) No. 4 vs. (3 G2) No. 9 LSU
Final Four
L 72–79  31–5
American Airlines Center (19,288)
Dallas, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S3=Seattle 3 G2=Greenville 2.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Final
AP 13 14 11 9 7 6 8 7 9 13 12 12 13 11 11 9 8 4 4 N/A
Coaches 13 14 9 9 7 6 8 7 10 13 10 10 11 9 9 9 8 6 5 4

Note: The AP does not release a final poll.

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked in previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "hokiesports.com". hokiesports.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies Women's Basketball - Hokies News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Virginia Tech Hokies. "Virginia Tech Hokies on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Berman, Mark (March 5, 2023). "'Proud' Virginia Tech wins ACC women's basketball tournament for 1st time". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Philippou, Alexa (March 25, 2023). "Georgia Amoore leads surging Virginia Tech into Elite 8". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Pelton, Kevin (March 27, 2023). "Virginia Tech reaches first Final Four over Ohio State". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "RELOAD WEEK: The Hall Adds Baines from Virginia Tech". shupirates.com. Seton Hall Athletics. May 17, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "Shamarla King". stonybrookathletics.com. Stonybrook University. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "Nochelle Norris". cmuchippewas.com. Central Michigan University. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  10. ^ "All-ACC standout Taylor Soule signs with Brooks, Hokies Friday". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 13, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "All-American Ashley Owusu joins women's basketball program". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "Brooks, Hokies sign center Clara Ford". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. April 21, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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  14. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2022.