Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus Boston University on November 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Women's Basketball
vs Boston University
Monday, November 2
Hanover, N.H.
6:30 PM
Dartmouth College
vs
Boston University
11/1/2026 9:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's basketball team opens its 2026-27 season on Monday, hosting Boston University at Leede Arena in a rematch of last year's season opener.
• The Matchup
Dartmouth women's basketball hosts the Boston University Terriers to open their season on November 2nd, 2026 at 6:30pm ET at Leede Arena in Hanover, N.H. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+. Monday's game will be the 25th all-time meeting between the two programs in a series dating all the way back to 1979, with BU holding a 13-11 edge over the Big Green. Dartmouth has won seven of the last 10 matchups and enters on a one-game winning streak after last year's 52-50 win.
• The Opponent
The Terriers are coached by Melissa Graves, who is in her sixth season with the program. This matchup also serves as the Terrior's season debut. Boston University's top two scorers from last season, Anete Adler (14.7 points, 6.3 rebounds per game) and Anastasiia Semenova (9.0 points, 5.4 rebounds), are not on this year's roster, leaving senior guard Bella McLaughlin as the most experienced returning piece after averaging 7.7 points a season ago. The Terriers also add transfer guard Rose Azmoudeh from Austin Peay to a reshaped backcourt as Graves looks to improve on last season's seventh-place conference finish.
• Last Season Looks: The Big Green
Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and Family Head Coach of Women's Basketball Linda Cimino led the Big Green to a 10-17 finish, their best finish since the 2019-2020 season, and their best start in over three decades. The season was highlighted by a dominant 98-33 win over Colby-Sawyer and a 10-point road win at Siena, both in mid-November and capped by Dartmouth's longest winning streak in a decade — five straight victories over CCSU, Bucknell, NJIT, Iona and Franklin Pierce. In Ivy League play, the signature moment came on Jan. 31, when Dartmouth beat Yale by 18 at home behind a career-best 30 points from Zeynep Ozel. Cimino also coached one Academic All-Ivy honoree and four CSC Academic All-District honorees.
• Last Season Looks: The Terriers
Boston University finished 11-20 overall and 6-12 in the Patriot League under fifth-year head coach Melissa Graves, good for a share of seventh place, but the Terriers' season didn't end with the regular season. As the No. 8 seed in the Patriot League Tournament, BU upset No. 9 American 69-58 in the first round before traveling to top-seeded, 21-7 Navy for the quarterfinals, where the Terriers fell 76-66 despite a 33-point, six-rebound effort on 15-of-25 shooting from senior forward Anete Adler. Navy swept the season series between the two teams, winning both regular- season meetings by double digits on its way to a fourth straight Patriot League regular-season title.
• Key Returners
Zeynep Ozel, a junior guard, from Istanbul, Turkey, returns as Dartmouth's leading scorer and primary
playmaker after a breakout sophomore season in which she started all 27 games, led the team in minutes (828) and paced the Big Green in both scoring (10.5 points per game) and assists (101 on the season). Her signature performance came on Jan. 31 against Yale, when she set career highs across the board with 30 points, nine field goals, five three pointers and seven free throws made in an 18-point win. She also dished a season-high 10 assists against Colby-Sawyer and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds at Iona.
Catherine MacDonald, a senior forward, was Dartmouth's second-leading scorer a year ago at 8.8 points per game and led the team in both rebounding (6.7 per game) and blocks (29) while starting 23 of her 25 appearances. She scored a season-high 17 points at Harvard on Jan. 3 and grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at Brown on Feb. 13.
Alexandra Eldredge, a senior guard, started all 26 games she appeared in last season, averaging 7.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting 34.6% from the field. Her season-high performance came at Penn on Jan. 19, when she scored 16 points, grabbed six rebounds and played a season-high 40 minutes.
• Key Returners (Cont.)
Junior forward Olivia Austin was Dartmouth's second-leading rebounder a season ago at 5.2 per game, to go with 7.2 points per game on an efficient 46.2% shooting from the field and 40.0% from three-point range. She scored a season-high 17 points against Colby-Sawyer on Nov. 12 and grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds at New Hampshire on Dec. 20.
• Transfer Report
Magda Freire da Silva, a junior guard, serves as the sole transfer for the Big Green and looks to make a big impact. Freire joins the Big Green after two seasons at Queens University of Charlotte, where she appeared in 54 games with 25 starts, averaging 5.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game on 41.0% shooting from the field. Freire's basketball résumé extends well beyond the college level. The Lisbon, Portugal, native started for Portugal's national team at the 2025 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup and also represented her country at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket Championship and the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup Qualifiers.
• New to the Woods
Dartmouth's five-member first-year class brings a mix of international and domestic experience.
Guard Maya Shifrin arrives from Lyon, France, where she played for Pays Voironnais Basket Club.
Guard Anna Beischer, from San Francisco, was a two- time BCL West MVP and team captain who earned all-
league honors in both 2025 and 2026 at San Francisco University High School.
Guard Izzy Cruz, out of Loomis Chaffee in Connecticut, served as team captain and was a four-time NEPSAC Class A champion.
Forward Eve Jungman, from Arlington, Virginia's Washington-Liberty High School, was a four-year varsity starter. In her senior season, Jungman was named team MVP, earned first-team all-district and all-region honors, made second-team all-state and was named the Liberty District's Player of the Year
Forward Peyton Hoblock, a three-time team captain from Shaker High School in Loudonville, New York,
led her team to a Section 2 Class AAA title as a senior, earning tournament MVP honors and a spot on the New York State Sportswriters Association All-State Team along the way.
• Big Green Abroad
Dartmouth made program history this past August, embarking on its first foreign tour ever. From Aug. 9 to Aug. 20, the Big Green traveled through Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar, playing four games overseas while visiting Lisbon, the Algarve, Seville, Gibraltar, Badajoz and Madrid. The 11 day trip consistend of four international competitions, sightseeing, and immersive experiences. For junior guard Magda Freire, and native of Lisbon. the trip served as a homecoming, providing the newest member of the Big Green the opportunity to show her new teammates her home country.
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