The 2021–22 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange were led by interim head coach Vonn Read. The Orange are ninth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.
Previous head coach Quentin Hillsman resigned amid investigations into allegations of inappropriate behavior on August 2, 2021. Associate head coach Vonn Read was named the interim head coach for the 2021–2022 season on August 4, 2021.
The Orange finished the season 11–18 overall and 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the twelfth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in their First Round matchup. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season
The Orange finished the season 15–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated to Boston College in the Second Round and Florida State in the Quarterfinals before losing to Louisville in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the eight seed in the Riverwalk Regional. In the tournament they defeated nine seed South Dakota State in the First Round before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.
Off-season
Departures
Departures Taleah Washington 1 G 5'7" Sophomore District Heights, Maryland Transferred to Old Dominion Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi 3 F 6'2" Junior Paris, France Transferred to Miami (FL) Tiana Mangakahia 4 G 5'6" Graduate Student Meadowbrook, Queensland Graduated Khamya McNeal 11 G 5'8" Freshman Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transferred to Stetson Faith Blackstone 12 G 6'0" Freshman Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Transferred to North Carolina A&T Maud Huijbens 13 F 6'5" Freshman Hilversum, Netherlands Transferred to Gonzaga Kamilla Cardoso 14 C 6'7" Freshman Montes Claros, Brazil Transferred to South Carolina Kiara Fisher 15 G 5'7" Freshman Elmira, New York Transferred to Marist Emily Engstler 21 G 6'0" Junior Fresh Meadows, New York Transferred to Louisville Amaya Finklea-Guity 22 C 6'4" Senior Dorchester, Massachusetts Transferred to Duke Kiara Lewis 23 G 5'8" Senior Chicago, Illinois Transferred to Clemson Lauren Fitzmaurice 25 G 5'8" Senior Mazama, Washington Transferred to Marist Digna Strautmane 45 F 6'2" Senior Riga, Latvia Transferred to Georgia Tech
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Alaysia Styles 4 F 6'3" Graduate Student San Diego, California Maryland Najé Murray 10 G 5'6" Graduate Student Stockton, California Texas Tech Jayla Thornton 11 G 5'10" Graduate Student Newark, New Jersey Howard Eboni Walker 22 F 6'0" Junior Las Vegas, Nevada Arizona State Alaina Rice 25 G 5'8" Junior Rockledge, Florida Auburn Chrislyn Carr 32 G 5'5" Senior Davenport, Iowa Texas Tech Christianna Carr 43 G 6'1" Senior Eden Prairie, Minnesota Kansas State
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Final AP Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked in previous week (RV) Received Votes (NR) Not Ranked
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.
See also 2021–22 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
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