The 2025–26 Valparaiso Beacons women's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beacons, who were led by first-year head coach Courtney Boyd, played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center in Valparaiso, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
On March 18, 2025, longtime women's basketball head coach Mary Evans and Valparaiso mutually agreed to part ways. On April 4, Quincy women's basketball head coach Courtney Boyd stepped down to become the head coach at Valparaiso. The former NAIA National Champion saw success during her brief stint at the Division II level with the Quincy Hawks before taking her first Division I job with the Beacons.
The Beacons would finish the first season of the Courtney Boyd era with a winless season and a final record of 0–32, the worst in NCAA college basketball history (men or women's). Only 4 of those losses were decided by single digits.
Previous season The Beacons finished the 2024–25 season 13–19, 9–11 in MVC play, to finish in eighth place. They were defeated by Bradley in the opening round of the MVC tournament.
Preseason On October 22, 2025, the MVC released its preseason coaches poll. Valparaiso was not ranked in the top four slots, which were the only rankings revealed by the conference.
Preseason rankings MVC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Belmont 446 (25) 2 Murray State 436 (13) 3 Illinois State 387 (2) 4 Drake 371 (4)
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Preseason Honors "Players to Watch" ListPlayerPositionYearHometownFiona ConnollyGuardSeniorSouth Burlington, VTMaci RhoadesGuardSeniorBeavercreek, OH Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular Season
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Sources:https://valpoathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2025-26https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2674
See also 2025–26 Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball team
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