The 2025–26 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights women's basketball team represented Fairleigh Dickinson University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Knights, led by third-year head coach Stephanie Gaitley, played their home games in Hackensack, New Jersey at the Bogota Savings Bank Center as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).
Previous season The Knights finished the 2024–25 season 29–4 and 16–0 in NEC play to finish in first place as regular season champions, becoming the first team to go undefeated in the NEC since Quinnipiac in the 2012–13 season (18–0).
As the No. 1 seed in the NEC tournament, they defeated No. 8 LIU, No. 6 Chicago State and No. 2 Stonehill to win the NEC title, their first since 1992, and earned a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. They were seeded as No. 15 in Birmingham Regional 3, where they lost in the first round to No. 2 seed TCU.
Offseason Departures Fairleigh Dickinson departures Staci Williams 1 G 5'8" Sophomore Holly Springs, NC Transferred to UNC Wilmington (student only) Dominique García Blackwood 10 G 5'10" Junior Gran Canaria, Spain Transferred to Florida Memorial (NAIA) Abby Conklin 11 G 5'7" Graduate student Irvington, NY Graduated Abaigeal Babore 13 G 5'6" Graduate student Merchantville, NJ Graduated Teneisia Brown 20 F/C 6'2" Graduate student Montego Bay, Jamaica Transferred to Providence Allie McGinn 33 G 5'11" Senior Staten Island, NY Graduated
Incoming transfers Fairleigh Dickinson incoming transfers Madlena Gerke 0 G/F 5'10" Graduate student Riga, Latvia Evansville
Recruiting class There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.
Roster
Schedule and results
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