The 2025–26 Iona Gaels women's basketball team represented Iona University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gaels, led by third-year head coach Angelika Szumilo, played their home games at the Hynes Athletics Center in New Rochelle, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Gaels finished the 2024–25 season 11–21, 8–12 in MAAC play, to finish in tenth place. They upset Saint Peter's in the first round, before falling to Quinnipiac in the quarterfinals of the MAAC tournament.
Preseason On September 30, 2025, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference released their preseason poll. Iona was picked to finish sixth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MAAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 169 (13) 2 155 3 132 4 128 5 103 6 Iona 100 7 95 8 76 9 69 10 51 11 48 12 43 13 14
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Preseason All-MAAC Teams Preseason All-MAAC TeamsTeamPlayerPositionYearSecondElla FajardoGuardGraduate Student Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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