The 2026–27 NJIT Highlanders women's basketball team will represent the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by ninth-year head coach Mike Lane, will play their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey and compete as a member of the America East Conference.
Previous season
The Highlanders finished the 2025–26 season 19–13 overall and 9–7 in America East play, finishing fifth in the conference. As the No. 5 seed in the America East tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals 65–66 to No. 4 UMBC due to a game-winning two-point shot by junior Retrivers forward Jade Tillman.
Following the America East tournament, the Highlanders earned and accepted an at-large bid to the WNIT, making it their first ever postseason appearance in program history. They defeated Merrimack 68–65 in Round 1, before losing 52–59 in Round 2 to Army to end their season.
Offseason Departures NJIT departures Kyleigh Welsh 24 Forward 6'2" Junior Clearwater, FL Entered transfer portal Avery O'Roke 25 Guard 5'7" Senior Winchester, VA Graduated Olivia Kulyk 32 Guard 6'1" Sophomore Edinboro, PA Transferred to Fordham Alejandra Zuniga 34 Guard 5'6" Senior Madrid, Spain Graduated
Incoming transfers NJIT incoming transfers Matilde Baron 24 Guard 5'11" Graduate Student Vicenza, Italy Southern New Hampshire (D-II)
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Preseason On September 28, 2026, the America East Conference released its preseason poll. NJIT was picked to finish sixth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +America East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 60 (6) 2 57 (2) 3 48 (1) 4 41 5 40 6 29 7 25 8 16 9 8 Source:
Preseason All-America East Team No players were selected for the Preseason All-America East Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| America East regular season
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