The 2026–27 Providence Friars women's basketball team will represent Providence College during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Friars, led by fourth-year head coach Erin Batth, will play their home games at Alumni Hall in Providence, Rhode Island and compete as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Friars finished the 2025–26 season 15–18 overall and 7–13 in Big East play, finishing seventh in the conference. As the No. 7 seed in the Big East tournament, they defeated No. 10 DePaul 69–55 in the first round, before falling to No. 2 Villanova 65–73 in the quarterfinals to end their season.

Offseason Departures Providence departures Sabou Gueye 0 Guard 5'9" Graduate Student Dakar, Senegal Graduated Nalani Kaysia 8 Forward 6'2" Graduate Student Washington, D.C. Graduated Austeja Babraitis 9 Forward 6'2" Freshman Kaunas, Lithuania Transferred to Barry (D-II) Sami Mancini 15 Forward-Center 6'4" Freshman Webb City, MO Transferred to Utah State Teneisia Brown 20 Forward 6'2" Graduate Student Montego Bay, Jamaica Graduated Eseosa Imafidon 22 Center 6'5" Junior Benin City, Nigeria TBD; not listed on roster

Incoming transfers Providence incoming transfers Kylah Silver 4 Guard 5'10" Junior Greenville, NC UNC Wilmington J'Adore Young 5 Center-Forward 6'4" Junior Mauldin, SC Ole Miss Taylor Barner 8 Guard 5'9" Sophomore Cary, NC East Carolina Daviane Mindoudi 13 Guard 6'1" Junior Bilbao, Spain Florida

Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.

Preseason On October 1, 2026, the Big East Conference released its annual preseason coaches poll and awards. Providence was picked to finish seventh in the conference.

Preseason rankings +Big East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 100 (10) 2 90 (1) 3 78 4 68 5 67 6 60 7 38 8 36 9 29 10 21 11 18 Source:

Preseason All-Big East Team No players were selected for the Preseason All-Big East Team.

Honorable Mentions Honorable Mentions Orlagh Gormley Junior Guard Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

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