The 2026–27 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team will represent the University of New Hampshire during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Megan Shoniker, will play their home games at the Lundholm Gymnasium in Durham, New Hampshire, and compete as a member of the America East Conference.
Previous season
The Highlanders finished the 2025–26 season 10–20 overall and 4–12 in America East play, both for the second straight season, finishing in a tie for seventh in the conference with Albany. As the No. 8 seed in the America East tournament, they lost 58–77 to No. 2 Maine to end their season.
Offseason Departures New Hampshire departures Jamie Kent 1 Forward 6'0" Junior Dublin, CA Transferred to Merrimack Camryn Fauria 3 Guard/Forward 6'0" Senior North Attleborough, MA Graduated Diana Eliasson 10 Guard 5'7" Senior Stockholm, Sweden Graduated, entered transfer portal Katie Ledden 20 Guard/Forward 6'0" Junior Clark, NJ Transferred to Sacred Heart Eva DeChent 21 Guard 5'11" Junior Westchester, NY Transferred to San Diego State Kenzie Matulonis 24 Guard 5'7" Graduate Student Raynham, MA Graduated Sydney Lusher 30 Guard 5'11" Graduate Student Oneida, NY Graduated Lucia Melero Sabat 32 Forward 6'0" Senior Barcelona, Spain Graduated
Incoming transfers New Hampshire incoming transfers Erin Edmonds 1 Guard 5'10" Sophomore Hopewell, VA Mount St. Mary's Maya Braxton-Young 8 Guard 5'6" Junior Woodbury, NJ South Plains College (NJCAA) Anya McKenzie 20 Forward 6'2" Senior Luton, England West Georgia
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Preseason On September 28, 2026, the America East Conference released its preseason poll. New Hampshire was picked to finish eighth 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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