The 2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by 14th-year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center in Richmond, Virginia and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). They finished the season 9–21, 6–10 in A-10 play, to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Louis.
It was announced that on March 10 that Shafer would not return, ending his 14-year coaching tenure at Richmond. Shafer left as the all-time winningest coach of the program with 223 wins, but never led the Spiders to the NCAA tournament during his time.
2018–19 media All Spiders games were broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games also streamed on Spider TV.
Roster
Schedule
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Rankings
+ Regular-season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP N/A Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2018–19 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
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