The 2025–26 Iona Gaels women's basketball team will represent Iona University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gaels, led by fourth-year head coach Angelika Szumilo, will play their home games at the Hynes Athletics Center in New Rochelle, New York, and compete as a member of the newly renamed Metro Conference.
Previous season
The Gaels finished the 2025–26 season 20–12 overall and 12–8 in MAAC play, to finish in fourth in the conference. As the No. 4 seed in the MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 5 Siena 59–50 in the quarterfinals before falling 62–63 in overtime to top-seeded Quinnipiac in the semifinals to end their season.
Offseason Departures Iona departures Isabellah Middleton 2 Guard 5'9" Graduate Student Leesburg, VA Graduated Ale Civera 4 Guard 5'10" Senior Madrid, Spain Graduated Ella Fajardo 5 Guard 5'5" Graduate Student Bergenfield, NJ Graduated Naomi Barnwell 7 Forward 6'1" Graduate Student Chanteloup-les-Vignes, France Graduated Yannie Chen 13 Guard 5'10" Graduate Student Hong Kong Graduated Amaya B. Evans 21 Guard 5'5" Senior Neptune, NJ Graduated, entered transfer portal Zoey Ward 30 Forward 6'0" Junior Gastonia, NC Transferred to DePaul
Incoming transfers Iona incoming transfers Anyla Hebert 20 Forward 6'0" Junior Grand Prairie, TX Kilgore (NJCAA) Taylor Smith 22 Forward 6'2" Senior Birmingham, AL Wallace State CC (NJCAA)
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Roster Years are listed according to the new NCAA age-based eligibility model.
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Metro Conference regular season
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