The 2018–19 Akron Zips women's basketball team represented the

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during the

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2018 and concluded with the Final Four title game at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, in April 2019. Practices officially began in September 2018. Season headlines * June ...

. The Zips, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at the James A. Rhodes Arena as members of the East Division of the

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(MAC). They finished the season 16–15, 7–11 in MAC play, to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC women's tournament to

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. They received an invite to the WBI where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule

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