SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Highlighted by games against the ACC, Big East, Patriot League, and Ivy League, the Bulldogs announced the thirteen-game non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season on Thursday afternoon.

 The Black and Gold are coming off a great season, where they hosted a WNIT game for the first time in DI program history, while producing their second consecutive season of 15+ regular season wins and their first season of 10+ America East wins. Bryant defeated Binghamton in the AE Quarterfinals for the first AE playoff win in program history.  

Lynne-Ann Kokoski enters her third season as head coach and has accumulated a 32-30 record, while going 18-15 in the America East and a 21-9 record at the Chace Athletic Center. The Black and Gold are 9-2 against non-conference opponents in Smithfield.

Schedule Highlights

• The Bulldogs will begin the season at home for the third consecutive season.
• The Black and Gold will face ACC member Boston College for a third straight year at Chestnut Hill.
• Bryant renews its rivalry with Providence College, which will be the ninth match up between the two teams.
• The Bulldogs will have six non-conference games at the Chace against Central Connecticut, Cornell, Rider, Holy Cross, Georgian Court (D2), and Franklin Pierce (D2).

Bryant begins the 2025-26 season with back-to-back home games versus CCSU (Nov. 3) and Cornell (Nov. 7). The Bulldogs then head to New York to face Marist (Nov. 11), before returning to Smithfield to welcome Rider for a Saturday night game on Nov. 15.

The Bulldogs will then play in five straight road games against Merrimack (Nov. 19), Stonehill (Nov. 22), Boston University (Nov. 26), PC (Nov. 30), and Yale (Dec. 3). Bryant will then return home to face Holy Cross (Dec. 7), which will be followed by a matchup with ACC member BC in Chestnut Hill on December 9th. The Black and Gold conclude the 2025-26 non-conference schedule with two home games versus Georgian Court (Dec. 19) and Franklin Pierce (Dec. 21).