REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's basketball team hosts Sewanee inside Currier Gym on Friday, November 6 for their 2026-27 season opener.

Sewanee will serve as the first of 25 games and the first of 13 inside Currier Gym for the Bulldogs. They will play another 10 as true road games and two at a neutral site in Las Vegas. Redlands will also play their traditional 16-game Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) schedule with eight at home and eight road games.

The Tigers of Sewanee finished last season 9-16 overall with a 4-7 road record. The Tigers and Bulldogs have never met before (as of the 2005-06 season).

After one home game, the Bulldogs travel north to Oregon for a pair of games, the first coming against George Fox University (GFU) on November 27. The Bruins went 15-12 last season and were 6-5 at home. They finished 2-1 against SCIAC opponents. Redlands is 1-3 all-time against the Bruins. Three of the matchups came in the 2010's and the most recent was a one-point loss at home last November.

A day later on November 28 the Bulldogs and Wildcats of Linfield University play. Linfield had probably their best season in program history in 2025-26, winning a program-record 22 games before losing in the Northwest Conference Tournament Semifinal to GFU. The last meeting between these two sides was in 2024 when the Bulldogs lost by six, 65-59.

In their return home, Azusa Pacific University (APU) comes to Currier on December 2 for a non-conference game that will be a conference game in the future. The Cougars ended their season last March in the NCAA Division II West Regional against California State Polytechnic University, Pomona after a 23-win season. Last meeting between these two teams was a Bulldog loss in 2000.

The University of La Verne (ULV) will be the SCIAC home opener on December 5. Redlands will travel to ULV on February 6. The Leopards finished eighth last year at 2-14 in SCIAC and were 6-19 overall. The Bulldogs have won the last two meetings, but the two sides have split the last ten.

Their second consecutive SCIAC game is December 15 against Whittier College. The Poets host the Bulldogs as the first game of 2027 on January 2. Whittier finished seventh last year at 6-10 and had an 11-13 overall record. Redlands is riding a three-game winning streak despite a 5-5 record across the last 10.

In their return to non-conference action, the Bulldogs host Schreiner University on December 18. The Mountaineers struggled through a 5-20 season last year. The two sides have no previous meetings.

Lawrence University will be game three in four days on December 19. The Vikings made it to the Midwest Conference Tournament Championship where they lost to Ripon College, which ended their season at 21-6. There are no prior meetings.

The final home game of 2026 is December 21 when Illinois College visits Currier. The Lady Blues finished one game under .500 at 12-13. Redlands is 2-0 against Lawrence, with wins coming in 2018 and 2022.

The first of two neutral site games in Las Vegas comes on December 28 against Saint Mary's College (Indiana). The Belles went 8-17 in 2025-26. The two have also never met.

December 29 is Washington University in St. Louis (WashU). The Bears had another elite season, finishing 21-7 after losing to University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

With non-conference action complete, the Bulldogs finish off their final 14 SCIAC games in 2027. After the Whittier game they host Pomona-Pitzer on January 6, while the Sagehens host on February 10. P-P tied for third in the final conference standings with the Bulldogs but got the tiebreaker with an 11-5 SCIAC record. They lost in the SCIAC Tournament Semifinal and ended with an overall 16-10 record. Redlands lost their last meeting with the Sagehens but hold a 6-4 edge across the last 10.

On January 9 the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) hosts the Bulldogs in Pasadena. Redlands hosts on January 30. The Beavers finished in ninth place at 1-15 in SCIAC and were 3-19 overall. The Bulldogs will look to maintain their perfect 40-0 record against the Beavers since 2006.

Traditional rival Chapman University hosts Redlands in Orange on January 13 with the Panthers coming to Currier on February 3. Chapman finished fifth at 9-7 in SCIAC play and lost in the SCIAC Tournament First Round game inside Currier to give them a 15-10 overall record. Despite the rivalry, it's the Bulldogs who have held a strong 9-1 record in their last 10 meetings and they have won 12 of 13.

A newer rival, California Lutheran University (CLU), makes their longest SCIAC trip on January 16 before getting the return visit to end the regular season on February 20. CLU was upset in the SCIAC Tournament Final after a 13-3 regular season record that earned them the regular season title. They finished 22-5 overall. The Bulldogs have struggled with four-straight losses to the Regals and have a 2-8 record in their last 10 match-ups.

January 20 will see the Bulldogs travel to Occidental College and February 17 will have the Tigers at Redlands. Occidental took sixth at 7-9 in SCIAC and would finish 12-13 overall. Redlands has won three in-a-row and eight of their last 10.

The final unique opponent is defending SCIAC Tournament champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) who the Bulldogs face on the road on January 23 before hosting on February 13. The Athenas took second in SCIAC during the regular season at 12-4 before beating P-P and CLU in the tournament to secure an NCAA Tournament berth. There they lost to Whitman College in the first round to finish 20-8 overall. CMS has a three-game winning streak, though, Redlands is 9-2 in the previous 11 games.

At the end of the regular season, the top five teams in the SCIAC standings will qualify for the SCIAC Tournament. The fourth and fifth-place teams play in the first round game with the winner advancing to face the No. 1 seed on the road. The winner of that game gets the winner of the No. 2 vs. No. 3 game in the final. The winner of the tournament gets SCIAC's automatic qualifying big into the NCAA Championship while all other teams would need an at-large selection to qualify.