The Spiders, led by thirteenth year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 women's tournament, where they lost to Dayton.

All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call.

The games are also streamed on Spider TV Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

Roster Last update: February 15, 2018 [4] 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings