They were led by third-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Wake Forest in the second round before losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the Spokane Regional.

In the ACC tournament, they defeated to Clemson in the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the semifinals.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional.