NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Saint Mary's College Basketball announced their 2025-26 schedule on Monday as the Belles prepare for the season to kick off in under three weeks.
 
Saint Mary's kicks off the season on November 7 as they head to North Central College for the season opener at 7pm. The Belles then return home as they host the first Inn at Saint Mary's Classic on November 14-15. Saint Mary's will take on Concordia University Chicago on the 14th and Hiram College on the 15th. Albion College will be the fourth team of the event, also playing the Cougars and Terriers.
 
Saint Mary's heads on the road again for the Hanover Invitational on November 21-22, starting with against Wilmington College on the 21st before playing the second game on the 22nd against either Eureka College or Hanover College. The Belles will travel to Anderson University on November 25 for the final game before Thanksgiving break.
 
The Belles open MIAA play with back-to-back home games against Calvin University on December 3 and Hope College on December 6. They then travel north for their first MIAA road contest at Adrian College on December 10. Saint Mary's closes out 2025 with three non-conference matchups, starting on December 13 as they travel to St. Louis, MO to take on Webster University. The Belles will host Elmhurst University before the Christmas break on December 20 and will close out the calendar year against Earlham College on December 30.
 
Saint Mary's returns to conference play and opens 2026 at Trine University on January 3 before returning home for the first home game of the new year on January 7 to host the University of Olivet. The Belles head back on the road to take on Albion on January 10 before coming back to host Alma College on January 14. They then travel north to take on Hope for the final time in the regular season on January 17.
 
The Belles host back-to-back home games on January 21 and 24 as they welcome in Adrian and Albion. They get back on the road for two matchups at Calvin on January 31 and at Kalamazoo on February 4. The Belles then host Trine on February 11 before heading to Alma on February 15.
 
Saint Mary's closes out the regular season with their home finale on February 18 as they host Kalamazoo. The regular season finale will take place on February 21 at Olivet.
 
Saint Mary's heads into their second season under the direction of Head Coach Rob Hoffman. The Belles went 6-19 (3-13 MIAA) in the first year under Hoffman, finishing eighth in the MIAA.
 
The Belles return five of their top six scorers from last season including junior Kate Restovich (St. Charles, MO) who averaged a career high 12 points per game while starting all 25 games for the Belles last season. Restovich also averaged a team high 2.5 assists per game while grabbing 3.4 rebounds.
 
Kate is joined by her sister junior Annie Restovich (St. Charles, MO) who averaged 8.5 points per game last season while making a team high 47 three pointers in only 19 games. Both Restovich sisters shot an impressive 36.7% from three point range while both shot over 35% from the field.
 
Senior Nicole Connolly (Mokena, IL) returns as a key contributor for the Belles, averaging 5.8 points while starting 24 games and grabbing 3.2 rebounds per game. The sophomore duo of Ella Notaro (Crystal Lake, IL) and Kate Passinault (Grand Rapids, MI) look to improve on their impressive freshmen seasons as both averaged over five points and four rebounds per game.

Saint Mary's brings in eight new faces to the program in 2025-26, including senior transfer Hanna Outlaw (Jones, MI). Outlaw joins the Belles from Aquinas College where she averaged 2.4 points and three rebounds per game as a junior. The Belles also add sophomore Ella Andree (Spring Lake, MI) while adding six freshmen. The six freshmen include Caroline Langworthy (Cincinnati, OH), Liv Fry (Fort Wayne, IN), Gabby Webb (Geneva, IL), Karina Peppler (New Haven, IN), Kenadie Schrock (South Bend, IN), and Cara Kucharski (Lockport, IL).