2017–18 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
The Retrievers , led by sixteenth year head coach Phil Stern and members of the America East Conference , began the season playing home games in the Retriever Activities Center before the opening of the new UMBC Event Center on February 3 , 2018 . 
<triplet> UMBC Event Center <subj> February 3, 2018 <obj> date of official opening