1998 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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The 1998 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 17th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Gorham, Maine | ||||
Champions | Washington University Bears (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Southern Maine Huskies (1st title game) | ||||
Third place | Mount Union Purple Raiders (2nd Final Four) | ||||
Fourth place | Rowan Profs (1st Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Nancy Fahey (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Amy Schweizer (Washington University in St. Louis) | ||||
Attendance | 27,762 | ||||
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Washington University in St. Louis defeated Southern Maine in the championship game, 66–50, to claim the Bears' first Division III national title, their first of four consecutive.
The championship rounds were hosted by the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine.
Bracket edit
- An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
- An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period
Northeast sectional edit
First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Gorham, ME | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Gorham, ME | ||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins* | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Mid-Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
Muhlenberg | 44 | ||||||||||||||
Allentown* | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Muhlenberg | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Bates | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State* | 89 | ||||||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Salem State | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Northeast Region | |||||||||||||||
Bates* | 71 | ||||||||||||||
Johns Hopkins | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton* | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Mid-Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
Alvernia | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Alvernia* | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Washington & Jefferson | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Scranton | 72 | ||||||||||||||
Southern Maine | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut* | 67 | ||||||||||||||
Middlebury | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Western Connecticut | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Northeast Region | |||||||||||||||
Southern Maine* | 79 |
West sectional edit
First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 St. Paul, MN | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 St. Paul, MN | ||||||||||||
Mount Union* | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Great Lakes Region | |||||||||||||||
Calvin | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Calvin* | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Mount Union | 79 | ||||||||||||||
St. Benedict | 74 | ||||||||||||||
UC San Diego* | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Cal Lutheran | 56 | ||||||||||||||
UC San Diego | 47 | ||||||||||||||
West Region | |||||||||||||||
St. Benedict* | 73 | ||||||||||||||
Mount Union | 67 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 63 | ||||||||||||||
DePauw* | 70 | ||||||||||||||
Great Lakes Region | |||||||||||||||
Baldwin-Wallace | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace* | 75 | ||||||||||||||
Hope | 71 | ||||||||||||||
DePauw | 61 | ||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Luther* | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 56 | ||||||||||||||
West Region | |||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN)* | 85 |
Atlantic sectional edit
First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Glassboro, NJ | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Glassboro, NJ | ||||||||||||
Binghamton* | 73 | ||||||||||||||
East Region | |||||||||||||||
Elmira | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Oneonta* | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Elmira | 62 | ||||||||||||||
Elmira | 48 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 60 | ||||||||||||||
TCNJ* | 63 | ||||||||||||||
Colby–Sawyer | 35 | ||||||||||||||
TCNJ | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
William Paterson* | 69 | ||||||||||||||
William Paterson | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 66 | ||||||||||||||
NYU* | 70 | ||||||||||||||
East Region | |||||||||||||||
William Smith | 54 | ||||||||||||||
William Smith* | 76 | ||||||||||||||
Nazareth | 52 | ||||||||||||||
NYU | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Rowan | 57 | ||||||||||||||
St. Mary's (MD)* | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Mary Washington | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Mary Washington | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Atlantic Region | |||||||||||||||
Rowan* | 95 |
South sectional edit
First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Bridgewater, VA | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Bridgewater, VA | ||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 65 | ||||||||||||||
Central Region | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 49 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Eau Claire* | 86** | ||||||||||||||
Beloit | 81 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Austin | 44 | ||||||||||||||
Austin* | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Southwestern (TX) | 51 | ||||||||||||||
Austin | 64 | ||||||||||||||
South Region | |||||||||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 45 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 53 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis* | 66 | ||||||||||||||
Central Region | |||||||||||||||
Millikin | 54 | ||||||||||||||
Millikin* | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Wheaton (IL) | 58 | ||||||||||||||
Washington St. Louis | 82 | ||||||||||||||
Bridgewater (VA) | 36 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport* | 77 | ||||||||||||||
Roanoke | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Christopher Newport | 87 | ||||||||||||||
South Region | |||||||||||||||
Bridgewater (VA)* | 90 |
Final Four edit
Final Four March 20, 1998 Gorham, ME | National championship March 21, 1998 Gorham, ME | ||||||
Southern Maine | 79 | ||||||
Mount Union | 66 | ||||||
Southern Maine | 69 | ||||||
Washington St. Louis | 77 | ||||||
Rowan | 51 | ||||||
Washington St. Louis | 66 | Third place | |||||
Mount Union | 68 | ||||||
Rowan | 64 |
All-tournament team edit
- Amy Schweizer, Washington University in St. Louis
- Alia Fischer, Washington University in St. Louis
- Joanna Brown, Southern Maine
- Julie Plant, Southern Maine
- Suzy Venet, Mount Union
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 16, 2022.