2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2019 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Cregger Center,; Salem, Virginia
Champions	Thomas More Saints (2nd title)
Runner-up	Bowdoin Polar Bears (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (7th Final Four); Scranton Royals (9th Final Four);
Winning coach	Jeff Hans (2nd title)
MOP	Madison Temple (Thomas More)
Attendance	33,601
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«2018	2020»

The 2019 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 38th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.^[1]

Thomas More defeated Bowdoin in the championship game, 81–67, to claim the Saints' second Division III national title (Thomas More's 2015 title was vacated and does not count toward official NCAA records).

The championship rounds were hosted by Roanoke College at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia.

Bracket

Top left sectional

First round March 1, 2019 Regional sites		Second round March 2, 2019 Regional sites		Sectional semifinals March 8, 2019 Crestview Hills, KY		Sectional finals March 9, 2019 Crestview Hills, KY

Thomas More	79

Saint Vincent	54
		Thomas More	67
Crestview Hills, KY
		Trine	59
Trine	57

Emory	54
				Thomas More	89

				Transylvania	74
Transylvania	77

Piedmont	67
		Transylvania	76
Lexington, KY
		Oglethorpe	56
Chicago	51

Oglethorpe	57
						Thomas More	87

						Washington St. Louis	72
UT Dallas	62

Texas Lutheran	51
		UT Dallas	57
Richardson, TX
		Mary Hardin-Baylor	66
Mary Hardin-Baylor	70

Rhodes	56
				Mary Hardin-Baylor	46

				Washington St. Louis	63
Washington St. Louis	72

UW Whitewater	56
		Washington St. Louis	86
St. Louis, MO
		George Fox	78
George Fox	85

Greenville	53

Bottom left sectional

First round March 1, 2019 Regional sites		Second round March 2, 2019 Regional sites		Sectional semifinals March 8, 2019 Scranton, PA		Sectional finals March 9, 2019 Scranton, PA

Scranton	69

New England College	49
		Scranton	59
Scranton, PA
		Johns Hopkins	46
Johns Hopkins	58

East. Conn. State	42
				Scranton	57

				Christopher Newport	56
Gettysburg	78

Christopher Newport	82
		Christopher Newport	79
Gettysburg, PA
		Mount Saint Mary	52
Mount Saint Mary	85

Westfield State	80
						Scranton	44

						Tufts	40
Messiah	71

Hilbert	60
		Messiah	64
Grantham, PA
		Baldwin Wallace	51
RIT	71

Baldwin Wallace	73
				Messiah	41

				Tufts	55
Haverford	80

Rosemont	37
		Haverford	46
Tufts
		Tufts	52
Tufts	70

Western New England	44

Top right sectional

First round March 1, 2019 Regional sites		Second round March 2, 2019 Regional sites		Sectional semifinals March 8, 2019 St. Paul, MN		Sectional finals March 9, 2019 St. Paul, MN

St. Thomas (MN)	88

Ripon	58
		St. Thomas (MN)	67
St. Paul, MN
		Wisconsin Lutheran	51
Illinois Wesleyan	40

Wisconsin Lutheran	48
				St. Thomas (MN)	61*

				Amherst	58
Vassar	55

SUNY Geneseo	74
		SUNY Geneseo	46
Amherst, MA
		Amherst	58
Amherst	66

Husson	45
						St. Thomas (MN)	85

						Wartburg	56
UW Oshkosh	72

Pomona-Pitzer	46
		UW Oshkosh	54
Oshkosh, WI
		DePauw	52
DePauw	78

Loras	54
				UW Oshkosh	57

				Wartburg	70
Hope	67

Wheaton (IL)	55
		Hope	49
Waverly, IA
		Wartburg	79
Wartburg	91

Bethany Lutheran	63

Bottom right sectional

First round March 1, 2019 Regional sites		Second round March 2, 2019 Regional sites		Sectional semifinals March 8, 2019 Brunswick, ME		Sectional finals March 9, 2019 Brunswick, ME

DeSales	77

Shenandoah	49
		DeSales	70
Center Valley, PA
		Middlebury	55
John Carroll	54

Middlebury	62
				DeSales	75

				Ithaca	76
MIT	61

Saint Joseph's (ME)	68
		St. Joseph's (ME)	63
Ithaca, NY
		Ithaca	74
Ithaca	68

SUNY Poly	58
						Ithaca	61

						Bowdoin	87
SUNY New Paltz	65

Rutgers Newark	36
		SUNY New Paltz	80
New Paltz, NY
		Emmanuel (MA)	49
Hartwick	65

Emmanuel (MA)	69
				SUNY New Paltz	50

				Bowdoin	81
Smith	74

Merchant Marine	54
		Smith	78
Northampton, MA
		Bowdoin	87
Bowdoin	93

Hunter	73

Final Four

Final Four March 15, 2019 Cregger Center Salem, VA		National championship March 16, 2019 Cregger Center Salem, VA

Thomas More	69

Scranton	54
		Thomas More	81

		Bowdoin	67
St. Thomas (MN)	60

Bowdoin	71

All-tournament team

Abby Kelly, Bowdoin
Makenzie Mason, Scranton
Hannah Spaulding, St. Thomas (MN)
Shelby Rupp, Thomas More
Madison Temple, Thomas More

References

^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.

[1] "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.

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