1982 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Teams16
Finals sitePennsylvania Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
ChampionsElizabethtown Blue Jays (1st title)
Runner-upUNC Greensboro Spartans (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachYvonne Kauffman (1st title)
MOPBev Hall (Elizabethtown)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 1982 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the inaugural tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1] The 1982 AIAW Division III championship was a separate tournament.

Elizabethtown defeated UNC Greensboro in the championship game, 67–66 in overtime, to claim the Blue Jays' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

Bracket

First round

  • Elizabethtown 86, Chris. Newport 59
  • TCNJ 70, Widener 43
  • Clark (MA) 67, UMass Boston 49
  • Augustana (IL) 83, Grove City 62
  • Scranton 69, Manhattanville 49
  • Pomona-Pitzer 68, Millikin 66
  • Susquehanna 63, Frostburg St. 60
  • UNC Greensboro 71, St. Andrews 63

Second round

  • Elizabethtown 74, TCNJ 58
  • Clark (MA) 67, Augustana (IL) 56
  • Pomona-Pitzer 62, Scranton 53 (OT)
  • UNC Greensboro 74, Susquehanna 66

National finals

Final Four National championship
    
Elizabethtown 71
Clark 51
Elizabethtown 67*
UNC Greensboro 66
UNC Greensboro 77
Pomona-Pitzer 66 Third Place
Clark 71
Pomona-Pitzer 72*

All-tournament team

  • Bev Hall, Elizabethtown (MOP)
  • Page Lutz, Elizabethtown
  • Carol Peschel, UNC Greensboro
  • Carol Ferrin, Pomona-Pitzer
  • Sherry Sydney, UNC Greensboro

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
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