1986 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMassachusetts Salem, Massachusetts
ChampionsSalem State Vikings (1st title)
Runner-upBishop Tigers (1st title game)
Third placeRust Bearcats (2nd Final Four)
Fourth placeCapital Crusaders (1st Final Four)
Winning coachTim Shea (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«1985 1987»

The 1986 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]

Salem State defeated Bishop in the championship game, 89–85, to claim the Vikings' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted in Salem, Massachusetts.

Bracket

First round

  • NYU 70, Buffalo St. 65
  • Albany (NY) 74, Columbia 67
  • Salem St. 58, Bridgewater St. 47
  • Emmanuel (MA) 59, Southern Me. 50
  • St. Norbert 77, Susquehanna 63
  • Wis.-Whitewater 71, Alma 65
  • Rust 74, Chris. Newport 43
  • UNC Greensboro 84, Va. Wesleyan 75
  • Elizabethtown 70, Moravian 64
  • Scranton 70, Juniata 53
  • Kean 68, Ohio Northern 64
  • Capital 84, Allegheny 66
  • Eastern Conn. St. 71, Elmhurst 68
  • William Penn 80, Carroll (WI) 68
  • Bishop 83, Pomona-Pitzer 57
  • Concordia-M’head 67, Saint Mary’s (MN) 63

Regional finals

  • Albany (NY) 68, NYU 66
  • Salem St. 77, Emmanuel (MA) 60
  • Wis.-Whitewater 57, St. Norbert 56
  • Rust 99, UNC Greensboro 61
  • Elizabethtown 74, Scranton 60
  • Capital 72, Kean 71 (OT)
  • William Penn 75, Eastern Conn. St. 59
  • Bishop 90, Concordia-M’head 86

National finals

National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship
         
Salem State 90
Albany 79
Salem State 67
Rust 59
Rust 78
Wisconsin–Whitewater 64
Salem State 89
Bishop 85
Capital 61
Elizabethtown 55
Capital 68 National third-place game
Bishop 73
Bishop 85 Rust 61
William Penn 77 Capital 77

All-tournament team

  • Evelyn Oquendo, Salem State
  • Beth Kapnis, Salem State
  • Crystal Coleman, Bishop
  • Batavia Evans, Bishop
  • Mary Fuhr, Capital

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
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