1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1999 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Teams	48
Finals site	O'Neill Center; Danbury, Connecticut
Champions	Washington University Bears (2nd title)
Runner-up	St. Benedict Blazers (1st title game)
Third place	Salem State Vikings (4th Final Four)
Fourth place	Scranton Royals (5th Final Four)
Winning coach	Nancy Fahey (2nd title)
Attendance	27,128
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«1998	2000»

The 1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 18th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.^[1]

Defending champions Washington St. Louis defeated St. Benedict in the championship game, 74–65, to claim the Bears' second Division III national title, their second of four consecutive.

The championship rounds were hosted at the O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut from March 18–19, 1999.

Bracket

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

First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites		Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Williamstown, MA		Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Williamstown, MA

		TCNJ*	71
Atlantic Region
		Gallaudet	81
St. Mary's (MD)*	73

Gallaudet	80
				Gallaudet	65

				Salem State	75
Southern Maine*	56

Babson	43
		Southern Maine	46
Northeast Region
		Salem State*	53



						Salem State	76

						Williams	60



		Rowan*	72
Atlantic Region
		Colby–Sawyer	50
Colby–Sawyer*	74

Hunter College	60
				Rowan	56

				Williams	62
Bowdoin*	49

Bates	44
		Bowdoin	48
Northeast Region
		Williams*	72

West sectional

First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites		Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 St. Joseph, MN		Sectional finals March 13, 1999 St. Joseph, MN

		DePauw*	67
South Region
		Austin	62
Randolph-Macon*	49

Austin	77
				DePauw	67

				St. Benedict	78
Wartburg*	41

St. Thomas (MN)	67
		St. Thomas (MN)	68
West Region
		St. Benedict*	76



						St. Benedict	61

						Pacific Lutheran	55



		Hardin-Simmons*	84
South Region
		N.C. Wesleyan	62
Bridgewater (VA)*	60

N.C. Wesleyan	69
				Hardin-Simmons	34

				Pacific Lutheran	54
Cal Lutheran	54

Pacific Lutheran*	56
		Pacific Lutheran	60
West Region
		Simpson*	57

Mid-Atlantic sectional

First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites		Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Scranton, PA		Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Scranton, PA

		NYU*	59
East Region
		St. Lawrence	48
St. Lawrence	61

Elmira*	52
				NYU	87

				Elizabethtown	70
Johns Hopkins*	61

Cabrini	53
		Johns Hopkins	53
Mid-Atlantic Region
		Elizabethtown*	77



						NYU	60

						Scranton	81



		Cortland State*	56
East Region
		William Smith	64
William Smith*	62

Hartwick	47
				William Smith	47

				Scranton	64
Susquehanna*	63

Gwynedd Mercy	66
		Gwynedd Mercy	64
Mid-Atlantic Region
		Scranton*	75

Great Lakes sectional

First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites		Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI		Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI

		Washington St. Louis*	75
Central Region
		Wheaton (IL)	38
Lakeland*	50

Wheaton (IL)	58
				Washington St. Louis	77*

				Capital	70
Capital*	86

Hope	75
		Capital	82
Great Lakes Region
		Defiance*	72



						Washington St. Louis	56

						Wisconsin–Oshkosh	55



		Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	70
Central Region
		Wisconsin–Eau Claire	60
Wisconsin–Eau Claire*	82

Lawrence	57
				Wisconsin–Oshkosh	61

				Calvin	59
Calvin*	60

Ohio Wesleyan	50
		Calvin	75
Great Lakes Region
		Baldwin Wallace*	67

Final Four

Final Four O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999		National championship O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999

Salem State	54

St. Benedict	74
		St. Benedict	65

		Washington St. Louis	74
Scranton	65

Washington St. Louis	74	Third place


		Salem State	75

		Scranton	65

All-tournament team

Tasha Rodgers, Washington University in St. Louis
Alia Fischer, Washington University in St. Louis
Molly Mark, St. Benedict
Robyn Ruschmeier, St. Benedict
Dee Jackson, Salem State

References

[1]

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