1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1989 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Danville, Kentucky
Champions	Elizabethtown Blue Jays (2nd title)
Runner-up	Stanislaus State Warriors (1st title game)
Third place	Centre Colonels (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Clarkson Golden Knights (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Yvonne Kauffman (2nd title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the eighth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]

Elizabethtown defeated Stanislaus State in the championship game, 66–56, to claim the Blue Jays' second Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

Bracket

• An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
• An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

Regionals

First Round Regional Championship             Carnegie Mellon 61 Elizabethtown 78 Elizabethtown 91 DeSales 58 DeSales 74 Franklin & Marshall 58 Regional Third-place Carnegie Mellon 73* Franklin & Marshall 67

First Round Regional Championship             Montclair State 69 Muskingum 88 Muskingum 93 Ohio Northern 78 Kean 72 Ohio Northern 85 Regional Third-place Montclair State 59 Kean 54

First Round Regional Championship             St. Norbert 74 Wisconsin–River Falls 93 Wisconsin–River Falls 73 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 83 Alma 63 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 68 Regional Third-place St. Norbert 69 Alma 79

First Round Regional Championship             Maryville (TN) 63 Nazareth 71 Nazareth 62 Centre (KY) 81 Centre (KY) 70 Virginia Wesleyan 61 Regional Third-place Maryville (TN) 86 Virginia Wesleyan 79

First Round Regional Championship             Clark (MA) 70 Salem State 40 Clark (MA) 51 Southern Maine 47 Southern Maine 71 Western Connecticut State 46 Regional Third-place Salem State 57 Western Connecticut State 58

First Round Regional Championship             Clarkson 81 St. John Fisher 64 Clarkson 77 NYU 66 NYU 72 Stony Brook 60 Regional Third-place St. John Fisher 76 Stony Brook 83

First Round Regional Championship             Augustana (IL) 93 Wartburg 74 Augustana (IL) 59 Luther 82 Luther 77 Millikin 63 Regional Third-place Wartburg 97 Millikin 75

First Round Regional Championship             Saint Thomas (MN) 68 Stanislaus State 82 Stanislaus State 80 Concordia Moorhead 74 Concordia Moorhead 80 St. Benedict 58 Regional Third-place St. Thomas (MN) 64 St. Benedict 56

National finals

	Elite Eight					Final Four					National championship
	Elizabethtown		72
	Muskingum		67
						Elizabethtown		73*
						Centre (KY)		64
	Centre (KY)		82
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire		62
											Elizabethtown		66
											Stanislaus State		65
	Clarkson		72
	Clark (MA)		58
						Clarkson		74			National third place
						Stanislaus State		89
	Stanislaus State		70								Centre (KY)		106
	Luther		62								Clarkson		78

All-tournament team

• Nancy Keene, Elizabethtown
• Kirsten Dumford, Stanislaus State
• Lisa Minturn, Stanislaus State
• Amy Huestis, Clarkson
• Susan Yates, Centre

See also

• 1989 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 5, 2021.