1994 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1994 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	40
Finals site	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Champions	Capital Crusaders (1st title)
Runner-up	Washington University Bears (1st title game)
Third place	Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Wheaton Lyons (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Dixie Jeffers (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1993 1995»

The 1994 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 13th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]

Capital defeated Washington University in St. Louis in the championship game, 82–63, to claim the Crusaders' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Bracket

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

Mid-Atlantic sectional

First Round March 3, 1994

Second Round March 5, 1994

Sectional semifinals March 11, 1994

Sectional finals March 12, 1994

Wheaton (MA)*

75

Salem State

69

Campus sites

Wheaton (MA)

82

Upsala

77

Rowan*

65

Scranton, PA

Upsala

81

Upsala

73

Elizabethtown*

70

Wheaton (MA)

81*

Scranton

80

Western Connecticut*

53

Babson

76

Campus sites

Babson

62

Scranton

69

Scranton*

80

William Paterson

63

Atlantic sectional

	First Round March 2, 1994				Second Round March 5, 1994				Sectional semifinals March 11, 1994				Sectional finals March 12, 1994
					St. John Fisher*	68
	Geneseo State*	79			Geneseo State	63
	William Smith	60			Campus sites				St. John Fisher	55
									Defiance	59
					Wittenberg*	62			Columbus, OH
					Defiance	65
													Defiance	64
													Capital	89
					NYU*	86
					Buffalo State	64
					Campus sites				NYU	51
									Capital	74
					Capital*	96
	Penn State Behrend*	92			Penn State Behrend	75
	Denison	73

South sectional

	First Round March 2, 1994				Second Round March 5, 1994				Sectional semifinals March 11, 1994				Sectional finals March 12, 1994
					Marymount (VA)*	97
					Mary Washington	80
					Campus sites				Marymount (VA)	68
									Millikin	85
					Millikin*	76			Arlington, VA
	Central (IA)*	82			Central (IA)	61
	Lake Forest	71											Millikin	63
													Washington St. Louis	67
					Maryville (TN)*	84
	Roanoke*	67			NC Wesleyan	65
	NC Wesleyan	70			Campus sites				Maryville (TN)	77
									Washington St. Louis	94
					Washington St. Louis*	77
	Aurora (IL)*	61			Aurora	68
	Wartburg	57

Great Lakes sectional

	First Round March 2, 1994				Second Round March 5, 1994				Sectional semifinals March 11, 1994				Sectional finals March 12, 1994
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	63
	Franklin*	59			Alma	59
	Alma	74			Campus sites				Wisconsin–Oshkosh	70
									Bethel (MN)	58
					Bethel (MN)*	65			Oshkosh, WI
					Concordia Moorhead	61
													Wisconsin–Oshkosh	57
													Wisconsin–Eau Claire	69
					Wisconsin–Stout*	76
					Wisconsin–Eau Claire	87
					Campus sites				Wisconsin–Eau Claire	83
									St. Benedict	82
					St. Benedict*	83
	St. Thomas (MN)*	90			St. Thomas (MN)	78
	Pomona–Pitzer	65

Final Four

	Final Four March 18, 1994				National championship March 19, 1994
	Capital	72
	Wheaton (MA)	54
					Capital	82
					Washington St. Louis	63
	Washington St. Louis	86*
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	82			Third place
					Wheaton (MA)	71
					Wisconsin–Eau Claire	107

All-tournament team

• Chris Boos, Wisconsin–Eau Claire
• Carmen Ellis, Capital
• Sarah Goldman, Washington University in St. Louis
• Laura Schmelzer, Capital
• Christine Whelan, Wheaton (MA)

See also

• 1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1994 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1994 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1994 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1994 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 18, 2024.