1986 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
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]
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Salem, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Salem State Vikings (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Bishop Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | Rust Bearcats (2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | Capital Crusaders (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tim Shea (1st title) | ||||
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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
Elite Eight
| Elite Eight | Final Four | 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 | Third Place | ||||||||||||
| 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
- "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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