2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 Women's 2010 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 64 Shirk Center Illinois Bloomington, Illinois WashU Bears 5th Hope Flying Dutchmen 2nd Amherst Lord Jeffs 2nd Rochester Yellowjackets 3rd Nancy Fahey 5th Jaimie McFarlin Washington University in St. Louis 27490 The 2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 29th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.DIVISION III WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/D3champs.pdf ncaa.org NCAA 18 April 2025 Washington St. Louis defeated Hope in the championship game, 65–59, to claim the Bears' fifth Division III national title and first since 2001. Illinois Wesleyan University hosted the championship round at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois, from March 19 to 20. Qualifying After five years with sixty-three teams, the team expanded by one to its current size of sixty-four. With the change, all teams began to play in the First Round. Bracket Top left sectional First roundMarch 5, 2010Regional sites Second roundMarch 6, 2010Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 12, 2010Amherst, MA Sectional finalsMarch 13, 2010Amherst, MA no 160 30 high 1 Amherst, MA Ithaca, NY Allentown, PA Waterville, ME Amherst 68 MCLA 47 Southern Maine 74 RPI 63 Ithaca 53 DeSales 62 Mount Saint Mary 56 Williams 62 Moravian 61 Utica 64 Farmingdale State 57 Gettysburg 68 Colby 62 Husson 59 Emmanuel (MA) 56 Babson 76 Amherst 76 Southern Maine 49 DeSales 77 William 94 Utica 55 Gettysburg 71 Colby 73 Babson 76 Amherst 71 Williams 66 Gettysburg 68 Babson 71 Amherst 80 Babson 65 Bottom left sectional First roundMarch 5, 2010Regional sites Second roundMarch 6, 2010Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 12, 2010St. Louis, MO Sectional finalsMarch 13, 2010St. Louis, MO no 160 30 high 1 Newberg, OR Whitewater, WI Crestview Hills, KY Grantham, PA George Fox 65 Louisiana College 45 Puget Sound 54 Redlands 42 UW Whitewater 91 St. Thomas (MN) 73 Carthage 73 Northland 60 Washington St. Louis 81 Maryville (TN) 67 Thomas More 68 Fontbonne 49 Messiah 64 Neumann 55 Mount Union 71 Washington & Jefferson 48 George Fox 59 Puget Sound 37 UW Whitewater 74 Carthage 79 Washington St. Louis 80 Thomas More 64 Messiah 61 Mount Union 62 George Fox 55 Carthage 48 Washington St. Louis 76 Mount Union 57 George Fox 52 Washington St. Louis 59 Top right sectional First roundMarch 5, 2010Regional sites Second roundMarch 6, 2010Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 12, 2010Union Township, NJ Sectional finalsMarch 13, 2010Union Township, NJ no 160 30 high 1 Union Township, NJ Brunswick, ME Newport News, VA Rochester, NY Kean 105 Penn State Berks 68 Tufts 71 Muhlenberg 59 Bowdoin 67 Baruch 53 Western Conn. State 59 U. New England 41 Christopher Newport 68 Washington & Lee 51 Roanoke 77 McDaniel 66 William Paterson 53 Mary Washington 84 Rochester 66 SUNY Cortland 47 Kean 75 Tufts 56 Bowdoin 65 Western Conn. State 43 Christopher Newport 72 Roanoke 48 Mary Washington 54 Rochester 61 Kean 62 Bowdoin 51 Christopher Newport 69 Rochester 74 Kean 65 Rochester 68 Bottom right sectional First roundMarch 5, 2010Regional sites Second roundMarch 6, 2010Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 12, 2010Bloomington, IL Sectional finalsMarch 13, 2010Bloomington, IL no 160 30 high 1 Bloomington, IL De Pere, WI Holland, MI Marymount, VA Illinois Wesleyan 76 Franklin 52 Simpson 66 Chicago 53 UW Stevens Point 86 Minnesota–Morris 64 St. Norbert 78 Calvin 67 Hope 68 Denison 40 DePauw 79 Lakeland 46 Marymount (VA) 57 Scranton 41 Lebanon Valley 63 Medaille 64 Illinois Wesleyan 83 Simpson 53 UW Stevens Point 71 St. Norbert 58 Hope 68 DePauw 54 Marymount (VA) 74 Medaille 44 Illinois Wesleyan 76 UW Stevens Point 77 Hope 53 Marymount (VA) 46 UW Stevens Point 64 Hope 71 Final Four Final FourMarch 19, 2010Bloomington, IL National championshipMarch 20, 2010Bloomington, IL Third place no 160 30 high 1 Amherst 75 Washington St. Louis 86* Rochester 65 Hope 76 Washington St. Louis 65 Hope 59 Amherst 56 Rochester 44 All-tournament team Jaimie McFarlin, Washington University in St. Louis Zoë Unruh, Washington University in St. Louis Carrie Snikkers, Hope Sarah Leyman, Amherst Melissa Alwardt, Rochester See also 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament Category:2010 in sports in Illinois Category:Hope Flying Dutch women's basketball Category:Washington University Bears women's basketball