1981 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1981 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women University of Wisconsin–La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 16 Wisconsin–La Crosse (1st title) Mount Mercy 16 1980 1982 The 1981 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division III members in the United States.PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 25 January 2022 The tournament was held at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Wisconsin–La Crosse defeated Mount Mercy in the championship game, 79–71, to capture the Roonies' first AIAW Division III national title. Format Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight teams from the previous year's championship. The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games. Tournament bracket First round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship Third place final Worcester State 68 Wisconsin–Whitewater 66 Elizabethtown 71 Columbia (SC) 56 UC Davis 67 Concordia (OR) 48 Mount Mercy 68 Spring Arbor 52 Pitt Johnstown 79 Bethany 58 Knoxville 72 Rhode Island College 60 San Francisco State 56 Tarleton State 54 Wisconsin–La Crosse 87 Roanoke 77 Worcester State 67 Elizabethtown 59 UC Davis 53 Mount Mercy 58 Pitt Johnstown 54 Knoxville 47 San Francisco State 71 Wisconsin–La Crosse 78 Worcester State 61 Mount Mercy 66 Pitt Johnstown 60 Wisconsin–La Crosse 70 Mount Mercy 71 Wisconsin–La Crosse 79 Worcester State 82* Pitt Johnstown 78 See also 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship 1981 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship 1981 NAIA women's basketball tournament References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Division II AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship Category:1981 in sports in Wisconsin Category:Women's sports in Wisconsin