2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 NAIA 2009 Women's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg 200 32 Oman Arena Tennessee Jackson, Tennessee Union University Bulldogs 4th 6th 10th Lambuth Eagles 2nd 2nd Oklahoma Baptist Bison 1st Oklahoma City Stars 9th Mark Campbell Union (TN) Josephine Owino Union (TN) Josephine Owino Union (TN) Chytearra Kintchen Lambuth Jana Cross Freed–Hardeman 57 The 2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2008–09 basketball season. Union (TN) defeated Lambuth in the championship game, 73–63, to claim the Bulldogs' fourth NAIA national title and first since 2006. The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/Records/DIWBB_Championship.pdf NAIA 24 March 2022 Qualification 2008–09 NAIA Division I women's basketball season The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant. The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format. Bracket First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship 170 30 yes high 1 Oklahoma Baptist 57 8 LSU Shreveport 39 5 Columbia (MO) 64 4 Campbellsville 60 3 Trevecca Nazarene 57 6 Biola 65 7 Evangel 62 2 Lee (TN) 63 2 Point Loma Nazarene 51 7 Auburn Montgomery 38 6 William Woods 51 3 Lubbock Christian 57 5 Lindsey Wilson 63 4 Westmont 51 8 Jarvis Christian 58 1 Union (TN) 86 1 Vanguard 72 8 Berry 51 5 Loyola New Orleans 47 4 Westminster (UT) 62 3 Oklahoma City 74 6 Bethel (TN) 72 7 Langston 60 2 Saint Xavier 71 2 Freed–Hardeman 73 7 Wayland Baptist 57 6 Lewis–Clark State 54 3 Cumberlands (KY) 76 4 Southern Nazarene 55 5 Azusa Pacific 65 8 William Jewell 59 1 Lambuth 82 1 Oklahoma Baptist 81 5 Columbia (MO) 52 6 Biola 75 2 Lee (TN) 96 2 Point Loma Nazarene 82 3 Lubbock Christian 74 5 Lindsey Wilson 59 1 Union (TN) 80 1 Vanguard 80 4 Westminster (UT) 71 3 Oklahoma City 72 2 Saint Xavier 68 2 Freed–Hardeman 99 3 Cumberlands (KY) 105** 5 Azusa Pacific 70 1 Lambuth 73 1 Oklahoma Baptist 70 Lee (TN) 54 2 Point Loma Nazarene 59 1 Union (TN) 69 1 Vanguard 68 Oklahoma City 83 3 Cumberlands (KY) 54 1 Lambuth 66 1 Oklahoma Baptist 48 1 Union (TN) 73 Oklahoma City 63 1 Lambuth 65 1 Union (TN) 73 1 Lambuth 63 See also 2009 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament References NAIA Category:NAIA women's basketball championships Category:2009 in sports in Tennessee Category:Women's sports in Tennessee