2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 NAIA 2010 Women's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg 200 32 Oman Arena Tennessee Jackson, Tennessee Union University Bulldogs 5th 7th 11th Azusa Pacific Cougars 1st 1st Lee Flames 1st Oklahoma City Stars 10th Mark Campbell Union (TN) Zeinab Chan Union (TN) Whitney BallingerBridgette Reyes Campbellsville, Vanguard Alex Barone Saint Xavier Whitney Ballinger Campbellsville 91 The 2010 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 2009–10 basketball season. Defending champions and hometown team Union (TN) defeated Azusa Pacific in the championship game, 73–65, to claim the Bulldogs' fifth NAIA national title. The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee from March 17–23, 2010.NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/Records/DIWBB_Championship.pdf NAIA 24 March 2022Union (Tenn.) Wins Second Consecutive National championship With 73-65 Win Over Azusa Pacific (Calif.) https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/2009-10/releases/201003249yems NAIA.org NAIA 25 March 2022 Qualification 2009–10 NAIA Division I women's basketball season The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance. The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format. Bracket First roundMarch 17–18 Second roundMarch 19 QuarterfinalsMarch 20 SemifinalsMarch 22 National championshipMarch 23 170 30 yes high 1 Union (TN) 86 8 SAGU 47 5 Southern Poly 62 4 McKendree 52 3 Westminster (UT) 67 6 Lambuth 55 7 Oklahoma Christian 66 2 Point Loma Nazarene 63 2 Campbellsville 64 7 LSU Shreveport 55 6 Trevecca Nazarene 71 3 William Woods 64 4 Lewis–Clark State 64 5 Biola 55 8 Shorter 49 1 Oklahoma City 71 1 Vanguard 64* 8 Lindsey Wilson 57 5 Bethel (TN) 61 4 Columbia (MO) 56 3 Lee (TN) 65 6 Langston 63 7 William Jewell 57 2 Oklahoma Baptist 64 2 Azusa Pacific 71 7 Montana Tech 57 6 Lubbock Christian 64 3 Freed–Hardeman 73 4 Cumberlands (KY) 67* 5 Xavier Louisiana 62 8 Evangel 71 1 Saint Xavier 81 1 Union (TN) 70 5 Southern Polytechnic State 43 3 Westminster (UT) 52 7 Oklahoma Christian 62 2 Campbellsville 75 6 Trevecca Nazarene 57 4 Lewis–Clark State 59 1 Oklahoma City 87 1 Vanguard 75* 5 Bethel (TN) 69 3 Lee (TN) 57 2 Oklahoma Baptist 53 2 Azusa Pacific 59 3 Freed–Hardeman 53 4 Cumberlands (KY) 67 1 Saint Xavier 71 1 Union (TN) 83 7 Oklahoma Christian 55 2 Campbellsville 77 1 Oklahoma City 86* 1 Vanguard 50 3 Lee (TN) 65 2 Azusa Pacific 73 1 Saint Xavier 69 1 Union (TN) 63 1 Oklahoma City 61 3 Lee (TN) 60 2 Azusa Pacific 64 1 Union (TN) 73 2 Azusa Pacific 65 See also 2010 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament References NAIA Category:NAIA women's basketball championships Category:2010 in sports in Tennessee Category:Women's sports in Tennessee