1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 NAIA 1989 Women's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg 200 16 Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Southern Nazarene Redskins 1st 1st 1st Claflin Lady Panthers 2nd 2nd Arkansas Tech Golden Suns 3rd St. Ambrose Fighting Bees 1st Bob Hoffman Southern Nazarene Miriam Walker-Samuels Claflin Shelly Kay Wayland Baptist Miriam Walker-Samuels Claflin 162 The 1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the ninth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. Southern Nazarene defeated top-seeded Claflin in the championship game, 98–96, to claim the Redskins' first NAIA national title. The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri.NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/Records/DIWBB_Championship.pdf NAIA 13 February 2022 Qualification 1988–89 NAIA women's basketball season The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams. The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format. The national third-place game, for the two teams that lost in the semifinals, was eliminated for this tournament, reducing the number of games by one. Bracket 1 y Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship 145 1 Claflin 114 Glenville State 59 Washburn 67 8 Central State (OH) 73 5 Wingate 65 Doane 68 St. Thomas Aquinas 75 4 St. Ambrose 111 3 Southern Nazarene 87 Tri-State 67 Western Washington 89 6 Minnesota Duluth 73 7 Wayland Baptist 81 Union (TN) 70 Fresno Pacific 40 2 Arkansas Tech 80 1 Claflin 91 8 Central State (OH) 85 Doane 69 4 St. Ambrose 90 3 Southern Nazarene 92 Western Washington 68 7 Wayland Baptist 66 2 Arkansas Tech 78 1 Claflin 90 4 St. Ambrose 89 3 Southern Nazarene 73 2 Arkansas Tech 57 1 Claflin 96 3 Southern Nazarene 98 See also 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1989 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1989 NAIA men's basketball tournament References NAIA Category:NAIA women's basketball championships Category:1989 in sports in Missouri Category:Women's sports in Missouri