1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 Women's 1983 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 32 Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts North Central Cardinals 1st Elizabethtown Blue Jays 2nd Knoxville Bulldogs 1st Clark Cougars 2nd Wayne Morgan 1st Page Lutz Elizabethtown The 1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the second 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 Championship Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_champs_records/2016/d3/D3.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 4 March 2021 North Central (IL) defeated defending champions Elizabethtown in the championship game, 83–71, to claim the Cardinals' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. The field for the tournament doubled in size from the previous championship in 1982, increasing from 16 to 32 teams. Bracket First round Clark (MA) 85, Bridgewater St. 71 Salem St. 59, Eastern Conn. St. 58 Rhode Island Col. 64, Hartwick 63 New Rochelle 80, St. Lawrence 74 Frostburg St. 72, TCNJ 68 Kean 68, Wooster 63 Elizabethtown 65, Scranton 47 Grove City 60, Susquehanna 58 Central (IA) 78, Augustana (IL) 71 North Central (IL) 78, Buena Vista 65 Concordia-M’head 75, Pomona-Pitzer 60 Minn.-Morris 89, Bishop 78 Wis.-Whitewater 96, Simpson 70 Wis.-La Crosse 79, St. Norbert 65 Pitt.-Johnstown 76, Rust 70 Knoxville 74, UNC Greensboro 71 Regional finals Clark (MA) 62, Salem St. 57 New Rochelle 75, Rhode Island Col. 58 Kean 79, Frostburg St. 74 Elizabethtown 59, Grove City 55 North Central (IL) 82, Central (IA) 79 Minn.-Morris 69, Concordia-M’head 68 Wis.-La Crosse 78, Wis.-Whitewater 66 Knoxville 73, Pitt.-Johnstown 71 National finals Elite Eight Final Four National championship Third place 145 30 high no Clark (MA) 67 New Rochelle 58 Elizabethtown 62 Kean 57 North Central (IL) 100 Minnesota–Morris 82 Knoxville 70 Wisconsin–La Crosse Clark (MA) 66 Elizabethtown 80 North Central (IL) 84 Knoxville 74 Elizabethtown 71 North Central (IL) 83 Clark (MA) 80 Knoxville 82 All-tournament team Page Lutz, Elizabethtown (MOP) Kim Wallner, North Central (IL) Brenda Sanders, North Central (IL) Judy Hodge, Clark (MA) Jackie Moore, Knoxville See also 1983 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1983 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1983 NAIA women's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament Category:1983 in sports in Massachusetts