2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 Women's 2009 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 63 DeVos Fieldhouse Michigan Holland, Michigan George Fox Bruins 1st WashU Bears 7th TCNJ Lions 1st Amherst Lord Jeffs 1st Scott Rueck 1st Kristen Shielee George Fox 27616 The 2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 28th 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 CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/D3champs.pdf ncaa.org NCAA 17 April 2025 George Fox defeated Washington St. Louis in the championship game, 60–53, to claim the Bruins' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Michigan from March 20–21. Qualifying For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament featured sixty-three teams. All teams but one, George Fox, started play in the First Round, with the Bruins receiving the singular bye to the Second Round. Bracket Top left sectional First roundMarch 4–6, 2009Regional sites Second roundMarch 7, 2009Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 13, 2009Crestview Hills, KY Sectional finalsMarch 14, 2009Crestview Hills, KY no 160 30 high 1 Orange, CA/Newberg, OR Atlanta, GA Grantham, PA Holland, MI Chapman 70 Occidental 65 Oglethorpe 68 Maryville (TN) 65 Greensboro 77 Mississippi College 70 Messiah 81 Eastern Conn. State 46 Thomas More 76 Randolph-Macon 61 Hope 87 Washington & Jefferson 64 Baldwin-Wallace 52 Pitt Greensburg 44 George Fox 83 Chapman 40 Oglethorpe 67 Greensboro 40 Messiah 50 Thomas More 57 Hope 69 Baldwin-Wallace 53 George Fox 71 Oglethorpe 56 Thomas More 51 Hope 67 George Fox 58 Hope 46 Bottom left sectional First roundMarch 4–6, 2009Regional sites Second roundMarch 7, 2009Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 13, 2009Rochester, NY Sectional finalsMarch 14, 2009Rochester, NY no 160 30 high 1 Scranton, PA York, PA Bethlehem, PA Rochester, NY Scranton 73 Keuka 42 St. Lawrence 55 Cortland State 71 York (PA) 75 Christopher Newport 61 Cabrini 58 Baruch 72 Moravian 70 Tufts 80 TCNJ 64 DeSales 51 Rochester 67 Widener 56 Kean 74 Marymount 60 Scranton 51 Cortland State 45 York (PA) 90 Baruch 73 Tufts 55 TCNJ 57 Rochester 66 Kean 59 Scranton 50 York (PA) 46 TCNJ 70 Rochester 58 Scranton 48 TCNJ 54 Top right sectional First roundMarch 4–6, 2009Regional sites Second roundMarch 7, 2009Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 13, 2009Bloomington, IL Sectional finalsMarch 14, 2009Bloomington, IL no 160 30 high 1 Bloomington, IL Stevens Point, WI St. Joseph, MN St. Louis, MO Illinois Wesleyan 80 Ohio Wesleyan 51 UW Eau Claire 62 DePauw Tigers 50 UW Stevens Point 77 Maryville (MO) 62 Concordia Moorhead 72 Concordia Wisconsin 76 Saint Benedict 55 Ripon 42 UW Whitewater 69 Simpson 59 Washington St. Louis 77 Capital 72 Transylvania 65 Howard Payne 52 Illinois Wesleyan 80 UW Eau Claire 63 UW Stevens Point 78 Concordia Wisconsin 58 Saint Benedict 67 UW Whitewater 59 Washington St. Louis 77 Transylvania 72 Illinois Wesleyan 77 UW Stevens Point 64 Saint Benedict 43 Washington St. Louis 56 Illinois Wesleyan 53 Washington St. Louis 58 Bottom right sectional First roundMarch 4–6, 2009Regional sites Second roundMarch 7, 2009Regional sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 13, 2009Amherst, MA Sectional finalsMarch 14, 2009Amherst, MA no 160 30 high 1 Amherst, MA New York, NY Waltham, MA Brunswick, ME Amherst 77 Babson 54 Southern Maine 49 Emmanuel (MA) 55 NYU 80 Salve Regina 55 Mary Washington 50 Stevens Tech 59 Brandeis 62 Western Conn. State 49 Mount Saint Mary 56 Brockport State 46 Bowdoin 72 Castleton 31 Muhlenberg 80 Westfield State 63 Amherst 76 Emmanuel (MA) 37 NYU 71 Stevens Tech 57 Brandeis 79 Mount Saint Mary 52 Bowdoin 57 Muhlenberg 58 Amherst 74 NYU 51 Brandeis 82 Muhlenberg 70 Amherst 68 Brandeis 54 Final Four Final FourMarch 20, 2009DeVos FieldhouseHolland, MI National championshipMarch 21, 2009DeVos FieldhouseHolland, MI Third place no 160 30 high George Fox 67 TCNJ 52 Washington St. Louis 65 Amherst 49 George Fox 60 Washington St. Louis 53 TCNJ 82 Amherst 74 All-tournament team Kristen Shielee, George Fox Sage Indendi, George Fox Janice Evans, Washington University in St. Louis Jaimie McFarlin, Washington University in St. Louis Hillary Klimowicz, TCNJ See also 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament Category:2009 in sports in Michigan Category:George Fox Bruins Category:Washington University Bears women's basketball