1986 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Salem, Massachusetts | ||||
| Champions | Salem State Vikings (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Bishop Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | Rust Bearcats (2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | Capital Crusaders (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | (1st title) | ||||
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The 1986 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Salem State defeated Bishop in the championship game, 89–85, to claim the Vikings' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted in Salem, Massachusetts.
Bracket[]
Elite Eight[]
| Elite Eight | Final Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||
| Salem State | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Albany | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Salem State | 67 | |||||||||||||
| Rust | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Rust | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Whitewater | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Salem State | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Bishop | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabethtown | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | 68 | Third Place | ||||||||||||
| Bishop | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Bishop | 85 | Rust | 61 | |||||||||||
| William Penn | 77 | Capital | 77 | |||||||||||
All-tournament team[]
- Evelyn Oquendo, Salem State
- Beth Kapnis, Salem State
- Crystal Coleman, Bishop
- Batavia Evans, Bishop
- Mary Fuhr, Capital
See also[]
- 1986 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
Categories:
- 1985–86 in American women's college basketball
- NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 in sports in Wisconsin