Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament

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Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
Summit tournament logo.png
Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008-present)
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumDenny Sanford Premier Center
Current locationSioux Falls, South Dakota
Played1993–present
Last contest2020
Current champion (3)
Most championshipsSouth Dakota State Jackrabbits (9)
TV partner(s)Midco Sports Net, ESPN3, ESPNU
Official websiteTheSummitLeague.org Women's Basketball

The Summit League women's basketball tournament has existed since 1993. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Summit League was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982–1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007.

Tournament champions[]

Year Champion (seed) Score Runner-up (seed) Most valuable player
1992–93 Northern Illinois (1) 75–58 Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] (2) Dawn Schirmacher, Wisconsin–Green Bay
1993–94 Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] (2) 73–70 Northern Illinois (1) E. C. Hill, Northern Illinois
1994–95 Western Illinois (1) 73–60 Youngstown State (2) Oberon Pitterson, Western Illinois
1995–96 Youngstown State (1) 53–43 Buffalo (2) Shannon Beach, Youngstown State
1996–97 Troy State[b] (1) 89–75 Youngstown State (2) Samantha Tomlinson, Troy State
1997–98 Youngstown State (1) 78–69 Valparaiso (2) Sarrah Stricklett, Valparaiso
1998–99 Oral Roberts (4) 57–52 Youngstown State (2) Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
1999–00 Youngstown State (2) 73–57 Valparaiso (4) Brianne Kenneally, Youngstown State
2000–01 Oral Roberts (2) 61–46 Oakland (1) Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
2001–02 Oakland (2) 52–40 Valparaiso (1) Sarah Judd, Oakland
2002–03 Valparaiso (4) 48–46 Oakland (6) Katie Boone, Valparaiso
2003–04 Valparaiso (2) 64–63 Oral Roberts (4) Leah Cannon, Oral Roberts
2004–05 Oral Roberts (4) 48–42 UMKC[c] (7) Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2005–06 Oakland (6) 65–56 Western Illinois (1) Anne Hafeli, Oakland
2006–07 Oral Roberts (3) 72–55 Oakland (1) Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2007–08 Oral Roberts (4) 66–53 IUPUI (3) Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2008–09 South Dakota State (1) 79–69 Oakland (2) Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State
2009–10 South Dakota State (3) 79–75 OT Oral Roberts (1) Maria Boever, South Dakota State
2010–11 South Dakota State (3) 61–54 Oakland (4) Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State
2011–12 South Dakota State (1) 78–77 OT UMKC[c] (3) Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota State
2012–13 South Dakota State (1) 56–53 South Dakota (3) Ashley Eide, South Dakota State
2013–14 South Dakota (4) 82–71 Denver (6) Polly Harrington, South Dakota
2014–15 South Dakota State (2) 72–57 South Dakota (1) Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota
2015–16 South Dakota State (2) 61–55 South Dakota (1) Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2016–17 Western Illinois (1) 77–69 OT IUPUI (2) Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
2017–18 South Dakota State (2) 65–50 South Dakota (1) Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2018–19 South Dakota State (1) 83–71 South Dakota (2) Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2019–20 South Dakota (1) 63–58 South Dakota State (2) Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
2020–21 (2) 66-43 Omaha (8) Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
2021–22
  1. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Green Bay.
  2. ^ Now known as Troy.
  3. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Kansas City.

Tournament wins by school[]

School Championships Winning years
South Dakota State 9 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Oral Roberts 5 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
South Dakota 4 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022
Youngstown State 3 1996, 1998, 2000
Western Illinois 2 1995, 2017
Oakland 2 2002, 2006
Valparaiso 2 2003, 2004
Northern Illinois 1 1993
Green Bay 1 1994
Troy State 1 1997
  • Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
  • Among current Summit League members, Denver and Kansas City have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, and North Dakota, North Dakota State, and Omaha have yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).


Tournament locations[]

Year Location Notes
1993 Green Bay, Wisconsin
1994 DeKalb, Illinois
1995 Macomb, Illinois
1996 Buffalo, New York
1997 Buffalo, New York
1998 Moline, Illinois
1999 Moline, Illinois
2000 Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001 Fort Wayne, Indiana
2002 Fort Wayne, Indiana
2003 Kansas City, Missouri
2004 Kansas City, Missouri
2005 Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006 Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 Tulsa, Oklahoma
2008 Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2011 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2012 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2013 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2014 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2015 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (6,926). Record has since been broken.[1]
2016 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2017 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2018 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Highest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (8,704).
2019 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2020 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2021 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2022 Sioux Falls, South Dakota

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/wbkb/2014-15/releases/20150310dx0aah
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