1986 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1986 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Flag of Massachusetts.svg Salem, Massachusetts
Champions Salem State Vikings (1st title)
Runner-up Bishop Tigers (1st title game)
Third place Capital Crusaders (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place Rust Bearcats (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Tim Shea (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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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]

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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

First round

Regional finals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Salem State 90
Albany 79
Salem State67
Rust 59
Rust 78
Wisconsin–Whitewater 64
Salem State89
Bishop 85
Capital 61
Elizabethtown 55
Capital 68 National third-place game
Bishop73
Bishop 85Rust 61
William Penn 77 Capital77

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 14, 2021.