1988 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1988 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Flag of Minnesota.svg Moorhead, Minnesota
Champions Concordia Cobbers (1st NCAA title)
Runner-up St. John Fisher Cardinals (1st title game)
Third place UNC Greensboro Spartans (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place Southern Maine Huskies (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Duane Siverson (1st title)
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The 1988 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the seventh 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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Concordia Moorhead defeated St. John Fisher in the championship game, 65–57, to claim the Cobbers' first NCAA Division III national title and second overall.

The championship rounds were hosted by Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Bracket

First round

Regional finals

National finals

Elite EightFinal FourNational championship
         
St. John Fisher 74
Ohio Northern 57
St. John Fisher70
Southern Maine 53
Southern Maine 73
Franklin & Marshall 52
St. John Fisher 57
Concordia–Moorhead65
UNC Greensboro 55
Luther 52
UNC Greensboro 66 Third place
Concordia–Moorhead103
Concordia Moorhead 85Southern Maine 66
Wisconsin–La Crosse 68 UNC Greensboro68

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.