2004 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2004 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	50
Finals site	Jane P. Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Champions	Wilmington Quakers (1st title)
Runner-up	Bowdoin Polar Bears (1st title game)
Third place	Rochester Yellowjackets (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place	Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Jerry Scheve (1st title)
MOP	Tara Rausch (Wilmington (OH))
Attendance	29,162
NCAA Division III women's tournaments « 2003 2005 »

The 2004 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 23rd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Wilmington (OH) defeated Bowdoin in the championship game, 59–53, to claim the Quakers' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Virginia Wesleyan College from March 19–20 at the Jane P. Batten Student Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ^[2]

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 3, 2004 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 2004 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2004 Arlington, VA				Sectional finals March 13, 2004 Arlington, VA
					NYU*	69
					Union (NY)	50
	Union (NY)*	78
	Mount Saint Mary	47
									NYU	68
									Rochester	77
	Ithaca*	60
	Cortland State	64
					Cortland State	50
					Rochester (NY)*	65
													Rochester	61
													Marymount (VA)	57
					Marymount (VA)*	73
					Johns Hopkins	57
	Johns Hopkins*	71
	Alvernia	53
									Marymount (VA)	68
									McDaniel	64
	McDaniel*	71
	Pitt Greensburg	64
					McDaniel*	70
					TCNJ	65
	TCNJ*	60
	Hunter	52

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 3, 2004 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 2004 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2004 Crestview Hills, KY				Sectional finals March 13, 2004 Crestview Hills, KY
					Franklin*	60
					Wilmington (OH)	75
	Wilmington (OH)*	66
	Albion	62
									Wilmington (OH)	78
									Thomas More	75
	DePauw*	88
	Aurora	44
					DePauw	63
					Thomas More*	68
													Wilmington (OH)	63
													Puget Sound	60
					Puget Sound*	61
					Chapman	53
	Chapman*	57
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	47
									Puget Sound	70
									Buena Vista	66
	Carleton*	58
	Lakeland	42
					Carleton	61
					Buena Vista*	69

Top right sectional

	First round March 3, 2004 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 2004 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2004 Brunswick, ME				Sectional finals March 13, 2004 Brunswick, ME
					Scranton*	60
					Gwynedd-Mercy	58
	Gwynedd-Mercy*	66
	Widener	52
									Scranton	68
									Wittenberg	51
	Wittenberg*	81
	Penn State Behrend	49
					Wittenberg	51
					Messiah*	48
													Scranton	58
													Bowdoin	71
					Bowdoin*	57
					Salve Regina	44
	Salve Regina*	61
	Emmanuel (MA)	58
									Bowdoin	59
									Southern Maine	55
	Salem State*	78
	Clark (MA)	67
					Salem State	57
					Southern Maine	80
	Husson	57
	Southern Maine*	80

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 3, 2004 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 2004 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2004 Stevens Point, WI				Sectional finals March 13, 2004 Stevens Point, WI
					UW Stevens Point*	84
					Ripon	66
	Ripon*	69
	Wheaton (IL)	51
									UW Stevens Point	83
									Washington St. Louis	76
	Millikin*	69
	Maryville (MO)	53
					Millikin	59
					Washington St. Louis*	72
													UW Stevens Point	72
													Hardin–Simmons	67
					Hardin–Simmons*	96
					Maryville (MO)	72
	Maryville (TN)*	101
	Mary Baldwin	51
									Hardin–Simmons	91
									Eastern Mennonite	64
	Bethany (WV)*	60
	Christopher Newport	61
					Christopher Newport	62
					Eastern Mennonite*	63

Final Four

	Final Four March 19, 2004				National championship March 20, 2004
	Rochester	63
	Wilmington (OH)	74
					Wilmington (OH)	59
					Bowdoin	53
	Bowdoin	64
	UW Stevens Point	59			Third place March 20, 2004
					Rochester	64
					UW Stevens Point	63

All-tournament team

• Tara Rausch, Wilmington
• Amy Kincer, Wilmington
• Erika Smith, Rochester
• Kelly Wescott, Rochester
• Amanda Nechuta, Wisconsin–Stevens Point
• Lora Trenkle, Bowdoin

See also

• 2004 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2004 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2004 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2004 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2004 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
2. "Virginia Wesleyan awarded women's Final Four in 2004, 2005". d3hoops.com. D3Hoops. Retrieved April 6, 2025.