2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2009 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	63
Finals site	DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, Michigan
Champions	George Fox Bruins (1st title)
Runner-up	WashU Bears (7th title game)
Third place	TCNJ Lions (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Amherst Lord Jeffs (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Scott Rueck (1st title)
MOP	Kristen Shielee (George Fox)
Attendance	27,616
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The 2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 28th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

George Fox defeated Washington St. Louis in the championship game, 60–53, to claim the Bruins' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Michigan from March 20–21.

Qualifying

For the fourth consecutive year, the tournament featured sixty-three teams. All teams but one, George Fox, started play in the First Round, with the Bruins receiving the singular bye to the Second Round.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 4–6, 2009 Regional sites				Second round March 7, 2009 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 13, 2009 Crestview Hills, KY				Sectional finals March 14, 2009 Crestview Hills, KY
					George Fox	83
	Orange, CA/Newberg, OR
					Chapman	40
	Chapman	70
	Occidental	65
									George Fox	71
									Oglethorpe	56
	Oglethorpe	68
	Maryville (TN)	65
					Oglethorpe	67
	Atlanta, GA
					Greensboro	40
	Greensboro	77
	Mississippi College	70
													George Fox	58
													Hope	46
	Messiah	81
	Eastern Conn. State	46
					Messiah	50
	Grantham, PA
					Thomas More	57
	Thomas More	76
	Randolph-Macon	61
									Thomas More	51
									Hope	67
	Hope	87
	Washington & Jefferson	64
					Hope	69
	Holland, MI
					Baldwin-Wallace	53
	Baldwin-Wallace	52
	Pitt Greensburg	44

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 4–6, 2009 Regional sites				Second round March 7, 2009 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 13, 2009 Rochester, NY				Sectional finals March 14, 2009 Rochester, NY
	Scranton	73
	Keuka	42
					Scranton	51
	Scranton, PA
					Cortland State	45
	St. Lawrence	55
	Cortland State	71
									Scranton	50
									York (PA)	46
	York (PA)	75
	Christopher Newport	61
					York (PA)	90
	York, PA
					Baruch	73
	Cabrini	58
	Baruch	72
													Scranton	48
													TCNJ	54
	Moravian	70
	Tufts	80
					Tufts	55
	Bethlehem, PA
					TCNJ	57
	TCNJ	64
	DeSales	51
									TCNJ	70
									Rochester	58
	Rochester	67
	Widener	56
					Rochester	66
	Rochester, NY
					Kean	59
	Kean	74
	Mary Washington	60

Top right sectional

	First round March 4–6, 2009 Regional sites				Second round March 7, 2009 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 13, 2009 Bloomington, IL				Sectional finals March 14, 2009 Bloomington, IL
	Illinois Wesleyan	80
	Ohio Wesleyan	51
					Illinois Wesleyan	80
	Bloomington, IL
					UW Eau Claire	63
	UW Eau Claire	62
	DePauw Tigers	50
									Illinois Wesleyan	77
									UW Stevens Point	64
	UW Stevens Point	77
	Maryville (MO)	62
					UW Stevens Point	78
	Stevens Point, WI
					Concordia Wisconsin	58
	Concordia Moorhead	72
	Concordia Wisconsin	76
													Illinois Wesleyan	53
													Washington St. Louis	58
	Saint Benedict	55
	Ripon	42
					Saint Benedict	67
	St. Joseph, MN
					UW Whitewater	59
	UW Whitewater	69
	Simpson	59
									Saint Benedict	43
									Washington St. Louis	56
	Washington St. Louis	77
	Capital	72
					Washington St. Louis	77
	St. Louis, MO
					Transylvania	72
	Transylvania	65
	Howard Payne	52

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 4–6, 2009 Regional sites				Second round March 7, 2009 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 13, 2009 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 14, 2009 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	77
	Babson	54
					Amherst	76
	Amherst, MA
					Emmanuel (MA)	37
	Southern Maine	49
	Emmanuel (MA)	55
									Amherst	74
									NYU	51
	NYU	80
	Salve Regina	55
					NYU	71
	New York, NY
					Stevens Tech	57
	Mary Washington	50
	Stevens Tech	59
													Amherst	68
													Brandeis	54
	Brandeis	62
	Western Conn. State	49
					Brandeis	79
	Waltham, MA
					Mount Saint Mary	52
	Mount Saint Mary	56
	Brockport State	46
									Brandeis	82
									Muhlenberg	70
	Bowdoin	72
	Castleton	31
					Bowdoin	57
	Brunswick, ME
					Muhlenberg	58
	Muhlenberg	80
	Westfield State	63

Final Four

	Final Four March 20, 2009 DeVos Fieldhouse Holland, MI				National championship March 21, 2009 DeVos Fieldhouse Holland, MI
	George Fox	67
	TCNJ	52
					George Fox	60
					Washington St. Louis	53
	Washington St. Louis	65
	Amherst	49			Third place
					TCNJ	82
					Amherst	74

All-tournament team

• Kristen Shielee, George Fox
• Sage Indendi, George Fox
• Janice Evans, Washington University in St. Louis
• Jaimie McFarlin, Washington University in St. Louis
• Hillary Klimowicz, TCNJ

See also

• 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 17, 2025.