2011 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Shirk Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Champions	Amherst Lord Jeffs (1st title)
Runner-up	WashU Bears (9th title game)
Third place	Christopher Newport Captains (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Illinois Wesleyan Titans (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	G.P. Gromacki (1st title)
MOP	Caroline Stedman (Amherst)
Attendance	27,490
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The 2011 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 30th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Amherst defeated Washington University in St. Louis in the championship game, 64–55, to claim the Lord Jeffs' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 4, 2011 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2011 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2011 Stevens Point, WI				Sectional finals March 12, 2011 Stevens Point, WI
	Chapman	60
	Louisiana College	61
					Louisiana College	47
	Orange, CA
					George Fox	63
	George Fox	53
	Occidental	46
									George Fox	71
									UW Stevens Point	63
	UW Stevens Point	79
	St. Norbert	69
					UW Stevens Point	82
	Stevens Point, WI
					Simpson	75
	Simpson	59
	Concordia Moorhead	56
													George Fox	60
													Illinois Wesleyan	61
	Coe	78
	Minnesota–Morris	53
					Coe	79
	Cedar Rapids, IA
					Howard Payne	56
	Lewis & Clark	66
	Howard Payne	84
									Coe	74
									Illinois Wesleyan	77
	Illinois Wesleyan	82
	Webster	70
					Illinois Wesleyan	84
	Bloomington, IL
					Wisconsin Lutheran	69
	UW La Crosse	59
	Wisconsin Lutheran	73

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 4, 2011 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2011 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2011 Crestview Hills, KY				Sectional finals March 12, 2011 Crestview Hills, KY
	Thomas More	53
	Piedmont	44
					Thomas More	76
	Crestview Hills, KY
					Mount Union	63
	UW Whitewater	55
	Mount Union	69
									Thomas More	53
									Washington St. Louis	72
	Hope	77
	DePauw	65
					Hope	52
	Holland, MI
					Washington St. Louis	56
	Denison	55
	Washington St. Louis	71
													Washington St. Louis	63
													Chicago	58
	Calvin	73
	La Roche	37
					Calvin	62
	Grand Rapids, MI
					Chicago	67
	Chicago	76
	Hanover	62
									Chicago	87
									Greensboro	61
	Juniata	62
	Gallaudet	45
					Juniata	55
	Huntingdon, PA
					Greensboro	57
	Greensboro	83
	Saint Vincent	66

Top right sectional

	First round March 4, 2011 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2011 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2011 Annville, PA				Sectional finals March 12, 2011 Annville, PA
	William Paterson	81
	Keuka	47
					William Paterson	58
	Wayne, NJ
					Colby	53
	Colby	58
	Stevens Tech	48
									William Paterson	61
									Lebanon Valley	83
	Lebanon Valley	83
	Neumann	68
					Lebanon Valley	73
	Annville, PA
					Randolph-Macon	56
	Randolph-Macon	80
	Bridgewater State	69
													Lebanon Valley	50
													Christopher Newport	62
	Christopher Newport	81
	York (PA)	52
					Christopher Newport	81
	Newport News, VA
					Johns Hopkins	62
	Johns Hopkins	76
	Richard Stockton	68
									Christopher Newport	80
									Kean	76
	Kean	80
	Vassar	49
					Kean	82
	Union Township, NJ
					Western Conn. State	64
	Messiah	44
	Western Conn. State	65

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 4, 2011 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2011 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2011 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 12, 2011 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	102
	Husson	44
					Amherst	76
	Amherst, MA
					Eastern Conn. State	54
	Baruch	65
	Eastern Conn. State	76
									Amherst	79
									Muhlenberg	60
	Rochester	70
	Daniel Webster	52
					Rochester	69
	Rochester, NY
					Muhlenberg	74
	Williams	63
	Muhlenberg	64
													Amherst	68
													Babson	49
	Bowdoin	74
	Salve Regina	64
					Bowdoin	61
	Brunswick, ME
					Mount Saint Mary	53
	Emmanuel (MA)	50
	Mount Saint Mary	73
									Bowdoin	58
									Babson	61
	Geneseo State	62
	DeSales	51
					Geneseo State	53
	Geneseo, NY
					Bowdoin	65
	Medaille	58
	Babson	78

Final Four

	Final Four March 18, 2011 Bloomington, IL				National championship March 19, 2011 Bloomington, IL
	Illinois Wesleyan	77
	Washington St. Louis	87
					Washington St. Louis	55
					Amherst	64
	Christopher Newport	59
	Amherst	69			Third place
					Illinois Wesleyan	58
					Christopher Newport	64

All-tournament team

• Caroline Stedman, Amherst
• Jaci Daigneault, Amherst
• Kathryn Berger, Washington University in St. Louis
• Chelsie Schweers, Christopher Newport
• Nikki Preston, Illinois Wesleyan

See also

• 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 18, 2025.