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- ↑ Snyder, Mark (April 2, 2017). "Flaherty, Michigan women nab WNIT crown in 3 OTs". Battle Creek Enquirer . Detroit Free Press. p. C3. Retrieved March 28, 2022– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "2017 Postseason WNIT Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Postseason WNIT Sets Dates". Women's NIT. TripleCrownSports. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ↑ Koso, Kyle (April 1, 2017). "Michigan outlasts Georgia Tech for 2017 WNIT title". womensnit.com. Retrieved March 28, 2022.