Northern Sun women's basketball tournament

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Northern Sun women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Sanford Pentagon
Current location Sioux Falls, SD
Played2000–present
Current champion Concordia St. Paul (5th)
Most championships Minnesota–Duluth (8)
Official website NSIC Women's Basketball

The Northern Sun women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2000. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1]

Contents

The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue
2000 Minnesota–Duluth 83–57 Southwest State Sue Fiero, Minnesota–Duluth Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2001Minnesota–Duluth53–49Southwest StateKate Madrinich, Minnesota–DuluthGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2002Southwest State63–48Minnesota–DuluthShelli Schoeneck, Southwest StateGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2003Minnesota–Duluth68–60 Minnesota–Crookston Lindsey Dietz, Minnesota–DuluthGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2004Minnesota–Duluth58–57 Concordia-St. Paul Tanysha Scott, Minnesota–DuluthGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2005Concordia-St. Paul86–78 Minnesota State Moorhead Jennifer Pozzani, Concordia-St. Paul Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse (Moorhead, MN)
2006 Wayne State 59–54 Northern State Nicole Gruntorad, Wayne State Rice Auditorium (Wayne, NE)
2007Concordia-St. Paul85–77Minnesota State MoorheadKatie LaViolette, Concordia-St. PaulGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2008Concordia-St. Paul70–65Wayne StateKatie LaViolette, Concordia-St. PaulGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2009 St. Cloud State 53–41Concordia-St. PaulRachel Booth, St. Cloud State McCown Gymnasium (Winona, MN)
2010Wayne State77–67Minnesota–DuluthMara Hjelle, Wayne StateGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2011Winona State63–61Concordia-St. PaulMichelle McDonald, Winona StateGangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN)
2012Wayne State62–59 Augustana (SD) Ashley Arlen, Wayne State Taylor Arena (Rochester, MN)
2013Augustana (SD)81–73 Minnesota State Emily Schulte, Augustana (SD)Taylor Arena (Rochester, MN)
2014Concordia-St. Paul54–36Northern StateRachel Hansen, Concordia-St. Paul Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2015Northern State61–45Wayne StateRachel Krogman, Northern StateSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2016 Sioux Falls 75–57Augustana (SD)Taylor Varsho, Sioux FallsSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2017Northern State55–52Sioux FallsJill Conrad, Northern StateSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2018Augustana (SD)64–45Winona StateLogan O’Farrell, Augustana (SD)Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2019Minnesota–Duluth52–48Minnesota State MoorheadSarah Grow, Minnesota–DuluthSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2020St. Cloud State71–62Minnesota–DuluthNikki Kilboten, St. CloudSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2021Minnesota–Duluth67–55St. Cloud StateBrooke Olson, Minnesota–DuluthSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2022Minnesota–Duluth62–39St. Cloud StateBrooke Olson, Minnesota–DuluthSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2023Minnesota–Duluth80–74Minnesota StateBrooke Olson, Minnesota–DuluthSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2024Minnesota State89–74 Mary (ND) Joey Batt, Minnesota StateSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
2025Concordia St. Paul92–73Minnesota StateLindsey Becher, ConcordiaSanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)

Championship appearances by school

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
Minnesota–Duluth 8–3112000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Concordia–St. Paul 5–382005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2025
Wayne State 3–252006, 2010, 2012
Augustana 2–242013, 2018
Northern State 2–242015, 2017
St. Cloud State 2–242009, 2020
Minnesota State 1–342024
Southwest Minnesota State 1–232002
Sioux Falls 1–122016
Winona State 1–122011
Minnesota State–Moorhead 0–33
Mary (ND) 0–11
Minnesota–Crookston 0–11

See also

References

  1. "Northern Sun Women's Basketball Tournament History". Year-by-year records. NSIC. 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.