2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
Christopher Newport Captains (2nd Final Four) | |||||
| Winning coach | G.P. Gromacki (1st title) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOP | Ali Doswell (Amherst) | ||||
| Attendance | 33,182 | ||||
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The 2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 36th annual
NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Amherst defeated Tufts in the championship game, 52–29, to claim the Lord Jeffs' second Division III national title and first since 2011
.
The championship rounds were hosted by Calvin University at the Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Bracket
Final Four
| Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
Amherst
| 66 | ||||||||
Christopher Newport
| 61 | ||||||||
| Amherst | 52 | ||||||||
| Tufts | 29 | ||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 57 | ||||||||
| Tufts | 60 | ||||||||
All-tournament team
- Ali Doswell, Amherst
- Meredith Doswell, Amherst
- Devon Byrd, Christopher Newport
- Kaitlin Langer, St. Thomas (MN)
- Michela North, Tufts
See also
- 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
References
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.