2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2010 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Shirk Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Champions	WashU Bears (5th title)
Runner-up	Hope Flying Dutchmen (2nd title game)
Third place	Amherst Lord Jeffs (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place	Rochester Yellowjackets (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Nancy Fahey (5th title)
MOP	Jaimie McFarlin (Washington University in St. Louis)
Attendance	27,490
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2009 2011»

The 2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 29th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Washington St. Louis defeated Hope in the championship game, 65–59, to claim the Bears' fifth Division III national title and first since 2001.

The championship rounds were hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois from March 19–20.

Qualifying

After five years with sixty-three teams, the team expanded by one to its current size of sixty-four. With the change, all teams now began play in the First Round.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 5, 2010 Regional sites				Second round March 6, 2010 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2010 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 13, 2010 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	68
	MCLA	47
					Amherst	76
	Amherst, MA
					Southern Maine	49
	Southern Maine	74
	RPI	63
									Amherst	71
									Williams	66
	Ithaca	53
	DeSales	62
					DeSales	77
	Ithaca, NY
					William	94
	Mount Saint Mary	56
	Williams	62
													Amherst	80
													Babson	65
	Moravian	61
	Utica	64
					Utica	55
	Allentown, PA
					Gettysburg	71
	Farmingdale State	57
	Gettysburg	68
									Gettysburg	68
									Babson	71
	Colby	62
	Husson	59
					Colby	73
	Waterville, ME
					Babson	76
	Emmanuel (MA)	56
	Babson	76

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 5, 2010 Regional sites				Second round March 6, 2010 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2010 St. Louis, MO				Sectional finals March 13, 2010 St. Louis, MO
	George Fox	65
	Louisiana College	45
					George Fox	59
	Newberg, OR
					Puget Sound	37
	Puget Sound	54
	Redlands	42
									George Fox	55
									Carthage	48
	UW Whitewater	91
	St. Thomas (MN)	73
					UW Whitewater	74
	Whitewater, WI
					Carthage	79
	Carthage	73
	Northland	60
													George Fox	52
													Washington St. Louis	59
	Washington St. Louis	81
	Maryville (TN)	67
					Washington St. Louis	80
	Crestview Hills, KY
					Thomas More	64
	Thomas More	68
	Fontbonne	49
									Washington St. Louis	76
									Mount Union	57
	Messiah	64
	Neumann	55
					Messiah	61
	Grantham, PA
					Mount Union	62
	Mount Union	71
	Washington & Jefferson	48

Top right sectional

	First round March 5, 2010 Regional sites				Second round March 6, 2010 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2010 Union Township, NJ				Sectional finals March 13, 2010 Union Township, NJ
	Kean	105
	Penn State Berks	68
					Kean	75
	Union Township, NJ
					Tufts	56
	Tufts	71
	Muhlenberg	59
									Kean	62
									Bowdoin	51
	Bowdoin	67
	Baruch	53
					Bowdoin	65
	Brunswick, ME
					Western Conn. State	43
	Western Conn. State	59
	U. New England	41
													Kean	65
													Rochester	68
	Christopher Newport	68
	Washington & Jefferson	51
					Christopher Newport	72
	Newport News, VA
					Roanoke	48
	Roanoke	77
	McDaniel	66
									Christopher Newport	69
									Rochester	74
	William Paterson	53
	Mary Washington	84
					Mary Washington	54
	Rochester, NY
					Rochester	61
	Rochester	66
	SUNY Cortland	47

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 5, 2010 Regional sites				Second round March 6, 2010 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 2010 Bloomington, IL				Sectional finals March 13, 2010 Bloomington, IL
	Illinois Wesleyan	76
	Franklin	52
					Illinois Wesleyan	83
	Bloomington, IL
					Simpson	53
	Simpson	66
	Chicago	53
									Illinois Wesleyan	76
									UW Stevens Point	77
	UW Stevens Point	86
	Minnesota–Morris	64
					UW Stevens Point	71
	De Pere, WI
					St. Norbert	58
	St. Norbert	78
	Calvin	67
													UW Stevens Point	64
													Hope	71
	Hope	68
	Denison	40
					Hope	68
	Holland, MI
					DePauw	54
	DePauw	79
	Lakeland	46
									Hope	53
									Marymount (VA)	46
	Marymount (VA)	57
	Scranton	41
					Marymount (VA)	74
	Marymount, VA
					Medaille	44
	Lebanon Valley	63
	Medaille	64

Final Four

	Final Four March 19, 2010 Bloomington, IL				National championship March 20, 2010 Bloomington, IL
	Amherst	75
	Washington St. Louis	86*
					Washington St. Louis	65
					Hope	59
	Rochester	65
	Hope	76			Third place
					Amherst	56
					Rochester	44

All-tournament team

• Jaimie McFarlin, Washington University in St. Louis
• Zoë Unruh, Washington University in St. Louis
• Carrie Snikkers, Hope
• Sarah Leyman, Amherst
• Melissa Alwardt, Rochester

See also

• 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2010 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2010 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2010 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament