2000 Division III women's basketball tournament

For the second year in a row, the 2000 Division III women's championships were held at the O'Neill Center in Danbury, Conn.  And for the second year in a row, Washington U. finished an undefeated season with a national championship.

National Championship

2000 Tournament Coverage

   National semifinal game stories

   Sights and sounds from Danbury

   Inside Scranton

   Inside Southern Maine

   Tournament preview: Who can beat Wash U?

Western Connecticut's O'Neill Center, host site for the 2000 championship weekend

Washington U. 79, Southern Maine 33
Danbury, Conn. (att: 1,746)

All-Tournament team
Alia Fischer, Washington U. (Most Outstanding Player)
Tasha Rodgers, Washington U.
Trish Ripton, Southern Maine
Jennifer Ulstad, St. Thomas
Kelly Halpin, Scranton

Third Place
St. Thomas 66, Scranton 56

National Semifinals
Washington U. 64, Scranton 30
Southern Maine 49, St. Thomas 42

Sectional Finals
Scranton 72, at St. Lawrence 59
at Washington U. 86, Baldwin-Wallace 71
Southern Maine 65, at Rowan 62
St. Thomas 68, at Hardin-Simmons 56

Sectional Semifinals
Scranton 49, King's 45
St. Lawrence 67, St. John Fisher 62 (OT)
Baldwin-Wallace 76, Calvin 72 (2 OT)
Washington U. 81, UW-Eau Claire 63
Southern Maine 77, Clark 61
Rowan 70, Eastern Nazarene 44
St. Thomas 76, George Fox 64
Hardin-Simmons 62, McMurry 60

Second Round
King's 62, Allentown 54
Scranton 67, Messiah 43
St. John Fisher 65, Cortland State 60
St. Lawrence 49, William Smith 43
Baldwin-Wallace 77, Wilmington 72
Calvin 64, Capital 63
Washington U. 67, UW-Oshkosh 46
UW-Eau Claire 75, Millikin 38
Clark 63, Bates 59
Southern Maine 72, Salem State 68
Rowan 87, Salisbury State 73
Eastern Nazarene 66, Richard Stockton 63
St. Thomas 64, Pacific Lutheran 45
George Fox 71, Cal Lutheran 63
Hardin-Simmons 101, Roanoke 76
McMurry 70, Hendrix 59

First Round
King's 60, Johns Hopkins 57
Messiah 71, Bethany 66 (OT)
St. John Fisher 66, Mount St. Mary 55
William Smith 78, Gwynedd-Mercy 52
Wilmington 64, Kenyon 46
Calvin 68, Lake Forest 42
UW-Oshkosh 64, Wisconsin Lutheran 38
Millikin 77, Fontbonne 54
Clark 63, Norwich 58
Salem State 55, Wellesley 48
Salisbury State 80, Staten Island 63
Richard Stockton 80, Centenary (N.J.) 45
Pacific Lutheran 50, Whitworth 46
George Fox 63, Linfield 51
Cal Lutheran 72, UC San Diego 66
Roanoke 69, Shenandoah 55
McMurry 62, Simpson 47
Hendrix 56, Maryville (Tenn.) 44

Allentown is now known as DeSales.