1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1989 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Danville, Kentucky
Champions	Elizabethtown Blue Jays (2nd title)
Runner-up	Stanislaus State Warriors (1st title game)
Third place	Centre Colonels (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Clarkson Golden Knights (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Yvonne Kauffman (2nd title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1988 1990»

The 1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the eighth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Elizabethtown defeated Stanislaus State in the championship game, 66–56, to claim the Blue Jays' second Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

Bracket

• An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
• An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

Regionals

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Carnegie Mellon		61
	Elizabethtown		78
						Elizabethtown		91
						DeSales		58
	DeSales		74
	Franklin & Marshall		58			Regional Third-place
						Carnegie Mellon		73*
						Franklin & Marshall		67

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Montclair State		69
	Muskingum		88
						Muskingum		93
						Ohio Northern		78
	Kean		72
	Ohio Northern		85			Regional Third-place
						Montclair State		59
						Kean		54

	First Round					Regional Championship
	St. Norbert		74
	Wisconsin–River Falls		93
						Wisconsin–River Falls		73
						Wisconsin–Eau Claire		83
	Alma		63
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire		68			Regional Third-place
						St. Norbert		69
						Alma		79

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Maryville (TN)		63
	Nazareth		71
						Nazareth		62
						Centre (KY)		81
	Centre (KY)		70
	Virginia Wesleyan		61			Regional Third-place
						Maryville (TN)		86
						Virginia Wesleyan		79

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Clark (MA)		70
	Salem State		40
						Clark (MA)		51
						Southern Maine		47
	Southern Maine		71
	Western Connecticut State		46			Regional Third-place
						Salem State		57
						Western Connecticut State		58

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Clarkson		81
	St. John Fisher		64
						Clarkson		77
						NYU		66
	NYU		72
	Stony Brook		60			Regional Third-place
						St. John Fisher		76
						Stony Brook		83

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Augustana (IL)		93
	Wartburg		74
						Augustana (IL)		59
						Luther		82
	Luther		77
	Millikin		63			Regional Third-place
						Wartburg		97
						Millikin		75

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Saint Thomas (MN)		68
	Stanislaus State		82
						Stanislaus State		80
						Concordia Moorhead		74
	Concordia Moorhead		80
	St. Benedict		58			Regional Third-place
						St. Thomas (MN)		64
						St. Benedict		56

National finals

	Elite Eight					Final Four					National championship
	Elizabethtown		72
	Muskingum		67
						Elizabethtown		73*
						Centre (KY)		64
	Centre (KY)		82
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire		62
											Elizabethtown		66
											Stanislaus State		65
	Clarkson		72
	Clark (MA)		58
						Clarkson		74			National third place
						Stanislaus State		89
	Stanislaus State		70								Centre (KY)		106
	Luther		62								Clarkson		78

All-tournament team

• Nancy Keene, Elizabethtown
• Kirsten Dumford, Stanislaus State
• Lisa Minturn, Stanislaus State
• Amy Huestis, Clarkson
• Susan Yates, Centre

See also

• 1989 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1989 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1989 NAIA women's basketball tournament