1995 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1995 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Capital Crusaders (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (1st title game)
Third place	St. Thomas Tommies (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place	Salem State Vikings (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Dixie Jeffers (2nd title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1994 1996»

The 1995 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 14th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Defending champions Capital defeated Wisconsin–Oshkosh in the championship game, 59–55, to claim the Crusaders' second Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Bracket

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

East sectional

	Play-in round March 1, 1995 Campus sites				Second round March 4, 1995 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 1995 Salem, MA				Sectional finals March 11, 1995 Salem, MA
	Salem State*	69
	Westfield State	64
					Salem State*	76
	Northeast Region
					Clark (MA)	56
	Plymouth State	61
	Clark (MA)*	74
									Salem State	81
									NYU	78
	NYU*	67
	Brockport State	61
					NYU*	70
	East Region
					St. John Fisher	62
	Binghamton	55
	St. John Fisher*	79
													Salem State	76
													Geneseo State	65
	Southern Maine*	63
	Trinity (CT)	66
					Trinity (CT)	76
	Northeast Region
					Wheaton (MA)*	80
	Middlebury	53
	Wheaton (MA)*	74
									Wheaton (MA)	66
									Geneseo State	69
	William Smith*	84
	Buffalo State	65
					William Smith	66
	East Region
					Geneseo State*	81
	Hartwick	60
	Geneseo State*	86

South sectional

	Play-in round March 1, 1995 Campus sites				Second round March 4, 1995 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 1995 Maryville, TN				Sectional finals March 11, 1995 Maryville, TN
	Maryville (TN)*	90
	Trinity (TX)	72
					Maryville (TN)*	90
	South Region
					Roanoke	59
	Roanoke	87
	Ferrum*	70
									Maryville (TN)	67
									Wisconsin–Oshkosh	83
	Franklin*	78
	Manchester	69
					Franklin	57
	Great Lakes Region
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	61
	Hope	44
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	68
													Wisconsin–Oshkosh	86
													Wisconsin–Eau Claire	80
	Marymount (VA)*	91
	Christopher Newport	79
					Marymount (VA)	79
	South Region
					Emory*	95
	Millsaps	77
	Emory*	95
									Emory	57
									Wisconsin–Eau Claire	88
	Wisconsin–Whitewater*	72
	Wisconsin–River Falls	71
					Wisconsin–Whitewater	64
	Great Lakes Region
					Wisconsin–Eau Claire*	74
	Beloit	56
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	70

Atlantic sectional

	Play-in round March 1, 1995 Campus sites				Second round March 4, 1995 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 1995 Alliance, OH				Sectional finals March 11, 1995 Bexley, OH
	Scranton*	65
	Gettysburg	73
					Gettysburg	55
	Mid-Atlantic Region
					William Paterson*	80
	Cabrini	41
	William Paterson*	82
									William Paterson	59
									Mount Union	58
	Wittenberg*	58
	Defiance	80
					Defiance	63
	Atlantic Region
					Mount Union*	73
	Mount Union	70
	Ohio Wesleyan*	63
													William Paterson	60
													Capital	75
	Johns Hopkins*	77
	Ursinus	67
					Johns Hopkins*	75
	Mid-Atlantic Region
					Montclair State	58
	Montclair State	77
	Elizabethtown*	68
									Johns Hopkins	79
									Capital	94
	Salisbury State*	66
	Waynesburg	68
					Waynesburg	40
	Atlantic Region
					Capital*	74
	Washington and Jefferson	50
	Capital*	74

West sectional

	Play-in round March 1, 1995 Campus sites				Second round March 4, 1995 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 1995 St. Paul, MN				Sectional finals March 11, 1995 St. Paul, MN
	Millikin*	70
	Chicago	53
					Millikin*	66
	Central Region
					Central (IA)	58
	Central (IA)	70
	Buena Vista*	65
									Millikin	52
									St. Thomas (MN)	82
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps*	63
	Cal Lutheran	54
					Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	52
	West Region
					St. Thomas (MN)*	82
	Gustavus Adolphus	54
	St. Thomas (MN)*	66
													St. Thomas (MN)	67
													St. Benedict	65
	Luther (IA)*	68
	Aurora	72
					Aurora	75
	Central Region
					Washington St. Louis*	63
	Illinois Wesleyan	69
	Washington St. Louis*	75
									Aurora	46
									St. Benedict	80
	Concordia Moorhead*	54
	Bethel (MN)	50
					Concordia Moorhead	56
	West Region
					St. Benedict*	71
	UC San Diego	57
	St. Benedict*	68

Final Four

	Final Four				National championship
	Salem State	69
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	82
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh	55
					Capital	59
	Capital	68
	St. Thomas (MN)	59			Third place
					Salem State	79
					St. Thomas (MN)	82*

All-tournament team

• Katie Mang, Capital
• Jill Walker, Capital
• Natalie DeMichei, Wisconsin–Oshkosh
• Wendy Wangerin, Wisconsin–Oshkosh
• Laura Witte, St. Thomas (MN)

See also

• 1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1995 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1995 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament