2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2010 (2010) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Oman Arena; Jackson, Tennessee
Champions	Union University Bulldogs (5th title, 7th title game,; 11th Fab Four)
Runner-up	Azusa Pacific Cougars (1st title game,; 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Lee Flames ; (1st Fab Four); Oklahoma City Stars ; (10th Fab Four);
Coach of the year	Mark Campbell (Union (TN))
Player of the year	Whitney Ballinger; Bridgette Reyes (Campbellsville, ; Vanguard)
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Alex Barone (Saint Xavier)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Zeinab Chan (Union (TN))
Top scorer	Whitney Ballinger (Campbellsville); (91 points)
NAIA Division I ; women's tournaments
«2009	2011»

The 2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2009–10 basketball season.

Defending champions and hometown team Union (TN) defeated Azusa Pacific in the championship game, 73–65, to claim the Bulldogs' fifth NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee from March 17–23, 2010.^[1]^[2]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round March 17–18			Second round March 19			Quarterfinals March 20			Semifinals March 22			National championship March 23

1	Union (TN)	86

8	SAGU	47
			1	Union (TN)	70

			5	Southern Polytechnic State	43
5	Southern Poly	62

4	McKendree	52
						1	Union (TN)	83

						7	Oklahoma Christian	55
3	Westminster (UT)	67

6	Lambuth	55
			3	Westminster (UT)	52

			7	Oklahoma Christian	62
7	Oklahoma Christian	66

2	Point Loma Nazarene	63
									1	Union (TN)	63

									1	Oklahoma City	61
2	Campbellsville	64

7	LSU Shreveport	55
			2	Campbellsville	75

			6	Trevecca Nazarene	57
6	Trevecca Nazarene	71

3	William Woods	64
						2	Campbellsville	77

						1	Oklahoma City	86*
4	Lewis–Clark State	64

5	Biola	55
			4	Lewis–Clark State	59

			1	Oklahoma City	87
8	Shorter	49

1	Oklahoma City	71
												1	Union (TN)	73

												2	Azusa Pacific	65
1	Vanguard	64*

8	Lindsey Wilson	57
			1	Vanguard	75*

			5	Bethel (TN)	69
5	Bethel (TN)	61

4	Columbia (MO)	56
						1	Vanguard	50

						3	Lee (TN)	65
3	Lee (TN)	65

6	Langston	63
			3	Lee (TN)	57

			2	Oklahoma Baptist	53
7	William Jewell	57

2	Oklahoma Baptist	64
									3	Lee (TN)	60

									2	Azusa Pacific	64
2	Azusa Pacific	71

7	Montana Tech	57
			2	Azusa Pacific	59

			3	Freed–Hardeman	53
6	Lubbock Christian	64

3	Freed–Hardeman	73
						2	Azusa Pacific	73

						1	Saint Xavier	69
4	Cumberlands (KY)	67*

5	Xavier Louisiana	62
			4	Cumberlands (KY)	67

			1	Saint Xavier	71
8	Evangel	71

1	Saint Xavier	81

References

^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
^ "Union (Tenn.) Wins Second Consecutive National championship With 73-65 Win Over Azusa Pacific (Calif.)". NAIA.org. NAIA. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

[1] "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 24, 2022.

[2] "Union (Tenn.) Wins Second Consecutive National championship With 73-65 Win Over Azusa Pacific (Calif.)". NAIA.org. NAIA. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

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Qualification

Bracket

See also

References