2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2022 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Champions	Hope Flying Dutch (3rd title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Trine Thunder (1st Final Four) Amherst Mammoths (9th Final Four)
Winning coach	Brian Morehouse (2nd title)
MOP	Sydney Muller (Hope)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2021 2023»

The 2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States for the 2021–22 NCAA Division III women's basketball season.

The championship rounds were played at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, March 17–19, 2022. The final game had Hope beating Whitewater 71–58.

This was the first tournament since 2019, as the two previous editions in 2020 and 2021 were both canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualifying

Automatic bids (44)

Automatic bids
Conference	Qualifying school	Record
AMCC	La Roche	20–5
American Rivers	Simpson	25–1
American Southwest	Hardin-Simmons	21–4
Atlantic East	Immaculata	18–8
Centennial	Gettysburg	24–3
CUNYAC	Brooklyn	21–3
Coast to Coast	Christopher Newport	24–0
CCIW	Illinois Wesleyan	19–8
CSAC	Clarks Summit	23–4
Commonwealth Coast	Roger Williams	25–2
Empire 8	St. John Fisher	25–2
Great Northeast	Emmanuel (MA)	25–1
HCAC	Transylvania	24–0
Landmark	Scranton	25–2
Liberty	Ithaca	24–3
Little East	Rhode Island College	23–5
MASCAC	Framingham State	22–3
Michigan	Hope	26–1
MAC Commonwealth	Messiah	23–3
MAC Freedom	DeSales	23–3
Midwest	Ripon	18–9
Minnesota	Gustavus Adolphus	22–4
NECC	Mitchell	12–13
NESCAC	Bates	17–7
NEWMAC	Smith	23–2
New Jersey	New Jersey City	13–9
North Atlantic	SUNY Poly	20–6
North Coast	Wittenberg	18–7
NACC	Wisconsin Lutheran	23–1
Northwest	Whitman	26–1
Ohio	Baldwin Wallace	21–4
Old Dominion	Shenandoah	22–5
Presidents'	Washington & Jefferson	23–4
St. Louis	Webster	25–0
Skyline	Mount Saint Mary	23–3
SAA	Rhodes	23–2
SCIAC	Whittier	16–8
SCAC	Trinity (TX)	25–2
SUNYAC	SUNY New Paltz	20–6
United East	SUNY Morrisville	19–7
University Athletic	NYU	22–1
Upper Midwest	North Central (MN)	24–4
USA South	Southern Virginia	24–4
Wisconsin	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	21–7

At-large bids (20)

At-large bids
Qualifying school	Conference	Record
Amherst	NESCAC	21–3
Babson	NEWMAC	19–7
CUA	Landmark	20–5
DePauw	North Coast	23–3
East Texas Baptist	American Southwest	20–5
Elizabethtown	Landmark	20–5
John Carroll	Ohio	22–4
Johns Hopkins	Centennial	22–4
Marietta	Ohio	21–5
Mary Hardin-Baylor	American Southwest	22–4
Millikin	CCIW	21–6
Salisbury	Coast-to-Coast	20–6
Springfield	NEWMAC	22–4
SUNY Cortland	SUNYAC	21–5
Trine	Michigan	24–3
Tufts	NESCAC	20–4
Wartburg	American Rivers	21–5
Washington and Lee	Old Dominion	20–6
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Wisconsin	19–6
Wisconsin–Whitewater	Wisconsin	23–4

Sectionals

Amherst Sectional

	First round March 4 Campus sites				Second round March 5 Campus sites				Sectional Semifinals March 11 Amherst, MA				Sectional Finals March 12 Amherst, MA
	Christopher Newport	89
	Mitchell	42
					Christopher Newport	107
	Baltimore, MD
					Mount St. Mary	52
	Johns Hopkins	54
	Mount Saint Mary	57
									Christopher Newport	71
									Trinity (TX)	76
	Hardin-Simmons	57
	Trinity (TX)	61
					Trinity (TX)	52
	Abilene, Texas
					Whitman	39
	Whitman	62
	Whittier	57
													Trinity (TX)	61
													Amherst	79
	Tufts	84
	Clarks Summit	54
					Tufts	58
	Medford, MA
					DeSales	47
	DeSales	78
	SUNY Cortland	52
									Tufts	45
									Amherst	48
	St. John Fisher	55
	Rhode Island College	52
					St. John Fisher	48
	Amherst, MA
					Amherst	56
	Amherst	60
	SUNY Poly	42

Whitewater Sectional

	First round March 4 Campus sites				Second round March 5 Campus sites				Sectional Semifinals March 11 Whitewater, WI				Sectional Finals March 12 Whitewater, WI
	Smith	61
	Framingham State	51
					Smith	76
	Northampton, MA
					Brooklyn	58
	Emmanuel (MA)	57
	Brooklyn	70
									Smith	76
									Wisconsin–Whitewater	78
	DePauw	55
	Illinois Wesleyan	56
					Illinois Wesleyan	54
	Whitewater, WI
					Wisconsin–Whitewater	72
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	58
	Ripon	34
													Wisconsin-Whitewater	68
													Wisconsin-Oshkosh	62
	Gettysburg	77
	SUNY Morrisville	44
					Gettysburg	55
	Gettysburg, PA
					Baldwin Wallace	66
	Baldwin Wallace	66
	Salisbury	54
									Baldwin Wallace	63
									Wisconsin–Oshkosh	74
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	48
	Wisconsin Lutheran	42
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh	64
	Indianola, IA
					Simpson	56
	Simpson	73
	Gustavus Adolphus	67

Holland Sectional

	First round March 4 Campus sites				Second round March 5 Campus sites				Sectional Semifinals March 11 Holland, MI				Sectional Finals March 12 Holland, MI'
	Hope	86
	La Roche	54
					Hope	85
	Holland, MI
					Marietta	66
	Marietta	65
	Wittenberg	50
									Hope	91
									Millikin	77
	Millikin	81
	Wartburg	68
					Millikin	59
	Eau Claire, WI
					Wisconsin–Eau Claire	56
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	61
	North Central (MN)	46
													Hope	83
													NYU	64
	NYU	71
	Washington & Lee	61
					NYU	42
	New York, NY
					Bates	26
	Roger Williams	64
	Bates	68
									NYU	73
									Scranton	54
	SUNY New Paltz	66
	Babson	79
					Babson	53
	Scranton, PA
					Scranton	65
	Scranton	69
	New Jersey City	47

Lexington Sectional

	First round March 4 Campus sites				Second round March 5 Campus sites				Sectional Semifinals March 11 Lexington, KY				Sectional Finals March 12 Lexington, KY
	Ithaca	75
	Catholic	63
					Ithaca	71
	Ithaca, NY
					Springfield	73*
	Messiah	68
	Springfield	73
									Springfield	49
									Trine	58
	John Carroll	100
	Elizabethtown	56
					John Carroll	42
	Angola, IN
					Trine	63
	Trine	62
	Immaculata	37
													Trine	55
													Transylvania	47
	Mary Hardin-Baylor	79
	Webster	76
					Mary Hardin-Baylor	75
	Memphis, TN
					East Texas Baptist	57
	East Texas Baptist	65
	Rhodes	53
									Mary Hardin-Baylor	58
									Transylvania	63
	Southern Virginia	68
	Shenandoah	49
					Southern Virginia	55
	Lexington, KY
					Transylvania	77
	Transylvania	69
	Washington & Jefferson	52

Final Four

	National semifinals March 17 Pittsburgh, PA				National championship March 19 Pittsburgh, PA
	Amherst	51
	Wisconsin–Whitewater	55
					Wisconsin-Whitewater	58
					Hope	71
	Hope	57
	Trine	52

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2022 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2022 NAIA women's basketball tournament
• 2022 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament