1989 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1989 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams

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.^[1]

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