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2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2013 (2013) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteFrankfort Convention Center
Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky
ChampionsWestmont Warriors (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Runner-upLee Flames (1st title game,
2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearKirsten Moore (Westmont)
Player of the yearTugce Canitez (Westmont)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Maria Bagwell (Freed–Hardeman)
Chuck Taylor MVPTugce Canitez (Westmont)
Top scorerPriscila Santos (William Woods)
(62 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2012 2014»

The 2013 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 2012–13 basketball season.

Westmont defeated Lee (TN) in the championship game, 71–65, to claim the Warriors' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Kentucky.[1]

Qualification

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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

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Oklahoma City 74
8 Central Methodist 39
1 Oklahoma City 56
5 Shawnee State 54
5 Shawnee State 62
4 Columbia (MO) 56
1 Oklahoma City 48
2 Lee (TN) 59
3 The Master's 58
6 Carroll (MT) 73
6 Carroll (MT) 49
2 Lee (TN) 63
7 LSU Shreveport 55
2 Lee (TN) 60
2 Lee (TN) 43
2 Cumberland (TN) 41
2 Cumberland (TN) 59
7 Coastal Georgia 47
2 Cumberland (TN) 65
3 Benedictine (KS) 64
6 Bethel (TN) 74
3 Benedictine (KS) 81
2 Cumberland (TN) 63
1 Lubbock Christian 61
4 Georgetown (KY) 66
5 Lyon (AR) 55
4 Georgetown (KY) 69
1 Lubbock Christian 93
8 Southern New Orleans 57
1 Lubbock Christian 78
2 Lee (TN) 65
1 Westmont 71
1 Freed–Hardeman 82
8 West Virginia Tech 48
1 Freed–Hardeman 71
4 Campbellsville 52
5 Wiley 55
4 Campbellsville 71
1 Freed–Hardeman 60
2 Vanguard 49
3 MidAmerica Nazarene 75
6 William Woods 79
6 William Woods 60
2 Vanguard 85
7 Southern Poly 76
2 Vanguard 82
1 Freed–Hardeman 49
1 Westmont 59
2 Westminster (UT) 69
7 St. Catherine 55
2 Westminster (UT) 66
6 Faulkner 60
6 Faulkner 67
3 Xavier Louisiana 63
2 Westminster (UT) 36
1 Westmont 39
4 Rogers State 79
5 Our Lady of the Lake 69
4 Rogers State 70
1 Westmont 77
8 Cumberlands (KY) 58
1 Westmont 63

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 27, 2022.