2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

Trine Thunder (1st Final Four)
Amherst Mammoths (9th Final Four)

Winning coachBrian Morehouse (2nd title)MOPSydney 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