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2018 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2018 (2018) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteRimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
Montana Billings, Montana
ChampionsFreed–Hardeman Lions (1st title, 2nd title game,
7th Fab Four)
Runner-upWestmont Warriors (2nd title game,
3rd Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearDale Neal (Freed–Hardeman)
Player of the yearDaJonee Hale (Central Methodist)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Joy Krupa (Westmont)
Chuck Taylor MVPKim Mallory (Freed–Hardeman)
Top scorerKayla Styles (Lindsey Wilson)
(63 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2017 2019»

The 2018 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 2017–18 basketball season.

Freed–Hardeman defeated Westmont in the championship game, 76–64, to claim the Lions' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.[1]

Qualification

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The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams. For the first time, no teams received a seed.

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

Bracket

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
          
Benedictine (KS) 68
Columbia (MO) 59
Benedictine (KS) 78
Menlo 88
LSU Shreveport 79
Menlo 91
Menlo 61
Montana Western 74
Campbellsville 79
Faulkner 63
Campbellsville 57
Montana Western 60
Dillard 54
Montana Western 66
Montana Western 50
Freed–Hardeman 61
Freed–Hardeman 71
The Master's 51
Freed–Hardeman 78
USAO 50
Rocky Mountain 52
USAO 60
Freed–Hardeman 82
Central Methodist 74
Arizona Christian 86
Central Methodist 98
Central Missouri 88
Lindsey Wilson 73
Lindsey Wilson 75
Martin Methodist 69
Freed–Hardeman 76
Westmont 64
Loyola New Orleans 89
Our Lady of the Lake 86
Loyola New Orleans 65
Westmont 77
Cumberland (TN) 51
Westmont 57
Westmont 65
MidAmerica Nazarene 54
Lindenwood Belleville 72
MidAmerica Nazarene 82
MidAmerica Nazarene 83
Providence (MT) 67
Oklahoma City 76
Providence (MT) 81
Westmont 56
Wayland Baptist 54
Lyon (AR) 62
Wayland Baptist 78
Wayland Baptist 79
Shawnee State 69
Grand View 82
Shawnee State 88
Wayland Baptist 68
Vanguard 44
Carroll (MT) 55
William Penn 49
Carroll (MT) 55
Vanguard 63
Bethel (TN) 57
Vanguard 76

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 31, 2022.