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2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2009 (2009) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteOman Arena
Tennessee Jackson, Tennessee
ChampionsUnion University Bulldogs (4th title, 6th title game,
10th Fab Four)
Runner-upLambuth Eagles (2nd title game,
2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearMark Campbell (Union (TN))
Player of the yearJosephine Owino (Union (TN))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Chytearra Kintchen (Lambuth)
Chuck Taylor MVPJosephine Owino (Union (TN))
Top scorerJana Cross (Freed–Hardeman)
(57 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2008 2010»

The 2009 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 2008–09 basketball season.

Union (TN) defeated Lambuth in the championship game, 73–63, to claim the Bulldogs' fourth NAIA national title and first since 2006.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.[1]

Qualification

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The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant.

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 Baptist 57
8 LSU Shreveport 39
1 Oklahoma Baptist 81
5 Columbia (MO) 52
5 Columbia (MO) 64
4 Campbellsville 60
1 Oklahoma Baptist 70
Lee (TN) 54
3 Trevecca Nazarene 57
6 Biola 65
6 Biola 75
2 Lee (TN) 96
7 Evangel 62
2 Lee (TN) 63
1 Oklahoma Baptist 48
1 Union (TN) 73
2 Point Loma Nazarene 51
7 Auburn Montgomery 38
2 Point Loma Nazarene 82
3 Lubbock Christian 74
6 William Woods 51
3 Lubbock Christian 57
2 Point Loma Nazarene 59
1 Union (TN) 69
5 Lindsey Wilson 63
4 Westmont 51
5 Lindsey Wilson 59
1 Union (TN) 80
8 Jarvis Christian 58
1 Union (TN) 86
1 Union (TN) 73
1 Lambuth 63
1 Vanguard 72
8 Berry 51
1 Vanguard 80
4 Westminster (UT) 71
5 Loyola New Orleans 47
4 Westminster (UT) 62
1 Vanguard 68
Oklahoma City 83
3 Oklahoma City 74
6 Bethel (TN) 72
3 Oklahoma City 72
2 Saint Xavier 68
7 Langston 60
2 Saint Xavier 71
Oklahoma City 63
1 Lambuth 65
2 Freed–Hardeman 73
7 Wayland Baptist 57
2 Freed–Hardeman 99
3 Cumberlands (KY) 105**
6 Lewis–Clark State 54
3 Cumberlands (KY) 76
3 Cumberlands (KY) 54
1 Lambuth 66
4 Southern Nazarene 55
5 Azusa Pacific 65
5 Azusa Pacific 70
1 Lambuth 73
8 William Jewell 59
1 Lambuth 82

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 24, 2022.