Penn State, Syracuse, Boston College, Ohio State, and SIUe all clinched their spot in the NCBBA-Women’s National Championship Tournament on Saturday. Two more Regional Tournament Champion auto-qualifiers will be determined today along with one at-large bid to round out the field of 8 teams.
Penn State defeated Montclair State in the opening round game, 68-52 then defeated them again 60-54 to claim the Mid Atlantic Atlantic Regional Championship. Boston College defeated UMass in the first round 56-50 and then defeated conference rival Northeastern 55-41 in the championship to claim the New England Regional Championship. Ohio State came in as the #3 seed and went on to defeat Indiana 60-37 and top seed Grand Valley State 62-49 to win the Great Lakes Regional. Lastly, Syracuse took down SUNY Cortland in two nail biters 62-61 and 59-57 to become the North Atlantic Regional Champs.
The South Atlantic Regional between Kennesaw State and Coastal Carolina will be decided at 1:00 EST today. Out west, the Pacific Regional will be decided at 1:00 PST. The 2 Regional winners will automatically qualify for the 2022 NCBBA-W National Championship.
Check out the Regional Brackets HERE! Make sure to follow along with all the action on the REGIONALS PAGE.