# 1998 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 1998 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 17th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Washington University in St. Louis defeated Southern Maine in the championship game, 66–50, to claim the Bears' first Division III national title, their first of four consecutive.
The championship rounds were hosted by the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine.

## Bracket

* An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
* An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

### Northeast sectional

| First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Gorham, ME | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Gorham, ME | | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Gorham, ME | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Gorham, ME |
| | | Johns Hopkins* | 68 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Johns Hopkins* | 68 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Muhlenberg | 44 | | | | | |
| Allentown* | 45 | Muhlenberg | 44 | | | | | |
| Muhlenberg | 53 | | | | | | | |
| Muhlenberg | 53 | | | Johns Hopkins | 69 | | | |
| | | | | Bates | 56 | | | |
| Salem State* | 89 | | | | | Bates | 56 | |
| Clark (MA) | 76 | | | | | | | |
| Clark (MA) | 76 | Salem State | 67 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Salem State | 67 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Bates* | 71 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Johns Hopkins | 72 |
| | | | | | | | Southern Maine | 81 |
| | | Scranton* | 68 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Scranton* | 68 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Alvernia | 52 | | | | | |
| Alvernia* | 83 | Alvernia | 52 | | | | | |
| Washington & Jefferson | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Washington & Jefferson | 65 | | | Scranton | 72 | | | |
| | | | | Southern Maine | 76 | | | |
| Western Connecticut* | 67 | | | | | Southern Maine | 76 | |
| Middlebury | 45 | | | | | | | |
| Middlebury | 45 | Western Connecticut | 62 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Western Connecticut | 62 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Southern Maine* | 79 | | | | | |

### West sectional

| First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 St. Paul, MN | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 St. Paul, MN | | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 St. Paul, MN | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 St. Paul, MN |
| | | Mount Union* | 57 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Mount Union* | 57 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Calvin | 56 | | | | | |
| Calvin* | 56 | Calvin | 56 | | | | | |
| Wittenberg | 47 | | | | | | | |
| Wittenberg | 47 | | | Mount Union | 79 | | | |
| | | | | St. Benedict | 74 | | | |
| UC San Diego* | 62 | | | | | St. Benedict | 74 | |
| Cal Lutheran | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Cal Lutheran | 56 | UC San Diego | 47 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | UC San Diego | 47 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | St. Benedict* | 73 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mount Union | 67 |
| | | | | | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 63 |
| | | DePauw* | 70 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | DePauw* | 70 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Baldwin-Wallace | 63 | | | | | |
| Baldwin Wallace* | 75 | Baldwin-Wallace | 63 | | | | | |
| Hope | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Hope | 71 | | | DePauw | 61 | | | |
| | | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 80 | | | |
| Luther* | 51 | | | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 80 | |
| Central (IA) | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Central (IA) | 65 | Central (IA) | 56 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | Central (IA) | 56 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | St. Thomas (MN)* | 85 | | | | | |

### Atlantic sectional

| First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Glassboro, NJ | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Glassboro, NJ | | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Glassboro, NJ | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Glassboro, NJ |
| | | Binghamton* | 73 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | Binghamton* | 73 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | Elmira | 82 | | | | | |
| Oneonta* | 58 | Elmira | 82 | | | | | |
| Elmira | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Elmira | 62 | | | Elmira | 48 | | | |
| | | | | William Paterson | 60 | | | |
| TCNJ* | 63 | | | | | William Paterson | 60 | |
| Colby–Sawyer | 35 | | | | | | | |
| Colby–Sawyer | 35 | TCNJ | 57 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | TCNJ | 57 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | William Paterson* | 69 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | William Paterson | 43 |
| | | | | | | | Rowan | 66 |
| | | NYU* | 70 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | NYU* | 70 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | William Smith | 54 | | | | | |
| William Smith* | 76 | William Smith | 54 | | | | | |
| Nazareth | 52 | | | | | | | |
| Nazareth | 52 | | | NYU | 52 | | | |
| | | | | Rowan | 57 | | | |
| St. Mary's (MD)* | 43 | | | | | Rowan | 57 | |
| Mary Washington | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Mary Washington | 56 | Mary Washington | 60 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | Mary Washington | 60 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | Rowan* | 95 | | | | | |

### South sectional

| First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | First round March 4, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Second round March 7, 1998 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Bridgewater, VA | Sectional semifinals March 13, 1998 Bridgewater, VA | | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Bridgewater, VA | Sectional finals March 14, 1998 Bridgewater, VA |
| | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 65 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 65 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 49 | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire* | 86** | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 49 | | | | | |
| Beloit | 81 | | | | | | | |
| Beloit | 81 | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 57 | | | |
| | | | | Austin | 44 | | | |
| Austin* | 69 | | | | | Austin | 44 | |
| Southwestern (TX) | 51 | | | | | | | |
| Southwestern (TX) | 51 | Austin | 64 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Austin | 64 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Randolph-Macon | 52 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 45 |
| | | | | | | | Washington St. Louis | 53 |
| | | Washington St. Louis* | 66 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Washington St. Louis* | 66 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Millikin | 54 | | | | | |
| Millikin* | 68 | Millikin | 54 | | | | | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 58 | | | Washington St. Louis | 82 | | | |
| | | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 36 | | | |
| Christopher Newport* | 77 | | | | | Bridgewater (VA) | 36 | |
| Roanoke | 57 | | | | | | | |
| Roanoke | 57 | Christopher Newport | 87 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Christopher Newport | 87 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Bridgewater (VA)* | 90 | | | | | |

### Final Four

| Final Four March 20, 1998 Gorham, ME | Final Four March 20, 1998 Gorham, ME | National championship March 21, 1998 Gorham, ME | National championship March 21, 1998 Gorham, ME |
| Southern Maine | 79 | | |
| Mount Union | 66 | | |
| Mount Union | 66 | Southern Maine | 69 |
| | | Washington St. Louis | 77 |
| Rowan | 51 | Washington St. Louis | 77 |
| Washington St. Louis | 66 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mount Union | 68 |
| | | Rowan | 64 |

## All-tournament team

* Amy Schweizer, Washington University in St. Louis
* Alia Fischer, Washington University in St. Louis
* Joanna Brown, Southern Maine
* Julie Plant, Southern Maine
* Suzy Venet, Mount Union