# 1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 18th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Defending champions Washington St. Louis defeated St. Benedict in the championship game, 74–65, to claim the Bears' second Division III national title, their second of four consecutive.
The championship rounds were hosted at the O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut from March 18–19, 1999.

## 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 3, 1999 Campus sites | First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Williamstown, MA | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Williamstown, MA | | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Williamstown, MA | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Williamstown, MA |
| | | TCNJ* | 71 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | TCNJ* | 71 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | Gallaudet | 81 | | | | | |
| St. Mary's (MD)* | 73 | Gallaudet | 81 | | | | | |
| Gallaudet | 80 | | | | | | | |
| Gallaudet | 80 | | | Gallaudet | 65 | | | |
| | | | | Salem State | 75 | | | |
| Southern Maine* | 56 | | | | | Salem State | 75 | |
| Babson | 43 | | | | | | | |
| Babson | 43 | Southern Maine | 46 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Southern Maine | 46 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Salem State* | 53 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Salem State | 76 |
| | | | | | | | Williams | 60 |
| | | Rowan* | 72 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | Rowan* | 72 | | | | | |
| Atlantic Region | Atlantic Region | Colby–Sawyer | 50 | | | | | |
| Colby–Sawyer* | 74 | Colby–Sawyer | 50 | | | | | |
| Hunter College | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Hunter College | 60 | | | Rowan | 56 | | | |
| | | | | Williams | 62 | | | |
| Bowdoin* | 49 | | | | | Williams | 62 | |
| Bates | 44 | | | | | | | |
| Bates | 44 | Bowdoin | 48 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Bowdoin | 48 | | | | | |
| Northeast Region | Northeast Region | Williams* | 72 | | | | | |

### West sectional

| First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 St. Joseph, MN | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 St. Joseph, MN | | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 St. Joseph, MN | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 St. Joseph, MN |
| | | DePauw* | 67 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | DePauw* | 67 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Austin | 62 | | | | | |
| Randolph-Macon* | 49 | Austin | 62 | | | | | |
| Austin | 77 | | | | | | | |
| Austin | 77 | | | DePauw | 67 | | | |
| | | | | St. Benedict | 78 | | | |
| Wartburg* | 41 | | | | | St. Benedict | 78 | |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 67 | | | | | | | |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 67 | St. Thomas (MN) | 68 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | St. Thomas (MN) | 68 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | St. Benedict* | 76 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | St. Benedict | 61 |
| | | | | | | | Pacific Lutheran | 55 |
| | | Hardin-Simmons* | 84 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | Hardin-Simmons* | 84 | | | | | |
| South Region | South Region | N.C. Wesleyan | 62 | | | | | |
| Bridgewater (VA)* | 60 | N.C. Wesleyan | 62 | | | | | |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 69 | | | | | | | |
| N.C. Wesleyan | 69 | | | Hardin-Simmons | 34 | | | |
| | | | | Pacific Lutheran | 54 | | | |
| Cal Lutheran | 54 | | | | | Pacific Lutheran | 54 | |
| Pacific Lutheran* | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Pacific Lutheran* | 56 | Pacific Lutheran | 60 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | Pacific Lutheran | 60 | | | | | |
| West Region | West Region | Simpson* | 57 | | | | | |

### Mid-Atlantic sectional

| First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Scranton, PA | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Scranton, PA | | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Scranton, PA | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Scranton, PA |
| | | NYU* | 59 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | NYU* | 59 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | St. Lawrence | 48 | | | | | |
| St. Lawrence | 61 | St. Lawrence | 48 | | | | | |
| Elmira* | 52 | | | | | | | |
| Elmira* | 52 | | | NYU | 87 | | | |
| | | | | Elizabethtown | 70 | | | |
| Johns Hopkins* | 61 | | | | | Elizabethtown | 70 | |
| Cabrini | 53 | | | | | | | |
| Cabrini | 53 | Johns Hopkins | 53 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Johns Hopkins | 53 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Elizabethtown* | 77 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | NYU | 60 |
| | | | | | | | Scranton | 81 |
| | | Cortland State* | 56 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | Cortland State* | 56 | | | | | |
| East Region | East Region | William Smith | 64 | | | | | |
| William Smith* | 62 | William Smith | 64 | | | | | |
| Hartwick | 47 | | | | | | | |
| Hartwick | 47 | | | William Smith | 47 | | | |
| | | | | Scranton | 64 | | | |
| Susquehanna* | 63 | | | | | Scranton | 64 | |
| Gwynedd Mercy | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Gwynedd Mercy | 66 | Gwynedd Mercy | 64 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Gwynedd Mercy | 64 | | | | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | Mid-Atlantic Region | Scranton* | 75 | | | | | |

### Great Lakes sectional

| First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI | Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI | | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI | Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI |
| | | Washington St. Louis* | 75 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Washington St. Louis* | 75 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Wheaton (IL) | 38 | | | | | |
| Lakeland* | 50 | Wheaton (IL) | 38 | | | | | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 58 | | | Washington St. Louis | 77* | | | |
| | | | | Capital | 70 | | | |
| Capital* | 86 | | | | | Capital | 70 | |
| Hope | 75 | | | | | | | |
| Hope | 75 | Capital | 82 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Capital | 82 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Defiance* | 72 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Washington St. Louis | 56 |
| | | | | | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 55 |
| | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 70 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 70 | | | | | |
| Central Region | Central Region | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 60 | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire* | 82 | Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 60 | | | | | |
| Lawrence | 57 | | | | | | | |
| Lawrence | 57 | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 61 | | | |
| | | | | Calvin | 59 | | | |
| Calvin* | 60 | | | | | Calvin | 59 | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 50 | | | | | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 50 | Calvin | 75 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Calvin | 75 | | | | | |
| Great Lakes Region | Great Lakes Region | Baldwin Wallace* | 67 | | | | | |

### Final Four

| Final Four O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999 | Final Four O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999 | National championship O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999 | National championship O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999 |
| Salem State | 54 | | |
| St. Benedict | 74 | | |
| St. Benedict | 74 | St. Benedict | 65 |
| | | Washington St. Louis | 74 |
| Scranton | 65 | Washington St. Louis | 74 |
| Washington St. Louis | 74 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Salem State | 75 |
| | | Scranton | 65 |

## All-tournament team

* Tasha Rodgers, Washington University in St. Louis
* Alia Fischer, Washington University in St. Louis
* Molly Mark, St. Benedict
* Robyn Ruschmeier, St. Benedict
* Dee Jackson, Salem State