# 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
St. Thomas (MN) defeated Muskingum in the championship game, 73–55, to claim the Tommies' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

## Format

There was a slight adjustment to the tournament's format in 1991, even though the field size remained fixed at 32 teams.
The bracket was reorganized from eight regional tournaments of four teams, with each regional winner advancing to the national quarterfinal round, to a new structure of four sectionals of eight teams. Under the new format, the four sectional champions advanced to the national semifinal, or Final Four, round.

## Bracket

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

### Atlantic sectional

| Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | | | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 New Concord, OH | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 New Concord, OH | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 New Concord, OH | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 New Concord, OH |
| St. John Fisher* | 74 | | | | | | |
| Buffalo State | 66 | | | | | | |
| Buffalo State | 66 | | | St. John Fisher | 79 | | |
| East Regional | East Regional | | | St. John Fisher | 79 | | |
| East Regional | East Regional | | | Frostburg State | 50 | | |
| NYU* | 54 | | | Frostburg State | 50 | | |
| Hartwick | 55* | | | | | | |
| Hartwick | 55* | | | | | St. John Fisher | 70 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | St. John Fisher | 70 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Muskingum | 81 |
| Kean | 57 | | | | | | | Muskingum | 81 |
| Frostburg State* | 61 | | | | | | |
| Frostburg State* | 61 | | | Hartwick | 57 | | |
| Atlantic Regional | Atlantic Regional | | | Hartwick | 57 | | |
| Atlantic Regional | Atlantic Regional | | | Muskingum | 67 | | |
| Capital (OH)* | 74 | | | Muskingum | 67 | | |
| Muskingum | 76 | | | | | | |

### South sectional

| Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | | | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Salem, VA | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Salem, VA | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Salem, VA | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Salem, VA |
| Washington St. Louis* | 69 | | | | | | |
| Augustana (IL) | 62 | | | | | | |
| Augustana (IL) | 62 | | | Washington St. Louis | 73 | | |
| Central Regional | Central Regional | | | Washington St. Louis | 73 | | |
| Central Regional | Central Regional | | | Maryville (TN) | 59 | | |
| Luther* | 78 | | | Maryville (TN) | 59 | | |
| Wartburg | 54 | | | | | | |
| Wartburg | 54 | | | | | Washington St. Louis | 67 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Washington St. Louis | 67 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Roanoke | 51 |
| Maryville (TN)* | 88 | | | | | | | Roanoke | 51 |
| Centre (KY) | 80 | | | | | | |
| Centre (KY) | 80 | | | Luther | 74 | | |
| South Regional | South Regional | | | Luther | 74 | | |
| South Regional | South Regional | | | Roanoke | 84 | | |
| Roanoke* | 86 | | | Roanoke | 84 | | |
| Marymount | 66 | | | | | | |

### Northeast sectional

| Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | | | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Willimantic, CT | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Willimantic, CT | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Willimantic, CT | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Willimantic, CT |
| Susquehanna* | 70 | | | | | | |
| Carnegie Mellon | 54 | | | | | | |
| Carnegie Mellon | 54 | | | Susquehanna | 74 | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional | Mid-Atlantic Regional | | | Susquehanna | 74 | | |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional | Mid-Atlantic Regional | | | Southern Maine | 83 | | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 76 | | | Southern Maine | 83 | | |
| Moravian* | 81 | | | | | | |
| Moravian* | 81 | | | | | Southern Maine | 62 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Southern Maine | 62 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Eastern Connecticut | 63 |
| Southern Maine | 60 | | | | | | | Eastern Connecticut | 63 |
| Salem State* | 57 | | | | | | |
| Salem State* | 57 | | | Moravian | 62 | | |
| Northeast Regional | Northeast Regional | | | Moravian | 62 | | |
| Northeast Regional | Northeast Regional | | | Eastern Connecticut | 71 | | |
| Eastern Connecticut | 62 | | | Eastern Connecticut | 71 | | |
| Western Connecticut* | 50 | | | | | | |

### West sectional

| Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites | | | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 St. Paul, MN | Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 St. Paul, MN | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 St. Paul, MN | Sectional finals March 9, 1991 St. Paul, MN |
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 62 | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 67 | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh* | 67 | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 63 | | |
| Great Lakes Regional | Great Lakes Regional | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 63 | | |
| Great Lakes Regional | Great Lakes Regional | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 87 | | |
| Calvin | 50 | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 87 | | |
| Adrian* | 57 | | | | | | |
| Adrian* | 57 | | | | | St. Thomas (MN) | 76 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | St. Thomas (MN) | 76 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | Concordia Moorhead | 62 |
| Saint Benedict | 62 | | | | | | | Concordia Moorhead | 62 |
| St. Thomas (MN)* | 76 | | | | | | |
| St. Thomas (MN)* | 76 | | | Adrian | 75 | | |
| West Regional | West Regional | | | Adrian | 75 | | |
| West Regional | West Regional | | | Concordia Moorhead | 100 | | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 62 | | | Concordia Moorhead | 100 | | |
| Concordia Moorhead* | 75 | | | | | | |

### Final Four

| Final Four | Final Four | Final Four | National championship | National championship | National championship |
| Muskingum | Muskingum | 85 | | | |
| Washington St. Louis | Washington St. Louis | 60 | | | |
| Washington St. Louis | Washington St. Louis | 60 | Muskingum | Muskingum | 55 |
| | | | St. Thomas (MN) | St. Thomas (MN) | 73 |
| Eastern Connecticut | Eastern Connecticut | 55 | St. Thomas (MN) | St. Thomas (MN) | 73 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | St. Thomas (MN) | 91 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Washington St. Louis | Washington St. Louis | 74 |
| | | | Eastern Connecticut | Eastern Connecticut | 83 |

## All-tournament team

* Tonja Englund, St. Thomas (MN)
* Laurie Trow, St. Thomas (MN)
* Michelle Snow, Muskingum
* Kate Titus, Muskingum
* Bernice Laferriere, Eastern Connecticut State