Here is your winner, and newwwwww Unified and Undisputed Women's Belt^TM Champion-- the Hope College Flying Dutch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We finally have a Unified Women's Belt^TM for the first time in three years.

Will they be announcing the official hosts today?

I believe that they did reveal the official hosts last night in the updated men's printed bracket on ncaa.com, with the game times.

According to the updated printed bracket on ncaa.com last night, WPI is playing Rensselaer at 4:30 PM Eastern on Friday, March 11 at Randolph-Macon in the first game of that sectional.  The second game of the sectional is Randolph-Macon vs UMass-Dartmouth at 7:30 PM Eastern, and the winners play on March 12 at 7:30 PM for a spot in Fort Wayne.

Randolph-Macon, Marietta, Illinois Wesleyan, and Case Western Reserve are hosting sectionals March 11 and 12 for the men.

Incidentally, CWRU is the only UAA survivor tonight; the three other members of that conference in this tournament -- Emory, WashU, and Rochester -- all bowed out here in the second round.

And now, the first CWRU basketball team (men or women) to successfully advance to the Sweet 16-- the CWRU women bowed out in the second round in the 2001-02 season in their only NCAA DIII basketball tournament appearance to this date.

Final   from Wiegand Gym in Pittsburgh, PA--

2021-2022 ECAC DIII Women's Basketball Championship game--

Carnegie Mellon 80, Penn State-Behrend 60

ECAC Tournament MVP:  Caitlyn Clendenin

Carnegie Mellon finishes their season at 14-11, 6-8 UAA, and wins their 3rd ECAC Championship title.  (CMU previously won ECAC titles in 2000 and 2017).

Penn State-Behrend finishes their season at 21-6, 14-2 AMCC.

For Carnegie Mellon--

Five Tartans scored in double figures.

Caitlyn Clendenin led with a game high 19 points, 8 rebounds and a game high 5 assists.

Catherine Or was next with 17 points and 8 rebounds.

Megan Matsko had 14 points.

Isha Nambisan had 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Leah Weslock had 10 points, a game high 9 rebounds, and a game high 5 assists.

For Penn State-Behrend

Rachel Majewski and Kara Haslett each had a team high 12 points a piece to lead the Lions.

Brianna Dean followed with 8 points.

Alanna Dibble had 7 rebounds to lead the Lions in that category, while Kara Haslett had 3 assists.

Carnegie Mellon shot 31-66 from the field (47%), 4-18 from 3 pt range (22.2%), and 14-15 from the FT line (93.3%)

Penn State-Behrend shot 26-69 from the field (37.7%), 3-18 from 3 pt range (16.7%), and 5-7 from the FT line (71.4%).

Carnegie Mellon outrebounded Penn State-Behrend 41-39, but PSB outrebounded CMU 15-12 on the offensive glass.

Carnegie Mellon made 16 assists and committed 14 turnovers, 8 of which were as a result of PSB steals.

Penn State-Behrend made 11 assists and committed 17 turnovers, 13 of which were as a result of CMU steals.

Points off turnovers-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 26-12

Points in the paint-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 42-24.

Second chance points-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 17-7.

Bench points-- Penn State-Behrend won that category, 23-10.

Now on is Oswego State vs Hood from Swarthmore-- watching this on the Centennial Digital Network on Roku.

Just a little over an hour before the UAA teams start first round play-- with Rochester vs Eastern at 4:15 PM Eastern in the first of 4 games involving UAA teams today.

For DIII fans in New England, Williams tipping off at 3:20 PM vs Neumann (at Mount Union), and UMass-Dartmouth playing Emerson with a tip time of 3:35 PM Eastern from Nazareth (That feed is on the Empire 8 channel for those watching on Roku.)

31 men's first round games left, as well as 32 first round games on the women's side today.

It has been a few years, but today is probably the best day of the year for a diehard fan of D3 Hoops.  The teams have started on the roads to Fort Wayne (men) and Pittsburgh (women.)

2021-2022 ECAC DIII Women's Basketball Tournament Championship Game is set.

Penn State-Behrend at Carnegie Mellon-- Saturday, March 5-- Noon Eastern at Wiegand Gym.

Penn State-Behrend def. Westminster in ECAC Semfinal #2 a few hours ago, 77-58.

Carnegie Mellon def Kean in ECAC Semifinal #1, 77-44.

Today at Wiegand Gym in Pittsburgh--

(Game played at 5:30 PM Eastern today, March 2).

Final:  Carnegie Mellon 77, Kean 44

Semifinal of the 2021-2022 ECAC DIII Women's Basketball Tournament

Carnegie Mellon improves to 13-11

Kean finishes its season at 17-8.  The Cougars entered today's contest at 17-7, 16-2 in the NJAC, having already lost in the NJAC Quarterfinals last week as the #1 seed in the NJAC Tournament.

For Carnegie Mellon--

All 5 Carnegie Mellon starters scored in double figures.

Leah Weslock led the way with a game high 21 points, followed by Isha Nambisan with 12 points, Anisha Chintala and Catherine Or at 11 points a piece, and Caitlyn Clendenin with a double double of 10 points and a game high 12 rebounds, along with a game high 7 assists.

For Kean--

Shannon McCoy led the way with a team high 18 points, followed by Brittany Graff with 10 points, and Sarah Olivero with 8 points.

Macy Seaman and Shahd Badeer each had a team high 6 rebounds a piece for the Cougars.

Kayla Anderson with 2 assists to lead Kean in that category.

Carnegie Mellon led at halftime, 31-28, and outscored Kean 46-16 in the second half to advance to Saturday's ECAC title game vs the winner of Westminster (PA) and Penn State-Behrend.  Game will be played at noon Eastern, and unless either Westminster or Penn State-Behrend elects to host the game, the game will be played at Wiegand Gym in Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon shot 31-57 from the field (54.4%), 8-15 from 3 pt range (53.3%), and 7-16 from the FT line (43.8%).

Kean shot 19-68 from the field (27.9%), 4-27 from 3 pt range (14.8%), and 2-5 from the FT line (40%).

Carnegie Mellon outrebounded Kean 46-34, but Kean outrebounded CMU on the offensive glass, 13-9.

Carnegie Mellon made 19 assists and committed 17 turnovers-- 10 of which were as a result of Kean steals.

Kean made 8 assists and committed 15 turnovers-- 8 of which were as a result of CMU steals.

Points off turnovers-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 18-9.

Points in the paint-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 42-22

Second chance points-- Kean won that category, 8-4

Bench points-- Carnegie Mellon won that category, 12-6.

The 2021-22 All UAA Women's Basketball Honors were released yesterday.

Congrats to the honorees.

Player of the Year-- Jenny Walker, NYU
Defensive Player of the Year-- Belle Pellecchia, NYU
Rookie of the Year-- Belle Pellecchia, NYU
Sophomore Rookie of the Year-- Natalie Bruns, NYU
Coaching Staff of the Year-- NYU (Head coach-- Meg Barber).

First Team All-UAA

1.)  Maya Arnott, Wash U
2.)  Claire Brock, Emory
3.)  Hannah Lindemuth, Rochester
4.)  Julianna Okoniewski, Rochester
5.)  Belle Pellecchia, NYU
6.)  Klaire Steffens, Chicago
7.)  Jenny Walker, NYU

Second Team All-UAA

1.)  Natalie Bruns, NYU
2.)  Camila Casanueva, Brandeis
3.)  Caitlyn Clendenin, Carnegie Mellon
4.)  Grace Hynes, Chicago
5.)  Jordan Janowski, NYU
6.)  Abbey Lawrence, Case Western Reserve
7.)  Catherine Or, Carnegie Mellon

Honorable Mention

Brandeis-- Emma Reavis
Case Western Reserve-- Isabella Mills
Emory-- Anna Arato
Wash U-- Jessica Brooks, Samantha Weaver

News release:  UAA Announces Women's Basketball All-Association Team; Association Champion NYU Sweeps Every Award