WashU women's basketball news

  • Round 2: Saturday night Maine event
    March 06, 2026
    Bates found some late game magic and ousted Smith from the NCAA Tournament in Lewiston, while Southern Maine turned back the clock in a road win over Bowdoin. Elsewhere, Johns Hopkins set a new record, WashU pushed past OWU, Hope outlasted Illinois Wesleyan, and the top four seeds moved on.
  • Lisa Stone reaches 700 wins
    February 15, 2026
    Washington University in St. Louis women's basketball coach Lisa Stone joined an illustrious group of college women's basketball head coaches on Sunday with her 700th career win in the Bears' 81-76 win over visiting Case Western Reserve at the Field House on Sunday.
  • Friday: No. 2 falls, too
    January 24, 2025
    The men's No. 1 team, UW-Platteville, lost on Wednesday, and the No. 2 team, Emory, followed suit.
  • Saturday women: Home cookin'
    January 11, 2025
    No. 12 Gettysburg, No. 24 Trine, and No. 16 Washington U. beat nationally ranked foes at home while No. 23 Carnegie Mellon rallied for a road win at Case Western in Saturday's Division III women's basketball action.
  • In Top 25 Showdown, No. 16 Women's Basketball Opens UAA Play With 72-45 Win Over No. 19 Chicago
    January 11, 2025
    ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Picking up where they ended 2024, the No.16 Washington University in St. Louis women's basketball team opened up UAA play with a big 72-45 win over No. 19 Chicago in a match up of top-25 teams.
  • No. 15 Women's Basketball Opens Puerto Rico Trip With 63-45 Win Over Dickinson
    December 29, 2024
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Playing its first game in nearly two weeks, the No. 15 Washington University in St. Louis women’s basketball opened its trip to Puerto Rico trip with a 63-45 win over Dickinson on Sunday morning.
  • Eight names to know
    November 03, 2024
    Hundreds of teams. Thousands of games. Thousands of coaches and players. How do you make sense of it all? Here are eight names to know for the upcoming women's basketball season.
  • 2024 D3hoops.com women's All-Americans
    March 16, 2024
    Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. NYU's versatile forward Natalie Bruns was selected Player of the Year and Lexy Harris of Washington U. was chosen as Rookie of the Year.
  • D3hoops.com 202d4 women's All-Region 8 team
    March 12, 2024
    Millikin guard Elyce Knudsen is once again our Region 8 Player of the Year, joining a very select group of three-time winners. Coach of the Year honors go to Transylvania's Juli Fulks and Rookie of the Year honors to WashU center Lexy Harris.
  • Team of the Week
    January 29, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • New women's rankings released
    January 08, 2024
    One WIAC team exits our national rankings and another enters, as UW-Oshkosh returns to the Top 25. Plus, Washington U. makes its first appearance of the season and Emory reaches its highest ranking ever.
  • Team of the Week
    January 02, 2024
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Team of the Week
    December 18, 2023
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • 2023 title game is seventh heaven
    April 01, 2023
    Saturday's title game between No. 1 Christopher Newport and No. 2 Transylvania is just the seventh time the top two teams in our poll will play each other in the NCAA Tournament. To celebrate the special occasion, we look back at the previous six 1-versus-2 matchups with some help from the coaches and players who won those games.
  • Hoopsville: Top 16 Seeds
    February 16, 2023
    In a Hoopsville exclusive, the DIII National Committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here.
  • Captains take top spot
    February 06, 2023
    Transylvania received the most No. 1 votes, but Christopher Newport had more points overall, so the Captains return to the top spot in our poll. Meanwhile, Washington U. appears in the Top 25 for the 260th time -- but first this season -- and La Verne appears for the first time in any season.
  • Saturday: Road bumps, home rallies
    January 07, 2023
    Washington U. handed UAA travel partner Chicago its first loss of the season while No. 22 Trinity (Conn.) and No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor rallied to victory in the fourth quarter on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, top-ranked NYU rolled, No. 6 Scranton handled Catholic on the road, and UW-Whitewater won the battle of WIAC Co-MVPs.
  • Something other than sports
    February 10, 2022
    Few Division III athletes have a career playing pro basketball awaiting them, even though we profiled a few a few weeks ago. But D-III basketball players go on to do great things: save lives, work for the president, and represent NBA athletes. Ryan Scott has more on a few of these in Around the Nation.
  • Team of the Week
    February 03, 2020
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 23rd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • D3hoops.com 2019 women's All-Central Region team
    March 11, 2019
    The top player for the Thunder reigns. Hannah Frazier of Wheaton is our Central Region Player of the Year. Randi Henderson of Wash U. is Coach of the Year and Benedictine's Alex Fanning is Rookie of the Year.
  • No. 22 WashU Battles No. 1 Thomas More to the End
    March 09, 2019
  • Sweet 16: Scranton, St. Thomas win thrillers
    March 08, 2019
    Scranton rallied past Christopher Newport and into the sectional finals in dramatic fashion while St. Thomas eliminated defending champions Amherst in overtime. Elsewhere Wartburg, Tufts and Wash U. won with defense and Ithaca edged DeSales.
  • March 08, 2019
  • Hoopsville: Shockingly Sweet
    March 03, 2019
    Upsets, close games, tough matchups. It was a thrilling opening weekend of the NCAA Tournaments. We recap the weekend and start looking to next weekend on Hoopsville. Guests from around the country join us. Catch up On Demand or listen to the podcast.
  • No. 22 WashU Storms Past No. 8 George Fox to Sweet Sixteen
    March 02, 2019
  • Ballard & Homoly Trigger Bears Past UW-Whitewater to NCAA 2nd Round
    March 01, 2019
  • Latest D3hoops.com women's Top 25
    February 25, 2019
    Amidst all the excitement of the last 72 hours, we have a new No. 1 team entering the NCAA Tournament and SUNY New Paltz makes its Top 25 debut. How high did Tufts rise? How far did St. Joseph's (Maine) fall? Who returned to the Top 25 just in time for the Tournament? Find out here.
  • No. 25 WashU Closes Out Regular Season With Senior Day Win
    February 23, 2019
  • No. 24 WashU Secures UAA’s Automatic Bid to NCAA Tournament
    February 17, 2019
  • Homoly and Weaver Shine as No. 24 Bears Capture 24th UAA Title
    February 15, 2019
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