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Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
Summit tournament logo.png
Summit League Conference Tournament logo (2008-present)
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams9
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumSanford Pentagon
Current locationSioux Falls, South Dakota
Played1993–present
Last contest2020
Current championSouth Dakota Coyotes (3)
Most championshipsSouth Dakota State Jackrabbits (9)
TV partner(s)Midco Sports Net, ESPN3, ESPNU
Official websiteTheSummitLeague.org Women's Basketball

The Summit League women's basketball tournament has existed since 1993. The winner of the tournament receives the Summit League's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

The Summit League was known as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) from 1982–1989 and Mid-Continent Conference from 1989–2007.

Tournament champions[edit]

YearChampion (seed)ScoreRunner-up (seed)Most valuable player
1992–93Northern Illinois (1)75–58Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] (2)Dawn Schirmacher, Wisconsin–Green Bay
1993–94Wisconsin–Green Bay[a] (2)73–70Northern Illinois (1)E. C. Hill, Northern Illinois
1994–95Western Illinois (1)73–60Youngstown State (2)Oberon Pitterson, Western Illinois
1995–96Youngstown State (1)53–43Buffalo (2)Shannon Beach, Youngstown State
1996–97Troy State[b] (1)89–75Youngstown State (2)Samantha Tomlinson, Troy State
1997–98Youngstown State (1)78–69Valparaiso (2)Sarrah Stricklett, Valparaiso
1998–99Oral Roberts (4)57–52Youngstown State (2)Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
1999–00Youngstown State (2)73–57Valparaiso (4)Brianne Kenneally, Youngstown State
2000–01Oral Roberts (2)61–46Oakland (1)Krista Ragan, Oral Roberts
2001–02Oakland (2)52–40Valparaiso (1)Sarah Judd, Oakland
2002–03Valparaiso (4)48–46Oakland (6)Katie Boone, Valparaiso
2003–04Valparaiso (2)64–63Oral Roberts (4)Leah Cannon, Oral Roberts
2004–05Oral Roberts (4)48–42UMKC[c] (7)Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2005–06Oakland (6)65–56Western Illinois (1)Anne Hafeli, Oakland
2006–07Oral Roberts (3)72–55Oakland (1)Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2007–08Oral Roberts (4)66–53IUPUI (3)Elisha Turek, Oral Roberts
2008–09South Dakota State (1)79–69Oakland (2)Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State
2009–10South Dakota State (3)79–75 OTOral Roberts (1)Maria Boever, South Dakota State
2010–11South Dakota State (3)61–54Oakland (4)Kristin Rotert, South Dakota State
2011–12South Dakota State (1)78–77 OTUMKC[c] (3)Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota State
2012–13South Dakota State (1)56–53South Dakota (3)Ashley Eide, South Dakota State
2013–14South Dakota (4)82–71Denver (6)Polly Harrington, South Dakota
2014–15South Dakota State (2)72–57South Dakota (1)Nicole Seekamp, South Dakota
2015–16South Dakota State (2)61–55South Dakota (1)Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2016–17Western Illinois (1)77–69 OTIUPUI (2)Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
2017–18South Dakota State (2)65–50South Dakota (1)Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2018–19South Dakota State (1)83–71South Dakota (2)Macy Miller, South Dakota State
2019–20South Dakota (1)63–58South Dakota State (2)Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
2020–21South Dakota (2)66-43Omaha (8)Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
  1. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Green Bay.
  2. ^ Now known as Troy.
  3. ^ a b Now athletically branded as Kansas City.

Tournament wins by school[edit]

SchoolChampionshipsWinning years
South Dakota State92019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
Oral Roberts52008, 2007, 2005, 2001, 1999
Youngstown State32000, 1998, 1996
Oakland22006, 2002
Valparaiso22004, 2003
Western Illinois22017, 1995
South Dakota32021, 2020, 2014
Northern Illinois11993
Troy State11997
Green Bay11994
  • Teams in bold are currently in the Summit League. Oral Roberts left for the Southland Conference after the 2011–12 season, but returned for 2014–15.
  • Among current Summit League members, Denver and Kansas City have reached the tournament final but failed to win the championship, and North Dakota, North Dakota State, and Omaha have yet to advance to the tournament final. Kansas City, which rejoined in 2020–21, had competed under its academic identity of UMKC during its previous Summit tenure (1994–95 to 2012–13).

Tournament locations[edit]

YearLocationNotes
1993Green Bay, Wisconsin
1994DeKalb, Illinois
1995Macomb, Illinois
1996Buffalo, New York
1997Buffalo, New York
1998Moline, Illinois
1999Moline, Illinois
2000Fort Wayne, Indiana
2001Fort Wayne, Indiana
2002Fort Wayne, Indiana
2003Kansas City, Missouri
2004Kansas City, Missouri
2005Tulsa, Oklahoma
2006Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007Tulsa, Oklahoma
2008Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2011Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2012Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2013Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2014Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2015Sioux Falls, South DakotaHighest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (6,926). Record has since been broken.[1]
2016Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2017Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2018Sioux Falls, South DakotaHighest attended Division I women's conference championship title game to date (8,704).
2019Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2020Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2021Sioux Falls, South Dakota

See also[edit]

  • Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/wbkb/2014-15/releases/20150310dx0aah