MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport College basketball
Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams 10
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Times Union Center
Current location Albany, New York
Played 1982–present
Last contest 2016
Current champion Iona Gaels
Most championships Marist (10)
Official website MAACSports.com Women's Basketball

The MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament determines the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion and the winner of the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Seeds in the MAAC tournament are linked to teams' conference records. Non-conference games are not a factor. The team with the overall best record in the conference is seeded "1", the next best conference record "2", and so on.

Teams from 1 to 6 receive a bye in the first round.

Tournament champions by year

Year MAAC Champion Score Runner-up Most Valuable Player Venue (and city)
1982 Saint Peter's 65–51 Army Blanche Jones, St. Peter's Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1983 Saint Peter's 59–52 Manhattan Sheila Tighe, Manhattan Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1984 Manhattan 80–69 Holy Cross Amanda Berry, Saint Peter's Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1985 La Salle 84–60 Fairfield Janet Hourihan, Holy Cross Alumni Hall (Fairfield, Connecticut)
1986 La Salle 78–67 Saint Peter's Linda Hester, La Salle Hart Center (Worcester, Massachusetts)
1987 Manhattan 70–64 Holy Cross Bridget Robeson, Manhattan Halsey Field House (Annapolis, Maryland)
1988 Fairfield 55–50 La Salle Dana Pellegrino, Fairfield Westchester County Center (White Plains, New York)
1989 Holy Cross 82–81 La Salle Ann Lambiotte, Holy Cross Hart Center (Worcester, Massachusetts)
1990 Manhattan 78–69 Holy Cross Donna Seybold, Manhattan Hayman Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1991 Fairfield 80–78 Saint Peter's Lisa Mikelic, Fairfield Draddy Gymnasium (Riverdale, New York)
1992 Saint Peter's 73–71 La Salle Joann Balsamo, Saint Peter's Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1993 Saint Peter's 72–64 Loyola (MD) Nadine Davis, Saint Peter's Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1994 Loyola (MD) 72–66 Fairfield Patty Stoffey, Loyola (MD) Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1995 Loyola (MD) 67–51 Fairfield Patty Stoffey, Loyola (MD) Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1996 Manhattan 92–66 Fairfield Wanda Camps, Manhattan Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1997 Saint Peter's 64–62 Siena Crystal Robinson, Saint Peter's Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
1998 Fairfield 59–53 Siena Page Driscoll, Fairfield Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
1999 Saint Peter's 64–62 Siena Leah Cromer, Saint Peter's Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
2000 Saint Peter's 60–46 Fairfield Lawanda Greene, Saint Peter's Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2001 Siena 70–68 Saint Peter's Liene Jansone, Siena HSBC Center (Buffalo, New York)
2002 Saint Peter's 83–71 Siena Felicia Harris, Saint Peter's Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2003 Manhattan 65–57 Siena Siobhan Kilkenny, Manhattan Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey)
2004 Marist 76–74 Canisius Stephanie Del Preore, Marist Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2005 Canisius 60–59 Marist Becky Zak, Canisius HSBC Arena (Buffalo, New York)
2006 Marist 68–57 Loyola (MD) Meg Dahlman, Marist Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2007 Marist 64–54 (OT) Iona Rachele Fitz, Marist Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
2008 Marist 83–63 Iona Sarah Smrdel, Mairst Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2009 Marist 78–63 Canisius Julianne Viani, Marist Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2010 Marist 66–49 Fairfield Rachele Fitz, Marist Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2011 Marist 63–45 Loyola (MD) Erica Allenspach, Marist Webster Bank Arena (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
2012 Marist 61–35 Fairfield Corielle Yarde, Marist MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)
2013 Marist 72–48 Iona Elizabeth Beynnon, Marist MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)
2014 Marist 70–66 Quinnipiac Sydney Coffey, Marist MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)
2015 Quinnipiac 72–61 Marist Jasmine Martin, Quinnipiac Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2016 Iona 79–76 Quinnipiac Marina Lizarazu, Iona Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2017 Times Union Center (Albany, New York)

Women's Tournament Championships by School

School # of Tournament Championships # of times Runner-Up Last Tournament Championship
Marist 10 2 2015
Saint Peter's 8 3 2002
Manhattan 5 1 2003
Fairfield 3 6 2012
La Salle 2 3 1993
Loyola (MD) 2 3 2011
Canisius 1 2 2009
Iona 1 3 2016
Quinnipiac 1 3 2016
Siena 1 5 2003

References

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