https://www.d3hoops.com en-us https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/recap-0204-women No. 21 UW-Platteville ended No. 3 UW-Oshkosh’s bid for an undefeated run through the WIAC while No. 11 John Carroll and Rhode Island College earned regular season splits with their conferences’ front runners in Wednesday night’s Division III women’s basketball action. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/recap-0204-women https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-2-women The Little East takes two of the region's big awards with RIC point guard Madison Medbury being selected Player of the Year and Southern Maine freshman Lucy Wiles Rookie of the Year. Smith head coach Lynn Hersey nets another Coach of the Year honor. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2024-25/region-2-women https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-2-women Fresh off its second straight trip to the national semifinals, Smith takes home two of the Region's major awards with Jessie Ruffner named Player of the Year and Hannah Martin Rookie of the Year. RIC's Jenna Cosgrove is Coach of the Year. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-2-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0224-women New York University, Transylvania, Rhode Island College, and Webster completed perfect runs to the NCAA Tournament, while Widener and Trine busted someone's bubble by winning their conference tournament title games. Settle in for our longest recap of the season. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/recap-0224-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III 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 here! Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/top25-women-week4 UW-Stevens Point enters our rankings for the first time in more than seven years while Washington and Lee is ranked for the first time in our poll's history. Plus, RIC rises to its highest ranking and Johns Hopkins jumps to No. 14. Check it out here. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/01/top25-women-week4 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/11/wrapup-1129 No. 7 Wartburg and Catholic grabbed road wins over conference title contenders, while No. 5 RIC kept rolling with a victory at No. 11 Trinity (Conn.). The road was rougher on the men’s side where No. 3 John Carroll survived a scare but No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan did not. Read about it here. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2023/11/wrapup-1129 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/nov27 Not even a month into the season and already games to talk about and programs making statements. Tonight on Hoopsville, we chat with four programs off to strong starts for different reasons. Hoopsville hits the air LIVE at 7:00 PM ET right here! Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/nov27 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/nov14 Hoopsville is back! Join us as we hit the air for the first time in the 2023-24 season, our 21st season covering DIII basketball. Hear from the preseason #1 teams and programs already making headlines early this season. Hoopsville hits the air LIVE at 7:00 PM ET right here! Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/nov14 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/cinderella-rhode-island-college-shouldnt-shock-you Rhode Island College is in the Division III women’s basketball Final Four. That may be a shock to some fans across the country, but, believe it or not, this is precisely how it’s supposed to work. Ryan Scott has more. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/cinderella-rhode-island-college-shouldnt-shock-you https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2022-23/region-2-women Smith's first ever trip to the national semifinals nets Player of the Year honors for Morgan Morrison. Jenna Cosgrove takes Coach of the Year for leading Rhode Island College to the final four and Alice Hall of MIT is our Region 2 Rookie of the Year. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2022-23/region-2-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2022-23/mar13 80 minutes. 2 games. That's now all that leaves 8 programs from being crowned national champions. Tune in to Hoopsville On Demand as we talk to ALL eight programs competing in the national semifinals. You can also listen to the podcast! Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2022-23/mar13 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/sectional-final-wrap The 2023 NCAA Division III women’s basketball national semifinals will have a Cinderella story, two undefeated teams and the first women-only college to make the final four since 2001. Sat, 11 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/sectional-final-wrap https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/sectional-semifinal-wrap Five New England teams advanced through the 2023 Tournament sectional semifinals, as Rhode Island College sank No. 10 Chicago, No. 4 Smith outlasted Mary Washington, No. 13 Babson took care of Marietta and both NESCAC teams won their Sweet 16 games on Friday night. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/sectional-semifinal-wrap https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/20230305uhtec2 Scranton, Pa.--Sophomore guard Madison Medbury (Scituate, R.I.) notched a double-double as Rhode Island College advanced to the Sectional Round of the 2023 NCAA Div. III Women's Basketball Championship by defeating previously undefeated Scranton, 62-55, in second round action played at the John Long Center on Saturday night. Sat, 04 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/20230305uhtec2 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/second-round-recap The Wartburg Knights guaranteed that Division III will have a new national champion by knocking Hope out of the Tournament, while Rhode Island College ended No. 3 Scranton’s perfect season in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament. Elsewhere, No. 4 Smith survived and No. 5 Trinity (Texas) beat No. 12 Hardin-Simmons for the third time this season. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/second-round-recap https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/202302266zhqmf Willimantic, Conn.--Senior guard Jeniyah Jones (Randolph, Mass.) was named the Most Outstanding Player as No. 2-seeded Rhode Island College defeated No. 1-seeded Eastern Connecticut, 61-52, to clinch its third straight Little East Women’s Basketball Championship in the tourney final played at Geissler Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.  Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2022-23/contrib/202302266zhqmf https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2024/tournament-preview NYU enters the Tournament as the No. 1 team in the country, with a talent-laden roster and an unblemished record. Is a national championship inevitable for the Violets? Certainly, the other 63 teams in the field will have something to say about that. That and more in our women's Tournament preview. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2024/tournament-preview https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/feb14 It is a day we celebrate the people we love and that includes Division III basketball for all of us. Tonight on Hoopsville, we share our Valentine with a super-sized show to look back on some incredible games the last week and conference tournaments on the horizon. Tune in LIVE starting at 7:00 PM ET. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/feb14 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2020-21/east-northeast-women The region's two unbeaten teams split the three major awards two ways with Sophia Guerrier of Rhode Island College taking Player of the Year, Kelly Walsh of Babson winning Rookie of the Year and Judy Blinstrub and Jenna Cosgrove sharing Coach of the Year honors. Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2020-21/east-northeast-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/03/wrapup-0306-women The shortened conference seasons concluded with titles for John Carroll, Hope, Scranton and Rhode Island College. Elsewhere St. Thomas finished its Division III tenure with a W. Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2021/03/wrapup-0306-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/wrapup-women-0212 A few hours after the NCAA released the first set of regional rankings, Baldwin Wallace, Widener and Rhode Island College won games that will reshape the rankings next week. Plus someone well off the radar continued her remarkable run with a quadruple-double. Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/wrapup-women-0212 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2019-20/jan19 'Tis the time of the season when teams at the top of conference races try and distance themselves from everyone else. Sunday on Hoopsville, we discuss how some surprising losses continue to keep those plans at bay. Watch the show On Demand or listen to the podcast here. Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2019-20/jan19 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/01/wrapup-women-0115 No. 6 UW-Whitewater, No. 9 Transylvania and No. 24 Albright kept first place in their conferences to themselves with big wins on Wednesday night. Elsewhere No. 7 Wartburg created a three-way tie in the ARC and RIC anchored itself atop the LEC. Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/01/wrapup-women-0115 https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171209okdplg Boston, Mass.-Sophomore forward Ornela Livramento (Pawtucket, RI) narrowly missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds as the Rhode Island College women's basketball team dropped a 62-51 decision at UMass Boston in a Little East Conference contest played at the Clark Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon. Sat, 09 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171209okdplg https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171206kbf8ko Boston, Mass.-Sophomore guard Jordyn Gauvin (Fall River, MA) had  15 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, one block and a steal as Rhode Island College fell, 74-55, at Emmanuel in collegiate women's basketball action on Wednesday evening.  Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171206kbf8ko https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171204rxaobe Providence, R.I.-Sophomore guard Jordyn Gauvin (Fall River, MA) scored 14 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists to lead the Rhode Island College women’s basketball team to a 55-46 victory over Dean in a non-conference contest played at The Murray Center on Monday evening. Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171204rxaobe https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/201712029g8iwi Providence, R.I.-Sophomore guard Jordyn Gauvin (Fall River, MA) scored a team-high 10 points as Rhode Island College fell, 59-42, to Eastern Connecticut in a Little East Conference women’s basketball game played at The Murray Center on Saturday afternoon. Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/201712029g8iwi https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171129qrfs50 Providence, R.I.-Sophomore forward Ornela Livramento (Pawtucket, RI) recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Rhode Island College women’s basketball team to a 54-44 victory over intra-city rival Johnson & Wales in a non-conference contest played at The Murray Center on Wednesday evening. The win was the fifth of the season for RIC, equaling the program’s win total from all of last year. Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171129qrfs50 https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171126mebjyq Bristol, R.I.-Sophomore guard Jordyn Gauvin (Fall River, MA) scored a team-high 20 points and added five rebounds and two steals, but it wouldn't be enough as the Rhode Island College women's basketball team suffered a 54-42 setback at Roger Williams on Sunday afternoon. The loss snapped the four-game winning streak to open the 2017-18 campaign for the Anchorwomen. Sun, 26 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/contrib/20171126mebjyq