The Cregger Center at Roanoke College in Salem will be site of the NCAA Division III women’s basketball championships this weekend. Semifinals will be Thursday evening and the championship game is set for 4 pm on Saturday.
The 64 team field is now down to four. New York University will take on Wisconsin-Stout at 5 pm Thursday at RC followed by Smith College of Massachusetts against Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 7:30 pm. NYU is the defending Division III champion after defeating Smith in the championship game in Columbus, Ohio last season, 51-41. That completed an undefeated season for NYU at 31-0.
NYU is undefeated once again at 29-0 and has now won 60 straight games. The ladies from New York defeated Gettysburg, 76-51, to reach the Final Four.
Smith College comes in at 30-2 on the season while Wisc-Oshkosh is 27-4 and Wisc-Stout is 23-7.
