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

^†Former member of the MAAC

References

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball

Teams	Canisius Golden Griffins Fairfield Stags Iona Gaels Manhattan Lady Jaspers Marist Red Foxes Monmouth Hawks Niagara Purple Eagles Quinnipiac Bobcats Rider Broncs Siena Saints Saint Peter's Peahens

Championships & awards	MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA women's college basketball tournaments (United States)

Division I postseason conference tournaments	ACC America East The American Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast

Division I postseason tournaments	AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's Basketball Invitational

Division II and III postseason tournaments	NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship

MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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