2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2012–13 basketball season.

2013 (2013) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Frankfort Convention Center Frankfort, Kentucky
Champions	Westmont Warriors (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Runner-up	Lee Flames (1st title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Cumberland Phoenix (2nd Fab Four) Freed–Hardeman Lions (4th Fab Four)
Coach of the year	Kirsten Moore (Westmont)
Player of the year	Tugce Canitez (Westmont)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Maria Bagwell (Freed–Hardeman)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Tugce Canitez (Westmont)
Top scorer	Priscila Santos (William Woods) (62 points)
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Westmont defeated Lee (TN) in the championship game, 71–65, to claim the Warriors' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Kentucky.^[1]

Qualification

See also: 2012–13 NAIA Division I women's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	Oklahoma City	74
	8	Central Methodist	39
						1	Oklahoma City	56
						5	Shawnee State	54
	5	Shawnee State	62
	4	Columbia (MO)	56
											1	Oklahoma City	48
											2	Lee (TN)	59
	3	The Master's	58
	6	Carroll (MT)	73
						6	Carroll (MT)	49
						2	Lee (TN)	63
	7	LSU Shreveport	55
	2	Lee (TN)	60
																2	Lee (TN)	43
																2	Cumberland (TN)	41
	2	Cumberland (TN)	59
	7	Coastal Georgia	47
						2	Cumberland (TN)	65
						3	Benedictine (KS)	64
	6	Bethel (TN)	74
	3	Benedictine (KS)	81
											2	Cumberland (TN)	63
											1	Lubbock Christian	61
	4	Georgetown (KY)	66
	5	Lyon (AR)	55
						4	Georgetown (KY)	69
						1	Lubbock Christian	93
	8	Southern New Orleans	57
	1	Lubbock Christian	78
																					2	Lee (TN)	65
																					1	Westmont	71
	1	Freed–Hardeman	82
	8	West Virginia Tech	48
						1	Freed–Hardeman	71
						4	Campbellsville	52
	5	Wiley	55
	4	Campbellsville	71
											1	Freed–Hardeman	60
											2	Vanguard	49
	3	MidAmerica Nazarene	75
	6	William Woods	79
						6	William Woods	60
						2	Vanguard	85
	7	Southern Poly	76
	2	Vanguard	82
																1	Freed–Hardeman	49
																1	Westmont	59
	2	Westminster (UT)	69
	7	St. Catherine	55
						2	Westminster (UT)	66
						6	Faulkner	60
	6	Faulkner	67
	3	Xavier Louisiana	63
											2	Westminster (UT)	36
											1	Westmont	39
	4	Rogers State	79
	5	Our Lady of the Lake	69
						4	Rogers State	70
						1	Westmont	77
	8	Cumberlands (KY)	58
	1	Westmont	63

See also

• 2013 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2013 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References

1. "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 27, 2022.