2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2009 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 2008–09 basketball season.

2009 (2009) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Oman Arena Jackson, Tennessee
Champions	Union University Bulldogs (4th title, 6th title game, 10th Fab Four)
Runner-up	Lambuth Eagles (2nd title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Oklahoma Baptist Bison (1st Fab Four) Oklahoma City Stars (9th Fab Four)
Coach of the year	Mark Campbell (Union (TN))
Player of the year	Josephine Owino (Union (TN))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Chytearra Kintchen (Lambuth)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Josephine Owino (Union (TN))
Top scorer	Jana Cross (Freed–Hardeman) (57 points)
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Union (TN) defeated Lambuth in the championship game, 73–63, to claim the Bulldogs' fourth NAIA national title and first since 2006.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.^[1]

Qualification

See also: 2008–09 NAIA Division I women's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant.

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

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	Oklahoma Baptist	57
	8	LSU Shreveport	39
						1	Oklahoma Baptist	81
						5	Columbia (MO)	52
	5	Columbia (MO)	64
	4	Campbellsville	60
											1	Oklahoma Baptist	70
												Lee (TN)	54
	3	Trevecca Nazarene	57
	6	Biola	65
						6	Biola	75
						2	Lee (TN)	96
	7	Evangel	62
	2	Lee (TN)	63
																1	Oklahoma Baptist	48
																1	Union (TN)	73
	2	Point Loma Nazarene	51
	7	Auburn Montgomery	38
						2	Point Loma Nazarene	82
						3	Lubbock Christian	74
	6	William Woods	51
	3	Lubbock Christian	57
											2	Point Loma Nazarene	59
											1	Union (TN)	69
	5	Lindsey Wilson	63
	4	Westmont	51
						5	Lindsey Wilson	59
						1	Union (TN)	80
	8	Jarvis Christian	58
	1	Union (TN)	86
																					1	Union (TN)	73
																					1	Lambuth	63
	1	Vanguard	72
	8	Berry	51
						1	Vanguard	80
						4	Westminster (UT)	71
	5	Loyola New Orleans	47
	4	Westminster (UT)	62
											1	Vanguard	68
												Oklahoma City	83
	3	Oklahoma City	74
	6	Bethel (TN)	72
						3	Oklahoma City	72
						2	Saint Xavier	68
	7	Langston	60
	2	Saint Xavier	71
																	Oklahoma City	63
																1	Lambuth	65
	2	Freed–Hardeman	73
	7	Wayland Baptist	57
						2	Freed–Hardeman	99
						3	Cumberlands (KY)	105**
	6	Lewis–Clark State	54
	3	Cumberlands (KY)	76
											3	Cumberlands (KY)	54
											1	Lambuth	66
	4	Southern Nazarene	55
	5	Azusa Pacific	65
						5	Azusa Pacific	70
						1	Lambuth	73
	8	William Jewell	59
	1	Lambuth	82

See also

• 2009 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References

1. "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 24, 2022.