MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament determines the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's champion and the winner of the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumTimes Union Center
Current locationAlbany, New York
Played1982–present
Last contest2019
Current championQuinnipiac Bobcats
Most championshipsMarist (10)
Official websiteMAACSports.com Women's Basketball

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.[1]

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 59–51 Manhattan Sheila Tighe, Manhattan Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1984 Saint Peter's 80–69 Holy Cross Amanda Berry, Saint Peter's Brendan Byrne Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1985 Holy Cross 62–60 Saint Peter's 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)
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 66–38 Niagara Crystal Robinson, Saint Peter's Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
1998 Fairfield 59–53 Loyola (MD) 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 61–46 Fairfield Lawanda Greene, Saint Peter's Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2001 Siena 70–68 Fairfield 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 64–57 (OT) Iona Rachele Fitz, Marist Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
2008 Marist 83–63 Iona Sarah Smrdel, Marist 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 57–41 Quinnipiac Marina Lizarazu, Iona Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2017 Quinnipiac 81–73 Rider Adily Martucci, Quinnipiac Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2018 Quinnipiac 67–58 Marist Jen Fay, Quinnipiac Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2019 Quinnipiac 81–51 Marist Jen Fay, Quinnipiac Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, New Jersey)

Women's Tournament Championships by School
School Championships Runner-Up Last Title Last Title Appearance
Marist 10 4 2014 2019
Saint Peter's 9 3 2002 2002
Quinnipiac 4 2 2019 2019
Manhattan 4 1 2003 2003
Fairfield 3 7 1998 2012
Loyola (MD)† 2 4 1995 2011
Holy Cross† 2 3 1989 1990
Iona 1 3 2016 2016
Siena 1 3 2001 2003
La Salle† 1 3 1986 1992
Canisius 1 2 2005 2009
Rider 0 1 2017
Army† 0 1 1982
Niagara 0 1 1997
Monmouth 0 0
  • †No longer a member of the MAAC

References
  1. http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=1060598
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