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Two women's basketball programs from the Minnesota College Athletic Conference were selected to participate in the NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championships. The event will be held March 16th -18th, at the Jorgensen Events Center, located in Utica, New York.
After navigating the grind of the MCAC regular season, the Anoka-Ramsey Golden Rams and the Northland Community & Technical College Pioneers both earned the regular season championship in their respective South and North Divisions, carrying the #1 seeds into the Region XIIIA and Region XIIIB post-season tournaments. While the No. 1 seed can bring with it post-season upsets, both NCTC and Anoka-Ramsey were able to hold off challengers in the Region tournaments to claim two of the eight spots in the National Tournament.
Head coach David DeWitt and his Anoka-Ramsey squad finished the regular season at 10-2 in the MCAC South, a solid 19-8 overall mark and most importantly, the Region XIIIA title. In the North, the Pioneers, led by Shannon Nelson, turned in an impressive 11-1 Division record and will take a 24-3 overall record and the Region XIIIB hardware with them to New York.
The two MCAC schools will face off in the first round of the tournament, with the #2 seed NCTC headlining one half of a bracket which includes #7 Anoka-Ramsey, as well as #3 Roxbury and #6 Hostos who will play each other in the quarterfinals. On the other side, #1 Rock Valley will see #8 Brookdale in quarterfinal action, while #4 Mohawk Valley will square off against #5 West Georgia Tech.
Minnesota College Athletic Conference women's basketball fans can follow the tournament, view the bracket and learn more about the 2017 NJCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships by clicking here. For the final regular season standings, statistics and more stories about MCAC women's basketball or other MCAC sports, please visit: www.mcacsports.org
This story courtesy of MCAC Sports.