https://www.d3hoops.com en-us https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2025-26/region-3-women After missing last season due to injury, SUNY New Paltz guard Brianna Fitzgerald returns as our Players of the Year. Katie Marcella is Coach of the Year after turning around Union, and Houghton's Olivia Simser is Rookie of the Year. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2025-26/region-3-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/top25-women-week10 SUNY New Paltz and Cortland played each other close twice, and now one is ranked over the other by the narrowest of margins. Plus, Johns Hopkins and UW-Platteville approach their highest rankings ever and boomerang Bethel returns to the poll, again. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/02/top25-women-week10 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/01/recap-0131-women SUNY New Paltz and Saint Mary’s (Minn.) fared better in their rematches with the ranked teams at the top of their conference while No. 7 Bowdoin took another step toward a second straight sweep through the NESCAC. Read about those games and more from Saturday's Division III women's basketball action. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2026/01/recap-0131-women https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week9 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week9 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2025-26/jan22 It seems nearly every night, something happens in DIII hoops to get your attention. This week continues to prove that as the season grind ratchets up. On Thursday's Hoopsville, we chat with programs in the national conversation while trying to position themselves atop their conferences. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here! Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2025-26/jan22 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week1 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2025-26/week1 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/11/recap-117 The Division III basketball season opened with an overtime buzzer beater, the return of two All-Americans from injury, and different paths to victory for the top three teams in the women’s poll. Take a tour with us around opening night with our recap. Fri, 07 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/11/recap-117 https://www.d3hoops.com/classic/2024-25/d3hoops-classic/poise-and-positivity There was plenty of positivity, poise and perseverance on display at the 2024 D3hoops.com Classic, especially from the coaching staffs at Susquehanna, SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Canton that are powering through injuries to their top players. Read more about it here. Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/classic/2024-25/d3hoops-classic/poise-and-positivity https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/top25-women-week11 SUNY New Paltz enters our Top 25 just ahead of Division III's championship week. How far did Hope slip after falling to Alma on Saturday? Get the full list here. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2024/02/top25-women-week11 https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds In a Hoopsville exclusive, the D-III national committees reveal the Top 16 Seeds if the tournaments started this week (based on Week 2 rankings). Find out who are the top teams in the rankings and who made the cut. Also hear from the committee chairs and our experts have their thoughts. Watch On Demand here! Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2023-24/top-16-seeds https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week12 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week12 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week7 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2023-24/week7 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-3-women Three of the four conference champions in Region 3 split the major awards with SUNY New Paltz's Brianna Fitzgerald winning Player of the Year, St. John Fisher's Joleen Lusk Rookie of the Year, and Vassar's Meredith Mesaris Coach of the Year. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2023-24/region-3-women https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/first-round-recap Skidmore rallied from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Johns Hopkins while UW-Oshkosh lost its 13-point lead but then came back to tip Washington & Lee. Elsewhere, Marietta won a thriller in Upstate New York, Wartburg ousted Baldwin Wallace, and the SUNYAC went 2-0 in Round 1 of the 2023 Division III women's basketball NCAA Tournament. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2023/first-round-recap https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2021-22/region-3-women The All-Region 3 team is led by high-scoring Bengal Katie Villarini as our Player of the year and high-flying Hawk Brianna Fitzgerald as our Rookie of the Year. Melissa Kuberka is Coach of the Year after leading St. John Fisher to the Empire 8 title. Tue, 15 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2021-22/region-3-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2019-20/mar1 86 tickets have been punched to the Division III NCAA tournaments. 42 spots remain for the two championships. Who do we think makes it and who is likely to stay home? You can watch the Hoopsville Special On Demand here. Sun, 01 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2019-20/mar1 https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2018-19/east-women Birds of a feather flock to our All-East Region team. Mia Morrison of the Herons is Player of the Year, Jamie Seward of the Hawks is Coach of the Year and Christina Kiser of the Raptors splits Rookie of the Year with Julianna Okoniewski of Rochester. Mon, 11 Mar 2019 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2018-19/east-women https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2018-19/week14 D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 22nd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware. Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2018-19/week14 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/top25-week12-women Amidst all the excitement of the last 72 hours, we have a new No. 1 team entering the NCAA Tournament and SUNY New Paltz makes its Top 25 debut. How high did Tufts rise? How far did St. Joseph's (Maine) fall? Who returned to the Top 25 just in time for the Tournament? Find out here. Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/top25-week12-women https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2018-19/feb17 The time is now. If teams want to be sure to playing in March, the opportunity is before them. The season comes down to this week. Watch a special, extended, edition of Hoopsville On Demand, or listen to the podcast. Bubble talk, surging teams, must-win games. We have it all! Sun, 17 Feb 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2018-19/feb17 https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/wrapup-0202-women Hardin-Simmons upped its winning streak to six games by upsetting No. 6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 61-59. Elsewhere Catholic dropped Scranton, New Paltz swept Geneseo and UW-Whitewater continued its resurgence. Sat, 02 Feb 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/wrapup-0202-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/01/wrapup-0112-women Whitman dominated its NWC battle with No. 12 George Fox while SUNY New Paltz tripped No. 14 SUNY Geneseo. Elsewhere Guilford continued its romp through the ODAC and No. 6 Tufts tamed No. 25 Middlebury. Sat, 12 Jan 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/01/wrapup-0112-women https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/07/staten-island-sarcone-hire State Island selected former SUNY New Paltz guard Nicole Sarcone as its new head women's basketball coach, replacing Tim Shanahan who resigned in June. Wed, 25 Jul 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/07/staten-island-sarcone-hire https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/04/moskowitz-hired-as-alfred-womens-coach SUNY New Paltz assistant coach Mike Moskowitz has been hired as head coach at Alfred, where he inherits a women's basketball program which has won just eight games in the past three seasons. Wed, 02 May 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/04/moskowitz-hired-as-alfred-womens-coach https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2017/new-paltz-game After hitting rock bottom in 2014, the Hawks have steadily improved each season. The competition begins with game shows and board games in the locker room. Those friendly but intense competitions foster the trust that has led to the program's resurgence. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2017/new-paltz-game https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2016-17/mar5 It is a cliche, but it once again sums up the opening weekend of the DIII championship tournaments. Once again, craziness ensued and we were able to enjoy it. Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh recaps the first 90 games, talks to some of the coaches making waves, and looks ahead to the Sectional Weekend. Watch it On Demand now! Sun, 05 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2016-17/mar5 https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2017/first-round-wrapup DePauw and Whitman won their first round showdowns with nationally ranked foes while Chicago eliminated Wartburg in the first round. Elsewhere SUNY New Paltz upset Bowdoin and Scranton picked a good time for its first lead. Fri, 03 Mar 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/women/2017/first-round-wrapup https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2015-16/contrib/20160305oz8dt0 The State University of New York at New Paltz saw their season come to a close as the Hawks fell to host Rowan University, 93-75, in the first-round of the 2016 NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday evening in Esby Gymnasium. Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2015-16/contrib/20160305oz8dt0 https://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2015-16/new-paltz-women-return New Paltz has relied on depth out of necessity this season, and the Hawks' undefined roles have led them back to the NCAA tournament. Adversity has also helped forge tight bonds, and this team wants to stay together as long as possible. More in Around the East. Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2015-16/new-paltz-women-return https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2015-16/contrib/20160227ffuctx The top-seeded State University of New York at New Paltz women's basketball team (21-6) clinched its second State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title in program history by defeating No. 2 seed SUNY Geneseo (20-7), 65-52, in the SUNYAC Women's Basketball Tournament final on Saturday afternoon in the Hawk Center. Sat, 27 Feb 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2015-16/contrib/20160227ffuctx