LATHAM, N.Y. - The St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball team heads to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1999 and will square off in an Opening Round matchup against host Washington and Lee University (27-0). That game will take place on Friday in Lexington, Va. 

Joining those two teams in the pod are Gettysburg College (21-6) and Christopher Newport University (23-5). The winner of both of the First Round contests will then square off on Saturday at a time still to be determined.

Find the full tournament bracket here: NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

St. Mary’s College was dominant in the United East all season, posting an undefeated conference record before earning a commanding victory over Penn State Abington in the Conference Championship Final. Tournament Most Valuable Player, Samantha Blaylock, had a monster day coming off the bench, registering 32 points on 10-13 from the field. That has been the game plan all year for the Seahawks as their bench averages the 2nd most points of any team in Division III (37.1 points).

Stout defense has also been a strong suit of the Blue and Gold as they have forced an average of 28.7 turnovers per game which ranks fourth in the nation.

Washington and Lee also earned their way into the National Championship via an Automatic Qualifier as they produced the first undefeated regular season in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) history. A big part of that squad is 3x All-American Mary Schleusner, who has produced the most career rebounds (1,922) of any player in Division III history and has the eighth-most career points (2,407) 

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