The South Atlantic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the South Atlantic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament champion receives the South Atlantic's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1991 Wingate 71–68 Gardner–Webb 1992 Wingate (2) 70–69 Gardner–Webb 1993 Catawba 60–57 Wingate 1994 Wingate (3) 73–62 Mars Hill 1995 Presbyterian 74–68 Carson-Newman 1996 Wingate (4) 69–67 (OT) Mars Hill 1997 Wingate (5) 71–56 Elon 1998 Presbyterian (2) 79–54 Carson-Newman 1999 Presbyterian (3) 69–66 Carson-Newman 2000 Presbyterian (4) 72–52 Gardner–Webb 2001 Catawba (2) 82–72 Wingate 2002 Mars Hill 85–71 Presbyterian 2003 Lenoir-Rhyne 77–75 Catawba 2004 Catawba (3) 74–70 Wingate 2005 Carson-Newman 64–43 Wingate 2006 Newberry 57–50 Tusculum 2007 Newberry (2) 67–62 Carson-Newman 2008 Wingate (6) 76–74 Tusculum 2009 Lenoir-Rhyne (2) 66–57 Tusculum 2010 Tusculum 67–55 Newberry 2011 Tusculum (2) 77–66 Wingate 2012 Wingate† 65–41 Catawba 2013 Anderson 55–52 Tusculum 2014 Wingate (7) 77–73 Lenoir-Rhyne 2015 Newberry (3) 64–58 Anderson 2016 Wingate (8) 67–61 Anderson 2017 Wingate (9) 81–61 Lincoln Memorial 2018 Carson-Newman (2) 79–70 Wingate 2019 Anderson (2) 62–60 Wingate 2020 Tusculum (3) 61–49 Anderson 2021 Tusculum (4) 59–47 Lincoln Memorial 2022 Carson-Newman (3) 83–58 Anderson (SC) 2023 Lenoir–Rhyne (3) 63–59 Anderson (SC) 2024 Wingate (10) 85–69 Carson-Newman 2025 Anderson (3) 64–58 Coker 2026 Coker 60–46 Carson-Newman
Notes † Wingate's championship from 2012 has been vacated.
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Wingate 10–7 17 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2024 Tusculum 4–4 8 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021 Presbyterian 4–1 5 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000 Anderson (SC) 3–5 8 2013, 2019, 2025 Carson–Newman 3–6 9 2005, 2013, 2022 Catawba 3–2 5 1993, 2001, 2004 Lenoir–Rhyne 3–1 4 2003, 2009, 2023 Newberry 3–1 4 2006, 2007, 2015 Mars Hill 1–2 3 2002 Coker 1–1 2 2026 Gardner–Webb 0–3 3 Lincoln Memorial 0–2 2 Elon 0–1 1
Emory & Henry, Limestone, and UVA Wise have not yet reached the finals of the SAC tournament. Brevard and Queens (NC) never reached the finals of the tournament while members of the SAC. Schools highlighted in pink are former SAC members.
See also South Atlantic Conference men's basketball tournament
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