The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) women's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the GLIAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenue 1991 Northern Michigan 66-64 Michigan Tech Houghton, MI 1992 Northern Michigan 61-60 Michigan Tech Houghton, MI 1993 Michigan Tech 70-63 Saginaw Valley State Houghton, MI 1994 Oakland 74-72 Michigan Tech Rochester, MI 1995 Northern Michigan 74-67 Michigan Tech Houghton, MI 1996 Northern Michigan 78-57 Michigan Tech Rochester, MI 1997 Northern Michigan 81-71 Oakland Marquette, MI 1998 Northern Michigan 94-74 2OT Ashland Marquette, MI 1999 Michigan Tech 75-71 Hillsdale Kellogg Arena Battle Creek, MI 2000 Northern Michigan 93-80 Ferris State DeltaPlex Arena Grand Rapids, MI 2001 Michigan Tech 84-66 Gannon DeltaPlex Arena Grand Rapids, MI 2002 Hillsdale 63-59 Michigan Tech DeltaPlex Arena Grand Rapids, MI 2003 Lake Superior State 67-60 Grand Valley State Bud Cooper Gym Sault Ste. Marie, MI 2004 Lake Superior State 85-73 Ferris State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2005 Grand Valley State 77-60 Gannon GVSU Fieldhouse Allendale, MI 2006 Grand Valley State+ 76-58 Ashland GVSU FieldhouseAllendale, MI 2007 Gannon 88-77 Hillsdale Hammermill Center Erie, PA 2008 Michigan Tech 81-53 Ashland SDC Gym Houghton, MI 2009 Hillsdale 81-69 Michigan Tech SDC Gym Houghton, MI 2010 Michigan Tech 73-69 Northern Michigan SDC Gym Houghton, MI 2011 Michigan Tech 63-53 Ashland SDC Gym Houghton, MI 2012 Ashland 66-50 Ferris State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2013 Ashland+ 68-49 Findlay Kate's Gym Ashland 2014 Northern Michigan 53-49 Malone Mattaei Center Detroit, MI 2015 Michigan Tech 68-52 Ashland SDC Gym Houghton, MI 2016 Ashland 70-53 Grand Valley State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2017 Ashland+ 85-76 Grand Valley State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2018 Ashland 85-74 Grand Valley State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2019 Ashland 65-58 Northern Michigan GVSU Fieldhouse Allendale, MI 2020 Ashland 61-53 Grand Valley State Kate's Gym Ashland, OH 2021 Michigan Tech 74-63 Ashland H.D. Kesling Gym Westville, IN 2022 Ferris State 59–51 Grand Valley State GVSU Field House Allendale, MI 2023Grand Valley State 62-54 Michigan Tech 2024Grand Valley State67–48Northern Michigan 2025Grand Valley State 79–48 Ferris State 2026Grand Valley State83–62Ferris State
+Indicates won NCAA championship
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Michigan Tech 8–8 16 1993, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2021 Northern Michigan 8–3 11 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2014 Ashland 7–6 13 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Grand Valley State 6–6 12 2005, 2006, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Hillsdale 2–2 4 2002, 2009 Lake Superior State 2–0 2 2003, 2004 Ferris State 1–4 5 2022 Gannon 1–2 3 2007 Oakland 1–1 2 1994 Findlay 0–1 1 Malone 0–1 1 Saginaw Valley State 0–1 1
Notes
Davenport, Parkside, Purdue Northwest, Roosevelt, and Wayne State have not yet reached the finals of the GLIAC tournament. Lake Erie, Mercyhurst, Northwood, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, Walsh and Westminster (PA) never reached the tournament championship game before departing the GLIAC. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
See also GLIAC men's basketball tournament
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