The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The tournament has been held each year since 1980.
The winner receives the PSAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up 1980 Cheyney State 85–35 Slippery Rock State 1981 Cheyney State 85–53 Slippery Rock State 1982 Cheyney State 92–33 Slippery Rock State 1983 Cheyney 89–38 Slippery Rock 1984 Millersville 69–54 Shippensburg 1985 Lock Haven 75–67 East Stroudsburg 1986 Slippery Rock 74–58 East Stroudsburg 1987 Millersville 56–55 Lock Haven 1988 Indiana 68–50 Millersville 1989 Lock Haven 70–62 Edinboro 1990 Edinboro 77–67 Lock Haven 1991 Clarion 87–71 Lock Haven 1992 Bloomsburg 70–40 Edinboro 1993 Clarion 104–81 Edinboro 1994 Clarion 71–69 California 1995 East Stroudsburg 80–71 Clarion 1996 Shippensburg 87–67 Slippery Rock 1997 Shippensburg 89–74 Edinboro 1998 Shippensburg 89–80 (OT) Edinboro 1999 Shippensburg 92–85 Indiana 2000 Shippensburg 83–57 Millersville 2001 Shippensburg 86–71 California 2002 California 63–60 Millersville 2003 California 58–54 West Chester 2004 California 87–54 Shippensburg 2005 Millersville 76–71 California 2006 California 63–59 Edinboro 2007 Indiana 63–53 California 2008 Indiana 67–63 California 2009 Indiana 60–51 (OT) California 2010 Gannon 77–68 California 2011 Edinboro 75–58 California 2012 Edinboro 74–58 Bloomsburg 2013 Bloomsburg 74–57 Gannon 2014 Edinboro 86–76 Gannon 2015 California 86–70 West Chester 2016 California 62–52 Indiana 2017 Indiana 84–79 California 2018 Edinboro 77–66 Millersville 2019 Indiana 72–57 Kutztown 2020 Gannon 50–40 Indiana 2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Gannon 59–47 California 2023 California 75–63 Gannon 2024 Gannon 80–65 Lock Haven 2025 Kutztown 78–64 Edinboro 2026 IUP 61–57 Gannon
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years California (PA) 7–10 17 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2023 Indiana (PA) 7–3 10 1988, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2026 Shippensburg 6–2 8 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Edinboro 5–7 12 1990, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 Gannon 4–4 8 2010, 2020, 2022, 2024 Cheyney 4–0 4 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Millersville 3–4 7 1984, 1987, 2005 Clarion 3–1 4 1991, 1993, 1994 Bloomsburg 2–1 3 1992, 2013 Lock Haven 2–4 6 1985, 1989 Slippery Rock 1–5 6 1986 East Stroudsburg 1–2 3 1995 Kutztown 1–1 2 2025 West Chester 0–2 2 Schools highlighted in pink are former PSAC members. Mansfield, Pitt–Johnstown, Seton Hill, and Shepherd have not yet qualified for the PSAC tournament finals. Mercyhurst never qualified for the tournament finals as PSAC members.
See also PSAC men's basketball tournament
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