The Northern Sun women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2000. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-up MVPVenue 2000 Minnesota–Duluth 83–57 Southwest State Sue Fiero, Minnesota–Duluth Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN) 2001 Minnesota–Duluth 53–49 Southwest State Kate Madrinich, Minnesota–Duluth 2002 Southwest State 63–48 Minnesota–Duluth Shelli Schoeneck, Southwest State 2003 Minnesota–Duluth 68–60 Minnesota–Crookston Lindsey Dietz, Minnesota–Duluth 2004 Minnesota–Duluth 58–57 Concordia-St. Paul Tanysha Scott, Minnesota–Duluth 2005 Concordia-St. Paul 86–78 Minnesota State Moorhead Jennifer Pozzani, Concordia-St. Paul Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse (Moorhead, MN) 2006 Wayne State 59–54 Northern State Nicole Gruntorad, Wayne State Rice Auditorium (Wayne, NE) 2007 Concordia-St. Paul 85–77 Minnesota State Moorhead Katie LaViolette, Concordia-St. Paul Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN) 2008 Concordia-St. Paul 70–65 Wayne State Katie LaViolette, Concordia-St. Paul 2009 St. Cloud State 53–41 Concordia-St. Paul Rachel Booth, St. Cloud State McCown Gymnasium (Winona, MN) 2010 Wayne State 77–67 Minnesota–Duluth Mara Hjelle, Wayne State Gangelhoff Center (St. Paul, MN) 2011 Winona State 63–61 Concordia-St. Paul Michelle McDonald, Winona State 2012 Wayne State 62–59 Augustana (SD) Ashley Arlen, Wayne State Taylor Arena (Rochester, MN) 2013 Augustana (SD) 81–73 Minnesota State Emily Schulte, Augustana (SD) 2014 Concordia-St. Paul 54–36 Northern State Rachel Hansen, Concordia-St. Paul Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD) 2015 Northern State 61–45 Wayne State Rachel Krogman, Northern State 2016 Sioux Falls 75–57 Augustana (SD) Taylor Varsho, Sioux Falls 2017 Northern State 55–52 Sioux Falls Jill Conrad, Northern State 2018 Augustana (SD) 64–45 Winona State Logan O’Farrell, Augustana (SD) 2019 Minnesota–Duluth 52–48 Minnesota State Moorhead Sarah Grow, Minnesota–Duluth 2020 St. Cloud State 71–62 Minnesota–Duluth Nikki Kilboten, St. Cloud 2021 Minnesota–Duluth 67–55 St. Cloud State Brooke Olson, Minnesota–Duluth 2022 Minnesota–Duluth 62–39 St. Cloud State Brooke Olson, Minnesota–Duluth 2023 Minnesota–Duluth 80–74 Minnesota State Brooke Olson, Minnesota–Duluth 2024 Minnesota State 89–74 Mary (ND) Joey Batt, Minnesota State 2025 Concordia St. Paul 92–73 Minnesota State Lindsey Becher, Concordia 2026 Concordia St. Paul 79–71 Minnesota State Lauren Wilson, Concordia St. Paul
Championship appearances by school School Finals record Finals appearances Years Minnesota–Duluth 8–3 11 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Concordia–St. Paul 6–3 9 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2025, 2026 Wayne State 3–2 5 2006, 2010, 2012 Augustana 2–2 4 2013, 2018 Northern State 2–2 4 2015, 2017 St. Cloud State 2–2 4 2009, 2020 Minnesota State 1–4 5 2024 Southwest Minnesota State 1–2 3 2002 Sioux Falls 1–1 2 2016 Winona State 1–1 2 2011 Minnesota State–Moorhead 0–3 3 Mary (ND) 0–1 1 Minnesota–Crookston 0–1 1 Bemidji State, Jamestown, and Minot State have yet to reach the NSIC tournament final. Minnesota–Morris and Upper Iowa never reached the finals of the NSIC tournament before departing the conference.
See also Northern Sun men's basketball tournament
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