The 2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 29th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Washington St. Louis defeated Hope in the championship game, 65âÂÂ59, to claim the Bears' fifth Division III national title and first since 2001.
Illinois Wesleyan University hosted the championship round at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois, from March 19 to 20.
After five years with sixty-three teams, the team expanded by one to its current size of sixty-four. With the change, all teams began to play in the First Round.