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2026 D3hoops.com All-Americans
March 21, 2026Of the thousands of players in Division III women's basketball, these are the 25 we picked as the best in the country. Washington and Lee phenom Mary Schleusner is our Player of the Year, while Wartburg guard Katie Boulanger is our Rookie of the Year. -
D3hoops.com 2026 women's All-Region 8 team
March 16, 2026Goodness Gricius! Carroll's star forward is our Player of the Year while Illinois Wesleyan's Caitlin Leyden is our Rookie of the Year. Staying in the Land of Lincoln, Chicago's Michelle Gardner-Bilek is Coach of the Year.
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Pioneers’ Historic Season Comes to a Close in NCAA Second Round
March 07, 2026WAUKESHA, Wis. - The Carroll women's basketball team saw its historic season come to an end Saturday night, falling 80-60 to Wisconsin–La Crosse in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament at the Van Male Fieldhouse.
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Round 1 women: Goodness Gricius!
March 06, 2026Natalie Gricius' big night lifted Carroll past DePauw while Caydee Kirkham carried 11-seed Coe to victory on a night dominated by the higher seeds. Elsewhere, OAC reps Baldwin Wallace and Otterbein dominated their first-round foes and Whitman took West Coast bragging rights in the first round of the Division III women’s basketball tournament.
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Gricius Powers Carroll Past DePauw, 74–67, in NCAA Tournament Opener
March 06, 2026WAUKESHA, Wis. – Behind a dominant performance from Natalie Gricius and a strong fourth-quarter surge, Carroll women's basketball rallied past DePauw, 74–67, Friday night at Van Male Fieldhouse in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
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Carroll Women’s Basketball Punches Ticket to CCIW Championship
February 27, 2026WAUKESHA, Wis. - Carroll women's basketball advanced in the CCIW Tournament on Thursday night with a commanding 78–65 victory over Wheaton at Van Male Fieldhouse, earning a spot in Friday's semifinal against second-seeded Illinois Wesleyan.
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OWU wins Buckeye State battle
January 24, 2026Ohio Wesleyan dealt Denison its first loss of the season in an NCAC first place showdown, while No. 9 Hope continued its dominance of archrival Calvin and No. 20 Carroll shut down No. 13 Illinois Wesleyan in Saturday’s Division III women’s basketball.
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Team of the Week
January 12, 2026D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Hoopsville: Routine Changes
December 08, 2025The DIII hoops season has suddenly entered December. After getting into the routine of the season, exams, the holidays, and more have caused plenty of changes. On Hoopsville, how teams are tackling the adjustments. Plus '2 Cents' on possible "forced breaks" in the future. Watch/Listen On Demand or podcast right here!
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Team of the Week
December 01, 2025D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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New women's Top 25 posted
December 01, 2025Ohio Wesleyan enters the rankings, as does the only team to beat the Battling Bishops so far this year, while Carroll makes a big jump and Emory enters the Top 10. Get the latest women's rankings here.
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D3hoops.com 2025 women's All-Region 8 team
March 18, 2025Oliva Rangel is our Region 8 Player of the Year. Aurora first-year guard Krystyna Manzanarez is Rookie of the Year, and Illinois Wesleyan's Mia Smith is Coach of the Year.
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Carroll's Olivia Rangel Named As Finalist For 2025 Jostens Trophy
March 14, 2025SALEM, Va. - Carroll University Senior Olivia Rangel has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy, as announced Friday by the Rotary Club of Salem, Va. Each year, the Jostens Trophy honors one male and one female from a list of 10 finalists from each gender, which recognizes the most outstanding men's and women's Division-III basketball players of the year. Rangel is the fifth Pioneer since 2010 to be named a Jostens Trophy finalist, joining John Hoch (2010), Lyndsey Seewald (2011), Emily DeNoyer (2014), and Malory Christenson (2016).
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Carroll Advances To CCIW Championship Game For Second Consecutive Season
February 28, 2025BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Carroll's women's basketball team returned to the scene of their first-ever CCIW Tournament Championship Friday afternoon, as the Pios began their quest for a repeat with a convincing 89-54 victory against Wheaton (Ill.) in the semifinals of the 2025 CCIW Tournament at Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill. Carroll led for all but four minutes in the game, scorching the nets to the tune of 57 percent (34-60) from the field and 50 percent (8-16) from 3-point range. That advances the Pioneers to Saturday night's CCIW Championship Game at 7 p.m. against the winner of the Illinois Wesleyan vs. Millikin semifinal.
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Carroll's Olivia Rangel Eanrs CCIW Lori Kerans Most Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
February 24, 2025NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Carroll Senior Guard Olivia Rangel has been named the 2025 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Lori Kerans Most Outstanding Student-Athlete. That comes as part of Monday's CCIW All-Conference release, which also saw Rangel earn her fourth consecutive First Team honor, including two consecutive unanimous selections. This marks just the second time a Carroll women's basketball player has received the CCIW's Most Outstanding Student-Athlete award, and first since the inaugural year it was given in 1987. It is the seventh Player of the Year award in program history, and first since 2012, when Carroll was a member of the Midwest Conference.
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Carroll Lands Three Players On CCIW All-Conference Team
February 24, 2025NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The Carroll University women's basketball team received three All-Conference selections Monday afternoon, with the release of the 2025 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) All-Conference awards. Senior Guard Olivia Rangel and Junior Forward Natalie Gricius each earned unanimous First Team Selections, while Junior Guard Emilie Wizner received Second Team honors. This marks the fourth consecutive season that the Pioneers have had three players named to the All-Conference team.
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Rangel's Record-Breaking Afternoon Highlights Carroll's Blowout Win On Senior Day
February 15, 2025WAUKESHA, Wis. - It's rare to see one record broken during a game, but when someone establishes a new career record in two different statistical categories, fans know they are witnessing something special. That's exactly what happened for the Carroll University Women's Basketball team Saturday afternoon, as Olivia Rangel celebrated her Senior Day by eclipsing the program's career records for both assists (377) and steals (260), helping the Pios earn a dominating 103-63 victory against Augustana (IL). That marks the second time in this calendar year that Carroll has scored in triple digits.
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Team of the Week
February 03, 2025D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Team of the Week
November 25, 2024D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 28, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Hoopsville: Super Sized
February 08, 2024The regular season will be over before we know it! Join us on a super-sized, midday edition of Hoopsville Thursday as we try and catch up with everything going on in DIII. Plus we talk to teams looking to stay atop their conferences. Watch On Demand or listen to podcast here!
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Team of the Week
January 29, 2024D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Updated women's Top 25
January 29, 2024Gettysburg enters our Top 25 ahead of Wednesday night's battle with No. 9 Johns Hopkins. Plus find out how our voters made sense of the IWU-Millikin-Carroll results in this week's poll.
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New women's rankings released
January 15, 2024Carroll cracks our Top 25 for the first time since December 2007 while Loras returns, Catholic rises, and the ASC teams basically trade places. Get the full list here.
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Team of the Week
December 11, 2023D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 27th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Saturday: Pre-Christmas Carroll
December 09, 2023Carroll entered the holiday break in conference play with a thrilling victory over No. 9 Millikin while No. 1 New York University surged past No. 16 Tufts and No. 19 Hope continued its dominance over Calvin. Read about it here.
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Pioneers Clinch Bye with Win over Wheaton
February 15, 2023
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Pioneers Find a Way in a Gritty Win over Augustana
February 11, 2023
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Pios Get Back into Win Column Against Elmhurst
February 08, 2023
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Pios Get Back into Win Column Against Elmhurst
February 08, 2023
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Pios Get Back into Win Column Against Elmhurst
February 08, 2023
