March 16, 2026
Bracket
FORT COLLINS, CO – The 2026 Postseason WNIT launches with a flourish this week, with times, dates and locations now secured for the 16 Round 1 games on the schedule. Teams with first-round byes have also been determined.
This marks the 28th edition of the Postseason WNIT, powered by Triple Crown Sports and first held in 1998.
Round 1 schedule (all times ET)
Thursday, March 19
Bradley (20-12) at George Washington (15-17), 6 p.m.
Binghamton (19-12) at Mercyhurst (15-16), 6 p.m.
Maryland Eastern Shore (19-14) at Wake Forest (14-17), 6 p.m.
Drexel (21-10) at St. Bonaventure (16-15), 6 p.m.
Lehigh (17-14) at Monmouth (20-11), 6 p.m.
UTRGV (20-13) at Austin Peay (19-13), 7 p.m.
NJIT (18-12) at Merrimack (19-12), 7 p.m.
UMBC (16-14) at Ohio (18-13), 7 p.m.
Northern Colorado (22-10) at Air Force (16-18), 8:30 p.m.
UC Davis (23-10) at Pepperdine (19-12), 9 p.m.
Sam Houston (18-12) at Portland (18-14), 9 p.m.
Utah Valley (16-14) at San Francisco (18-14), 9 p.m.
Friday, March 20
Stetson (20-11) at Florida International (20-11), 7 p.m.
Morehead State (18-14) at Radford (22-12), 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 21
Loyola Chicago (14-17) at Norfolk State (18-14), 2 p.m.
South Alabama (16-18) at Alcorn State (17-13), 4 p.m.
Round 2 in bracket order (dates, times, locations TBA)
Pepperdine/UC Davis vs. Southern Utah (19-12)
Air Force/Northern Colorado vs. South Dakota (23-9)
Portland/Sam Houston vs. Lamar (20-10)
San Francisco/Utah Valley vs. Montana State (25-7)
Norfolk State/Loyola Chicago vs. FGCU (16-15)
George Washington/Bradley vs. Southern Indiana (21-10)
Florida International/Stetson vs. Abilene Christian (23-10)
Austin Peay/UTRGV vs. Illinois State (20-13)
Merrimack/NJIT vs. Army (24-7)
Mercyhurst/Binghamton vs. La Salle (18-13)
Wake Forest/Maryland Eastern Shore vs. Youngstown State (24-9)
Ohio/UMBC vs. Marshall (23-9)
Alcorn State/South Alabama vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (20-13)
Radford/Morehead State vs. Arkansas State (24-9)
St. Bonaventure/Drexel vs. Middle Tennessee State (16-15)
Monmouth/Lehigh vs. Cleveland State (24-9)
Here’s the rest of the schedule for the 28th edition of the Postseason WNIT:
Round 2 - March 22-24, 2026
Super 16 - March 25-27, 2026
Great 8 - March 28-30, 2026
Fab 4 - March 31 – April 1, 2026
Championship - Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET
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About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs the Postseason WNIT basketball event and produces the men’s and women’s DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown’s PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,300-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch softball tournaments draw the nation’s finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 700-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 650 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.