Pool play at the premier women's division tournament put the madness in March, delivering multiple universe point games and upsets in every pool!
March 22, 2026 by Bridget Mizener in Recap
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I have to start this recap with a mea culpa. Forgive me for assuming the division’s top-tier pecking order (Carleton, Stanford, UBC) was set in stone at this point in the season. My fatal mistake was losing sight of where (and when) we are: smack dab in the middle of March Madness.
Saturday at Northwest Challenge delivered all the drama the best NCAA tournaments provide: big plays, iconic moments, gutsy comebacks, and upsets stacked on upsets. I couldn’t help drawing some parallels between what unfolded on the fields today and what’s already enshrined in March Madness lore. Bear in mind that I was playing high school basketball in the mid-2010s, so we’re heavily over-indexed there. Here we go!
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