The St. Thomas Aquinas College Women's Basketball team has earned the #7 seed in the East Regional of the 2023 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament and will take on #2 Southern New Hampshire University.

Selection Show Video Archive | 2023 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket

St. Thomas Aquinas had to wait for the decision makers on the NCAA D2 Women's Basketball East Region Selection Committee to call their name, after they fell short in their quest to win the ECC Women's Hoops Tournament Championship, as the Spartans suffered a 66-51 defeat at the hands of Daemen University on Sunday afternoon. Eight bids were awarded in the region with champions from the ECC (Daemen), Northeast-10 (Bentley), and Central Atlantic (Dominican) capturing automatic bids and the others issued on an at-large basis.

The Spartans (21-8, 12-4 ECC) and Penmen (21-7, 15-5 NE10) matched up against each other once during the 2022-23 regular season, with SNHU defeating STAC, 71-65 at Aquinas Hall on December 29, 2022. The squads have faced each other just four times in history of both programs. SNHU currently holds a 3-1 advantage in the all-time series matchups.

Last Meeting: December 29, 2022 - STAC 71/SNHU 65

First Round games will begin on Friday, March 10 at top-seed and hosts Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Times for each of the opening round contests will be released in the coming days, and the winner will advance to face the winner of #3 Jefferson vs. #6 Daemen. The other side of the East bracket sees #1 Assumption taking on #8 Dominican, with #4 Le Moyne squaring off with #5 Bentley.