HELENA, Mont. -- The Carroll College women's basketball team drew a No. 2-seed and will face No. 7-seed University of Pikeville at the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship on Thursday, March 14.
"We're excited," Saints coach
Rachelle Sayers told Sports 94.9. "I don't think it matters who you get at this point. You're just excited to go. Whoever you get is going to be good. We're going to have to play our best basketball."
The Saints will play at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
The Saints (25-7) finished the Frontier Conference regular season in second place before claiming the postseason conference championship, the second consecutive title for the Saints. Carroll has won 10 consecutive games.
Pike (20-11) was an at-large bid after being bounced in the first game of the Mid-South Conference Championship.
Carroll was one of five Frontier Conference teams that made up the tournament field. Montana Western earned a No. 1-seed, while Rocky Mountain earned a No. 5-seed as an automatic bid as the host city. Lewis-Clark State College received a No. 6-seed and Providence made the tournament as the No. 8-seed.