Seeds #1 and #2 dominate as the women reach the Elite 8

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Sophomore Meighan Simmons scored 16 of her 22 points off the bench in the second half as the #2 Tennessee Lady Volunteers rallied past the #11 Kansas Jayhawks, 84-73 in the Des Moines region to advance to their second straight regional final and 25th in 31 years.

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Brittney Griner threw down a two-handed dunk to cap a sensational performance as the #1 Baylor Bears stormed into the NCAA regional finals for the third straight year in Des Moines, Iowa with an 83-68 victory over the #4 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

DES MOINES FINAL - #1 Baylor vs. #2 Tennessee - Monday at 7 pm

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The #2 Duke Blue Devils rode its lone senior starter, Shay Selby, to move within a victory of the program’s first Final Four since 2006 with a 74-47 rout of the #3 St. John’s Red Storm in the Fresno regional semifinals.

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Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 39 points and 10 rebounds to help the #1 Stanford Cardinal earn a 76-60 victory over the #5 South Carolina Gamecocks in the other Fresno semifinal game.

FRESNO FINAL - #1 Stanford vs. #2 Duke - Monday at 9 pm

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Bria Hartley scored 20 points and Kelly Faris added 15 as the #1 Connecticut Huskies advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s regional finals for the 7th straight year with a 77-59 win over the #4 Penn State Nittany Lions in Kingston, Rhode Island.

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Keyla Snowden made five 3-pointers and came back off the bench to hit a pair that stopped the #11 Gonzaga Bulldogs’ last charge as the #2 Kentucky Wildcats won, 79-62 to advance to the Kingston regional final of the NCAA Women's Tournament.

KINGSTON FINAL - #1 Connecticut vs. #2 Kentucky - Tuesday at 7 pm

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Laurin Mincy had 21 points and a career-best 12 rebounds to help the #2 Maryland Terrapins rally past the #3 & defending national champion Texas A&M Aggies, 81-74 in the Raleigh semifinals of the NCAA Women's Tournament.

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The #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish dominated the #5 St. Bonaventure Bonnies, 79-35 in the Raleigh regional semifinals with their 44-point romp that matched the 22-year-old record for scoring margin at a regional stage of the women’s NCAA tournament.

RALEIGH FINAL - #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Maryland - Tuesday at 9 pm