INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Washington & Jefferson women's basketball team will travel to Transylvania University to face the host Pioneers in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament on Friday, March 4. 

This marks the eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first since the 2009-10 season for W&J. The Presidents also earned bids in 1994-95, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2008-09. 

The Presidents, who finished the regular season as the top team in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, captured the PAC Tournament title with a 58-42 win over second-seeded Westminster College Saturday evening at Salvitti Family Gymnasium. The PAC title is the sixth in program history for W&J (23-4). Its last conference title came in 2005-06. 

Transylvania earned the automatic bid out of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Pioneers won the HCAC Tournament title Saturday by defeating Anderson University by an 81-51 score. 

Transylvania enters Friday's game with a 24-0 overall record. They finished 13-0 in HCAC play. W&J and Transylvania have one common opponent in 2021-22. Both teams beat Capital University. W&J beat the Comets by a 66-54 score on Nov. 27. Transylvania topped the Comets by a 78-38 score on Dec. 21. 

A pair of teams that W&J played in its non-conference schedule, Marietta and La Roche, also earned bids to the field of 64. 

Southern Virginia (24-4) and Shenandoah (22-5) will meet in the other first round game at Transylvania on Friday. Southern Virginia won the automatic bid out of the USA South, as they beat Berea 73-62 Saturday. Shenandoah won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) as the No. 4 seed, as they won 56-43 over Randolph Macon on Sunday. 

Game times to be announced.