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Lady Matadors open a new season chasing a third straight national tournament trip

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If you follow Arizona Western women's basketball, tip-off is here. The Lady captured the Region I Championship and reached the NJCAA National Tournament for the second consecutive season in 2025-26. Expectations keep rising, and head coach Chelsea Dewey wouldn't have it any other way.

2straight trips to the NJCAA National Tournament

Arizona Western is looking to make it three in a row this season.

Sources: Yuma Sun, KYMA

Dewey enters her fourth season with five returning players on a roster of Americans and international athletes. She wants a team that's “the toughest team in the country.” Freshman guard Madison McDonald says the group has bonded fast.

“Everybody's from everywhere, and yet we gel so well. We have four or five Americans, and everybody else is international.”

Madison McDonald, freshman guard

Arizona Western beat top-ranked Eastern Arizona for the Region I title

Team2025-26 finish
Arizona WesternWon Region I; reached nationals
Eastern ArizonaLost Region I final; won national title

Sources: Yuma Sun, KYMA

  • Opener: Gila Monster Tournament in Thatcher
  • Schedule: Dewey expects one of the country's toughest
  • Focus: defense, says sophomore forward Aline Mastelic

Sources: Yuma Sun, KYMA

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