What you need to know for the 2026 NCAA women's championship on Sunday

April 4, 2026

By Andy Backstrom, Yahoo Sports: South Carolina put a stop to a 54-game UConn winning streak that dated back to last season, and now Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks are playing in their third straight national title game.

UCLA, on the other hand, has never been here before. After shutting down Texas, the Bruins have finally reached the sport’s biggest stage in the 15th season of Cori Close’s head-coaching tenure. (UCLA won the 1978 AIAW title before the NCAA governed women’s sports.)

So while both South Carolina and UCLA are No. 1 seeds, their backstories couldn’t be more different. Two of the best defensive teams in the country are going head-to-head for all the marbles Sunday in Phoenix.

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South Carolina vs. UCLA: What you need to know for the 2026 NCAA championship on Sunday

The Gamecocks are gunning for their third national title in five years, and the Bruins are aiming to finish atop the sport for the first time in program history.

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