LARAMIE, WYO. ? Not making the NCAA Tournament doesn’t feel so bad anymore.

Jodi Bolerjack and Justyna Podziemska scored 16 points apiece to lead Wyoming to a 72-56 victory over Wisconsin in the WNIT championship game Saturday.

After wining 21 games in the regular season and tying for second in the Mountain West Conference, the Cowgirls (27-9) had hoped for their first NCAA bid.

Instead, they got to stay home and play in front of record crowds, including more than 15,000 in the championship game that they dominated.

“I don’t think we could have asked for a better experience,” tournament MVP Hanna Zavecz said. “I think we’re very grateful for the opportunity to play in the postseason, and just making it all this way is amazing. Right now, we’re glad we had this experience.”

And what an experience it was. This time, Wyoming didn’t have to deal with a late comeback, like it did against Oregon, or a triple-overtime thriller like the semifinal against Kansas State.

The tournament title caps the most successful season in school history. No Wyoming team has won as many games – the previous record was set by the 1978-79 team, which finished 25-7 – and no Wyoming team ever advanced so far in postseason play.

Wisconsin was denied its second WNIT title. The Badgers were runners-up in 1999 and won in 2000.

Podziemska also had 10 rebounds and eight assists.

Bolerjack, Anderson and Banks joined Zavecz on the all-tournament team, along with Kansas State’s Ashley Sweat and Western Kentucky’s Crystal Kelly.