NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship

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NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
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Founded1986
Number of teams64
Current championsChristopher Newport (1st)
Most successful club(s)Messiah (6)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship is an American intercollegiate college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the Division III national champion. It has been held annually since 1986 when the Division III championship was established for universities that do not award athletics scholarships. A third Division II championship was added in 1988.

Traditionally, the tournament is held in November and December of each year following the end of the regular season. Originally, the tournament finals were held on the campus of one of the teams participating in the semifinals. Since 2004, however, it has been held a pre-determined neutral site.

The most successful program has been Messiah, with six national titles.

The current champions are Christopher Newport University, who won their first national title in 2021.[1]

Champions[]

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host) 		Final Match Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up
1986
 Cortland, NY
(SUNY Cortland) 		Rochester (NY) 1–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
Cortland State
1987
 Rochester, NY
(Rochester) 		1–0 William Smith St. Thomas (MN)
Plymouth State
1988
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		William Smith 1–0 UC San Diego Ithaca
Methodist
1989
 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego) 		UC San Diego 3–2
(3OT) 		Ithaca St. Thomas (MN)
William Smith
1990
 Cortland, NY
(Cortland State) 		Ithaca 1–0
(4OT) 		Cortland State Saint Benedict
Methodist
1991
 Plymouth, NH
(Plymouth State) 		2–0 Rochester (NY) UC San Diego
Plymouth State
1992
 Fredericksburg, VA
(Mary Washington) 		Cortland State 1–0 UMass Dartmouth UC San Diego
Mary Washington
1993
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Trenton State 4–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
William Smith
1994
 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego) 		4–3
(3OT) 		UC San Diego Geneseo
North Carolina Wesleyan
1995
 Galloway, NJ
(Richard Stockton) 		UC San Diego 3–0 Methodist William Smith
Richard Stockton
1996
 Amherst, MA
(Amherst) 		2–1 TCNJ Chicago
Amherst
1997
 Elizabethtown, PA
(Elizabethtown) 		1–0 William Smith Elizabethtown
Washington–St. Louis
1998
 Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca) 		Macalester 1–0
(4OT) 		TCNJ Ithaca
Willamette
1999
 Williamstown, MA
(Williams) 		UC San Diego 1–0 Macalester Williams
TCNJ
2000
 Medford, MA
(Tufts) 		TCNJ 2–1 Tufts Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Trinity (TX)
2001
 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan) 		Ohio Wesleyan 1–0 Amherst Wheaton (IL)
Willamette
2002
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		1–0 Messiah William Smith
Trinity (TX)
2003
 Oneonta, NY
(SUNY Oneonta) 		SUNY Oneonta 2–1
(OT) 		Chicago DePauw
TCNJ
2004
 Greensboro, NC Wheaton (IL) 1–1
(5–4, pen) 		Puget Sound Wheaton (MA)
Messiah
2005
 Messiah 1–0 TCNJ Chicago
Tufts
2006
 Lake Buena Vista, FL Wheaton (IL) 2–0 Messiah
Virginia Wesleyan
2007
 1–0 Messiah TCNJ
Western Connecticut State
2008
 Greensboro, NC Messiah 5–0 Wheaton (IL) William Smith
Williams
2009
 San Antonio, TX 1–0 Washington–St. Louis TCNJ
Lynchburg (VA)
2010
 Hardin–Simmons 2–1 Messiah Otterbein
William Smith
2011
 Messiah 3–1 Wheaton (IL) Ithaca
William Smith
2012
 1–0 Emory Wheaton (IL)
Misericordia
2013
 William Smith 2–0 Trinity (TX) Capital
Middlebury
2014
 Kansas City, MO Lynchburg (VA) 0–0
(4–3, pen) 		Williams Illinois Wesleyan
Johns Hopkins
2015
Details 		Williams 2–1 Washington–Saint Louis Centre
Messiah
2016
 Salem, VA[2] Washington–Saint Louis 1–1
(5–4, pen) 		Messiah Brandeis
Chicago
2017
 Williams 1-0 Chicago TCNJ
Hardin–Simmons
2018
 Greensboro, NC Williams 1–1
(3–2, pen) 		Middlebury Christopher Newport
Washington–Saint Louis
2019
 Messiah 1-0 William Smith Pomona-Pitzer
Carnegie Mellon
2020 Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
2021
 Greensboro, NC Christopher Newport 2–0 TCNJ Loras
Wesleyan (CT)

Cumulative results[]

Active programs[]

Team Championships Runners-up
Messiah 6 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2019) 4 (2002, 2007, 2010, 2016)
Williams 3 (2015, 2017, 2018) 1 (2014)
TCNJ (Trenton State) 3 (1993, 1994, 2000) 5 (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2021)
Wheaton (IL) 3 (2004, 2006, 2007) 2 (2008, 2011)
William Smith 2 (1988, 2013) 3 (1987, 1997, 2019)
Ithaca 2 (1990, 1991) 1 (1989)
Rochester (NY) 2 (1986, 1987) 1 (1991)
Ohio Wesleyan 2 (2001, 2002) 0
Washington–Saint Louis 1 (2016) 2 (2009, 2015)
SUNY Cortland 1 (1992) 1 (1990)
Macalester 1 (1998) 1 (1999)
Christopher Newport 1 (2021) 0
Lynchburg 1 (2014) 0
Hardin–Simmons 1 (2010) 0
SUNY Oneonta 1 (2003) 0
Plymouth State 0 2 (1986, 1993)
Chicago 0 1 (2003)
Trinity (TX) 0 1 (2013)
Methodist 0 1 (1995)
Middlebury 0 1 (2018)
Amherst 0 1 (2001)
Tufts 0 1 (2000)
Emory 0 1 (2012)
Puget Sound 0 1 (2004)
UMass Dartmouth 0 1 (1992)

Former programs[]

Team Championships Runners-up
UC San Diego[a] 5 (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) 2 (1988, 1994)
  1. ^ now Division I

See also[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "Division III Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

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