NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament

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NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament
NCAA logo.svg
SportCollege indoor volleyball
Founded1981
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1)
Most titlesWashington (MO) (10)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament is the annual event that decides the championships in women's volleyball from teams in Division III contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981 except in 2020, when all D-III championship events were canceled due to COVID-19.[1]

Washington–Saint Louis is the most successful program, with ten national titles.

Wisconsin-Eau Claire are the most recent champions, having defeated Calvin in the 2021 final.

History[]

From 1970 through 1980, before the NCAA governed women's collegiate athletics, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women alone conducted the women's collegiate volleyball championships.

Volleyball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.

The NCAA added a Division III men's championship in 2012, which at the time was the newest NCAA-sponsored championship. That distinction has since passed to the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, an all-divisions women-only championship launched in 2016.

Champions[]

  • See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the Division III volleyball champions from 1979 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW champions.
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
Year Site
(Host) 		Final Match Third-Place Match / Semifinalists Total Attendance
Champion Games Runner-up Third Place Games Fourth Place
1981
 Maryville, TN
(Maryville) 		UC San Diego 3–2 Juniata Occidental 3–0 Benedictine (IL) 2,151
1982
 La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego) 		La Verne 3–1 UC San Diego Sonoma State 3–2 Juniata 6,503
1983
 La Verne, CA
(La Verne) 		Elmhurst 3–1 UC San Diego La Verne 3–1 MIT 5,120
1984
 Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst) 		UC San Diego (2) 3–0 MIT La Verne 3–0 Calvin 6,085
1985
 Elmhurst (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne 3–0 UW–La Crosse 4,667
1986
 Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin) 		UC San Diego (3) 3–2 Calvin UW–La Crosse 3–1 Juniata 8,664
1987
 Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst) 		UC San Diego (4) 3–0 Elmhurst Benedictine (IL) 3–2 Juniata 5,081
1988
 La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego) 		UC San Diego (5) 3–2 Benedictine (IL) Juniata 3–2 UW–Whitewater 4,126
1989
 St. Louis, MO
(Washington) 		Washington–St. Louis 3–0 Ohio Northern Juniata 3–1 Menlo 8,433
1990
 UC San Diego (6) 3–2 Washington–St. Louis St. Benedict 3–0 Juniata 8,064
1991
 Washington–St. Louis (2) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata 3–1 UW–Oshkosh 9,469
1992
 Washington–St. Louis (3) 3–0 UC San Diego Stony Brook 3–2 Calvin 7,373
1993
 Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata) 		Washington–St. Louis (4) 3–0 Juniata RIT 3–2 UC San Diego 8,771
1994
 Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca) 		Washington–St. Louis (5) 3–0 UW–Oshkosh Juniata 3–2 Ithaca 9,293
1995
 Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater) 		Washington–St. Louis (6) 3–2 Cal Lutheran UW–Whitewater 3–2 Ithaca 14,465
1996
 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh) 		Washington–St. Louis (7) 3–0 Juniata St. Olaf 3–1 UW–Oshkosh 8,472
1997
 La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego) 		UC San Diego (7) 3–2 Juniata Central (IA) 3–0 Washington–St. Louis 11,803
1998
 Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata) 		Central (IA) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata and Wellesley 10,906
1999
 Central (IA) (2) 3–0 Trinity (TX) Muskingum 3–0 Juniata 12,264
2000
 Pella, IA
(Central) 		Central (IA) (3) 3–0 UW–Whitewater Washington–St. Louis 3–2 Juniata 11,896
2001
 Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater) 		La Verne (2) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata 3–1 Wellesley 12,168
2002
 UW–Whitewater 3–0 Washington–St. Louis Trinity (TX) 3–0 Juniata 11,341
2003
 La Verne, CA
(La Verne) 		Washington–St. Louis (8) 3–0 NYU La Verne 3–0 Emory 10,982
2004
 Winona, MN
(St. Mary's (MN)) 		Juniata 3–0 Washington–St. Louis La Verne 3–1 NYU 8,987
2005
 Salem, VA UW–Whitewater (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne and Wittenberg 10,634
2006
 Juniata (2) 3–2 Washington–St. Louis UW–Whitewater and Wittenberg 13,961
2007
 Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan) 		Washington–St. Louis (9) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata and Wittenberg 9,943
2008
 Emory 3–1 La Verne Juniata and Ohio Northern 9,842
2009
 University Heights, OH
(John Carroll) 		Washington–St. Louis (10) 3–1 Juniata Hope and UW–Oshkosh 13,622
2010
 St. Louis, MO
(Washington) 		Calvin 3–1 Emory Juniata and Washington–St. Louis 16,340
2011
 Wittenberg 3–0 Christopher Newport Carthage and Eastern 14,196
2012
 Holland, MI
(Hope) 		St. Thomas (MN) 3–2 Calvin Christopher Newport and Elmhurst 18,649
2013
 Calvin (2) 3–2 Cal Lutheran Emory and UW–Stevens Point 17,134
2014
 Newport News, VA[2]
(Christopher Newport) 		Hope 3–2 Emory Calvin and UW–Stevens Point 13,631
2015
 Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin) 		Cal Lutheran 3-0 Wittenberg Carthage and Hendrix 679
2016
 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh) 		Calvin 3–0 Washington—St. Louis Northwestern (MN) and Southwestern (TX)
2017
 Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin) 		Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 3–0 Wittenberg Calvin and Ithaca
2018
 Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne) 		Emory (2) 3–0 Calvin Juniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019
 Cedar Rapids, IA Johns Hopkins 3–0 Emory Carthage and Trinity (TX)
2020
 NONE Canceled due to COVID-19. NONE 0
2021
 Saint Louis, MO
(Washington) 		Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3-0 Calvin Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Juniata
2022
 Pittsburgh, PA
(Saint Vincent)
2023
 Claremont, CA
(Claremont–Mudd–Scripps)
2024
 Salem, VA
(Old Dominion Athletic Conference)
2025
 Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)

Records[]

  • Most championships: Washington (MO) (10), UC San Diego (8)
  • Undefeated Seasons: Washington (MO) (1992), Central (IA) (1999), Johns Hopkins (2019)

Summary[]

Teams in italics no longer compete in NCAA Division III. The only champion to have left Division III to date, UC San Diego, is currently in NCAA Division I, to be followed by St. Thomas (MN) which will also move to Division I in 2021.

Rank Team Titles Years
1 Washington–St. Louis 10 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
2 UC San Diego 7 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997
3 Calvin 3 2010, 2013, 2016
Central (IA) 1998, 1999, 2000
4 Emory 2 2008, 2018
Juniata 2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2002, 2005
La Verne 1982, 2002
Elmhurst 1983, 1985
5 Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 1 2017
Cal Lutheran 2015
Hope 2014
Johns Hopkins 2019
St. Thomas (MN) 2012
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2021
Wittenberg 2011

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Women's Division III Volleyball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

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