NCAA Women's Division III Tennis Championship
 Logo of the most recent iteration of the championship | |
| Sport | College tennis |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 48 |
| Country | United States |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship is the annual tennis tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the team, singles, and doubles champions of Division III in women's collegiate tennis.
Tennis 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 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (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.
Williams has won the most national championships, with 10 national titles. Wesleyan is the reigning national champion, winning its first title in 2019 beating the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in a 5-4 clincher a year after they beat Emory for the 2018 title
Results[]
| NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Site (Host) |
Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champion | |||||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||||||||
| 1982 |
Jackson, MS | Occidental | 18–15 | UC San Diego | Beckie Donecker (Elizabethtown) |
Kathleen McFadden / Jean Marie Sanders (Occidental) | |||||||
| 1983 |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Principia | 17–13 | UNC Greensboro | Jean Marie Sanders (Occidental) |
Kristi Martin and Wendy Clark (Principia) | |||||||
| 1984 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Davidson | 15–14 | UC San Diego | Courtney Allen (Principia) |
Courtney Allen and Suzy Verheul (Principia) | |||||||
| 1985 |
Haverford, PA (Haverford) |
UC San Diego | 8–1 | Davidson | Jessica Vernon and Nadine Akimoto (UC San Diego) | ||||||||
| 1986 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Trenton State | 6–3 | Occidental | Debbie Daniel (Trenton State) |
Courtney Allen and Sue Godfrey (Principia) | |||||||
| 1987 |
UC San Diego | 6–3 | Occidental | Courtney Allen (Principia) | |||||||||
| 1988 |
Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Mary Washington | 7–2 | Kenyon | Caroline Bodart (Menlo) |
Julie Lindberg and Karen Nilsen (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||||||
| 1989 |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
UC San Diego | 8–1 | Kenyon | Christine Behrens and Nancy Calhoun (UC San Diego) | ||||||||
| 1990 |
Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Gustavus Adolphus | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Christine Behrens (UC San Diego) |
Shelley Keeler and Caryn Cranstonn (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||||||
| 1991 |
Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Mary Washington | 5–4 | Gustavus Adolphus | Karyn Cooper (Wellesley) |
Shelley Keeler and Erin Hendricks (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||||||
| 1992 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Pomona–Pitzer | 5–4 | Kenyon | Shelley Keeler (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||||||||
| 1993 |
Northfield, MN (Carleton) |
Kenyon | 7–2 | Gustavus Adolphus | Helen Motter (Middlebury) |
Helen Motter and Nanci Olson (Middlebury) | |||||||
| 1994 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
UC San Diego | 7–2 | Williams | Claire Turchi (Pomona–Pitzer) |
Becky Mallory and Julie Greenwood (Williams) | |||||||
| 1995 |
Sweet Briar, VA (Sweet Briar) |
Kenyon | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Nao Kinoshita (Rhodes) |
Marilyn Baker and Natalia Garcia (Washington and Lee) | |||||||
| 1996 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | Dina Dajani (Redlands) |
Porter Harris and Julie Greenwood (Williams) | |||||||
| 1997 |
Claremont, CA (Pomona) |
Kenyon | 6–3 | Trinity (TX) | Nao Kinoshita (Rhodes) |
Nao Kinoshita and Taylor Tarver (Rhodes) | |||||||
| 1998 |
Lexington, VA (Washington and Lee) |
Skidmore | 5–1 | Kenyon | Jamie Levine (Skidmore) |
Caryn Cuthbert and Erin Hockman (Kenyon) | |||||||
| 1999 |
Trenton, NJ (TCNJ) |
Amherst | 5–2 | Williams | Cornelia Steinberg (Amherst) |
Inke Noel and Lisa Powers (Skidmore) | |||||||
| 2000 |
St. Peter, MN (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Trinity (TX) | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Jamie Cohen (Amherst) |
Sheree Schwartz and Meghan Gould (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||||||
| 2001 |
San Antonio, TX (Trinity) |
Williams | 6–3 | Trinity (TX) | Elena Blanina (Methodist) |
Mary Ellen Gordon and Anusha Natarajan (Emory) | |||||||
| 2002 |
Sweet Briar, VA (Sweet Briar) |
Williams | 6–3 | Emory | |||||||||
| 2003 |
Redlands, CA (Redlands Bulldogs) |
Emory | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | (Emory) |
Mary Ellen Gordon and Jolyn Taylor (Emory) | |||||||
| 2004 |
Memphis, TN (Rhodes) |
Emory | 5–0 | Amherst | |||||||||
| 2005 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory | 5–3 | Washington and Lee | Lindsay Hagerman (Washington and Lee) |
Tara Houlihan and Lyndsey Palen (Gustavus Adolphus) | |||||||
| 2006 |
Santa Cruz, CA (UC Santa Cruz) |
Emory | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | Emily Applegate (Washington and Lee) | ||||||||
| 2007 |
Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington) |
Washington and Lee | 5–2 | Amherst | Liz Bondi (DePauw) |
Brittany Berckes and Alicia Menezes (Amherst) | |||||||
| 2008 |
St. Peter, MN (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Williams | 5–4 | Washington and Lee | Siobhan Finicane (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||||||||
| 2009 |
Brookhaven, GA (Oglethorpe) |
Williams | 5–2 | Amherst | Lorne McManigle (Emory) |
Chrissy Hu and Kendra Higgins (Chicago) | |||||||
| 2010 |
Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington) |
Williams | 5–0 | Emory | Julia Browne (Tufts) | ||||||||
| 2011 |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Williams | 5–4 | Amherst | Kristin Lim (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) |
Jordan Brewer and (Amherst) | |||||||
| 2012 |
Cary, NC (Meredith) |
Williams | 5–2 | Chicago | Gabrielle Clark (Emory) |
Laura Danzig and Gabby Devlin (Amherst) | |||||||
| 2013 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Williams | 5–2 | Emory | Lok Sze Leung (Middlebury) |
Jordan Brewer and Gabby Devlin (Amherst) | |||||||
| 2014 |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Emory | 5–1 | Amherst | Gabrielle Clark (Emory) | ||||||||
| 2015 |
Mason, OH (Ohio Northern) |
Williams[1] | 5–4 | Emory | Eudice Chong[2] (Wesleyan) |
Juli Raventos / Linda Shin (Williams) | |||||||
| 2016 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory | 5-4 | Williams
(Williams) | |||||||||
| 2017 |
Chattanooga, TN
(Sewanee) |
Williams | 5-4 | Emory | Eudice Chong / Victoria Yu (Wesleyan) | ||||||||
| 2018 |
Claremont, CA
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5-4 | Emory | Julia Cancio / Juli Raventos
(Williams) | ||||||||
| 2019 |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Wesleyan | 5-4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Ysabel González-Rico (Emory) |
Catherine Allen / Caroline Cox (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) | |||||||
| 2020 |
St. Louis, MO
(Washington University in St. Louis) |
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||||||||||
| 2021 |
Claremont, CA
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) | ||||||||||||
| 2022 |
Orlando, FL
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Champions[]
Team titles[]
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Individual titles[]
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See also[]
- NCAA Women's Tennis Championships (Division I, Division II)
- NCAA Men's Tennis Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
- AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Tennis Champions
- NAIA Women's Tennis Championship
References[]
- ^ "Williams edges Emory for DIII national title". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ "2015 Championship Recap: Singles & Doubles Finals". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
External links[]
National Collegiate Athletic Association | ||
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Categories:
- NCAA Division III championships
- College tennis in the United States
- Tennis tournaments in the United States
- Women's tennis in the United States