NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament

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.[1]

NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament
SportCollege indoor volleyball
Founded1981
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Johns Hopkins (1)
Most titlesWashington–Saint Louis (10)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.com

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

Johns Hopkins are the current champions where they defeated Emory in the 2019 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
Details
Maryville, TN
(Maryville)
UC San Diego 3–2 Juniata Occidental 3–0 Benedictine (IL) 2,151
1982
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
La Verne 3–1 UC San Diego Sonoma State 3–2 Juniata 6,503
1983
Details
La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
Elmhurst 3–1 UC San Diego La Verne 3–1 MIT 5,120
1984
Details
Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego (2) 3–0 MIT La Verne 3–0 Calvin 6,085
1985
Details
Elmhurst (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne 3–0 UW–La Crosse 4,667
1986
Details
Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
UC San Diego (3) 3–2 Calvin UW–La Crosse 3–1 Juniata 8,664
1987
Details
Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego (4) 3–0 Elmhurst Benedictine (IL) 3–2 Juniata 5,081
1988
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (5) 3–2 Benedictine (IL) Juniata 3–2 UW–Whitewater 4,126
1989
Details
St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
Washington–St. Louis 3–0 Ohio Northern Juniata 3–1 Menlo 8,433
1990
Details
UC San Diego (6) 3–2 Washington–St. Louis St. Benedict 3–0 Juniata 8,064
1991
Details
Washington–St. Louis (2) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata 3–1 UW–Oshkosh 9,469
1992
Details
Washington–St. Louis (3) 3–0 UC San Diego Stony Brook 3–2 Calvin 7,373
1993
Details
Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
Washington–St. Louis (4) 3–0 Juniata RIT 3–2 UC San Diego 8,771
1994
Details
Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)
Washington–St. Louis (5) 3–0 UW–Oshkosh Juniata 3–2 Ithaca 9,293
1995
Details
Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
Washington–St. Louis (6) 3–2 Cal Lutheran UW–Whitewater 3–2 Ithaca 14,465
1996
Details
Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
Washington–St. Louis (7) 3–0 Juniata St. Olaf 3–1 UW–Oshkosh 8,472
1997
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (7) 3–2 Juniata Central (IA) 3–0 Washington–St. Louis 11,803
1998
Details
Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
Central (IA) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata and Wellesley 10,906
1999
Details
Central (IA) (2) 3–0 Trinity (TX) Muskingum 3–0 Juniata 12,264
2000
Details
Pella, IA
(Central)
Central (IA) (3) 3–0 UW–Whitewater Washington–St. Louis 3–2 Juniata 11,896
2001
Details
Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
La Verne (2) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata 3–1 Wellesley 12,168
2002
Details
UW–Whitewater 3–0 Washington–St. Louis Trinity (TX) 3–0 Juniata 11,341
2003
Details
La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
Washington–St. Louis (8) 3–0 NYU La Verne 3–0 Emory 10,982
2004
Details
Winona, MN
(St. Mary's (MN))
Juniata 3–0 Washington–St. Louis La Verne 3–1 NYU 8,987
2005
Details
Salem, VA UW–Whitewater (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne and Wittenberg 10,634
2006
Details
Juniata (2) 3–2 Washington–St. Louis UW–Whitewater and Wittenberg 13,961
2007
Details
Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)
Washington–St. Louis (9) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata and Wittenberg 9,943
2008
Details
Emory 3–1 La Verne Juniata and Ohio Northern 9,842
2009
Details
University Heights, OH
(John Carroll)
Washington–St. Louis (10) 3–1 Juniata Hope and UW–Oshkosh 13,622
2010
Details
St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
Calvin 3–1 Emory Juniata and Washington–St. Louis 16,340
2011
Details
Wittenberg 3–0 Christopher Newport Carthage and Eastern 14,196
2012
Details
Holland, MI
(Hope)
St. Thomas (MN) 3–2 Calvin Christopher Newport and Elmhurst 18,649
2013
Details
Calvin (2) 3–2 Cal Lutheran Emory and UW–Stevens Point 17,134
2014
Details
Newport News, VA[2]
(Christopher Newport)
Hope 3–2 Emory Calvin and UW–Stevens Point 13,631
2015
Details
Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Cal Lutheran 3-0 Wittenberg Carthage and Hendrix 679
2016
Details
Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
Calvin 3–0 Washington—St. Louis Northwestern (MN) and Southwestern (TX)
2017
Details
Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3–0 Wittenberg Calvin and Ithaca
2018
Details
Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne)
Emory (2) 3–0 Calvin Juniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019
Details
Cedar Rapids, IA Johns Hopkins 3–0 Emory Carthage and Trinity (TX)

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.

RankTeamTitlesYears
1Washington–St. Louis101989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
2UC San Diego71981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997
3Calvin32010, 2013, 2016
Central (IA)1998, 1999, 2000
4Emory22008, 2018
Juniata2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Whitewater2002, 2005
La Verne1982, 2002
Elmhurst1983, 1985
5Claremont-Mudd-Scripps12017
Cal Lutheran2015
Hope2014
Johns Hopkins2019
St. Thomas (MN)2012
Wittenberg2011
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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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