Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship Tournament

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The Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship Tournament was a championship event for NCAA Division III men's volleyball, founded in 1997 and operating through 2011. While the NCAA has sponsored an annual national championship for men's volleyball since 1970 (NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship), programs from all three divisions competed for just four berths in the yearly tournament. Through 2011, no Division III program had earned a berth or been selected to participate in the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship. Molten is the official volleyball of the NCAA championships.

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The Molten Championship was discontinued after its 2011 edition when the NCAA announced it would start an official Division III championship in 2012.

Tournament results

YearChampionRunner-UpThird placeFourth placeScoreVenue
2011 Nazareth [1] SpringfieldCarthageBaruch3-1Nazareth
2010 Springfield [2] UC Santa CruzCarthageNazareth3-1Carthage
2009 JuniataStevensUC Santa CruzRamapo?Ramapo
2008 SpringfieldVassarUC Santa CruzJuniata?Springfield
2007 JuniataCarthageSpringfieldStevens?Juniata
2006 JuniataUC Santa CruzStevensRivier?Stevens
2005 JuniataCarthageStevensMedaille?Stevens
2004 JuniataMedailleUC Santa CruzEastern Mennonite?Eastern Mennonite
2003 SpringfieldJuniataLa VerneStevens3-1Juniata
2002 SpringfieldLa VerneNYULehman3-2NYU
2001 SpringfieldD'YouvilleClarkeVassar3-1Springfield
2000 UC San DiegoNYUD'YouvilleStevens3-0Stevens
1999 La VerneD'YouvilleClarkeJuniata ?Clarke
1998 JuniataLa VerneSpringfieldEastern Mennonite ?Springfield
1997 SpringfieldNew Jersey TechJuniata CollegeUC San Diego ?Juniata

Tournament Final Match Appearances

Tournament Titles

Tournament Appearances

La Verne (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003)

Carthage (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011)

D'Youville (1999, 2000, 2001)

Clarke (1999, 2001)

Eastern Mennonite (1998, 2004)

Medaille (2004, 2005)

Nazareth (2010, 2011)

NYU (2000, 2002)

UC San Diego (1997, 2000)

Vassar (2001, 2008)

Lehman (2002)

New Jersey Tech (1997)

Ramapo (2009)

Rivier (2006)

Championship Committee

In its final season, the Molten Division III Men’s Invitational Volleyball Championship committee consisted of:

Kathy DeBoer(AVCA executive director)
Doug Beal(USA Volleyball chief executive officer)
Ivan Marquez(EIVA Commissioner/EIVA representative)
Bob Newcomb(UC Irvine/at-large representative)
John Speraw(UC Irvine/AVCA board of directors men’s representative)
Jerry Matacotta(NECVA)
Stuart Robinson(SUNY New Paltz athletics director/NECVA)
Dan Harris(Milwaukee School of Engineering athletics director/Midwest-West representative).

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