NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament

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NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Sport College indoor volleyball
Founded2012
No. of teams14
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 Stevens
Most titles Springfield (5)
Official website NCAA.com

The NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament is a championship event officially sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the main governing body for U.S. college sports. Open only to schools in Division III of the NCAA, a group of schools that are not allowed to award athletic scholarships, the championship was established in 2012. The tournament would be followed as the newest NCAA championship event by a single all-divisions championship in women's beach volleyball which began in 2016.

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History

The idea of a Division III championship was first floated by several figures in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in the late 1980s, but was long dormant because of NCAA participation rules—50 schools must sponsor a sport before a national championship tournament can be officially sanctioned. The main impetus for growth in Division III volleyball had been an unofficial D-III championship tournament known as the Molten Invitational, started in 1997. In 2010, the required number of programs was reached, leading to the creation of the D-III championship. [1]

Format

The Division III championship began in 2012 with nine teams and has steadily expanded with the growth of D-III men's volleyball. The most recent expansion came for the 2019 season, with the field going from 12 to 14 teams. [2] This differs from the top-level NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, which involved four teams through the 2013 tournament and expanded to six teams for 2014 and seven for 2018. Like the National Collegiate Championship, the Division III championship is a knockout tournament, with best-of-5-set matches. The current tournament format features six first-round matches, with the winners joining the top two seeds in the quarterfinals. [3]

The tournament was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19, and with a significant number of schools opting out of competition in 2021 due to the still-ongoing pandemic, that year's field was reduced to 12 teams from the intended 14.

Results

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YearNational ChampionScoreRunner-upCity and venueAttendance
Finals/Total		Host school/organization
2012 [5] Springfield (33–5)3–0 Carthage (29–6) Springfield, MA Blake Arena1,600
5,723		Springfield
2013 [6] Springfield (32–3) [7] 3–0 [8] Nazareth (36–2) [7] Pittsford, NY [lower-alpha 1] Kidera Gymnasium1,000
2,676		Nazareth
2014 Springfield (27–8) [10] 3–0 [10] Juniata (29–5) [11] Huntingdon, PA Kennedy Sports Center [11] 816
3,022		Juniata
2015 Stevens (31–4) [12] 3–0 Springfield (25–7) [13] Hoboken, NJ Canavan Arena1,126
2,506		Stevens
2016 New Paltz (33–2)3–1 Springfield (28–4) Pittsford, NY Kidera Gymnasium914
3,364		Nazareth
2017 Springfield (33–5)3–1 New Paltz (27–9) Springfield, MA Blake Arena2,000
6,099		Springfield
2018 Springfield (31–2)3–0 Stevens (27–5) Kenosha, WI Tarble Arena550Carthage
2019 New Paltz (28–7)3–1 UC Santa Cruz (21–17) Union, NJ Harwood Arena322Kean
2020Canceled due to COVID-19 Dubuque, IA Athletic Wellness CenterN/ALoras
2021 Carthage (23–0) [14] 3–2 Benedictine (IL) (16-4) [15] Salem, VA [lower-alpha 2] Salem Civic Center 250 Continental Volleyball Conference
2022 Carthage (24-3) [16] 3–1 [17] Springfield (29–2) [18] Kenosha, WI Tarble Arena2175 Carthage
2023 Stevens (35–3) [19] 3–1 [20] North Central (IL) (25–4) [21] Owings Mills, MD Owings Mills Gymnasium267Stevenson
2024 Dubuque, IA Athletic Wellness CenterLoras
2025 Salem, VA Cregger Center Old Dominion Athletic Conference
2026 Springfield, MA Blake ArenaSpringfield

Champions

TeamTitlesYears
Springfield 52012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Stevens 22015, 2023
Carthage 22021, 2022
New Paltz 22016, 2019

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The championship was originally scheduled for the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was moved in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. [9]
  2. ↑ The championship was originally scheduled for Kidera Gymnasium at the campus of Nazareth College in Pittsford, New York. It was moved due to COVID-19 issues.

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