NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament

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NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament
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Association NCAA
Sport College indoor volleyball
Founded1981
Division Division III
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Juniata (5th)
Most titles Washington St. Louis (10)
Broadcaster(s) ESPNU
Official website NCAA.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]

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

Juniata are the current champions, winning their fifth overall and third consecutive national title in 2024.

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

NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
YearSite
(Host Team)
ChampionshipThird Place Final / Semifinalists
ChampionGamesRunner-UpThird-placeGamesFourth-place
1981
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Maryville, TN
(Maryville)
UC San Diego 3–2 Juniata Occidental 3–0 Benedictine (IL)
1982
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La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
La Verne 3–1UC San Diego Sonoma State 3–2Juniata
1983
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La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
Elmhurst 3–1UC San DiegoLa Verne3–1 MIT
1984
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Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego(2)3–0MITLa Verne3–0 Calvin
1985
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Elmhurst(2)3–0JuniataLa Verne3–0 UW–La Crosse
1986
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Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
UC San Diego(3)3–2CalvinUW–La Crosse3–1Juniata
1987
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Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego(4)3–0Elmhurst Benedictine (IL) 3–2Juniata
1988
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La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego(5)3–2Benedictine (IL)Juniata3–2 UW–Whitewater
1989
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St. Louis, MO
(WashU)
WashU 3–0 Ohio Northern Juniata3–1 Menlo
1990
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UC San Diego(6)3–2WashU St. Benedict 3–0Juniata
1991
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WashU(2)3–2UC San DiegoJuniata3–1 UW–Oshkosh
1992
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WashU(3)3–0UC San Diego Stony Brook 3–2Calvin
1993
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Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
WashU(4)3–0Juniata RIT 3–2UC San Diego
1994
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Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)
WashU(5)3–0UW–OshkoshJuniata3–2 Ithaca
1995
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Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
WashU(6)3–2 Cal Lutheran UW–Whitewater3–2Ithaca
1996
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Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
WashU(7)3–0Juniata St. Olaf 3–1UW–Oshkosh
1997
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La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego(7)3–2Juniata Central (IA) 3–0WashU
1998
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Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
Central (IA)3–2UC San DiegoJuniata and Wellesley
1999
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Central (IA)(2)3–0 Trinity (TX) Muskingum 3–0Juniata
2000
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Pella, IA
(Central)
Central (IA)(3)3–0UW–WhitewaterWashU3–2Juniata
2001
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Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
La Verne(2)3–2UW–WhitewaterJuniata3–1Wellesley
2002
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UW–Whitewater3–0WashUTrinity (TX)3–0Juniata
2003
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La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
WashU(8)3–0 NYU La Verne3–0 Emory
2004
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Winona, MN
(St. Mary's (MN))
Juniata3–0WashULa Verne3–1NYU
2005
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Salem, VA UW–Whitewater(2)3–0JuniataLa Verne and Wittenberg
2006
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Juniata(2)3–2WashUUW–Whitewater and Wittenberg
2007
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Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)
WashU(9)3–2UW–WhitewaterJuniata and Wittenberg
2008
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Emory3–1La VerneJuniata and Ohio Northern
2009
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University Heights, OH
(John Carroll)
WashU(10)3–1Juniata Hope and UW–Oshkosh
2010
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St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
Calvin3–1EmoryJuniata and WashU
2011
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Wittenberg3–0 Christopher Newport Carthage and Eastern
2012
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Holland, MI
(Hope)
St. Thomas (MN) 3–2CalvinChristopher Newport and Elmhurst
2013
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Calvin(2)3–2Cal LutheranEmory and UW–Stevens Point
2014
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Newport News, VA [2]
(Christopher Newport)
Hope3–2EmoryCalvin and UW–Stevens Point
2015
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Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Cal Lutheran3–0WittenbergCarthage and Hendrix
2016
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Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
Calvin(3)3–0WashU Northwestern (MN) and Southwestern (TX)
2017
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Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 3–0WittenbergCalvin and Ithaca
2018
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Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne)
Emory(2)3–0CalvinJuniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019
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Cedar Rapids, IA Johns Hopkins 3–0EmoryCarthage and Trinity (TX)
2020
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Canceled due to COVID-19.
2021
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Saint Louis, MO
(Washington)
UW–Eau Claire3–0CalvinClaremont–Mudd–Scripps and Juniata
2022
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Pittsburgh, PA
(Saint Vincent)
Juniata(3)3–0Trinity (TX)Northwestern (MN) and NYU
2023
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Claremont, CA
(Claremont–Mudd–Scripps)
Juniata(4)3–0HopeClaremont Scripps and NYU
2024
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Salem, VA
(ODAC)
Juniata(5)3-2UW-WhitewaterHope and John Hopkins
2025
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Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)

Records

Champions

TeamTitlesYears
Washington University 101989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
Juniata 52004, 2006, 2022, 2023, 2024
Calvin 32010, 2013, 2016
Central (IA) 1998, 1999, 2000
Emory 22008, 2018
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2002, 2005
La Verne 1982, 2002
Elmhurst 1983, 1985
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 12021
Johns Hopkins 2019
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 2017
Cal Lutheran 2015
Hope 2014
Wittenberg 2011

Former programs

TeamTitlesYears
UC San Diego 71981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997
St. Thomas (MN) 12012

See also

References

  1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015.