Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Month played | March–April |
Established | 1975 (as Nationals) 1996 (as College Nationals) |
Format | Round Robin, Knockout Stage |
Current champion | |
West Point |
The Women's College National is a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from the US.
The best college team from the Women's National was claimed as collegiate champion from 1975 until 1996. After the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta the College Nationals were founded. [1]
Record champion is the West Point with at minimum 19 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with six from 2012 through 2017.
Rank | College | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | West Point | 21 | 6 | 9 | 36 |
2 | University of North Carolina | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
3 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Kansas State University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Ohio State University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | United States Air Force Academy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Pennsylvania State University | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | California State University, Fullerton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cortland State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
University of Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Furman University | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
12 | Benedict College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lander University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Middle Georgia State University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Virginia Commonwealth University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 colleges) | 35 | 23 | 16 | 74 |
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