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NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament

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NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament
SportCollege indoor volleyball
Founded1981
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Juniata (4th)
Most titlesWashington St. Louis (10)
TV partner(s)ESPNU
Official websiteNCAA.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]

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

Juniata are the current champions, winning their fourth overall and second consecutive national title in 2023.

History

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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

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NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship
Year Site
(Host Team)
Championship Third Place Final / Semifinalists
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)
1982
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
La Verne 3–1 UC San Diego Sonoma State 3–2 Juniata
1983
Details
La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
Elmhurst 3–1 UC San Diego La Verne 3–1 MIT
1984
Details
Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego (2) 3–0 MIT La Verne 3–0 Calvin
1985
Details
Elmhurst (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne 3–0 UW–La Crosse
1986
Details
Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
UC San Diego (3) 3–2 Calvin UW–La Crosse 3–1 Juniata
1987
Details
Elmhurst, IL
(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego (4) 3–0 Elmhurst Benedictine (IL) 3–2 Juniata
1988
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (5) 3–2 Benedictine (IL) Juniata 3–2 UW–Whitewater
1989
Details
St. Louis, MO
(WashU)
WashU 3–0 Ohio Northern Juniata 3–1 Menlo
1990
Details
UC San Diego (6) 3–2 WashU St. Benedict 3–0 Juniata
1991
Details
WashU (2) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata 3–1 UW–Oshkosh
1992
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WashU (3) 3–0 UC San Diego Stony Brook 3–2 Calvin
1993
Details
Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
WashU (4) 3–0 Juniata RIT 3–2 UC San Diego
1994
Details
Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)
WashU (5) 3–0 UW–Oshkosh Juniata 3–2 Ithaca
1995
Details
Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
WashU (6) 3–2 Cal Lutheran UW–Whitewater 3–2 Ithaca
1996
Details
Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
WashU (7) 3–0 Juniata St. Olaf 3–1 UW–Oshkosh
1997
Details
La Jolla, CA
(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (7) 3–2 Juniata Central (IA) 3–0 WashU
1998
Details
Huntingdon, PA
(Juniata)
Central (IA) 3–2 UC San Diego Juniata and Wellesley
1999
Details
Central (IA) (2) 3–0 Trinity (TX) Muskingum 3–0 Juniata
2000
Details
Pella, IA
(Central)
Central (IA) (3) 3–0 UW–Whitewater WashU 3–2 Juniata
2001
Details
Whitewater, WI
(UW–Whitewater)
La Verne (2) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata 3–1 Wellesley
2002
Details
UW–Whitewater 3–0 WashU Trinity (TX) 3–0 Juniata
2003
Details
La Verne, CA
(La Verne)
WashU (8) 3–0 NYU La Verne 3–0 Emory
2004
Details
Winona, MN
(St. Mary's (MN))
Juniata 3–0 WashU La Verne 3–1 NYU
2005
Details
Salem, VA UW–Whitewater (2) 3–0 Juniata La Verne and Wittenberg
2006
Details
Juniata (2) 3–2 WashU UW–Whitewater and Wittenberg
2007
Details
Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)
WashU (9) 3–2 UW–Whitewater Juniata and Wittenberg
2008
Details
Emory 3–1 La Verne Juniata and Ohio Northern
2009
Details
University Heights, OH
(John Carroll)
WashU (10) 3–1 Juniata Hope and UW–Oshkosh
2010
Details
St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
Calvin 3–1 Emory Juniata and WashU
2011
Details
Wittenberg 3–0 Christopher Newport Carthage and Eastern
2012
Details
Holland, MI
(Hope)
St. Thomas (MN) 3–2 Calvin Christopher Newport and Elmhurst
2013
Details
Calvin (2) 3–2 Cal Lutheran Emory and UW–Stevens Point
2014
Details
Newport News, VA[2]
(Christopher Newport)
Hope 3–2 Emory Calvin and UW–Stevens Point
2015
Details
Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Cal Lutheran 3–0 Wittenberg Carthage and Hendrix
2016
Details
Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
Calvin (3) 3–0 WashU Northwestern (MN) and Southwestern (TX)
2017
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Grand Rapids, MI
(Calvin)
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 3–0 Wittenberg Calvin and Ithaca
2018
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Pittsburgh, PA
(Duquesne)
Emory (2) 3–0 Calvin Juniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019
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Cedar Rapids, IA Johns Hopkins 3–0 Emory Carthage and Trinity (TX)
2020
Details
Canceled due to COVID-19.
2021
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Saint Louis, MO
(Washington)
UW–Eau Claire 3–0 Calvin Claremont–Mudd–Scripps and Juniata
2022
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Pittsburgh, PA
(Saint Vincent)
Juniata (3) 3–0 Trinity (TX) Northwestern (MN) and NYU
2023
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Claremont, CA
(Claremont–Mudd–Scripps)
Juniata (4) 3–0 Hope Claremont Scripps and NYU
2024
Details
Salem, VA
(ODAC)
2025
Details
Bloomington, IL
(Illinois Wesleyan)

Records

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  • Most championships: Washington University in St. Louis (10), UC San Diego (8)
  • Undefeated Seasons: Washington University in St. Louis (1992), Central (IA) (1999), Johns Hopkins (2019), Juniata (2023)

Champions

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Team Titles Years
Washington St. Louis 10 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
Juniata 4 2004, 2006, 2022, 2023
Calvin 3 2010, 2013, 2016
Central (IA) 1998, 1999, 2000
Emory 2 2008, 2018
Wisconsin–Whitewater 2002, 2005
La Verne 1982, 2002
Elmhurst 1983, 1985
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1 2021
Johns Hopkins 2019
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 2017
Cal Lutheran 2015
Hope 2014
Wittenberg 2011

Former programs

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Team Titles Years
UC San Diego 7 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997
St. Thomas (MN) 1 2012

See also

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References

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  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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