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 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
Year
Site(Host Team)
Championship
Third Place Final / Semifinalists
Champion
Games
Runner-Up
Third-place
Games
Fourth-place
1981Details
Maryville, TN (Maryville )
UC San Diego 3–2
Juniata
Occidental
3–0
Benedictine (IL)
1982Details
La Jolla, CA (UC San Diego )
La Verne 3–1
UC San Diego
Sonoma State
3–2
Juniata
1983Details
La Verne, CA (La Verne )
Elmhurst 3–1
UC San Diego
La Verne
3–1
MIT
1984Details
Elmhurst, IL (Elmhurst )
UC San Diego (2)
3–0
MIT
La Verne
3–0
Calvin
1985Details
Elmhurst (2)
3–0
Juniata
La Verne
3–0
UW–La Crosse
1986Details
Grand Rapids, MI (Calvin )
UC San Diego (3)
3–2
Calvin
UW–La Crosse
3–1
Juniata
1987Details
Elmhurst, IL(Elmhurst)
UC San Diego (4)
3–0
Elmhurst
Benedictine (IL)
3–2
Juniata
1988Details
La Jolla, CA(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (5)
3–2
Benedictine (IL)
Juniata
3–2
UW–Whitewater
1989Details
St. Louis, MO (WashU )
WashU 3–0
Ohio Northern
Juniata
3–1
Menlo
1990Details
UC San Diego (6)
3–2
WashU
St. Benedict
3–0
Juniata
1991Details
WashU (2)
3–2
UC San Diego
Juniata
3–1
UW–Oshkosh
1992Details
WashU (3)
3–0
UC San Diego
Stony Brook
3–2
Calvin
1993Details
Huntingdon, PA (Juniata )
WashU (4)
3–0
Juniata
RIT
3–2
UC San Diego
1994Details
Ithaca, NY (Ithaca )
WashU (5)
3–0
UW–Oshkosh
Juniata
3–2
Ithaca
1995Details
Whitewater, WI (UW–Whitewater )
WashU (6)
3–2
Cal Lutheran
UW–Whitewater
3–2
Ithaca
1996Details
Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh )
WashU (7)
3–0
Juniata
St. Olaf
3–1
UW–Oshkosh
1997Details
La Jolla, CA(UC San Diego)
UC San Diego (7)
3–2
Juniata
Central (IA)
3–0
WashU
1998Details
Huntingdon, PA(Juniata)
Central (IA)
3–2
UC San Diego
Juniata and Wellesley
1999Details
Central (IA) (2)
3–0
Trinity (TX)
Muskingum
3–0
Juniata
2000Details
Pella, IA (Central )
Central (IA) (3)
3–0
UW–Whitewater
WashU
3–2
Juniata
2001Details
Whitewater, WI(UW–Whitewater)
La Verne (2)
3–2
UW–Whitewater
Juniata
3–1
Wellesley
2002Details
UW–Whitewater
3–0
WashU
Trinity (TX)
3–0
Juniata
2003Details
La Verne, CA(La Verne)
WashU (8)
3–0
NYU
La Verne
3–0
Emory
2004Details
Winona, MN (St. Mary's (MN) )
Juniata
3–0
WashU
La Verne
3–1
NYU
2005Details
Salem, VA
UW–Whitewater (2)
3–0
Juniata
La Verne and Wittenberg
2006Details
Juniata (2)
3–2
WashU
UW–Whitewater and Wittenberg
2007Details
Bloomington, IL (Illinois Wesleyan )
WashU (9)
3–2
UW–Whitewater
Juniata and Wittenberg
2008Details
Emory
3–1
La Verne
Juniata and Ohio Northern
2009Details
University Heights, OH (John Carroll )
WashU (10)
3–1
Juniata
Hope and UW–Oshkosh
2010Details
St. Louis, MO(Washington)
Calvin
3–1
Emory
Juniata and WashU
2011Details
Wittenberg
3–0
Christopher Newport
Carthage and Eastern
2012Details
Holland, MI (Hope )
St. Thomas (MN) 3–2
Calvin
Christopher Newport and Elmhurst
2013Details
Calvin (2)
3–2
Cal Lutheran
Emory and UW–Stevens Point
2014Details
Newport News, VA [ 2] (Christopher Newport )
Hope
3–2
Emory
Calvin and UW–Stevens Point
2015Details
Grand Rapids, MI(Calvin)
Cal Lutheran
3–0
Wittenberg
Carthage and Hendrix
2016Details
Oshkosh, WI(UW–Oshkosh)
Calvin (3)
3–0
WashU
Northwestern (MN) and Southwestern (TX)
2017Details
Grand Rapids, MI(Calvin)
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps 3–0
Wittenberg
Calvin and Ithaca
2018Details
Pittsburgh, PA (Duquesne )
Emory (2)
3–0
Calvin
Juniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019Details
Cedar Rapids, IA
Johns Hopkins 3–0
Emory
Carthage and Trinity (TX)
2020Details
Canceled due to COVID-19 .
2021Details
Saint Louis, MO (Washington )
UW–Eau Claire
3–0
Calvin
Claremont–Mudd–Scripps and Juniata
2022Details
Pittsburgh, PA (Saint Vincent)
Juniata (3)
3–0
Trinity (TX)
Northwestern (MN) and NYU
2023Details
Claremont, CA (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps)
Juniata (4)
3–0
Hope
Claremont Scripps and NYU
2024Details
Salem, VA (ODAC )
Juniata (5)
3-2
UW-Whitewater
Hope and John Hopkins
2025Details
Bloomington, IL (Illinois Wesleyan)
Records
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), Juniata (2024)
Champions
Team
Titles
Years
Washington St. Louis 10
1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
Juniata 5
2004, 2006, 2022, 2023, 2024
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
See also
References
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Organizations
National teams
Professional leagues
NCAA competitions
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