NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament

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]

NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament

Association	NCAA
Sport	College indoor volleyball
Founded	1981
Division	Division III
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Juniata (5th)
Most titles	Washington St. Louis (10)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPNU
Official website	NCAA.com

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

• See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the Division III volleyball champions from 1979 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW 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
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 Details			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 Details	Grand Rapids, MI (Calvin)		Claremont–Mudd–Scripps	3–0	Wittenberg		Calvin and Ithaca
2018 Details	Pittsburgh, PA (Duquesne)		Emory (2)	3–0	Calvin		Juniata and UW–Eau Claire
2019 Details	Cedar Rapids, IA		Johns Hopkins	3–0	Emory		Carthage and Trinity (TX)
2020 Details	Canceled due to COVID-19.
2021 Details	Saint Louis, MO (Washington)		UW–Eau Claire	3–0	Calvin		Claremont–Mudd–Scripps and Juniata
2022 Details	Pittsburgh, PA (Saint Vincent)		Juniata (3)	3–0	Trinity (TX)		Northwestern (MN) and NYU
2023 Details	Claremont, CA (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps)		Juniata (4)	3–0	Hope		Claremont Scripps and NYU
2024 Details	Salem, VA (ODAC)		Juniata (5)	3-2	UW-Whitewater		Hope and John Hopkins
2025 Details	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 University	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

Former programs

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

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Volleyball Champions
• AVCA
• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships (Division I, Division II)
• NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships (Divisions I and II, Division III)
• NAIA Volleyball Championship