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.
Washington–Saint Louis is the most successful program, with ten national titles.
Johns Hopkins are the current champions where they defeated Emory in the 2019 final.

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 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

Teams in italics no longer compete in NCAA Division III. The only champion to have left Division III to date, UC San Diego, is currently in NCAA Division I, to be followed by St. Thomas which will also move to Division I in 2021.
RankTeamTitlesYears
Washington–St. Louis101989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2009
UC San Diego71981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997
Calvin32010, 2013, 2016
Central 31998, 1999, 2000
Emory22008, 2018
Juniata22004, 2006
Wisconsin–Whitewater22002, 2005
La Verne21982, 2002
Elmhurst21983, 1985
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps12017
Cal Lutheran12015
Hope12014
Johns Hopkins12019
St. Thomas 12012
Wittenberg12011