NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship

NCAA Women's Division III Soccer Championship

Founded	1986
Number of teams	64
Current champions	Williams College
Most successful club(s)	Messiah (5)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship is an American intercollegiate college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the Division III national champion. It has been held annually since 1986 when the Division III championship was established for universities that do not award athletics scholarships. A third Division II championship was added in 1988.

Traditionally, the tournament is held in November and December of each year following the end of the regular season. Originally, the tournament finals were held on the campus of one of the teams participating in the semifinals. Since 2004, however, it has been held a pre-determined neutral site.

The current champions are the Williams Ephs. With 5 national titles, the Messiah Falcons are the most successful team.

Champions

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year	Finals Site (Host)		Final Match				Semifinalists		Finals Attendance
			Champion	Score	Runner-up
1986	Cortland, NY (SUNY Cortland)		Rochester (NY)	1–0	Plymouth State		UC San Diego Cortland State		300
1987	Rochester, NY (Rochester)			1–0	William Smith		St. Thomas (MN) Plymouth State		1,106
1988	Geneva, NY (William Smith)		William Smith	1–0	UC San Diego		Ithaca Methodist		800
1989	San Diego, CA (UC San Diego)		UC San Diego	3–2 (3OT)	Ithaca		St. Thomas (MN) William Smith		1,200
1990	Cortland, NY (Cortland State)		Ithaca	1–0 (4OT)	Cortland State		Saint Benedict Methodist		647
1991	Plymouth, MA (Plymouth State)			2–0	Rochester (NY)		UC San Diego Plymouth State		409
1992	Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington)		Cortland State	1–0	UMass Dartmouth		UC San Diego Mary Washington		300
1993	Geneva, NY (William Smith)		Trenton State	4–0	Plymouth State		UC San Diego William Smith		600
1994	San Diego, CA (UC San Diego)			4–3 (3OT)	UC San Diego		Geneseo North Carolina Wesleyan		1,025
1995	Galloway, NJ (Richard Stockton)		UC San Diego	3–0	Methodist		William Smith Richard Stockton		713
1996	Amherst, MA (Amherst)			2–1	College of New Jersey		Chicago Amherst		543
1997	Elizabethtown, PA (Elizabethtown)			1–0	William Smith		Elizabethtown Washington–St. Louis		240
1998	Ithaca, NY (Ithaca)		Macalester	1–0 (4OT)	College of New Jersey		Ithaca Willamette		230
1999	Williamstown, MA (Williams)		UC San Diego	1–0	Macalester		Williams College of New Jersey		797
2000	Medford, MA (Tufts)		College of New Jersey	2–1	Tufts		Wisconsin–Stevens Point Trinity (TX)		1,500
2001	Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan)		Ohio Wesleyan	1–0	Amherst		Wheaton (IL) Willamette		617
2002	Geneva, NY (William Smith)			1–0	Messiah		William Smith Trinity (TX)		548
2003	Oneonta, NY (SUNY Oneonta)		SUNY Oneonta	2–1 (OT)	Chicago		DePauw College of New Jersey		811
2004	Greensboro, NC		Wheaton (IL)	1–1 (5–4, pen)	Puget Sound		Wheaton (MA) Messiah		726
2005			Messiah	1–0	College of New Jersey		Chicago Tufts		1,073
2006	Lake Buena Vista, FL		Wheaton (IL)	2–0			Messiah Virginia Wesleyan		420
2007				1–0	Messiah		College of New Jersey Western Connecticut State		530
2008	Greensboro, NC		Messiah	5–0	Wheaton (IL)		William Smith Williams		877
2009	San Antonio, TX			1–0	Washington–St. Louis		College of New Jersey Lynchburg (VA)		470
2010			Hardin–Simmons	2–1	Messiah		Otterbein William Smith		795
2011			Messiah	3–1	Wheaton (IL)		Ithaca William Smith		562
2012				1–0	Emory		Wheaton (IL) Misericordia		437
2013			William Smith	2–0	Trinity (TX)		Capital Middlebury		654
2014	Kansas City, MO		Lynchburg (VA)	0–0 (4–3, pen)	Williams		Illinois Wesleyan Johns Hopkins		550
2015 Details			Williams	2-1	Washington U
2016	Greensboro, NC
2017

Cumulative results

Team	Championships	Runners-up	Semifinalists
Messiah	5 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)	3 (2002, 2007, 2010)	2 (2004, 2006)
UC San Diego	5 (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)	2 (1988, 1994)	4 (1986, 1991, 1992, 1993)
College of New Jersey (Trenton State)	3 (1993, 1994, 2000)	4 (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006)	4 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Wheaton (IL)	3 (2004, 2006, 2007)	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2001, 2012)
William Smith	2 (1988, 2013)	2 (1987, 1997)	7 (1989, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Ithaca	2 (1990, 1991)	1 (1989)	3 (1988, 1998, 2011)
Rochester (NY)	2 (1986, 1987)	1 (1991)	0
Ohio Wesleyan	2 (2001, 2002)	0	0
Williams	1 (2015)	1 (2014)	1 (2008)
SUNY Cortland	1 (1992)	1 (1990)	1 (1986)
Macalester	1 (1998)	1 (1999)	0
Lynchburg	1 (2014)	0	1 (2009)
Hardin–Simmons	1 (2010)	0	0
SUNY Oneonta	1 (2003)	0	0
Plymouth State	0	2 (1986, 1993)	2 (1987, 1991)
Trinity (TX)	0	1 (2013)	2 (2000, 2002)
Chicago	0	1 (2003)	2 (1996, 2005)
Methodist	0	1 (1995)	2 (1988, 1990)
Washington–St. Louis	0	1 (2009)	1 (1997)
Amherst	0	1 (2001)	1 (1996)
Tufts	0	1 (2000)	1 (2005)
Emory	0	1 (2012)	0
Puget Sound	0	1 (2004)	0
UMass Dartmouth	0	1 (1992)	0
Willamette	0	0	2 (1998, 2001)
St. Thomas (MN)	0	0	2 (1987, 1989)
Johns Hopkins	0	0	1 (2014)
Illinois Wesleyan	0	0	1 (2014)
Capital	0	0	1 (2013)
Middlebury	0	0	1 (2013)
Misericordia	0	0	1 (2012)
Otterbein	0	0	1 (2010)
Western Connecticut State	0	0	1 (2007)
Virginia Wesleyan	0	0	1 (2006)
Wheaton (MA)	0	0	1 (2004)
DePauw	0	0	1 (2003)
Wisconsin–Stevens Point	0	0	1 (2000)
Elizabethtown	0	0	1 (1997)
Stockton (Richard Stockton)	0	0	1 (1995)
North Carolina Wesleyan	0	0	1 (1994)
SUNY Geneseo	0	0	1 (1994)
Mary Washington	0	0	1 (1992)
Saint Benedict	0	0	1 (1990)

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Championship
• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NAIA national men's soccer championship
• Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association

External links

• NCAA Division III women's soccer page