NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament

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The NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament is the annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the main governing body for U.S. college sports United States, to determine the national champions of collegiate indoor volleyball among its Division III members. It has been held every year since 2012, except for 2020 (this was the newest NCAA championship from 2012 to 2016, when a beach volleyball championship was ended.[1]

Springfield have been the most successful program, with five titles.

Southern Virginia are the defending champions, winning their first championship in 2025.

History

The idea of a Division III championship was first floated by several figures in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in the late 1980s, but was long dormant because of NCAA participation rules—50 schools must sponsor a sport before a national championship tournament can be officially sanctioned. The main impetus for growth in Division III volleyball had been an unofficial D-III championship tournament known as the Molten Invitational, started in 1997. In 2010, the required number of programs was reached, leading to the creation of the D-III championship.[2]

Format

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See also: List of NCAA men's volleyball programs

The Division III championship began in 2012 with nine teams and has steadily expanded with the growth of D-III men's volleyball. The most recent expansion came for the 2019 season, with the field going from 12 to 14 teams.[3] This differs from the top-level NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, which involved four teams through the 2013 tournament and expanded to six teams for 2014 and seven for 2018. Like the National Collegiate Championship, the Division III championship is a knockout tournament, with best-of-5-set matches. The current tournament format features six first-round matches, with the winners joining the top two seeds in the quarterfinals.[4]

The tournament was not held in 2020 due to COVID-19, and with a significant number of schools opting out of competition in 2021 due to the still-ongoing pandemic, that year's field was reduced to 12 teams from the intended 14. The field has since been expanded twice—to 16 in 2022 and the current 19 in 2025.

Results

Year National Champion Score Runner-up City and venue Attendance
Finals/Total		 Host school/organization
2012[5] Springfield (33–5) 3–0 Carthage (29–6) Springfield, MA Blake Arena 1,600
5,723		 Springfield
2013[6] Springfield (32–3)[7] 3–0[8] Nazareth (36–2)[7] Pittsford, NY[lower-alpha 1] Kidera Gymnasium 1,000
2,676		 Nazareth
2014 Springfield (27–8)[10] 3–0[10] Juniata (29–5)[11] Huntingdon, PA Kennedy Sports Center[11] 816
3,022		 Juniata
2015 Stevens (31–4)[12] 3–0 Springfield (25–7)[13] Hoboken, NJ Canavan Arena 1,126
2,506		 Stevens
2016 New Paltz (33–2) 3–1 Springfield (28–4) Pittsford, NY Kidera Gymnasium 914
3,364		 Nazareth
2017 Springfield (33–5) 3–1 New Paltz (27–9) Springfield, MA Blake Arena 2,000
6,099		 Springfield
2018 Springfield (31–2) 3–0 Stevens (27–5) Kenosha, WI Tarble Arena 550 Carthage
2019 New Paltz (28–7) 3–1 UC Santa Cruz (21–17) Union, NJ Harwood Arena 322 Kean
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 Dubuque, IA Lillis Athletic & Wellness Center N/A Loras
2021 Carthage (23–0)[14] 3–2 Benedictine (IL) (16-4)[15] Salem, VA[lower-alpha 2] Salem Civic Center 250 Continental Volleyball Conference
2022 Carthage (24-3)[16] 3–1[17] Springfield (29–2)[18] Kenosha, WI Tarble Arena 2,175 Carthage
2023 Stevens (35–3)[19] 3–1[20] North Central (IL) (25–4)[21] Owings Mills, MD Owings Mills Gymnasium 267 Stevenson
2024 Cal Lutheran (26–5)[22] 3–0 Vassar (26–8)[23] Dubuque, IA Lillis Athletic & Wellness Center 275 Loras
2025 Southern Virginia (35–1)[24] 3–0[25] Springfield (25–5)[26] Salem, VA Cregger Center 1,202 Roanoke/Old Dominion Athletic Conference
2026 Springfield, MA Blake Arena Springfield

Champions

Team Titles Years
Springfield 5 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Stevens 2 2015, 2023
Carthage 2 2021, 2022
New Paltz 2 2016, 2019
Cal Lutheran 1 2024
Southern Virginia 1 2025

Footnotes

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See also

References

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