NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship
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| Sport | College indoor volleyball |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Country |
 United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | Wheeling Jesuit |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Championship is the annual championshipcontested by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate volleyball. It has been held annually since 1981, typically played in December after the fall regular season (the men's championship, conversely, is held in the spring).[1]
The most successful team has been Concordia–Saint Paul with seven titles. The current champion is Wheeling Jesuit, who won their first title in 2015.
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.
There is also a NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship for men's volleyball teams in Division I and Division II seeing as there are far fewer men's programs than women's.
Champions
- Note: See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the Division II volleyball champions from 1975 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW champions.
| NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship | |||||||||||
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| Year | Finals Site (Host) |
Final Match | Third-Place Match / Semifinalists | Attendance | |||||||
| Champion | Games | Runner-up | Third Place | Games | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 1981 | Riverside, CA (UC Riverside) |
Sacramento State | 3–0 | Lewis | Cal State Northridge | 3–0 | Florida Southern | 300 | |||
| 1982 | Northridge, CA (Cal State Northridge) |
UC Riverside | 3–0 | Cal State Northridge | Portland State | 3–0 | Sacramento State | 700 | |||
| 1983 | Lakeland, FL (Florida Southern) |
Cal State Northridge | 3–2 | Portland State | Air Force | 3–0 | Nebraska–Omaha | 650 | |||
| 1984 | Portland, OR (Portland State) |
Portland State | 3–0 | Cal State Northridge | Sacramento State | 3–0 | Sam Houston State | 2,550 | |||
| 1985 | Portland State (2) | 3–1 | Cal State Northridge | Nebraska–Omaha | 3–2 | Sam Houston State | 2,450 | ||||
| 1986 | Riverside, CA (UC Riverside) |
UC Riverside (2) | 3–0 | Cal State Northridge | Nebraska–Omaha | 3–0 | North Dakota State | 400 | |||
| 1987 | Northridge, CA (Cal State Northridge) |
Cal State Northridge (2) | 3–2 | Central Missouri State | Nebraska–Omaha | 3–2 | Ferris State | 2,500 | |||
| 1988 | Fargo, ND (North Dakota State) |
Portland State (3) | 3–0 | Cal State Northridge | North Dakota State | 3–2 | Regis | — | |||
| 1989 | Bakersfield, CA (Cal State Bakersfield) |
Cal State Bakersfield | 3–0 | Sacramento State | North Dakota State | 3–1 | Florida Southern | 2,800 | |||
| 1990 | West Texas State | 3–0 | North Dakota State | Cal State Bakersfield | 3–2 | Portland State | — | ||||
| 1991 | Canyon, TX (West Texas State) |
West Texas State (2) | 3–0 | Portland State | North Dakota State | 3–0 | Florida Southern | 3,188 | |||
| 1992 | Portland, OR (Portland State) |
Portland State (3) | 3–2 | Northern Michigan | West Texas State | 3–0 | Cal State Los Angeles | 1,512 | |||
| 1993 | Marquette, MI (Northern Michigan) |
Northern Michigan | 3–1 | Cal State Bakersfield | Portland State | 3–2 | Northern Colorado | 3,112 | |||
| 1994 | Bakersfield, CA (Cal State Bakersfield) |
Northern Michigan (2) | 3–1 | Cal State Bakersfield | Northern Colorado | 3–0 | Central Missouri State | 2,181 | |||
| 1995 | Miami Shores, FL (Barry) |
Barry | 3–1 | Northern Michigan | Cal State Bakersfield | 3–2 | Central Missouri State | 1,650 | |||
| 1996 | Warrensburg, MO (Central Missouri State) |
Nebraska–Omaha | 3–2 | Tampa | Northern Michigan | 3–0 | Central Missouri State | 459 | |||
| 1997 | Bakersfield, CA (Cal State Bakersfield) |
West Texas A&M (3) | 3–2 | Barry | Cal State Bakersfield | 3–0 | Northern Michigan | 1,376 | |||
| 1998 | Kissimmee, FL | Hawaii Pacific | 3–1 | North Dakota State | Regis and Tampa | 1,376 | |||||
| 1999 | Battle Creek, MI | BYU Hawaii | 3–0 | Tampa | Northern Kentucky and West Texas A&M | 362 | |||||
| 2000 | Sioux Falls, SD (Augustana–SD) |
Hawaii Pacific (2) | 3–0 | Augustana (SD) | California (PA) and North Alabama | 3,307 | |||||
| 2001 | Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State) |
Barry (2) | 3–0 | South Dakota State | UC San Diego and Grand Valley State | 516 | |||||
| 2002 | Canyon, TX (West Texas A&M) |
BYU Hawaii | 3–0 | Truman State | Grand Valley State and Tampa | 1,666 | |||||
| 2003 | San Bernardino, CA (Cal State San Bernardino) |
North Alabama | 3–1 | Concordia–St. Paul | Cal State San Bernardino and Grand Valley State | 347 | |||||
| 2004 | Miami Shores, FL (Barry) |
Barry (3) | 3–1 | Truman | Minnesota–Duluth and Nebraska–Kearney | 1,905 | |||||
| 2005 | Kearney, NE (Nebraska–Kearney) |
Grand Valley State | 3–1 | Nebraska–Kearney | Cal State Los Angeles and Tampa | 5,025 | |||||
| 2006 | Pensacola, FL (West Florida) |
Tampa | 3–1 | North Alabama | Minnesota–Duluth and West Texas A&M | 550 | |||||
| 2007 | Topeka, KS (Washburn) |
Concordia–St. Paul | 3–1 | Western Washington | Washburn and West Texas A&M | 227 | |||||
| 2008 | St. Paul, MN (Concordia–St. Paul) |
Concordia–St. Paul (2) | 3–2 | Cal State San Bernardino | Grand Valley State and Truman | 1,537 | |||||
| 2009 | Concordia–St. Paul (3) | 3–0 | West Texas A&M | Cal State San Bernardino and Flagler | 1,869 | ||||||
| 2010 | Louisville, KY | Concordia–St. Paul (4) | 3–1 | Tampa | Central Missouri and Dowling | 156 | |||||
| 2011 | San Bernardino, CA (Cal State San Bernardino) |
Concordia–St. Paul (5) | 3–0 | Cal State San Bernardino | Hillsdale and Tampa | 2,879 | |||||
| 2012 | Pensacola, FL (West Florida) |
Concordia–St. Paul (6) | 3–2 | Tampa | BYU Hawaii and Indianapolis | 503 | |||||
| 2013 | Cedar Rapids, IA (Upper Iowa University) |
Concordia–St. Paul (7) | 3–0 | BYU Hawaii | West Texas A&M and Wheeling Jesuit | 500 | |||||
| 2014 | Louisville, KY (Bellarmine) |
Tampa (2) | 3–0 | Southwest Minnesota State | Arkansas–Fort Smith and Grand Valley State | 600 | |||||
| 2015 | Tampa, FL (Tampa) |
Wheeling Jesuit | 3-0 | Palm Beach Atlantic | Wayne State and Western Washington | 479 | |||||
| 2016 | Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Pensacola, FL (West Florida) |
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Records
- Most championships: Concordia-St. Paul (7)
- Undefeated Seasons: Hawaii Pacific (2000), Concordia-St. Paul (2009)
References
- ↑ "NCAA Women's Division II Volleyball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
External links
See also
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