NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship

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.

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Founded1986
Number of teams64
Current championsChristopher Newport (1st)
Most successful club(s)Messiah (6)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com

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 most successful program has been Messiah, with six national titles.

The current champions are Christopher Newport University, who won their first national title in 2021.[1]

Champions
NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host)		 Final Match Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up
1986
Details		 Cortland, NY
(SUNY Cortland)		 Rochester (NY) 1–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
Cortland State
1987
Details		 Rochester, NY
(Rochester)		 1–0 William Smith St. Thomas (MN)
Plymouth State
1988
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 William Smith 1–0 UC San Diego Ithaca
Methodist
1989
Details		 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego)		 UC San Diego 3–2
(3OT)		 Ithaca St. Thomas (MN)
William Smith
1990
Details		 Cortland, NY
(Cortland State)		 Ithaca 1–0
(4OT)		 Cortland State Saint Benedict
Methodist
1991
Details		 Plymouth, NH
(Plymouth State)		 2–0 Rochester (NY) UC San Diego
Plymouth State
1992
Details		 Fredericksburg, VA
(Mary Washington)		 Cortland State 1–0 UMass Dartmouth UC San Diego
Mary Washington
1993
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 Trenton State 4–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
William Smith
1994
Details		 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego)		 4–3
(3OT)		 UC San Diego Geneseo
North Carolina Wesleyan
1995
Details		 Galloway, NJ
(Richard Stockton)		 UC San Diego 3–0 Methodist William Smith
Richard Stockton
1996
Details		 Amherst, MA
(Amherst)		 2–1 TCNJ Chicago
Amherst
1997
Details		 Elizabethtown, PA
(Elizabethtown)		 1–0 William Smith Elizabethtown
Washington–St. Louis
1998
Details		 Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)		 Macalester 1–0
(4OT)		 TCNJ Ithaca
Willamette
1999
Details		 Williamstown, MA
(Williams)		 UC San Diego 1–0 Macalester Williams
TCNJ
2000
Details		 Medford, MA
(Tufts)		 TCNJ 2–1 Tufts Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Trinity (TX)
2001
Details		 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 Ohio Wesleyan 1–0 Amherst Wheaton (IL)
Willamette
2002
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 1–0 Messiah William Smith
Trinity (TX)
2003
Details		 Oneonta, NY
(SUNY Oneonta)		 SUNY Oneonta 2–1
(OT)		 Chicago DePauw
TCNJ
2004
Details		 Greensboro, NC Wheaton (IL) 1–1
(5–4, pen)		 Puget Sound Wheaton (MA)
Messiah
2005
Details		 Messiah 1–0 TCNJ Chicago
Tufts
2006
Details		 Lake Buena Vista, FL Wheaton (IL) 2–0 Messiah
Virginia Wesleyan
2007
Details		 1–0 Messiah TCNJ
Western Connecticut State
2008
Details		 Greensboro, NC Messiah 5–0 Wheaton (IL) William Smith
Williams
2009
Details		 San Antonio, TX 1–0 Washington–St. Louis TCNJ
Lynchburg (VA)
2010
Details		 Hardin–Simmons 2–1 Messiah Otterbein
William Smith
2011
Details		 Messiah 3–1 Wheaton (IL) Ithaca
William Smith
2012
Details		 1–0 Emory Wheaton (IL)
Misericordia
2013
Details		 William Smith 2–0 Trinity (TX) Capital
Middlebury
2014
Details		 Kansas City, MO Lynchburg (VA) 0–0
(4–3, pen)		 Williams Illinois Wesleyan
Johns Hopkins
2015
Details		 Williams 2–1 Washington–Saint Louis Centre
Messiah
2016
Details		 Salem, VA[2] Washington–Saint Louis 1–1
(5–4, pen)		 Messiah Brandeis
Chicago
2017
Details		 Williams 1-0 Chicago TCNJ
Hardin–Simmons
2018
Details		 Greensboro, NC Williams 1–1
(3–2, pen)		 Middlebury Christopher Newport
Washington–Saint Louis
2019
Details		 Messiah 1-0 William Smith Pomona-Pitzer
Carnegie Mellon
2020 Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
2021
Details		 Greensboro, NC Christopher Newport 2–0 TCNJ Loras
Wesleyan (CT)

Cumulative results

Active programs
Team Championships Runners-up
Messiah 6 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2019) 4 (2002, 2007, 2010, 2016)
Williams 3 (2015, 2017, 2018) 1 (2014)
TCNJ (Trenton State) 3 (1993, 1994, 2000) 5 (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2021)
Wheaton (IL) 3 (2004, 2006, 2007) 2 (2008, 2011)
William Smith 2 (1988, 2013) 3 (1987, 1997, 2019)
Ithaca 2 (1990, 1991) 1 (1989)
Rochester (NY) 2 (1986, 1987) 1 (1991)
Ohio Wesleyan 2 (2001, 2002) 0
Washington–Saint Louis 1 (2016) 2 (2009, 2015)
SUNY Cortland 1 (1992) 1 (1990)
Macalester 1 (1998) 1 (1999)
Christopher Newport 1 (2021) 0
Lynchburg 1 (2014) 0
Hardin–Simmons 1 (2010) 0
SUNY Oneonta 1 (2003) 0
Plymouth State 0 2 (1986, 1993)
Chicago 0 1 (2003)
Trinity (TX) 0 1 (2013)
Methodist 0 1 (1995)
Middlebury 0 1 (2018)
Amherst 0 1 (2001)
Tufts 0 1 (2000)
Emory 0 1 (2012)
Puget Sound 0 1 (2004)
UMass Dartmouth 0 1 (1992)

Former programs
Team Championships Runners-up
UC San Diego[lower-alpha 1] 5 (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) 2 (1988, 1994)
  1. now Division I

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Division III Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  2. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
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