NCAA Division III women's soccer tournament

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NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Founded1986
No. of teams64
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Cal Lutheran (1st)
Most titlesMessiah (6 Titles)
Official websiteNCAA.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 at a pre-determined neutral site.

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

The current champions are Cal Lutheran, who won their first national title in 2023.

Champions[edit]

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year Site
(Host Team)
Championship Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-Up
1986
Details
Cortland, NY
(SUNY Cortland)
Rochester 1–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego & Cortland
1987
Details
Rochester, NY
(Rochester)
Rochester (2) 1–0 William Smith Plymouth State & St. Thomas (MN)
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 Saint Benedict & Methodist
1991
Details
Plymouth, NH
(Plymouth State)
Ithaca (2) 2–0 Rochester (NY) UC San Diego & Plymouth State
1992
Details
Fredericksburg, VA
(Mary Washington)
Cortland 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)
Trenton State (2) 4–3
(3OT)
UC San Diego Geneseo & North Carolina Wesleyan
1995
Details
Galloway, NJ
(Richard Stockton)
UC San Diego (2) 3–0 Methodist William Smith & Richard Stockton
1996
Details
Amherst, MA
(Amherst)
UC San Diego (3) 2–1 TCNJ Chicago & Amherst
1997
Details
Elizabethtown, PA
(Elizabethtown)
UC San Diego (4) 1–0 William Smith Elizabethtown & Washington University in St. Louis
1998
Details
Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)
Macalester 1–0
(4OT)
TCNJ Ithaca & Willamette
1999
Details
Williamstown, MA
(Williams)
UC San Diego (5) 1–0 Macalester Williams & TCNJ
2000
Details
Medford, MA
(Tufts)
TCNJ (3) 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)
Ohio Wesleyan (2) 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) 2–0 Messiah & Virginia Wesleyan
2007
Details
Wheaton (IL) (3) 1–0 Messiah TCNJ & Western Connecticut State
2008
Details
Greensboro, NC Messiah (2) 5–0 Wheaton (IL) William Smith & Williams
2009
Details
San Antonio, TX Messiah (3) 1–0 Washington University in St. Louis TCNJ & Lynchburg
2010
Details
Hardin–Simmons 2–1 Messiah Otterbein & William Smith
2011
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Messiah (4) 3–1 Wheaton (IL) Ithaca & William Smith
2012
Details
Messiah (5) 1–0 Emory Wheaton (IL) & Misericordia
2013
Details
William Smith (2) 2–0 Trinity (TX) Capital & Middlebury
2014
Details
Kansas City, MO Lynchburg 0–0
(4–3, pen)
Williams Illinois Wesleyan & Johns Hopkins
2015
Details
Williams 2–1 Washington University in St. Louis Centre & Messiah
2016
Details
Salem, VA[1] Washington University in St. Louis 1–1
(5–4, pen)
Messiah Brandeis & Chicago
2017
Details
Williams (2) 1-0 Chicago TCNJ & Hardin–Simmons
2018
Details
Greensboro, NC Williams (3) 1–1
(3–2, pen)
Middlebury Christopher Newport & Washington University in St. Louis
2019
Details
Messiah (6) 1-0 William Smith Pomona-Pitzer & Carnegie Mellon
2020 None Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States None
2021
Details
Greensboro, NC
(UNC Greensboro)
Christopher Newport 2–0 TCNJ Loras & Wesleyan (CT)
2022
Details
Salem, VA
(Roanoke)
Johns Hopkins 2-1 Case Western Reserve Misericordia & William Smith
2023
Details
Salem, VA
(ODAC)
Cal Lutheran 1–0 Washington St. Louis Messiah & Tufts
2024
Details
Las Vegas, NV
(UNLV)
2025
Details
Salem, VA
(ODAC)

Cumulative results[edit]

Team Titles Years
Messiah 6 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019
Williams 3 2015, 2017, 2018
TCNJ 1993, 1994, 2000
Wheaton (IL) 2004, 2006, 2007
Ithaca 2 1990, 1991
Ohio Wesleyan 2001, 2002
Rochester 1986, 1987
William Smith 1988, 2013
Cal Lutheran 1 2023
Johns Hopkins 2022
Christopher Newport 2021
Washington St. Louis 2016
Lynchburg 2014
Cortland 1992
Hardin–Simmons 2010
Oneonta 2003
Macalester 1998

Former programs[edit]

Team Titles Years
UC San Diego D1 5 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

External links[edit]