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.[1] A third Division II championship was added in 1988.

NCAA Women's Division III Soccer Championship
Founded1986
Number of teams64
Current championsWilliams (3)
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 five national titles.

The current champions are Williams, who won their third national title in 2018.[2]

Champions
NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host)		 Final Match Semifinalists Finals Attendance
Champion Score Runner-up
1986
Details		 Cortland, NY
(SUNY Cortland)		 Rochester (NY) 1–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
Cortland State		 300
1987
Details		 Rochester, NY
(Rochester)		 1–0 William Smith St. Thomas (MN)
Plymouth State		 1,106
1988
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 William Smith 1–0 UC San Diego Ithaca
Methodist		 800
1989
Details		 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego)		 UC San Diego 3–2
(3OT)		 Ithaca St. Thomas (MN)
William Smith		 1,200
1990
Details		 Cortland, NY
(Cortland State)		 Ithaca 1–0
(4OT)		 Cortland State Saint Benedict
Methodist		 647
1991
Details		 Plymouth, NH
(Plymouth State)		 2–0 Rochester (NY) UC San Diego
Plymouth State		 409
1992
Details		 Fredericksburg, VA
(Mary Washington)		 Cortland State 1–0 UMass Dartmouth UC San Diego
Mary Washington		 300
1993
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 Trenton State 4–0 Plymouth State UC San Diego
William Smith		 600
1994
Details		 San Diego, CA
(UC San Diego)		 4–3
(3OT)		 UC San Diego Geneseo
North Carolina Wesleyan		 1,025
1995
Details		 Galloway, NJ
(Richard Stockton)		 UC San Diego 3–0 Methodist William Smith
Richard Stockton		 713
1996
Details		 Amherst, MA
(Amherst)		 2–1 TCNJ Chicago
Amherst		 543
1997
Details		 Elizabethtown, PA
(Elizabethtown)		 1–0 William Smith Elizabethtown
Washington–St. Louis		 240
1998
Details		 Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca)		 Macalester 1–0
(4OT)		 TCNJ Ithaca
Willamette		 230
1999
Details		 Williamstown, MA
(Williams)		 UC San Diego 1–0 Macalester Williams
TCNJ		 797
2000
Details		 Medford, MA
(Tufts)		 TCNJ 2–1 Tufts Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Trinity (TX)		 1,500
2001
Details		 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 Ohio Wesleyan 1–0 Amherst Wheaton (IL)
Willamette		 617
2002
Details		 Geneva, NY
(William Smith)		 1–0 Messiah William Smith
Trinity (TX)		 548
2003
Details		 Oneonta, NY
(SUNY Oneonta)		 SUNY Oneonta 2–1
(OT)		 Chicago DePauw
TCNJ		 811
2004
Details		 Greensboro, NC Wheaton (IL) 1–1
(5–4, pen)		 Puget Sound Wheaton (MA)
Messiah		 726
2005
Details		 Messiah 1–0 TCNJ Chicago
Tufts		 1,073
2006
Details		 Lake Buena Vista, FL Wheaton (IL) 2–0 Messiah
Virginia Wesleyan		 420
2007
Details		 1–0 Messiah TCNJ
Western Connecticut State		 530
2008
Details		 Greensboro, NC Messiah 5–0 Wheaton (IL) William Smith
Williams		 877
2009
Details		 San Antonio, TX 1–0 Washington–St. Louis TCNJ
Lynchburg (VA)		 470
2010
Details		 Hardin–Simmons 2–1 Messiah Otterbein
William Smith		 795
2011
Details		 Messiah 3–1 Wheaton (IL) Ithaca
William Smith		 562
2012
Details		 1–0 Emory Wheaton (IL)
Misericordia		 437
2013
Details		 William Smith 2–0 Trinity (TX) Capital
Middlebury		 654
2014
Details		 Kansas City, MO Lynchburg (VA) 0–0
(4–3, pen)		 Williams Illinois Wesleyan
Johns Hopkins		 550
2015
Details		 Williams 2–1 Washington–Saint Louis Centre
Messiah		 864
2016
Details		 Salem, VA[3] Washington–Saint Louis 1–1
(5–4, pen)		 Messiah Brandeis
Chicago		 847
2017
Details		 Williams 1-0 Chicago TCNJ
Hardin–Simmons		 470
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

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) 4 (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006)
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)
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. https://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-women/d3
  2. "Division III Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  3. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
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