NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship

NCAA Women's Division III Soccer Championship
Founded 1986
Number of teams 64
Current champions Williams College
Most successful club(s) Messiah (5)
Television broadcasters ESPNU
Website NCAA.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.[1] 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 a pre-determined neutral site.

The current champions are the Williams Ephs.[2] With 5 national titles, the Messiah Falcons are the most successful team.[3]

Champions

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

Cumulative results

Team Championships Runners-up Semifinalists
Messiah 5 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) 3 (2002, 2007, 2010) 2 (2004, 2006)
UC San Diego 5 (1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999) 2 (1988, 1994) 4 (1986, 1991, 1992, 1993)
College of New Jersey (Trenton State) 3 (1993, 1994, 2000) 4 (1996, 1998, 2005, 2006) 4 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Wheaton (IL) 3 (2004, 2006, 2007) 2 (2008, 2011) 2 (2001, 2012)
William Smith 2 (1988, 2013) 2 (1987, 1997) 7 (1989, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Ithaca 2 (1990, 1991) 1 (1989) 3 (1988, 1998, 2011)
Rochester (NY) 2 (1986, 1987) 1 (1991) 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 (2001, 2002) 0 0
Williams 1 (2015) 1 (2014) 1 (2008)
SUNY Cortland 1 (1992) 1 (1990) 1 (1986)
Macalester 1 (1998) 1 (1999) 0
Lynchburg 1 (2014) 0 1 (2009)
Hardin–Simmons 1 (2010) 0 0
SUNY Oneonta 1 (2003) 0 0
Plymouth State 0 2 (1986, 1993) 2 (1987, 1991)
Trinity (TX) 0 1 (2013) 2 (2000, 2002)
Chicago 0 1 (2003) 2 (1996, 2005)
Methodist 0 1 (1995) 2 (1988, 1990)
Washington–St. Louis 0 1 (2009) 1 (1997)
Amherst 0 1 (2001) 1 (1996)
Tufts 0 1 (2000) 1 (2005)
Emory 0 1 (2012) 0
Puget Sound 0 1 (2004) 0
UMass Dartmouth 0 1 (1992) 0
Willamette 0 0 2 (1998, 2001)
St. Thomas (MN) 0 0 2 (1987, 1989)
Johns Hopkins 0 0 1 (2014)
Illinois Wesleyan 0 0 1 (2014)
Capital 0 0 1 (2013)
Middlebury 0 0 1 (2013)
Misericordia 0 0 1 (2012)
Otterbein 0 0 1 (2010)
Western Connecticut State 0 0 1 (2007)
Virginia Wesleyan 0 0 1 (2006)
Wheaton (MA) 0 0 1 (2004)
DePauw 0 0 1 (2003)
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 0 0 1 (2000)
Elizabethtown 0 0 1 (1997)
Stockton (Richard Stockton) 0 0 1 (1995)
North Carolina Wesleyan 0 0 1 (1994)
SUNY Geneseo 0 0 1 (1994)
Mary Washington 0 0 1 (1992)
Saint Benedict 0 0 1 (1990)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-women/d3
  2. ↑ http://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/wsoc/index
  3. ↑ "Division III Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
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