NCAA Division III women's soccer tournament

NCAA Division III
Women's Soccer Championship
Founded	1986
No. of teams	64
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Washington St. Louis (2nd)
Most titles	Messiah (6 Titles)
Official 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. 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 predetermined neutral site.

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

The current champions are Washington St. Louis, who won their second national title in 2024.

Champions

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship
Year	Site (Host Team[s])	Championship			Semifinalists
Year	Site (Host Team[s])	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Semifinalists
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 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	Greensboro, NC	Messiah	1–0	TCNJ	Chicago & Tufts
2006 Details	Lake Buena Vista, FL	Wheaton (IL) (2)	2–0	TCNJ	Messiah & Virginia Wesleyan
2007 Details	Lake Buena Vista, FL	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 St. Louis	TCNJ & Lynchburg
2010 Details		Hardin–Simmons	2–1	Messiah	Otterbein & William Smith
2011 Details		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	Kansas City, MO	Williams	2–1	Washington St. Louis	Centre & Messiah
2016 Details	Salem, VA^[1]	Washington St. Louis	1–1 (5–4, pen)	Messiah	Brandeis & Chicago
2017 Details	Salem, VA^[1]	Williams (2)	1-0	Chicago	TCNJ & Hardin–Simmons
2018 Details	Greensboro, NC	Williams (3)	1–1 (3–2, pen)	Middlebury	Christopher Newport & Washington St. Louis
2019 Details	Greensboro, NC	Messiah (6)	1-0	William Smith	Pomona-Pitzer & Carnegie Mellon
2020	None	Not played due to COVID-19			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)	Washington St. Louis (2)	3–0	William Smith	Christopher Newport & Emory
2025 Details	Salem, VA (ODAC)
2026	Columbus, OH (Capital)
2027	Pittsburgh, PA (Presidents' Athletic Conference)

Cumulative results

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
Washington St. Louis	2	2016, 2024
Ithaca		1990, 1991
Ohio Wesleyan		2001, 2002
Rochester		1986, 1987
William Smith		1988, 2013
Cal Lutheran	1	2023
Johns Hopkins		2022
Christopher Newport		2021
Lynchburg		2014
Cortland		1992
Hardin–Simmons		2010
Oneonta		2003
Macalester		1998

Former programs

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

Notes and references

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

External links

Official website

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

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