NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament

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| sport = College indoor volleyball

| association = NCAA

| division = Division II

| founded = {{start date and age|1981}}

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| champion = Lynn (1st)

| most successful club = Concordia–Saint Paul (9)

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| website = [https://www.ncaa.com/sports/volleyball-women/d2 NCAA.com]

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The NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament is the annual tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champions women's collegiate volleyball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1981, typically played in December after the fall regular season (the Division II men's tournament, conversely, is held in the spring).{{cite web |title=DIVISION II WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_volleyball_RB/D2champs.pdf |website=ncaa.org |publisher=NCAA |access-date=5 February 2025}}

The most successful program has been Concordia Saint Paul, who have won nine titles.

The most recent champions are the Lynn, who won their first national title in 2024.

History

From 1970 through 1980, before the NCAA governed women's collegiate athletics, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women alone conducted the women's collegiate volleyball championships.

Volleyball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.

There is also an NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship for men's volleyball teams in Division I and Division II seeing as there are far fewer men's programs than women's.

Champions

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rowspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Year}}

! rowspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Site
(Host Team)}}

! colspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Championship}}

! colspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Third Place Final / Semifinalists}}

style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Champion}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Games}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Runner-up}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Third-place}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Games}}

! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|NCAA}}|{{color|#FFFFFF|Fourth-place}}

1981
Details

| Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside)

| Sacramento State

| 3–0

| Lewis

| Cal State Northridge

| 3–0

| Florida Southern

1982
Details

| Northridge, CA
(Cal State Northridge)

| UC Riverside

| 3–0

| Cal State Northridge

| Portland State

| 3–0

| Sacramento State

1983
Details

| Lakeland, FL
(Florida Southern)

| Cal State Northridge

| 3–2

| Portland State

| Air Force

| 3–0

| Nebraska–Omaha

1984
Details

|rowspan="2"| Portland, OR
(Portland State)

| Portland State

| 3–0

| Cal State Northridge

| Sacramento State

| 3–0

| Sam Houston State

1985
Details

| Portland State (2)

| 3–1

| Cal State Northridge

| Nebraska–Omaha

| 3–2

| Sam Houston State

1986
Details

| Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside)

| UC Riverside (2)

| 3–0

| Cal State Northridge

| Nebraska–Omaha

| 3–0

| North Dakota State

1987
Details

| Northridge, CA
(Cal State Northridge)

| Cal State Northridge (2)

| 3–2

| Central Missouri State

| Nebraska–Omaha

| 3–2

| Ferris State

1988
Details

| Fargo, ND
(North Dakota State)

| Portland State (3)

| 3–0

| Cal State Northridge

| North Dakota State

| 3–2

| Regis

1989
Details

|rowspan="2"| Bakersfield, CA
(Cal State Bakersfield)

| Cal State Bakersfield

| 3–0

| Sacramento State

| North Dakota State

| 3–1

| Florida Southern

1990
Details

| West Texas State

| 3–0

| North Dakota State

| Cal State Bakersfield

| 3–2

| Portland State

1991
Details

| Canyon, TX
(West Texas State)

| West Texas State (2)

| 3–0

| Portland State

| North Dakota State

| 3–0

| Florida Southern

1992
Details

| Portland, OR
(Portland State)

| Portland State (4)

| 3–2

| Northern Michigan

| West Texas State

| 3–0

| Cal State Los Angeles

1993
Details

| Marquette, MI
(Northern Michigan)

| Northern Michigan

| 3–1

| Cal State Bakersfield

| Portland State

| 3–2

| Northern Colorado

1994
Details

| Bakersfield, CA
(Cal State Bakersfield)

| Northern Michigan (2)

| 3–1

| Cal State Bakersfield

| Northern Colorado

| 3–0

| Central Missouri State

1995
Details

| Miami Shores, FL
(Barry)

| Barry

| 3–1

| Northern Michigan

| Cal State Bakersfield

| 3–2

| Central Missouri State

1996
Details

| Warrensburg, MO
(Central Missouri State)

| Nebraska–Omaha

| 3–2

| Tampa

| Northern Michigan

| 3–0

| Central Missouri State

1997
Details

| Bakersfield, CA
(Cal State Bakersfield)

| West Texas A&M (3)

| 3–2

| Barry

| Cal State Bakersfield

| 3–0

| Northern Michigan

1998
Details

| Kissimmee, FL

| Hawaii Pacific

| 3–1

| North Dakota State

|colspan="3"| Regis and Tampa

1999
Details

| Battle Creek, MI

| BYU–Hawaii

| 3–0

| Tampa

|colspan="3"| Northern Kentucky and West Texas A&M

2000
Details

| Sioux Falls, SD
(Augustana–SD)

| Hawaii Pacific (2)

| 3–0

| Augustana (SD)

|colspan="3"| California (PA) and North Alabama

2001
Details

| Allendale, MI
(Grand Valley State)

| Barry (2)

| 3–0

| South Dakota State

|colspan="3"| UC San Diego and Grand Valley State

2002
Details

| Canyon, TX
(West Texas A&M)

| BYU Hawaii

| 3–0

| Truman State

|colspan="3"| Grand Valley State and Tampa

2003
Details

| San Bernardino, CA
(Cal State San Bernardino)

| North Alabama

| 3–1

| Concordia–St. Paul

|colspan="3"| Cal State San Bernardino and Grand Valley State

2004
Details

| Miami Shores, FL
(Barry)

| Barry (3)

| 3–1

| Truman

|colspan="3"| Minnesota–Duluth and Nebraska–Kearney

2005
Details

| Kearney, NE
(Nebraska–Kearney)

| Grand Valley State

| 3–1

| Nebraska–Kearney

|colspan="3"| Cal State Los Angeles and Tampa

2006
Details

| Pensacola, FL
(West Florida)

| Tampa

| 3–1

| North Alabama

|colspan="3"| Minnesota–Duluth and West Texas A&M

2007
Details

| Topeka, KS
(Washburn)

| Concordia–St. Paul

| 3–1

| Western Washington

|colspan="3"| Washburn and West Texas A&M

2008
Details

|rowspan="2"| St. Paul, MN
(Concordia–St. Paul)

| Concordia–St. Paul (2)

| 3–2

| Cal State San Bernardino

|colspan="3"| Grand Valley State and Truman

2009
Details

| Concordia–St. Paul (3)

| 3–0

| West Texas A&M

|colspan="3"| Cal State San Bernardino and Flagler

2010
Details

| Louisville, KY

| Concordia–St. Paul (4)

| 3–1

| Tampa

|colspan="3"| Central Missouri and Dowling

2011
Details

| San Bernardino, CA
(Cal State San Bernardino)

| Concordia–St. Paul (5)

| 3–0

| Cal State San Bernardino

|colspan="3"| Hillsdale and Tampa

2012
Details

| Pensacola, FL
(West Florida)

| Concordia–St. Paul (6)

| 3–2

| Tampa

|colspan="3"| BYU–Hawaii and Indianapolis

2013
Details

| Cedar Rapids, IA
(Upper Iowa University)

| Concordia–St. Paul (7)

| 3–0

| BYU–Hawaii

|colspan="3"| West Texas A&M and Wheeling Jesuit

2014
Details

| Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine)

| Tampa (2)

| 3–0

| Southwest Minnesota State

|colspan="3"| Arkansas–Fort Smith and Grand Valley State

2015
Details

| Tampa, FL
(Tampa)

| Wheeling Jesuit

| 3–0

| Palm Beach Atlantic

|colspan="3"| Wayne State (NE) and Western Washington

2016
Details

| Sioux Falls, SD
(Northern Sun)

| Concordia–Saint Paul (8)

| 3–0

| Alaska–Anchorage

|colspan="3"| Palm Beach Atlantic and Lewis

2017
Details

| Pensacola, FL
(West Florida)

| Concordia–Saint Paul (9)

| 3–0

| Florida Southern

| colspan="3"| Gannon and Rockhurst

2018
Details

| Pittsburgh, PA
(Clarion)

| Tampa (3)

| 3–2

| Western Washington

| colspan="3"| Lewis and Washburn

2019
Details

| Denver, CO
(Metro State Univ of Denver)

| Cal State San Bernardino (1)

| 3–1

| Nebraska–Kearney

| colspan="3"|Regis (CO) and Rockhurst

2020

| Sioux Falls, SD
(Sanford Pentagon)

|colspan=7 align=center|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2021
Details

| Tampa, FL
(Tampa Spartans)

| Tampa (4)

| 3–0

| Washburn

| colspan="3"| Gannon and Western Washington

2022
Details

| Seattle, WA
(Seattle Pacific)

| West Texas A&M (4)

| 3-1

| Concordia-St Paul

| colspan=3| Cal State Los Angeles and UMSL

2023
Details

| Moon Township, PA
(Clarion)

| Cal State Los Angeles

| 3–1

| West Texas A&M

| colspan=3| UMSL and Tampa

2024
Details

| Sioux Falls, SD
(Northern Sun)

| Lynn Fighting Knights

| 3–2

| San Francisco State

| colspan=3| Angelo and Bentley

2025
Details

| Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Nova Southeastern)

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=Records=

  • Most championships: Concordia–St. Paul (9)
  • Undefeated Seasons: Hawaii Pacific (2000), Concordia–St. Paul (2009), Cal State San Bernardino (2019)

=Location of Champions=

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=Current Division II=

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TeamTitlesYears
style={{NCAA color cell|Concordia Golden Bears}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Concordia Golden Bears|Concordia Golden Bears women's volleyball|Concordia St. Paul}}}}9align=left| 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
style={{NCAA color cell|Tampa Spartans}}| {{nowrap|Tampa Spartans women's volleyball}}rowspan=2| 4align=left| 2006, 2014, 2018, 2021
style={{NCAA color cell|West Texas A&M Buffaloes}}| {{nowrap|West Texas A&M Buffaloes women's volleyball}}align=left| 1990, 1991, 1997, 2022
style={{NCAA color cell|Barry Buccaneers}}| {{nowrap|Barry Buccaneers women's volleyball}}3align="left" | 1995, 2001, 2004
style={{NCAA color cell|Hawaii Pacific Sharks}}| {{nowrap|Hawaii Pacific Sharks women's volleyball}}rowspan=2| 2align=left| 1998, 2000
style={{NCAA color cell|Northern Michigan Wildcats}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Northern Michigan Wildcats|Northern Michigan Wildcats women's volleyball|Northern Michigan}}}}align=left| 1993, 1994
style={{NCAA color cell|Lynn Fighting Knights}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Lynn Fighting Knights|Lynn Fighting Knights|Lynn}}}}rowspan=5 | 1align=left | 2024
style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles|Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles women's volleyball|Cal State Los Angeles}}}}align=left | 2023
style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes}}| {{nowrap|Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes women's volleyball}}align=left | 2019
style={{NCAA color cell|Wheeling Cardinals}}| {{nowrap|Wheeling Cardinals women's volleyball}}align=left | 2015
style={{NCAA color cell|Grand Valley State Lakers}}| {{nowrap|Grand Valley State Lakers women's volleyball}}align=left | 2005

=Former Division II=

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!School

!Titles

!Years

style={{NCAA color cell|Portland State Vikings}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Portland State Vikings|Portland State Vikings women's volleyball|Portland State}}}}4align=left| 1984, 1985, 1988, 1992
style={{NCAA color cell|BYU–Hawaii Seasiders}}| {{nowrap|BYU Hawaii Seasiders women's volleyball}}rowspan="3"| 2align=left| 1999, 2002
style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State Northridge Matadors}}| {{nowrap|Cal State Northridge Matadors women's volleyball}}align=left| 1983, 1987
style={{NCAA color cell|UC Riverside Highlanders}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|UC Riverside Highlanders|UC Riverside Highlanders women's volleyball|UC Riverside}}}}align=left| 1982, 1986
style={{NCAA color cell|North Alabama Lions}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|North Alabama Lions|North Alabama Lions women's volleyball|North Alabama}}}}rowspan="4"| 1align=left | 2003
style={{NCAA color cell|Omaha Mavericks}}| {{nowrap|Omaha Mavericks women's volleyball}}align=left | 1996
style={{NCAA color cell|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners women's volleyball|Cal State Bakersfield}}}}align=left | 1989
style={{NCAA color cell|Sacramento State Hornets}}| {{nowrap|{{CollegeSecondaryColorLink|Sacramento State Hornets|Sacramento State Hornets women's volleyball|Sacramento State}}}}align=left | 1981

See also

References

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