The NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament is the annual event that decides the
championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
contested by the
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
. It determines the national champion of
Division II women's collegiate
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
. It has been held annually since 1981, typically played in December after the fall regular season (the
men's championship, conversely, is held in the spring).
The most recent champions are the
West Texas A&M Buffaloes
The West Texas A&M Buffaloes, also known as the WTAMU Buffaloes or WT Buffaloes, and formerly West Texas State Buffaloes and WTSU Buffaloes, are the athletic teams that represent West Texas A&M University, located in Canyon, Texas, in NCAA Divi ...
, who won their fourth title in 2022, their first since 1997. In 2022 National Championship, West Texas A&M defeated the most successful team
Concordia–Saint Paul, who had won nine titles (winning 2007-13, 16-17) in a timespan of only eleven years.
History
From 1970 through 1980, before the NCAA governed women's collegiate athletics, the
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
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
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
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
The NCAA men's volleyball tournament, officially titled the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship, is an annual competition that determines the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in American college men ...
for men's volleyball teams in
Division I and
Division II seeing as there are far fewer men's programs than women's.
Champions
*Note: ''See
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Champions for the Division II volleyball champions from 1975 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW champions.''
Records
* Most championships: Concordia–St. Paul (9)
* Undefeated Seasons: Hawaii Pacific (2000), Concordia–St. Paul (2009), Cal State San Bernardino (2019)
Summary
* Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics.
* Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified to another NCAA division.
See also
*NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships (
Division I,
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
)
*
AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Volleyball Champions
*NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships (
Divisions I and II,
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
)
*
NAIA Volleyball Championship
The NAIA Women's Volleyball National Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA women's collegiate indoor volleyball in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1980.
The most successf ...
*
AVCA
References
External links
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NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball
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1981 establishments in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1981