As a number of us look through the volleyball archives, we find that a lot of our history is gone. This page attempts to bring a small portion of that back by recreating the NCAA Tournament Brackets (to the best of my ability). Click a link below to see the brackets (links are on the champion’s school name). I will continue to update this starting with the oldest brackets first.
Note – Starting with 1997, the tournament started to progress towards 64 teams (i.e., more brackets), which seems to mess up my PDF conversion. It’s just displayed very small, which you can then adjust. Hopefully, I can figure out how to fix this in the future.
| YEAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UW-Eau Claire (35-0) | Kim Wudi | 3-0 | Calvin | Saint Louis, WI |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid | N/A | |||
| 2019 | Johns Hopkins (35-3) | Matt Troy | 3-0 | Emory | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2018 | Emory (30-6) | Jenny McDowell | 3-0 | Calvin | Pittsburgh, Penn. |
| 2017 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (31-5) | Kurt Vlasich | 3-0 | Wittenberg | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2016 | Calvin (33-1) | Amber Warners | 3-0 | Washington-St. Louis | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
| 2015 | Cal Lutheran (31-5) | Kellee Roesel | 3-0 | Wittenberg | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 | Hope (34-2) | Becky Schmidt | 3-2 | Emory | Newport News, Va. |
| 2013 | Calvin (35-1) | Amber Warners | 3-2 | Cal Lutheran | Holland, Mich. |
| 2012 | St. Thomas (Minn.) (40-1) | Thanh Pham | 3-2 | Calvin | Holland, Mich. |
| 2011 | Wittenberg (37-3) | Paco Labrador | 3-0 | Christopher Newport | Washington-St. Louis |
| 2010 | Calvin (32-4) | Amber Warners | 3-1 | Emory | Washington-St. Louis |
| 2009 | Washington-St. Louis (34-4) | Rich Luenemann | 3-1 | Juniata | University Heights, Ohio |
| 2008 | Emory (35-6) | Jennifer McDowell | 3-1 | La Verne | Ill. Wesleyan |
| 2007 | Washington-St. Louis (33-5) | Rich Luenemann | 3-2 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Ill. Wesleyan |
| 2006 | Juniata (41-1) | Larry Bock | 3-2 | Washington-St. Louis | Salem, Va. |
| 2005 | Wisconsin-Whitewater (40-4) | Stacy Boudreau | 3-2 | Juniata | Salem, Va. |
| 2004 | Juniata (37-3) | Larry Bock | 3-0 | Washington-St. Louis | St. Mary’s (Minn.) |
| 2003 | Washington-St. Louis (38-3) | Rich Luenemann | 3-0 | New York University | La Verne |
| 2002 | Wisconsin-Whitewater (36-4) | Kris Russell | 3-0 | Washington-St. Louis | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 2001 | La Verne (27-1) | Don Flora | 3-2 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 2000 | Central (Iowa) (40-2) | Megan Clayberg | 3-0 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Central (IA) |
| 1999 | Central (Iowa) (41-0) | Megan Clayberg | 3-0 | Trinity (Texas) | Juniata |
| 1998 | Central (Iowa) (37-2) | Megan Clayberg | 3-2 | UC San Diego | Juniata |
| 1997 | UC San Diego (27-5) | Ducan McFarland | 3-2 | Juniata | UC San Diego |
| 1996 | Washington-St. Louis (43-6) | Teri Clemens | 3-0 | Juniata | Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| 1995 | Washington-St. Louis (42-3) | Teri Clemens | 3-2 | Cal Lutheran | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 1994 | Washington-St. Louis (42-2) | Teri Clemens | 3-0 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Ithaca |
| 1993 | Washington-St. Louis (40-2) | Teri Clemens | 3-0 | Juniata | Juniata |
| 1992 | Washington-St. Louis (40-0) | Teri Clemens | 3-0 | UC San Diego | Washington-St. Louis |
| 1991 | Washington-St. Louis (42-4) | Teri Clemens | 3-2 | UC San Diego | Washington-St. Louis |
| 1990 | UC San Diego (37-8) | Doug Dannevik | 3-2 | Washington-St. Louis | Washington-St. Louis |
| 1989 | Washington-St. Louis (39-6) | Teri Clemens | 3-0 | Ohio Northern | Washington-St. Louis |
| 1988 | UC San Diego (34-8) | Doug Dannevik | 3-2 | Benedictine (Ill.) | UC San Diego |
| 1987 | UC San Diego (31-4) | Doug Dannevik | 3-0 | Elmhusrt | Elmhurst |
| 1986 | UC San Diego (42-6) | Doug Dannevik | 3-2 | Calvin | Calvin |
| 1985 | Elmhurst (40-9) | Bill Walton | 3-0 | La Verne | Elmhurst |
| 1984 | UC San Diego (23-12) | Doug Dannevik | 3-0 | MIT | Elmhurst |
| 1983 | Elmhurst (57-4) | Bill Walton | 3-1 | UC San Diego | La Verne |
| 1982 | La Verne (30-10) | Jim Paschal | 3-1 | UC San Diego | UC San Diego |
| 1981 | UC San Diego (36-8) | Doug Dannevik | 3-2 | Juniata | Maryville (Tenn.) |
Women's Division III Volleyball 