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| Association | NCAA |
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| Sport | Women's college soccer |
| Founded | 1986; 40 years ago (1986) |
| Division | Division III |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country |  United States |
| Most recent champion | Washington St. Louis (3rd) |
| Most titles | Messiah (6) |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
TheNCAA Division III women's soccer tournament is an annual event organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champions of women'scollegiate soccer among itsDivision III members in theUnited States. It has been held every year since 1986, except for 2020.[1]
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 beenMessiah, with six national titles.
The current champions areWashington St. Louis, who won their third national title in 2025.
| NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship | |||||||
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| Year | Site (Host Team[s]) | Championship | Semifinalists | ||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 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 | Messiah | 1–0 | TCNJ | Chicago & Tufts | |||
| 2006 Details | Lake Buena Vista, FL | Wheaton (IL) (2) | 2–0 | Messiah &Virginia Wesleyan | |||
| 2007 Details | 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 | Williams | 2–1 | Washington St. Louis | Centre & Messiah | |||
| 2016 Details | Salem, VA[2] | Washington St. Louis | 1–1 (5–4,pen) | Messiah | Brandeis & Chicago | ||
| 2017 Details | 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 | Messiah (6) | 1-0 | William Smith | Pomona-Pitzer &Carnegie Mellon | |||
| 2020 | None | Not played due toCOVID-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 | Virginia Wesleyan & Messiah | ||
| 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) | Washington St. Louis (3) | 2–1 | Emory | Chicago & Tufts | ||
| 2026 | Columbus, OH (Capital) | ||||||
| 2027 | Pittsburgh, PA (Presidents' Athletic Conference) | ||||||
| Team | Titles | Years |
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| Messiah | 6 | 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019 |
| Williams | 3 | 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| TCNJ (Trenton State) | 1993, 1994, 2000 | |
| Washington St. Louis | 2016, 2024, 2025 | |
| Wheaton (IL) | 2004, 2006, 2007 | |
| Ithaca | 2 | 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 |
| Team | Titles | Years |
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| UC San DiegoD1 | 5 | 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 |
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