2026 national championship

NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship

December 4 & 6, 2026 · Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Championship finals

Championship archive

Seasons & results

2016 champion

WashU Bears

Runner-up

Messiah Falcons

Recorded final1-1 (5-4 PK) ↗COMPLETED

Match-by-match results have not been imported for this season. The recorded championship summary remains available above.

Coverage and sources

Imported from the supplied history workbook; its cited sources and coverage labels are retained. This import is not a new independent verification. Team links identify present-day profiles, not present-day division or conference membership in historical seasons.

Championship/final history from 1986 through 2025, including the canceled 2020 championship.

Every 2025 tournament result is normalized into a stable match source key.

Bracket results are complete. Event/official/team-stat enrichment is currently deep for the championship final, where an official structured box score was verified.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/print/soccer-women/d3/2025

NCAA_DIII_Womens_Tournament_1986_2025_enriched.xlsx

Only recorded games are displayed. Missing scores, dates and matches are not inferred.

All championship seasons · 40

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Final / status
2025	WashU Bears	Emory Eagles	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2024	WashU Bears	William Smith Herons	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
2023	Cal Lutheran Regals	WashU Bears	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2022	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	CWRU Spartans	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2021	Chris Newport Captains	TCNJ Lions	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2020	—	—	Canceled ↗CANCELED
2019	Messiah Falcons	William Smith Herons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2018	Williams Ephs	Middlebury Panthers	1-1 (3-2 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2017	Williams Ephs	UChicago Maroons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2016	WashU Bears	Messiah Falcons	1-1 (5-4 PK) ↗COMPLETED
2015	Williams Ephs	WashU Bears	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2014	Lynchburg Hornets	Williams Ephs	0-0 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2013	William Smith Herons	Trinity Tigers	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2012	Messiah Falcons	Emory Eagles	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2011	Messiah Falcons	Wheaton Thunder	3-1 ↗COMPLETED
2010	Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls	Messiah Falcons	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
2009	Messiah Falcons	WashU Bears	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2008	Messiah Falcons	Wheaton Thunder	5-0 ↗COMPLETED
2007	Wheaton Thunder	Messiah Falcons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2006	Wheaton Thunder	TCNJ Lions	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
2005	Messiah Falcons	TCNJ Lions	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2004	Wheaton Thunder	Puget Sound Loggers	1-1 (PK) ↗COMPLETED
2003	SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons	UChicago Maroons	2-1 (OT) ↗COMPLETED
2002	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Messiah Falcons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2001	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	Amherst Mammoths	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
2000	TCNJ Lions	Tufts Jumbos	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1999	UC San Diego Tritons	Macalester Scots	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1998	Macalester Scots	TCNJ Lions	1-0 (4 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1997	UC San Diego Tritons	William Smith Herons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1996	UC San Diego Tritons	TCNJ Lions	2-1 ↗COMPLETED
1995	UC San Diego Tritons	Methodist Monarchs	3-0 ↗COMPLETED
1994	TCNJ Lions	UC San Diego Tritons	4-3 (3 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1993	TCNJ Lions	Plymouth State Panthers	4-0 ↗COMPLETED
1992	Cortland Red Dragons	UMass Dartmouth Corsairs	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1991	Ithaca Bombers	Rochester Yellowjackets	2-0 ↗COMPLETED
1990	Ithaca Bombers	Cortland Red Dragons	1-0 (4 OT, PK) ↗COMPLETED
1989	UC San Diego Tritons	Ithaca Bombers	3-2 (3 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1988	William Smith Herons	UC San Diego Tritons	1-0 (2 OT) ↗COMPLETED
1987	Rochester Yellowjackets	William Smith Herons	1-0 ↗COMPLETED
1986	Rochester Yellowjackets	Plymouth State Panthers	1-0 ↗COMPLETED

Finals datesDecember 4 & 6, 20262026 championship

Finals venueHistoric Crew StadiumColumbus, Ohio

Local program coverage421Division III women's teams

Tournament path

From the opening round to the national title.

01First & second rounds

02Sectionals

03Quarterfinals

04Semifinals

05National championship

The Division I semifinal and final stage is styled as the College Cup. Division II and III retain the NCAA championship naming used by the official competition pages.

Competition field

Division III programs.

Browse all 421 →

Teams qualify through conference automatic bids and NCAA selection. This page links the complete local program directory now; the 2026 selected field and bracket will appear only after an official NCAA release is ingested.

Qualification context