The 2025 NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Championship is officially underway, with matches available to stream live on NCAA.com.
The NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Committee has revealed this year’s 19-team bracket, featuring 14 automatic qualifiers from conference championships and five at-large selections.
Tournament play begins Thursday, April 17 with the opening rounds and will culminate on Sunday, April 27, when the national champion is crowned at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia.
DIII Men’s Volleyball Championship Bracket 2025-
2025 DIII men’s volleyball championship schedule:
*All times listed in Eastern Time
- Selection show | Monday, April 14 live streamed on NCAA.com
- First round | Thursday, April 17
- Buffalo St. vs. Baruch, 6:30 p.m.
- Randolph-Macon vs. Nichols, 6:30 p.m.
- St. Joseph’s (L.I.) vs. Thiel, 6:30 p.m.
- Second round | Friday, April 18
- NYU vs. Winner of Buffalo St./Baruch, 4 p.m.
- Stevens vs. Winner of Randolph-Macon/Nichols, 4 p.m.
- Southern Va. vs. Winner of St. Joseph’s (L.I.)/Thiel, 4 p.m.
- Springfield vs. Mount Union, 5 p.m.
- Cal Lutheran vs. Vassar, 6:30 p.m.
- Juniata vs. Wentworth, 6:30 p.m.
- Messiah vs. Lancaster Bible, 6:30 p.m.
- Carthage vs. Aurora, 7:30 p.m.
- Quarterfinals | Saturday, April 19
- Semifinals | Friday, April 25
- National championship | Sunday, April 27
History of the 2025 DIII Men’s Volleyball Championship
In its first-ever tournament appearance, Cal Lutheran won the DIII men’s volleyball title last year. Springfield, which won all but two of the first seven tournaments, retains the record with five titles.
See below for the full year-by-year results:
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cal Lutheran (26-5) | Kevin Judd | 3-0 | Vassar | Dubuque, IA |
| 2023 | Stevens Institute (35-3) | Dan Buehring | 3-1 | North Central (IL) | Owings Mills, Md. |
| 2022 | Carthage (24-3) | JW Kieckhefer | 3-1 | Springfield | Kenosha, Wisc. |
| 2021 | Carthage (23-0) | JW Kieckhefer | 3-2 | Benedictine (IL) | Salem, Va. |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | SUNY New Paltz (28-7) | Radu Petrus | 3-1 | UC Santa Cruz | Union, NJ |
| 2018 | Springfield (31-2) | Charlie Sullivan | 3-0 | Stevens Institute | Kenosha, Wisc. |
| 2017 | Springfield (28-2) | Charlie Sullivan | 3-1 | SUNY New Paltz | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2016 | SUNY New Paltz (33-2) | Radu Petrus | 3-1 | Springfield | Rochester, N.Y. |
| 2015 | Stevens Institute (31-4) | Patrick Dorywalski | 3-0 | Springfield | Hoboken, N.J. |
| 2014 | Springfield (27-7) | Charlie Sullivan | 3-0 | Juniata | Huntingdon, Pa. |
| 2013 | Springfield (32-3) | Charlie Sullivan | 3-0 | Nazareth | Rochester, N.Y. |
| 2012 | Springfield (33-5) | Charlie Sullivan | 3-0 | Carthage | Springfield, Mass. |
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