The 2025 NCAA DIII Men’s Volleyball Championship is underway, featuring 19 teams competing in a single-elimination format. The tournament began with first-round matches on April 17 and will culminate in the national championship match on Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. ET at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia.
Championship Bracket Overview
The tournament includes 14 automatic qualifiers from conference championships and five at-large selections. Teams are seeded and compete through successive rounds: first round, second round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and the championship match.
2025 DIII Men’s Volleyball Championship Bracket-
2025 NCAA DIII men’s volleyball championship schedule:
*All times listed in Eastern Time
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Date: Monday, April 28
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Time: 7 p.m. ET
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Matchup: Southern Virginia vs. Springfield
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Location: Cregger Center, Salem, Virginia
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Championship History:
Springfield College leads Division III with five national titles, having won all but two of the first seven championships since the tournament’s inception in 2012. Cal Lutheran claimed its first national title in 2024 with a 3–0 victory over Vassar.
Check out the complete year-by-year-results below:
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
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| 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. |
