NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
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The NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship is the tournament that determines the national championship of American college volleyball.
The competition structure of men's volleyball is dramatically different from that of most sports sponsored by the NCAA. In most sports, teams are divided into three divisions:
- Division I, generally consisting of large universities that devote the most resources to athletics; these schools offer substantial numbers of athletic scholarships to attract team members (with a few voluntary exceptions, most notably the Ivy League). Division I Men's volleyball programs are allowed to offer up to 4.5 scholarships dependent on each program's athletic budget.
- Division II, generally consisting of smaller institutions; these schools are also allowed to offer athletic scholarships, but in substantially smaller numbers. Division II Men's volleyball programs, similar to Division I, are also allowed to offer 4.5 scholarships.
- Division III, generally consisting of smaller schools and a few large institutions that prefer to focus on academics; schools in this group are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships
Men's volleyball, however, does not have an official divisional structure—all teams, regardless of their divisional affiliation, are eligible to compete for the NCAA championship. This is different from the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship, in which separate tournaments are conducted for all three divisions, mainly because there are far more NCAA member schools offering women's volleyball than the men's game.
Although the NCAA only sponsors a single men's volleyball championship, open to all schools that sponsor the sport at varsity level (as opposed to club level), a parallel men's volleyball championship tournament is conducted that is open only to men's volleyball programs that are members of NCAA Division III. For sponsorship reasons, it is currently named the "Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship". Though it has never occurred, a Division III school may qualify for the at-large bid to the "NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship". For 2007, only Division III teams from the EIVA may earn an automatic bid as the MIVA's lower tier Coleman Division does not play into the MIVA Tournament.
There are three general regions for men's volleyball: "West", "Mid-West", and "East". The three major conferences that currently represent these regions are the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA), and Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA). The other conferences include the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NEVCA), and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Teams from the ECAC are members of the NEVCA. Members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), a separate athletics governing body whose members are primarily smaller institutions, regularly play matches against NCAA teams.
Because of the lack of an official divisional structure in men's volleyball, the three major conferences have member schools that normally participate in all three NCAA divisions. The MPSF men's volleyball league, otherwise made up entirely of Division I schools, has one Division II member, UC San Diego. Only four of the 11 members of the MIVA are Division I schools; the remaining seven members include four Division II schools and three Division III schools. The 13 members of EIVA include seven in Division I and three each in Divisions II and III. The sizes of the conferences have fluctuated over the years as new men's volleyball programs arise and other programs are dropped from their schools.
Currently, each conference receives an automatic bid to the Final Four with one additional at-large bid. The remaining bid is an at-large bid that may be awarded to any team in Division I, II, or III. Generally, the best team in the nation (usually from one of the 3 major conferences), who did not receive the automatic bid, receives the at-large bid.
The "Final Four" is a term used exclusively by NCAA Basketball but is commonly used to describe the Men's Volleyball Championship. The official name of this championship is the "National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship".
Schools from the Pacific Coast region have dominated this sport, in particular UCLA. Al Scates, the coach at UCLA, is tied for the number of NCAA titles (19) of any coach (male or female) in any sport, with Jack Clark (19) coach of the California Berkeley Rugby team.
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[edit] Members
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (13)
George Mason University
Harvard University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark
Sacred Heart University
Saint Francis University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (NCAA Division II)
University of New Haven (NCAA Division II)
Juniata College (NCAA Division III)
Springfield College (NCAA Division III)
New York University (NCAA Division III)
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (7)
Ball State University
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Loyola University of Illinois
Ohio State University
Lewis University (NCAA Division II)
Quincy University (NCAA Division II)
Mercyhurst College (NCAA Division II)
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (12)
Brigham Young University
California State University, Northridge
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Hawaii
Long Beach State University
University of the Pacific
Pepperdine University
Stanford University
University of Southern California
University of California, San Diego (NCAA Division II)
North East Collegiate Volleyball Association-NCAA Division III
CUNYAC (8)
Baruch College
Brooklyn College
City College of New York
Hunter College
Lehman College, City University of New York
Medgar Evers College
New York City College of Technology
York College
Metro (10)
Bard College
College of Mount St. Vincent
New Jersey City University
State University College at New Paltz
Polytechnic University (New York)
Purchase College, State University of New York
Ramapo College
Stevens Institute of Technology
Vassar College
Yeshiva University
New England (12)
Elms College
Emmanuel College
Endicott College
Johnson and Wales University
Lasell College
Lesley University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Ida College
Newbury College
Rivier College
Southern Vermont College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Western (9)
D'Youville College
Eastern Mennonite University
Hilbert College
Lancaster Bible College
Medaille College
Nazareth College
Philadelphia Biblical University
State University of New York Institute of Technolo
Villa Julie College
Independent
Lees-McRae College (NCAA Division II)
Mount Olive College (NCAA Division II)
University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon (NCAA Division II)
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey (NCAA Division II)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (NCAA Division II)
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Pidras (NCAA Division II)
University of California, Santa Cruz (NCAA Division III)
Fontbonne University (NCAA Division III)
St. Joseph's College, New York (NCAA Division III)
Milwaukee School of Engineering (NCAA Division III)
Carthage College (NCAA Division III)
[edit] Champs
National Collegiate Championship match, best of 5 games. In 1994, Penn State became the first university in NCAA history to win a men's volleyball national championship with the university being located outside of California. To this day, only Penn State and Brigham Young University have won the NCAA championship with the school being outside of California. (Note that University of Hawai'i and Division II Lewis University (in Illinois) won the NCAA championship, but due to ineligible players, it was vacated so no such record counts)
UCLA, Southern California (USC), Penn State, Stanford, and Long Beach State are the only schools in Division I to have won an NCAA national championship in both men and women's volleyball. In addition, Stanford (1996-97) and Penn State (2007-08) are the only universities in which the men and women's volleyball programs won the national championship in the same academic year.
| Year | National Champion | Score | Runner-Up | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UCLA (24–1) | 3–0 | Long Beach State | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1971 | UCLA (29–1) | 3–2 | UC Santa Barbara | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1972 | UCLA (27–7) | 3–2 | San Diego State | Muncie, Indiana | Irving Gymnasium |
| 1973 | San Diego State (21–5) | 3–1 | Long Beach State | San Diego, California | San Diego State |
| 1974 | UCLA (30–5) | 3–2 | UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, California | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1975 | UCLA (27–8) | 3–1 | UC Santa Barbara | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1976 | UCLA (15–2) | 3–2 | San Diego State | Muncie, Indiana | Irving Gymnasium |
| 1977 | USC (18–1) | 3–1 | Ohio State | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1978 | Pepperdine (21–4) | 3–2 | UCLA | Columbus, Ohio | St. John Arena |
| 1979 | UCLA (30–0) | 3–1 | USC | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1980 | USC (22–6) | 3–1 | UCLA | Muncie, Indiana | Irving Gymnasium |
| 1981 | UCLA (32–3) | 3–2 | USC | Santa Barbara, California | UCSB Events Center |
| 1982 | UCLA (29–0) | 3–0 | Penn State | University Park, Pennsylvania | Rec Hall |
| 1983 | UCLA (27–4) | 3–0 | Pepperdine | Columbus, Ohio | St. John Arena |
| 1984 | UCLA (38–0) | 3–1 | Pepperdine | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1985 | Pepperdine (25–2) | 3–2 | USC | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1986 | Pepperdine (22–7) | 3–2 | USC | University Park, Pennsylvania | Rec Hall |
| 1987 | UCLA (38–3) | 3–0 | USC | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1988 | USC (34–4) | 3–2 | UC Santa Barbara | Fort Wayne, Indiana | ACWMC |
| 1989 | UCLA (29–5) | 3–1 | Stanford | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1990 | USC (26–7) | 3–1 | Long Beach State | Fairfax, Virginia | Patriot Center |
| 1991 | Long Beach State (31–4) | 3–1 | USC | Honolulu, Hawaii | Neal S. Blaisdell Center |
| 1992 | Pepperdine (24–4) | 3–0 | Stanford | Muncie, Indiana | John E. Worthen Arena |
| 1993 | UCLA (24–3) | 3–0 | Cal St. Northridge | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1994 | Penn State (26–3) | 3–2 | UCLA | Fort Wayne, Indiana | ACWMC |
| 1995 | UCLA (31–1) | 3–0 | Penn State | Springfield, Massachusetts | Springfield Civic Center |
| 1996 | UCLA (26–5) | 3–2 | Hawaiʻi | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 1997 | Stanford (27–4) | 3–2 | UCLA | Columbus, Ohio | St. John Arena |
| 1998 | UCLA (28–4) | 3–0 | Pepperdine | Honolulu, Hawaii | Stan Sheriff Center |
| 1999 | BYU (30–1) | 3–0 | Long Beach State | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 2000 | UCLA (29–5) | 3–0 | Ohio State | Fort Wayne, Indiana | ACWMC |
| 2001 | BYU (23–4) | 3–0 | UCLA | Long Beach, California | The Walter Pyramid |
| 2002 | Hawaiʻi (24–8)± | 3–1 | Pepperdine | University Park, Pennsylvania | Rec Hall |
| 2003 | Lewis (29–6)± | 3–2 | BYU | Long Beach, California | The Walter Pyramid |
| 2004 | BYU (29–4) | 3–2 | Long Beach State | Honolulu, Hawaii | Stan Sheriff Center |
| 2005 | Pepperdine (25–2) | 3–2 | UCLA | Los Angeles, California | Pauley Pavilion |
| 2006 | UCLA (26–12) | 3–0 | Penn State | University Park, Pennsylvania | Rec Hall |
| 2007 | UC Irvine (29–5) | 3–1 | IPFW | Columbus, Ohio | St. John Arena |
| 2008 | Penn State (30–1) | 3–1 | Pepperdine | Irvine, California | Bren Events Center |
| 2009 | Provo, Utah | Smith Fieldhouse |
±Vacated due to violations
[edit] NCAA Championships by University
| School | # | Last |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 19 | 2006 |
| Pepperdine | 5 | 2005 |
| USC | 4 | 1990 |
| BYU | 3 | 2004 |
| Penn State | 2 | 2008 |
| Long Beach State | 1 | 1991 |
| San Diego State | 1 | 1973 |
| Stanford | 1 | 1997 |
| UC Irvine | 1 | 2007 |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- NCAA site - Men's Volleyball
- American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) - Men's Volleyball
- Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) - Men's Volleyball
- Official Website of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA)
- Official Website of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA)
- Official Website of the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NEVCA)
- Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) - Men's Volleyball
- Videos of volleyball ncaa on mReplay
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