Nov. 10, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Committee announced today the field of 61 teams for the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship.
Thirty-eight conferences were awarded automatic qualification for the 2008 championship.
Four teams were selected from Pool B, which consists of independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification. The final 19 berths were reserved for Pool C, which consists of institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and any remaining Pool B teams.
Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification:
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Frostburg State
American Southwest Conference
Texas-Dallas
Capital Athletic Conference
Salisbury
Centennial Conference
Haverford
City University of New York Athletic Conference
Hunter
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Carthage
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Neumann
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Endicott
Commonwealth Conference
Lebanon Valley
Empire 8
Stevens Institute of Technology
Freedom Conference
Eastern
Great Northeast Athletic Conference
Rivier
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Mount St. Joseph
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Loras
Little East Conference
Keene State
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
Bridgewater State
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Hope
Midwest Conference
St. Norbert
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
St. Thomas (Minnesota)
New England Small College Athletic Conference
Williams
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Springfield
New Jersey Athletic Conference
Richard Stockton
North Atlantic Conference
Maine Maritime
North Coast Athletic Conference
Wittenberg
North Eastern Athletic Conference
D'Youville
Northern Athletics Conference
Lakeland
Northwest Conference
Pacific Lutheran
Ohio Athletic Conference
Ohio Northern
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Washington and Lee
Presidents' Athletic Conference
Westminster (Pennsylvania)
Skyline Conference
Sage Colleges
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Trinity (Texas)
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Webster
State University of New York Athletic Conference
Fredonia State
USA South Athletic Conference
Christopher Newport
University Athletic Association
Washington U. in St. Louis
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Pool B Berths (4):
Cal State East Bay
Juniata
Nebraska Wesleyan
Union (New York)
Pool C Berths (19):
Cal Lutheran
Calvin
Carnegie Mellon
Colorado College
Concordia-Moorhead
Emory
Gustavus Adolphus
Heidelberg
Muskingum
New Paltz State
Puget Sound
St. Benedict
Simpson
Southwestern (Texas)
Tufts
Wellesley
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wisconsin-La Crosse
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
In last year's finals, Washington-St. Louis defeated Wisconsin-Whitewater by a score of 3-2 to win the championship and their ninth title in the history of the championship.
See the Bracket