NCAA.com | November 7, 2016 Division III Women's Volleyball Championship field announced DIII Women's Volleyball: 2016 Selection Show Share INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2016 NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship. Division III Women's Volleyball Championship: Interactive Bracket | Printable Bracket Forty-three conferences were awarded an automatic qualification for the 2016 championship. One institution was selected from Pool B, which includes independent institutions and institutions from conferences that do not meet the automatic qualification criteria. The final 20 berths were reserved for Pool C, which consists of institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not the conference champion and independent institutions. Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43): Conference Team Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Pittsburgh-Bradford American Southwest Conference Texas-Dallas Capital Athletic Conference Mary Washington Centennial Conference Johns Hopkins City University of New York Athletic Conference Hunter College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Millikin Colonial States Athletic Conference Cabrini Commonwealth Coast Conference Endicott Empire 8 Ithaca Great Northeast Athletic Conference Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Bluffton Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wartburg Landmark Conference Juniata Liberty League Clarkson Little East Conference Massachusetts Boston Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Framingham State Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hope Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Stevenson Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Eastern Midwest Conference St. Norbert Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus New England Collegiate Conference Regis College (Massachusetts) New England Small College Athletic Conference Middlebury New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference MIT New Jersey Athletic Conference Montclair State North Atlantic Conference Maine Maritime Academy North Coast Athletic Conference Wittenberg North Eastern Athletic Conference Gallaudet Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Concordia (Wisconsin) Northwest Conference Whitworth Ohio Athletic Conference Ohio Northern Old Dominion Athletic Conference Randolph-Macon Presidents’ Athletic Conference Bethany (West Virginia) Skyline Conference Farmingdale State Southern Athletic Association Hendrix Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cal Lutheran Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Trinity (Texas) St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Greenville State University of New York Athletic Conference College at Brockport University Athletic Association Emory Upper Midwest Conference Northwestern-St. Paul USA South Athletic Conference Meredith Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association Wisconsin-Whitewater Pool B Berth (1): New Rochelle Pool C Berths (20): Calvin Carnegie Mellon Christopher Newport Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Clark (Massachusetts) Colorado College DePauw Elmhurst Heidelberg La Verne Ramapo St. Thomas (Minnesota) Southwestern (Texas) Springfield Stevens Institute of Technology Susquehanna Tufts Washington U. in St. Louis Wisconsin-La Crosse Wisconsin-Oshkosh The women’s volleyball committee also announced the eight regional sites: Brockport – Brockport, New York Calvin – Grand Rapids, Michigan Mary Washington – Fredericksburg, Virginia Northwestern-St. Paul – St. Paul, Minnesota Stevens – Hoboken, New Jersey Texas-Dallas – Dallas, Texas Tufts – Medford, Massachusetts Wisconsin-Whitewater – Whitewater, Wisconsin Regional competition will be Friday-Sunday, November 11-13, at all sites except Calvin, Northwestern-St. Paul and Wisconsin-Whitewater, where competition will be Thursday-Saturday, November 10-12. In last year’s final, California Lutheran defeated Wittenberg to win its first NCAA championship in school history. Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee proposes permanent change to challenge rules Teams would begin each match with two challenges and retain challenge if original call is overturned. READ MORE 10 memorable NCAA DII sports moments from fall 2021 The much-awaited return to NCAA DII fall sports certainly didn't disappoint. First time champions, upsets galore and record-setting runs highlight the first half of the 2021-22 athletics year. READ MORE Legendary Penn State women's volleyball coach Russ Rose announces retirement Russ Rose is the winningest coach in NCAA DI women's volleyball history. He retires after 43 years with Penn State. READ MORE