INDIANAPOLIS --- The NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2017 NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship.
Forty-three conferences were awarded an automatic qualification for the 2017 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.
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Conferences and Teams Receiving Automatic Qualification (43):
| Conference | School |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference | Penn State-Behrend |
| American Southwest Conference | Texas-Dallas |
| Capital Athletic Conference | Christopher Newport |
| Centennial Conference | Johns Hopkins |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | Hunter |
| College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin | Carthage |
| Colonial States Athletic Conference | Cabrini |
| Commonwealth Coast Conference | Endicott |
| Empire 8 | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | Hanover |
| Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Wartburg |
| Landmark Conference | Juniata |
| Liberty League | Clarkson |
| Little East Conference | Massachusetts Boston |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | Worcester State |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Calvin |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth | Stevenson |
| Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | Eastern |
| Midwest Conference | Cornell |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Saint Benedict |
| New England Collegiate Conference | Elms |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | Wesleyan (Connecticut) |
| New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference | MIT |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | Kean |
| North Atlantic Conference | Maine Maritime |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | Wittenberg |
| North Eastern Athletic Conference | Morrisville State |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | Concordia (Wisconsin) |
| Northwest Conference | Pacific Lutheran |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Otterbein |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | Randolph-Macon |
| Presidents’ Athletic Conference | Thomas More |
| Skyline Conference | Merchant Marine |
| Southern Athletic Association | Berry |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | Colorado College |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Greenville |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | College at Brockport |
| University Athletic Association | Washington U. in St. Louis |
| Upper Midwest Conference | Northwestern-St. Paul |
| USA South Athletic Conference | Covenant |
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Pool B Berth (1):
New Rochelle
Pool C Berths (20):
Aurora
Babson
Birmingham-Southern
Carnegie Mellon
Chicago
DePauw
Emory
Gustavus Adolphus
Illinois Wesleyan
Ithaca
Millikin
Ohio Northern
St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Southwestern (Texas)
Swarthmore
Trinity (Texas)
Tufts
Vassar
Wellesley
Whittier
The women’s volleyball committee also announced the eight regional sites:
Atlanta, Georgia – Emory, host
Bloomington, Illinois – Illinois Wesleyan, host
Georgetown, Texas – Southwestern (Texas), host
Owings Mills, Maryland – Stevenson, host
Potsdam, New York – Clarkson, host
Providence, Rhode Island – Johnson & Wales, host
St. Paul, Minnesota – Northwestern-St. Paul, host
Westerville, Ohio – Otterbein, host
Regional competition will be Friday-Sunday, November 10-12, at all sites except Atlanta, Bloomington and St. Paul where competition will be Thursday-Saturday, November 9-11.
In last year’s final, Calvin defeated Washington U. in St. Louis to win its third NCAA championship in school history.