NCAA.com | November 6, 2017 DIII women's volleyball championship bracket announced DIII Women's Volleyball: 2017 Selection Show Share 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. Interactive bracket | Printable bracket 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. It has come full circle for Penn State volleyball's new head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley Katie Schumacher-Cawley sat down with NCAA.com to discuss taking over the Penn State head coaching position from legendary head coach Russ Rose. READ MORE Panel approves permanent change to women's college volleyball challenge rules Women’s volleyball teams will begin each match with two video challenges. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Tuesday approved this decision starting with the 2022 season. READ MORE College volleyball transfers: Top impact 2022 moves, so far Here is an ongoing tracker of the biggest impact college volleyball transfers for the 2022 season. READ MORE