The NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship is the annual tennis tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to determine the team, singles, and doubles champions of Division III in women's collegiate tennis.
 Logo of the most recent iteration of the championship | |
| Sport | College tennis |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 48 |
| Country | United States |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
Tennis was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.
Williams has won the most national championships, with 10 national titles. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is the reigning national champion, defending their 2022 title.[1]
Results
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| Year | Site (Host) |
Team Championship | Singles Champion | Doubles Champions | ||||
| Winner | Score/Games | Runners-Up | ||||||
| 1982 Details |
Jackson, MS | Occidental | 18–15 | UC San Diego | Beckie Donecker (Elizabethtown) |
Kathleen McFadden / Jean Marie Sanders (Occidental) | ||
| 1983 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Principia | 17–13 | UNC Greensboro | Jean Marie Sanders (Occidental) |
Kristi Martin and Wendy Clark (Principia) | ||
| 1984 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Davidson | 15–14 | UC San Diego | Courtney Allen (Principia) |
Courtney Allen and Suzy Verheul (Principia) | ||
| 1985 Details |
Haverford, PA (Haverford) |
UC San Diego | 8–1 | Davidson | Jessica Vernon and Nadine Akimoto (UC San Diego) | |||
| 1986 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Trenton State | 6–3 | Occidental | Debbie Daniel (Trenton State) |
Courtney Allen and Sue Godfrey (Principia) | ||
| 1987 Details |
UC San Diego (2) | 6–3 | Occidental | Courtney Allen (Principia) | ||||
| 1988 Details |
Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Mary Washington | 7–2 | Kenyon | Caroline Bodart (Menlo) |
Julie Lindberg and Karen Nilsen (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||
| 1989 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
UC San Diego (3) | 8–1 | Kenyon | Christine Behrens and Nancy Calhoun (UC San Diego) | |||
| 1990 Details |
Trenton, NJ (Trenton State) |
Gustavus Adolphus | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Christine Behrens (UC San Diego) |
Shelley Keeler and Caryn Cranstonn (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||
| 1991 Details |
Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Mary Washington (2) | 5–4 | Gustavus Adolphus | Karyn Cooper (Wellesley) |
Shelley Keeler and Erin Hendricks (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||
| 1992 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Pomona–Pitzer | 5–4 | Kenyon | Shelley Keeler (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||
| 1993 Details |
Northfield, MN (Carleton) |
Kenyon | 7–2 | Gustavus Adolphus | Helen Motter (Middlebury) |
Helen Motter and Nanci Olson (Middlebury) | ||
| 1994 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
UC San Diego (4) | 7–2 | Williams | Claire Turchi (Pomona–Pitzer) |
Becky Mallory and Julie Greenwood (Williams) | ||
| 1995 Details |
Sweet Briar, VA (Sweet Briar) |
Kenyon (2) | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Nao Kinoshita (Rhodes) |
Marilyn Baker and Natalia Garcia (Washington and Lee) | ||
| 1996 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | Dina Dajani (Redlands) |
Porter Harris and Julie Greenwood (Williams) | ||
| 1997 Details |
Claremont, CA (Pomona) |
Kenyon (3) | 6–3 | Trinity (TX) | Nao Kinoshita (Rhodes) |
Nao Kinoshita and Taylor Tarver (Rhodes) | ||
| 1998 Details |
Lexington, VA (Washington and Lee) |
Skidmore | 5–1 | Kenyon | Jamie Levine (Skidmore) |
Caryn Cuthbert and Erin Hockman (Kenyon) | ||
| 1999 Details |
Trenton, NJ (TCNJ) |
Amherst | 5–2 | Williams | Cornelia Steinberg (Amherst) |
Inke Noel and Lisa Powers (Skidmore) | ||
| 2000 Details |
St. Peter, MN (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Trinity (TX) | 5–4 | UC San Diego | Jamie Cohen (Amherst) |
Sheree Schwartz and Meghan Gould (Pomona–Pitzer) | ||
| 2001 Details |
San Antonio, TX (Trinity) |
Williams | 6–3 | Trinity (TX) | Elena Blanina (Methodist) |
Mary Ellen Gordon and Anusha Natarajan (Emory) | ||
| 2002 Details |
Sweet Briar, VA (Sweet Briar) |
Williams (2) | 6–3 | Emory | ||||
| 2003 Details |
Redlands, CA (Redlands Bulldogs) |
Emory (2) | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | Mary Ellen Gordon (Emory) |
Mary Ellen Gordon and Jolyn Taylor (Emory) | ||
| 2004 Details |
Memphis, TN (Rhodes) |
Emory (3) | 5–0 | Amherst | ||||
| 2005 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory (4) | 5–3 | Washington and Lee | Lindsay Hagerman (Washington and Lee) |
Tara Houlihan and Lyndsey Palen (Gustavus Adolphus) | ||
| 2006 Details |
Santa Cruz, CA (UC Santa Cruz) |
Emory (5) | 5–1 | Washington and Lee | Emily Applegate (Washington and Lee) | |||
| 2007 Details |
Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington) |
Washington and Lee | 5–2 | Amherst | Liz Bondi (DePauw) |
Brittany Berckes and Alicia Menezes (Amherst) | ||
| 2008 Details |
St. Peter, MN (Gustavus Adolphus) |
Williams (3) | 5–4 | Washington and Lee | Siobhan Finicane (Pomona–Pitzer) | |||
| 2009 Details |
Brookhaven, GA (Oglethorpe) |
Williams (4) | 5–2 | Amherst | Lorne McManigle (Emory) |
Chrissy Hu and Kendra Higgins (Chicago) | ||
| 2010 Details |
Fredericksburg, VA (Mary Washington) |
Williams (5) | 5–0 | Emory | Julia Browne (Tufts) | |||
| 2011 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Williams (6) | 5–4 | Amherst | Kristin Lim (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) |
Jordan Brewer and Gabby Devlin (Amherst) | ||
| 2012 Details |
Cary, NC (Meredith) |
Williams (7) | 5–2 | Chicago | Gabrielle Clark (Emory) |
Laura Danzig and Gabby Devlin (Amherst) | ||
| 2013 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Williams (8) | 5–2 | Emory | Lok Sze Leung (Middlebury) |
Jordan Brewer and Gabby Devlin (Amherst) | ||
| 2014 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Emory (6) | 5–1 | Amherst | Gabrielle Clark (Emory) | |||
| 2015 Details |
Mason, OH (Ohio Northern) |
Williams (9)[2] | 5–4 | Emory | Eudice Chong[3] (Wesleyan) |
Juli Raventos / Linda Shin (Williams) | ||
| 2016 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Emory (7) | 5-4 | Williams | ||||
| 2017 Details |
Chattanooga, TN (Sewanee) |
Williams (10) | 5-4 | Emory | Eudice Chong / Victoria Yu (Wesleyan) | |||
| 2018 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 5-4 | Emory | Julia Cancio / Juli Raventos (Williams) | |||
| 2019 Details |
Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo) |
Wesleyan | 5-4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Ysabel González-Rico (Emory) |
Catherine Allen / Caroline Cox (Claremont–Mudd–Scripps) | ||
| 2020 Details |
St. Louis, MO (Washington University in St. Louis) |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 Details |
Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
Emory (8) | 5-0 | Wesleyan | Erica Ekstrand (Williams) |
Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico / Katie Chang (Emory) | ||
| 2022 Details |
Orlando, FL (Oglethorpe) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2) | 5–1 | Chicago | Elle Christensen (Tufts) |
Elle Christensen / Tilly Rigby (Tufts) | ||
| 2023 Details |
Orlando, FL (Oglethorpe) |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3) | 5–4 | Chicago | Angie Zhou (Pomona-Pitzer) |
Brooke Despriet / Katherine Perry (Sewanee) | ||
| 2024 | St. Louis, MO (Washington–St. Louis) |
Chicago | 5-3 | Wesleyan | Rena Lin (Chicago) |
Matia Cristiani / Olivia Soffer (Babson) | ||
| 2025 | Claremont, CA (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) |
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| 2026 | Chattanooga, TN (Sewanee) |
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Champions
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Team titlesedit
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Singles titlesedit
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Doubles titlesedit
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- Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified from NCAA Division III.
See also
edit- NCAA Women's Tennis Championships (Division I, Division II)
- NCAA Men's Tennis Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
- AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Tennis Champions
- NAIA Women's Tennis Championship
References
edit- ^ "NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Williams edges Emory for DIII national title". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ "2015 Championship Recap: Singles & Doubles Finals". NCAA. NCAA.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.