The 2023 DII women’s volleyball bracket is filled and the charge for a national champion is underway. Who will meet in Moon Township, Pennsylvania to battle for it all?
Before we get there, let’s take a look at how the tournament works.
When did the DII women’s volleyball championship begin
Prior to the formation of NCAA Division II, there were seven Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women champions, the last being Hawaii-Hilo in 1981. That same season, the NCAA DII women’s volleyball championship crowned its first champion, with Sacramento State blanking Lewis in straight sets for the first title in the history of the sport.
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Building the DII women’s volleyball bracket: How to get in the tournament
The DII women’s volleyball championship starts with 64 teams. Twenty-three of those teams that make up the field enter the tournament via an automatic bid from winning their respective conferences. Those 23 conferences are:
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
- Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Conference Carolinas
- East Coast Conference
- Great American Conference
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Great Lakes Valley Conference
- The Great Midwest Athletic Conference
- Great Northwest Athletic Conference
- Gulf South Conference
- Lone Star Conference
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
- Mountain East Conference
- Northeast-10 Conference
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
- Pacific West Conference
- Peach Belt Conference
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
- South Atlantic Conference
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Sunshine State Conference
So, how about those other 41 schools attempting to win the DII women’s volleyball title? The selection committee will pick those at-large bids. If a school has a DII record of at least .500 and has played at least 60 percent of its games against a DII institution with a minimum of 15 DII matches, then it is eligible for an at-large bid.
The process begins three weeks prior to the end of the season when the regional rankings are released. These NCAA polls break the conferences into eight…
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