INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Dubuque women's volleyball team was informed today by the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Selection Committee that they will be traveling to the campus of UW-Oshkosh. The No. 2 seed Spartans will take on the No. 7 seed Cornell College Rams in the first round of the UW-Oshkosh regional on Thursday, November 20 at 2:00 p.m.
The Spartans (25-4, 8-0 A-R-C), being ranked 18th nationally and 20th in the NPI, received an at-large bid despite falling to Coe College in the A-R-C Championship on Saturday night. The Spartans' full body of work this season earned them one of 21 at-large bids in this year's tournament.
The national tournament consists of eight different eight-team regions. The champion of each regional will advance to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Elite Eight in Bloomington, Ill. from December 3-6.
The UW-Oshkosh regional will include eight teams in a single-elimination bracket. The first round will be played on Thursday, while the second round will be played on Friday. The regional championship game will be played Saturday evening. The regional seeding and schedule are listed below.
Cornell College advanced to the national tournament by virtue of winning the MWC Tournament. The Rams (19-10, 8-0 MWC) went undefeated in conference play but went 1-8 against teams receiving votes nationally. Against A-R-C opponents, the Rams dropped their match against Coe but defeated Loras and Buena Vista. In their head-to-head match this season, the Spartans defeated the Rams in four sets in Mount Vernon.
A total of 64 teams earned bids to the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship and learned where they will start their national postseason journey during Monday's selection show. Eight regional sites will have eight teams competing in a single-elimination format. The eight winners of the regional tournaments will qualify for national quarterfinal round on Wednesday, December 3 at the Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where the remainder of the tournament will be played. The four quarterfinal winners will face on Thursday, December 4, and after a day of rest, the final two teams in the tournament are set to play for the 44th national title in Division III history on Saturday, December 6.
Forty-three conference champions qualified automatically while 21 at-large bids were awarded. At-large bids comprises independent institutions and institutions that are members of conferences that do not meet the requirements for automatic qualification or institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that are not their conference champions.
UW-Oshkosh (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), Greenville University (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), Edgewood Univeristy (Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference), the College of Saint Benedict (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), and Cornell College (Midwest Conference) each secured their conference's automatic bid to the national championship by winning their respective conference tournaments. Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), Washington University in St. Louis (University Athletic Association), and the University of Dubuque (Iowa) each earned an at-large bid.
Official NCAA Championships Site
2025 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship Bracket
NCAA Divisiion III Women's Volleyball Championship History
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Regional Rankings
American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III National Rankings
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball National Power Index (NPI) Rankings
Seeding
1. #4 UW-Oshkosh
2. #18 University of Dubuque
3. #17 WashU
4. RV Edgewood
5. #23 Gustavus Adolphus
6. Saint Benedict
7. Cornell
8. Greenville
NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship Regional Official Page
Located in Northeast Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Winnebago, Oshkosh is banked by the Fox River and Lake Butte des Morts in Winnebago County. Oshkosh and its surrounding communities have a population of 95,000 and it is situated within 85 miles of Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Madison. Bustling downtown Oshkosh is just a mile west of campus.
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UW-Oshkosh Campus Map
Google Map of Oshkosh and Kolf Sports Center
Schedule
Thursday, November 20
Game 1: No. 3 WashU vs No. 6 Saint Benedict @ 11:30 a.m.
Game 2: No. 2 U. of Dubuque vs No. 7 Cornell @ 2:00 p.m.
Game 3: No. 4 Edgewood vs No. 5 Gustavus Adolphus @ 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 UW-Oshkosh vs No. 8 Greenville @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 21
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2 @ 4:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4 @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 22
Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6 @ 5:00 p.m.
