NCAA Division III rowing championship

The NCAA Division III rowing championship is the annual rowing regatta hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight) rowing among its Division III member programs in the United States.

The most successful program has been Williams, with nine titles.

Tufts are the defending champions, winning their second national title in 2025.

Format

Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.

The following are the berths that are allocated:

• Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification ("AQ")):
• Liberty League
• Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference
• New England Small College Athletic Conference
• New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
• Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards, and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s AQ). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet AQ standards are:
• Massachusetts Maritime Academy
• D’Youville College
• Sarah Lawrence College
• State University of New York Maritime College
• Lewis & Clark College
• Mills College
• Pacific University
• Pacific Lutheran University
• University of Puget Sound

Results

Notes

• In 2005, Ithaca and Smith tied in total points for the team title, which was awarded to Ithaca based on a better overall finish in the Varsity 8+ race.
• In 2006 and 2008, Williams won the team title by placing second and third in the grand final.
• In 2015, total points for team title was awarded to Bates, but Trinity won the Varsity 8+ grand final.
• In 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final.
• In 2022, Wellesley won the team title, despite WPI winning the Varsity 8+ grand final.
• In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title.

Champions

Individual events

Varsity 8+

See also

• NCAA Division I rowing championship
• NCAA Division II rowing championship
• Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions
• http://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2016-05-28/wellesley-captures-its-first-division-iii-rowing-national-title

References

External links

• NCAA Division III Rowing