The NECVA Championship Tournament was the culminating event of the season for the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association, an NCAA Division III conference that only sponsored men's volleyball. The tournament was held annually in April, and its location was selected by the NECVA Executive Board from a pool of hosting bids. By the time of its final edition in 2011, the tournament featured 16 of the conference's 43 member schools—the top two in each of five divisions (CUNYAC, GNAC, Metro, New England, and Western), plus six at-large selections. The NECVA champion tournament received one of four automatic bids to the Molten Division III Final Four later in April.
The NECVA chose to disband at the end of the 2011 season after the NCAA announced it would begin sponsoring an official Division III men's championship in 2012.
Tournament participation history As Metro 1995-97; NECVA 1998 to 2011 School Appearances Years participated Wins Losses PCT. 1st 2nd Bard College1200601000 Baruch College81998-1999-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009380,27300 Brooklyn College51996-1997-1998-2005-2007150,16700 City College of New York81995-1996-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2008470,36410 College of Mount Saint Vincent101995-1996-1997-1998-1999-2000-2002-2003-2004-20051470,66721 D'Youville College91999-2000-2001-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-20081660,72730 Eastern Mennonite University82002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-20091480,63603 Elms College22008-200902000 Emmanuel College32004-2007-200903000 Endicott College62002-2003-2004-2007-2008-2009460,400 Hunter College121998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-20096120,33301 John Jay College∗ 31995-1997-199803000 Johnson and Wales University52000-2001-2002-2003-2006350,37500 Lehman College51998-1999-2000-2001-2002470,36400 Massachusetts Institute of Technology52005-2006-2007-2008-2009450,44400 Medaille College91999-2001-2002-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009890,47112 Medgar Evers College1200301000 Nazareth College62006-2007-2008-2009-2010-20111540,78921 Newbury College62005-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011540,55601 New Jersey City University81996-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2006-2007680,42901 NYC College of Technology1200001000 Philadelphia Biblical University42003-2007-2008-2009340,42900 Ramapo College131995-1996-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2006-2007-2008-200916100,61521 Rivier College92001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009980,52911 Stevens Institute of Technology131995-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-20092390,71942 Stevenson University1200601000 SUNY New Paltz52004-2005-2006-2007-2009450,44400 SUNY Old Westbury∗ 21995-1997120,33300 USMMA∗ 61996-1997-1998-2000-2001-2002170,12500 Vassar College22008-2009610,85710 Wentworth Institute of Technology41998-1999-2000-2001440,501 Western New England College∗ 21998-199902000 York College (NY)41995-1996-1997-2004240,33300 ∗ Denotes program discontinued
Tournament champions YearResultTournament MVPHost1995Ramapo College def. Sacred Heart University, 3-1Randall Diaz (Sacred Heart)Ramapo College1996Ramapo College def. New Jersey City University, 3-0Satsay Thongvichith (NJCU)Stevens Institute of Technology1997College of Mount Saint Vincent def. Ramapo College, 3-0Eugene Zabolotsky (CMSV)Stevens Institute of Technology1998College of Mount Saint Vincent def. Stevens Institute of Technology, 3-2Matt DeStefano (CMSV)Stevens Institute of Technology1999D'Youville College def. Medaille College, 3-0Ben Rowell (D'Youville)Ramapo College2000D'Youville College def. Wentworth Institute of Technology, 3-0Gregg Rosowski (D'Youville)Ramapo College/Stevens2001D'Youville College def. Hunter College, 3-0 (30-23, 30-25, 30-26)Bob Collins (D'Youville)Stevens Institute of Technology2002City College of New York (College of Mount Saint Vincent, runners-up)∗Alexandro Flores (Lehman)Johnson and Wales University2003Stevens Institute of Technology def. Eastern MennoniteUniversity, 3-2Chris Bock (Stevens)City College of New YorkMedaille College def. Rivier College, 3-2Erik Hartman (Medaille)Medaille/D'Youville Colleges2005Stevens Institute of Technology def. Medaille College, 3-0 (30-23, 30-23, 30-24)Chris Bock (Stevens)Ramapo College2006Rivier College def. Eastern Mennonite University, 3-2 (24-30, 30-20, 30-18, 24-30, 15-8)Andrew Chace (Rivier)Endicott College2007Stevens Institute of Technology def. Eastern MennoniteUniversity, 3-0 (30-28, 30-24, 30-27)Michael Schulte (Stevens)Nazareth College2008Vassar College def. Newbury College, 3-1 (30-21, 30-26, 27-30, 30-12)John Kessenich (Vassar)Ramapo College2009Stevens Institute of Technology def. Nazareth College, 3-1(26-30, 30-22, 30-25, 30-21)Andrew Cranford (Stevens)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2010Nazareth def. Philadelphia Biblical University, (30-22, 30-28, 30-28)Hans Schroeder (Nazareth)Hyannis Youth and Community Center in Cape Cod, Massachusetts2011Nazareth def. Baruch College, (25-23, 18-25, 18-25, 30-28, 15-12)http://www.nazathletics.com/news/2011/4/3/MVB_0403115308.aspx?path=mvball Nazareth rallies to win NECVA titleBilly Gimello (Nazareth)Stevens Institute of Technology ∗Note: Lehman College won the championship; title was later vacated;
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