The Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship Tournament was formed due to a need for a culminating event for NCAA Division III men's volleyball. While the NCAA sponsors an annual national championship for men's volleyball (NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament), programs from all three divisions compete for just four berths in the yearly tournament. In the 35-year history of the men's tournament, no Division III program has earned a berth or been selected to participate in the NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament. Molten is the official volleyball of the NCAA championships.

Past Tournament results

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Third place	Fourth place	Score	Venue
2011	Nazareth	Springfield	Carthage	Baruch	3-1	Nazareth
2010	Springfield	UC Santa Cruz	Carthage	Nazareth	3-1	Carthage
2009	Juniata	Stevens	UC Santa Cruz	Ramapo	?	Ramapo
2008	Springfield	Vassar	UC Santa Cruz	Juniata	?	Springfield
2007	Juniata	Carthage	Springfield	Stevens	?	Juniata
2006	Juniata	UC Santa Cruz	Stevens	Rivier	?	Stevens
2005	Juniata	Carthage	Stevens	Medaille	?	Stevens
2004	Juniata	Medaille	UC Santa Cruz	Eastern Mennonite	?	Eastern Mennonite
2003	Springfield	Juniata	La Verne	Stevens	?	Juniata
2002	Springfield	La Verne	NYU	Lehman	?	NYU
2001	Springfield	D'Youville	Clarke	Vassar	?	Springfield
2000	UC San Diego	NYU	D'Youville	Stevens	?	Stevens
1999	La Verne	D'Youville	Clarke	Juniata	?	Clarke
1998	Juniata	La Verne	Springfield	Eastern Mennonite	?	Springfield
1997	Springfield	New Jersey Tech	Carthage College	UC San Diego	?	Juniata

Tournament Final Match Appearances

• 7 appearances: Juniata (1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

• 6 appearances: Springfield (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010)

• 3 appearances: La Verne (1998, 1999, 2002)

• 2 appearances:

Carthage (2005, 2007)

D'Youville (1999, 2001)

UC Santa Cruz (2006, 2010)

• 1 appearance:

Nazareth (2011)

New Jersey Tech (1997)

NYU (2000)

Stevens (2009)

UC San Diego (2000)

Vassar (2008)

Tournament Titles

• 6 - Juniata (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

• 6- Springfield (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010)

Nazareth (2011)

La Verne (1999)

UC San Diego (2000)

Tournament Appearances

• 10 appearances: Juniata (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

• 8 appearances: Springfield (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010)

• 6 appearances: Stevens (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)

• 5 appearances: UC Santa Cruz (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)

• 4 appearances: La Verne (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003)

• 3 appearances:

Carthage (2005, 2007, 2010)

D'Youville (1999, 2000, 2001)

• 2 appearances:

Clarke (1999, 2001)

Eastern Mennonite (1998, 2004)

Medaille (2004, 2005)

Nazareth (2010, 2011)

NYU (2000, 2002)

UC San Diego (1997, 2000)

Vassar (2001, 2008)

• 1 appearance:

Lehman (2002)

New Jersey Tech (1997)

Ramapo (2009)

Rivier (2006)

Championship's Committee

The Molten Division III Men’s Invitational Volleyball Championship committee consists of:

Kathy DeBoer (AVCA executive director)

Doug Beal (USA Volleyball chief executive officer)

Ivan Marquez (EIVA Commissioner/EIVA representative)

Bob Newcomb (UC Irvine/at-large representative)

John Speraw (UC Irvine/AVCA board of directors men’s representative)

Jerry Matacotta (NECVA)

Stuart Robinson (SUNY New Paltz athletics director/NECVA)

Dan Harris (Milwaukee School of Engineering athletics director/Midwest-West representative).

See also

• NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
  NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
  The NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship is the tournament that determines the national championship of American college volleyball.The "Final Four" is a term used exclusively by NCAA Basketball but is commonly used to describe the Men's Volleyball Championship...
  
  
• NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament
• NECVA Championship Tournament
  NECVA Championship Tournament
  NECVA Championship Tournament is a culminating event of the season for 43 participating teams of North East Collegiate Volleyball Association. It is held annually in April and tournament's location is selected by NECVA' Executive Board from the pool of hosting bids. The top two schools in each...