The Sports Almanac

NCAA Softball College World Series Champions
Division III


TRINE THUNDER
Current NCAA Division III College World Series Title Holders
Championship Schools

Through the 2023 College World Series
YEAR WINNER LOSER SCORE
1982
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
Trenton State Lions
2-0
1983
Trenton State Lions
Buena Vista Beavers
7-0
1984
Buena Vista Beavers
Trenton State Lions
3-1
1985
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
Trenton State Lions
1-0
1986
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
Central College Dutch
1-0
1987
Trenton State Lions
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
3-0
1988
Central College Dutch
Allegheny Gators
3-2
1989
Trenton State Lions
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
8-7 (9 innings)
1990
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
Trenton State Lions
1-0
1991
Central College Dutch
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
4-0
1992
Trenton State Lions
Buena Vista Beavers
4-0
1993
Central College Dutch
Trenton State Lions
7-3
1994
Trenton State Lions
Bridgewater State Bears
6-5
1995
Chapman Panthers
Trenton State Lions
4-2
1996
Trenton State Lions
Chapman Panthers
7-2
1997
Simpson Storm
Montclair State Red Hawks
2-1 (9 innings)
1998
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
Chapman Panthers
3-1
1999
Simpson Storm
Chapman Panthers
6-0
2000
St. Mary's Cardinals
Chapman Panthers
5-0
2001
Muskingum Fighting Muskies
Central College Dutch
5-1
2002
Ithaca Bombers
Lake Forest Foresters
1-0
2003
Central College Dutch
Salisbury State Sea Gulls
5-3
2004
St. Thomas Tommies
Moravian Greyhounds
2-0
2005
St. Thomas Tommies
Salisbury State Sea Gulls
9-3
2006
Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors
St. Thomas Tommies
3-2
2007
Linfield Wildcats
Washington-St. Louis Bears
10-2
2008
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds
Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks
4-3
2009
Messiah College Falcons
Coe College Kohawks
2-0
2010
East Texas Baptist Tigers
Linfield Wildcats
5-4
2011
Linfield Wildcats
Christopher Newport Captains
6-2
2012
Pacific Lutheran Lutes
Linfield Wildcats
3-0
2013
Tufts Jumbos
SUNY Cortland Red Dragons
6-5
2014
Tufts Jumbos
Salisbury State Sea Gulls
6-0
2015
Tufts Jumbos
Texas-Tyler Patriots
7-4
YEAR
WINNER
LOSER
GAMES
2016
Texas-Tyler Patriots
Messiah Falcons
2-0
2017
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins
St. John Fisher Cardinals
2-0
2018
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins
Illinois Wesleyan Titans
2-1
2019
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs
Emory Eagles
2-0
2020
Tournament
Canceled
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2021
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins Texas Lutheran Bulldogs 2-1
2022
Christopher Newport Captains Trine Thunder
2-0
2023
Trine Thunder
Salisbury University Sea Gulls
2-1

CHAMPIONSHIP SCHOOLS
POSITION
SCHOOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAST CHAMPIONSHIP
1
College of New Jersey Lions 6
1996
2
Eastern Connecticut State Warriors
4
1990
3
Central College Dutch 4
2003
4
Tufts Jumbos 3
2015
5
Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 3
2021
6
Simpson Storm 2
1999
7
St. Thomas Tommies 2
2005
8
Linfield Wildcats 2
2011
9
Buena Vista Beavers
1
1984
10
Chapman Panthers
1
1995
11
Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers
1
1998
12
St. Mary's Cardinals
1
2000
13
Muskingum Fighting Muskies
1
2001
14
Ithaca Bombers
1
2002
15
Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors
1
2006
16
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds
1
2008
17
Messiah College Falcons
1
2009
18
East Texas Baptist Tigers
1
2010
19
Pacific Lutheran Lutes
1
2012
20
Texas-Tyler Patriots
1
2016
21
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs
1
2019
22
Christopher Newport Captains 1
2022
23
Trine Thunder
1
2023