The two most dominant schools in the years that the NCAA Division I has held a women's volleyball tournament are Penn State University and Stanford University. Stanford has amassed six national championships and has appeared in the final game an impressive 14 times. Penn State, however, has ruled Division I women's volleyball in recent years, winning the 2007, 2008 and 2009 championships (in addition to their victory in 1999). Penn State has appeared in the final game seven times, and the team currently holds the record for most consecutive wins by a Division I volleyball program (as of the end of the 2009 season, the program had not lost a game since 2007).
The current dominant team in Division II NCAA women's volleyball is Minnesota's Concordia University, St. Paul, which has won three straight titles (2007, 2008 and 2009), the last of which capped off an undefeated season. Concordia's victory in 2009 came at the hands of West Texas A&M University, a program that won three titles in the 1990s. While no team has consistently ruled Division II volleyball since tournament play began, California State University, Northridge, appeared in the final seven times in the 1980s and won twice (1983 and 1987).
Washington University in St. Louis is clearly the powerhouse program in Division III women's volleyball. Since tournament play began in 1981, Washington-St. Louis has won 10 titles (most recently in 2009) and appeared in the final game 14 times. The Bears won six consecutive titles in the 1990s, beginning in 1991. A close second to Washington-St. Louis with regards to championships won in the 2000s is the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, which won championships in 2002 and 2005 (Washington-St. Louis won in 2003, 2007 and 2009). Wisconsin-Whitewater has appeared in the finals five times, all since 2000.