• For the second straight year, seven the of the ODAC's 13 squads posted .500 or better winning percentages
  • Those seven teams went 146-66 (.689)
  • Washington and Lee set ODAC non-COVID shortened records for winning percentage (.921) and win-loss record (35-3) while tying its own ODAC record for wins in a season (2003)
• Washington and Lee ran the ODAC table with a 12-0 record to earn the top seed in the eight-team ODAC Tournament
  • Virginia Wesleyan, Bridgewater, Lynchburg, Guilford, Randolph-Macon, Roanoke, and Averett comprised the remainder of the bracket
  • Quarterfinals: WLU def. AU, 3-0; LYN def. GC, 3-1; BC def. RMC, 3-0; VWU def. RC, 3-1
  • Semifinals: WLU def. LYN, 3-0; VWU def. BC, 3-1
  • Championship: WLU def. VWU, 3-2
• Washington and Lee won its second straight and ODAC-record 20th league women's volleyball title
  • The Generals have appeared in four of the past five ODAC title matches, winning on each occasion; overall, WLU is 20-of-26 in championship matches
  • The Marlins appeared in their fourth title match, each since 2015; they won the program's lone trophy in 2019

• ODAC champion Washington and Lee earned the league's automatic bid into the Division III championship bracket
• Runner-up Virginia Wesleyan joined WLU in the field of 64 teams as an at-large qualifier from the NCAA's new NPI selection protocol
• Virginia Wesleyan started play at top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Juniata College
  • 1st Round: VWU def. Springfield College, 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 25-20)
  • 2nd Round: Juniata def. VWU, 3-0 (25-10, 25-12, 25-16)
• Washington and Lee opened NCAA competition at perennial power Christopher Newport University
  • 1st Round: WLU def. John Jay, 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-11)
  • 2nd Round: WLU def. Stevens Institute, 3-1 (25-16, 25-12, 20-25, 25-12)
  • 3rd Round: WLU def. CNU, 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-15)
• The final eight teams in the country advanced to Salem, Va., and Roanoke College's Cregger Center for competition in the final three rounds of the event
  • WLU was joined by Emory University, Hope College, Johns Hopkins University, Juniata, University of La Verne, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Quarterfinals: Hope def. WLU, 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-20)
• Washington and Lee's quarterfinals berth marked the program's best showing ever and the second run to the quarterfinals for an ODAC team, joining Randolph-Macon's 2015 squad
• The Generals are now 10-17 (.370) in 17 appearances
• ODAC schools are 21-36 (.368) in 36 overall berths

• AVCA/TARAFLEX Preseason Division III Women's Volleyball Poll
  • The AVCA released its annual preseason coaches poll on August 19
  • Two ODAC squads are mentioned in the initial round of voting
    • Washington and Lee kicks off the season slotted ninth in the country with 1,294 points
    • Virginia Wesleyan is one of 25 squads to receive votes outside the top-25; the Marlins garnered 50 points
  • Three-time national champion Juniata College collected 79 first place votes and 2,133 points to lead the poll ahead of 2024 runner-up Wisconsin-Whitewater with four top nods and 1,965 tallies

The 2025 season will be a great opportunity for new ODAC players to take home awards. Just nine of the 24 stars that earned All-ODAC honors in 2024 are back for another run. That includes just three members of the first team and one of the second team. Five of the eight honorees on the third team are back on league courts.

Two of the special award winners return this season including ODAC Rookie of the Year, outside Allison Lach from Randolph-Macon College. She was also an All-ODAC Third Team honoree. Washington and Lee mentor Bryan Snyder holds the Generals reins for a 26th season in 2025. He collected his 12th ODAC Coach of the Year plaque last season and welcomes back a league-best three All-ODAC honorees from his 2024 squad that earned a spot in the Division III quarterfinals. Snyder has won 650 career matches at Washington and Lee and is just nine victories shy of 700 for his career. His 691 wins enter the 2025 campaign as the seventh-most of active Division III coaches.

• ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM (3-of-8)
  • Reagan Stoop – OH, Bridgewater
  • Grace Mitchener – OH, Washington and Lee
  • Vivi Vasquez – L, Washington and Lee
• ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM (1-of-8)
  • Riley Debiec – OH, Washington and Lee
• ALL-ODAC THIRD TEAM (5-of-8)
  • Gabby Atwell – MH, Bridgewater
  • Natalie Moore – OH, Guilford
  • Ava Meinhardt – MB, Lynchburg
  • Tori Williamson – OH, Lynchburg
  • Allison Lach – OH, Randolph-Macon

The athletes listed below represent the top-three returning statistical leaders for each category from the 2024 season.
Kills/Set, Digs/Set, Blocks/Set, and Points/Set Minimums: 50% of team games played
Attack Pct. Minimums: 50% of team games played and 3.0 attacks/set

Below are the win-loss records for each coach entering the 2025 season.

• ODAC teams get underway with a series of non-conference matches and tournaments weekend of Friday-Sunday, August 29-31
• The first set of conference matches are slated for Wednesday, September 10, kicking off a full single round-robin (11 matches) schedule for all league teams
• The ODAC Tournament will feature an eight-team field competed in a traditional bracket format
  • Quarterfinals: Tuesday, November 11 at the #1-4 Seeds
  • Semifinals: Thursday, November 13 at the two higher seeds in bracket progression
  • Championship: Saturday, November 15 at the highest remaining seed
• The Division III Women's Volleyball Championship bracket will be announced on NCAA.com on Monday, November 17
  • Regionals: Thursday-Saturday, November 20-22
  • Finals: Wednesday-Saturday, December 3-6 at the Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.