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History

Now celebrating its 12^th year, NWVCL has grown to 50 teams in two divisions (Red & Blue) and sending as many as 16 teams to Club Nationals. The 2009-2010 season was an exceptional year for NWVCL league teams at the NCVF Club National Championships. Cornell Univeristy finished 5th in Division 1 (top 48 teams in the country) as seven teams from NWVCL earned their way into playing in the toughest competition the nation had to offer. In Division 2 play, Yale University became the first ever National Champions from NWVCL by defeating South Carolina University in the final. NWVCL teams dominated D2 play as many of its teams had strong showing; West Chester (5th), Syracuse (5th), UConn (9th) and Ithaca (25th).

In the past, our league had two teams (Penn State and Rutgers) finishing in the top 10 at Club Nationals during 2002-2003. In 2004, University of Pennsylvania won the Silver Division at Club Nationals (becoming the first league team to win a division title at nationals). In 2005, Cornell (9th) and Penn (17th) finished in the top 20 at Nationals.

In 2010 league championships, Boston University won back to back championships (Red Division) by defeating the tough Pennsylvania squad that made a surprising run to the final. It was BU's third league title. Penn State leads the overall tally with five titles. In Blue Division, Yale captured its first league title by defeating West Chester who finished runners-up for the second straight year.

Northeast Women's Volleyball Club League (NWVCL) was founded by Jung Park of UConn during 1999-2000 season with eight schools from Northeast region. NWVCL provides an opportunity for club players to play competitive collegiate club volleyball in fun, safe and organized environment. The league puts emphasis on sportsmaship and having fun while playing competitive volleyball. The league also focuses on officials training in northeast region and running professionally organized tournaments.

Over the years many of NWVCL former players have gone on to coaching juniors, high school and college teams. It is common to see former club players coming back to help out their club teams.

There are now over 240 Women's and 400 Men's club teams in the country, playing at very high level. If you are interested in participating in a collegiate club program around New England and Northeast Region, contact Jung Park who serves as the commissioner of both NECVL and NWVCL. Check out WWW.NECVL.ORG and WWW.NWVCL.ORG.

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