1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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1985 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
Champions Pacific (1st title)
Runner-up Stanford (2nd title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Dunning (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
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The 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

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Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13. [1]

Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford. [1]

In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.

Brackets

West regional

First Round Regional semifinal Regional final
         
  Stanford 3
 Colorado State 0
  Colorado State 3
  Rhode Island 0
 Stanford3
 BYU 1
  Arizona State 2
  Arizona 3
 Arizona 2
 BYU3
  BYU 3
  Providence 0

Mideast regional

First Round Regional semifinal Regional final
         
  Southern California 3
 Illinois 1
  Illinois 3
  Western Michigan 1
 Southern California3
 Nebraska 1
  Purdue 3
  Illinois State 0
 Purdue 1
 Nebraska3
  Nebraska 3
  Penn State 0

South regional

First Round Regional semifinal Regional final
         
  UCLA 3
 Georgia 0
  Georgia 3
  Florida State 0
 UCLA3
 Texas 0
  Texas A&M 3
  UT Arlington 2
 Texas A&M 0
 Texas3
  Texas 3
  Duke 0

Northwest regional

First Round Regional semifinal Regional final
         
  Pacific 3
 Hawaiʻi 0
  Hawaiʻi 3
  San Diego State 1
 Pacific3
 Cal Poly 0
  Cal Poly 3
  UCSB 2
 Cal Poly3
 San Jose State 0
  San Jose State 3
  Long Beach State 0

Final Four - Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Semifinals Finals
      
Stanford3
Southern California 1
Stanford 1
Pacific3
UCLA 1
Pacific3Third place
Southern California3
UCLA 2

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References

  1. 1 2 (12-23-1985). "Stanford loses in NCAA final" San Jose Mercury News.