1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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1989 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
Champions Long Beach State (1st NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-up Nebraska (2nd title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Brian Gimmillaro (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Tara Cross (Long Beach State)
  • Sheri Sanders (Long Beach State)
  • Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
  • Val Novak (Nebraska)
  • Eileen Shannon (Nebraska)
  • Chris Rudiger (UT Arlington)
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The 1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 16, 1989, when Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

Contents

Led by AVCA co-National Player of the Year Tara Cross's 20 kills, Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 15-12, 15-0, 15-6 to win the school's first NCAA championship. Nebraska made the program's second championship match appearance. [1]

The 1989 Final Four was held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Records

SchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecordRegional
Arizona Pac-10 At-large17-12
Cal Poly Big West At-large18-12
California Pac-10 At-large18-10
Colorado Big Eight At-large22-10
Eastern Washington Big Sky Automatic25-6
Florida State Metro Automatic30-4
Hawaii Big West Automatic27-2
Houston Southwest At-large25-9
Illinois Big Ten At-large25-7
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic21-9
Iowa Big Ten At-large22-10
Long Beach State Big West At-large22-12
LSU SEC Automatic29-7
Minnesota Big Ten At-large28-8
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic25-3
North Carolina ACC Automatic21-8
Ohio State Big Ten Automatic26-6
Oregon Pac-10 At-large21-8
Pacific Big West At-large28-4
Penn State Atlantic 10 Automatic34-6
Pepperdine West Coast Automatic20-9
San Diego State High Country At-large19-17
San Jose State Big West At-large14-12
Stanford Pac-10 At-large17-11
Texas Southwest Automatic25-9
Texas-Arlington Southland Automatic28-3
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large22-12
UCLA Pac-12 Automatic27-2
USC Pac-10 At-large19-12
Washington Pac-10 At-large18-8
Western Michigan Mid-American Automatic18-12
Wyoming High Country Automatic22-6

Brackets

Northwest regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Eastern Washington 0
 Hawaiʻi3
 Cal Poly 2
  UCSB 2
  Cal Poly 3
 Hawaiʻi 2
 Long Beach State3
  Long Beach State 3
  San Diego State 0
 Long Beach State3
 Pacific 1
  Pacific 3
  San Jose State 0

South regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Texas 3
  Western Michigan 0
 Texas3
 California 0
  Florida State 1
  California 3
 Texas 0
 UT Arlington3
  LSU 3
  Houston 2
 LSU 0
 UT Arlington3
  UT Arlington 3
  North Carolina 1

Mideast regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois State 0
 Nebraska3
 Minnesota 1
  Colorado 0
  Minnesota 3
 Nebraska3
 Illinois 1
  Illinois 3
  Penn State 0
 Illinois3
 Ohio State 2
  Ohio State 3
  Iowa 0

West regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  UCLA 3
  Pepperdine 1
 UCLA3
 Arizona 0
  Oregon 0
  Arizona 3
 UCLA3
 Wyoming 0
  Stanford 3
  Southern California 1
 Stanford 2
 Wyoming3
  Washington 0
  Wyoming 3

Final Four - Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

National semifinals
December 14
National championship
December 16
      
Long Beach State3
UT Arlington 1
Long Beach State3
Nebraska 0
Nebraska3
UCLA 0

NCAA tournament records

There are 4 NCAA tournaments record that were set in the 1989 NCAA tournament that still stand today.

  • Total kill attempts, match (individual record) - Teee Williams, Hawaiʻi - 99 vs. Cal Poly
  • Total kills, match (team record) - 112 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
  • Total kill attempts, match (team record) - 328 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
  • Digs, match (team record) - 177 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly

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References

  1. "Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown". Austin-American Statesman. December 18, 1989. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.