1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

1989 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
Champions	Long Beach State (1st NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (2nd title match)
Semifinalists	UT Arlington (1st Final Four) UCLA (6th Final Four)
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.

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

School	Conference	Berth Type	Record	Regional
Arizona	Pac-10	At-large	17-12
Cal Poly	Big West	At-large	18-12
California	Pac-10	At-large	18-10
Colorado	Big Eight	At-large	22-10
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	Automatic	25-6
Florida State	Metro	Automatic	30-4
Hawaii	Big West	Automatic	27-2
Houston	Southwest	At-large	25-9
Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	25-7
Illinois State	Missouri Valley	Automatic	21-9
Iowa	Big Ten	At-large	22-10
Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	22-12
LSU	SEC	Automatic	29-7
Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	28-8
Nebraska	Big Eight	Automatic	25-3
North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	21-8
Ohio State	Big Ten	Automatic	26-6
Oregon	Pac-10	At-large	21-8
Pacific	Big West	At-large	28-4
Penn State	Atlantic 10	Automatic	34-6
Pepperdine	West Coast	Automatic	20-9
San Diego State	High Country	At-large	19-17
San Jose State	Big West	At-large	14-12
Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	17-11
Texas	Southwest	Automatic	25-9
Texas-Arlington	Southland	Automatic	28-3
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	22-12
UCLA	Pac-12	Automatic	27-2
USC	Pac-10	At-large	19-12
Washington	Pac-10	At-large	18-8
Western Michigan	Mid-American	Automatic	18-12
Wyoming	High Country	Automatic	22-6

Brackets

Northwest regional

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

South regional

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

Mideast regional

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

West regional

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

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

	National semifinals December 14					National championship December 16
	Long Beach State		3
	UT Arlington		1
						Long Beach State		3
						Nebraska		0
	Nebraska		3
	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

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

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.