1991 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

1991 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
1991 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	UCLA (3rd NCAA (6th national) title)
Runner-up	Long Beach State (2nd NCAA (6th national) title match)
Semifinalists	Ohio State (1st Final Four) LSU (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Andy Banachowski (3rd title)
Most outstanding player	Natalie Williams (UCLA) Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Natalie Williams (UCLA) Elaine Youngs (UCLA) Angie Miller (UCLA) Antoinette White (Long Beach State) Christine Romero (Long Beach State) Danielle Scott (Long Beach State) Sabrina Hernandez (Long Beach State)
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The 1991 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 21, 1991, when UCLA defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.

UCLA won the program's third NCAA title and successfully defended their 1990 NCAA title by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15-12, 15-13, UCLA completed off a stunning comeback to take the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11 to win it all. ^[1]

UCLA's comeback was one of the biggest in NCAA history; only one other team had ever rallied from two games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship (and did not again until 2009). UCLA finished their season 31-5.

The 1991 Final Four was held on the campus of UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.

Records

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Automatic	29-4
	BYU	WAC	Automatic	26-4
	Colorado	Big Eight	At-large	25-9
	Duke	ACC	Automatic	25-6
	Florida	SEC	Auto (shared)	33-4
	Fresno State	Big West	At-large	21-12
	Georgia	SEC	At-large	28-7
	Hawaii	Big West	At-large	24-4
	Houston	Southwest	At-large	20-11
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	19-9
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	32-1
	Louisville	Metro	Automatic	28-7
	LSU	SEC	Auto (shared)	32-1
	Montana	Big Sky	Automatic	26-3
	Nebraska	Big Eight	Automatic	25-4
	New Mexico	WAC	At-large	22-5
	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	Automatic	23-7
	Ohio State	Big Ten	Automatic	27-3
	Pacific	Big West	At-large	23-5
	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	25-5
	Pepperdine	West Coast	Automatic	23-7
	Pittsburgh	Big East	Automatic	28-8
	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	Automatic	19-11
	Southwest Texas State	Southland	Automatic	21-15
	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	28-1
	Texas	Southwest	Automatic	19-9
	Texas Tech	Southwest	At-large	25-5
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	21-9
	UCLA	Pac-10	At-large	26-5
	USC	Pac-10	At-large	22-7
	Washington State	Pac-10	At-large	19-9
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	22-9

Brackets

West regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Stanford	3
		Rhode Island	0
							Stanford	3
							Southern California	2
		Southern California	3
		BYU	1
												Stanford	0
												UCLA	3
		UCLA	3
		Pepperdine	0
							UCLA	3
							New Mexico	0
		Washington State	1
		New Mexico	3

Mideast regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Ohio State	3
		Pittsburgh	1
							Ohio State	3
							Penn State	2
		Colorado	2
		Penn State	3
												Ohio State	3
												Nebraska	1
		Bowling Green	0
		Wisconsin	3
							Wisconsin	0
							Nebraska	3
		Illinois	0
		Nebraska	3

South regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		LSU	3
		Houston	0
							LSU	3
							Texas Tech	0
		Texas Tech	3
		Georgia	0
												LSU	3
												Florida	1
		Texas	3
		Duke	0
							Texas	1
							Florida	3
		Louisville	0
		Florida	3

Northwest regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Hawaiʻi	3
		SW Texas State	0
							Hawaiʻi	3
							Pacific	0
		Montana	0
		Pacific	3
												Hawaiʻi	1
												Long Beach State	3
		UCSB	3
		Fresno State	0
							UCSB	0
							Long Beach State	3
		Northern Iowa	0
		Long Beach State	3

Final Four - Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California

	National semifinals					National championship
	UCLA		3
	Ohio State		0
						UCLA		3
						Long Beach State		2
	LSU		1
	Long Beach State		3

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

References

1. "UCLA wins NCAA volleyball title". Austin American Statesman. December 22, 1991. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2009.