1995 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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1995 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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1995 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Nebraska (1st title)
Runner-up Texas (2nd NCAA (3rd national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Terry Pettit (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Allison Weston (Nebraska)
  • Katie Crnich (Nebraska)
  • Christy Johnson (Nebraska)
  • Billie Winsett (Nebraska)
  • Demetria Sance (Texas)
  • Kristin Folkl (Stanford)
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The 1995 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 16, 1995, when Nebraska defeated Texas 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

Contents

Nebraska defeated Texas 11-15, 15-2, 15-7, 16-14. Nebraska was led by Katie Crnich and Billie Winsett who each had 25 kills. [1] After losing its second match of the season to then-No. 1 Stanford, Nebraska reeled off 31 consecutive matches to claim the NCAA title and had the program's best season at 32-1 (.970%). [2]

Play-in games

November 19
   
  Hofstra (NAC, 20-12)3
  Rider (NEC, 16-12) 0
November 21
   
  UCF (TAAC, 31-9)3
  UMBC (Big South, 25-8) 0
November 25
   
  Middle Tenn. (OVC, 31-6)3
  Princeton (Ivy, 29-3) 1
November 25
   
  Northern Iowa (MVC, 27-1)3
  Valparaiso (Mid-Cont., 24-9) 0
n/a
   
  Siena (MAAC, 26-5)3
  Colgate (Patriot, 19-8) 1
n/a
   
  Marshall (Southern, 24-10)3
  Florida A&M (MEAC, 15-18) 0

Records

Pacific Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Colorado Big Eight At-large17-10
Idaho Big Sky Automatic27-4
Iowa State Big Eight At-large21-11
Loyola Marymount West Coast Automatic24-4
North Texas Southland Automatic24-9
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic28-1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic26-6
Oral Roberts IndependentAt-large27-2
Pacific Big West At-large21-8
Stanford Pac-10 Automatic26-2
USC Pac-10 At-large16-8
Washington State Pac-10 At-large22-6
East Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arkansas State Sun Belt Automatic27-6
Florida SEC Automatic33-1
George Washington Atlantic 10 Automatic29-5
Georgia SEC At-large20-8
Hofstra North Atlantic Automatic21-12
Illinois Big Ten At-large23-8
Marshall Southern Automatic25-10
Middle Tennessee State Ohio Valley Automatic32-6
South Carolina SEC At-large20-10
Texas Southwest Automatic24-6
Texas A&M Southwest At-large22-6
Texas Tech Southwest At-large20-11
Central Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Ball State Mid-American Automatic21-11
George Mason CAA Automatic20-10
Georgia Tech ACC Automatic28-6
Indiana Big Ten At-large20-13
Loyola (IL) Midwestern Collegiate Automatic27-6
Maryland ACC At-large21-9
Miami (OH) Mid-American At-large24-6
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic27-1
Ohio State Big Ten At-large21-7
Penn State Big Ten At-large26-7
Siena MAAC Automatic27-5
UCLA Pac-10 At-large21-8
Mountain Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large18-7
BYU WAC At-large20-8
Colorado State WAC At-large21-10
Hawaii Big West Automatic29-0
Houston Southwest At-large17-13
Long Beach State Big West At-large21-9
Louisville Conference USA At-large28-5
Michigan State Big Ten Automatic31-2
San Diego State WAC Automatic26-4
South Florida Conference USA Automatic27-4
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large25-8
UCF Trans America Automatic32-9

Brackets

Pacific regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Colorado 0
Northern Iowa 3
1 Stanford 3
Northern Iowa 0
1 Stanford3
Southern California 0
Southern California3
4 Pacific 0
Southern California 3
North Texas 0
1 Stanford3
Oral Roberts 0
Loyola Marymount 2
Oral Roberts 3
3 Washington State 0
Oral Roberts3
Oral Roberts3
2 Notre Dame 0
Iowa State 1
2 Notre Dame 3
Idaho 0
Iowa State 3

East regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Arkansas State 2
Texas Tech 3
1 Florida 3
Texas Tech 2
1 Florida3
4 Texas A&M 0
South Carolina 0
4 Texas A&M 3
South Carolina 3
Hofstra 0
1 Florida 2
2 Texas3
Georgia 3
Marshall 0
3 Illinois 3
Georgia 1
3 Illinois 0
2 Texas3
George Washington 0
2 Texas 3
Middle Tennessee 0
George Washington 3

Central regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  George Mason 3
Indiana 0
1 Nebraska 3
George Mason 0
1 Nebraska3
4 Penn State 1
Georgia Tech 0
4 Penn State 3
Georgia Tech 3
Siena 0
1 Nebraska3
2 UCLA 0
Maryland 3
Miami (Oh.) 0
3 Ohio State 3
Maryland 1
3 Ohio State 0
2 UCLA3
Ball State 0
2 UCLA 3
Ball State 3
Loyola (Ill.) 0

Mountain regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Louisville 3
Central Florida 1
1 Hawaiʻi 3
Louisville 0
1 Hawaiʻi3
4 Arizona State 1
UCSB 2
4 Arizona State 3
UCSB 3
South Florida 0
1 Hawaiʻi 2
2 Michigan State3
Long Beach State 3
Colorado State 0
3 San Diego State 3
Long Beach State 1
3 San Diego State 0
2 Michigan State3
BYU 0
2 Michigan State 3
Houston 0
BYU 3

Final Four - Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

National semifinals National championship
      
1 Stanford 2
2 Texas3
2 Texas 1
1 Nebraska3
1 Nebraska3
2 Michigan State 2

See also

References

  1. Gelin, Dana (December 25, 1995). "Nebraska defeated Texas in an NCAA final that proved West Coast schools no longer dominate the game". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  2. "1995: NCAA Champions". Huskers.com. December 19, 1993. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2009.