1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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1997 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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1997 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Stanford (4th title)
Runner-up Penn State (2nd title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Don Shaw (4th title)
Most outstanding player Terri Zemaitis (Penn State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
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The 1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 56 teams and ended on December 20, 1997, when Stanford defeated Penn State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.

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Stanford won their second straight title and 4th in 6 years. After winning the first two games 15-10, 15-6, Penn State forced a fifth game as the Nittany Lions won the next two 15-2, 17-15. In the decisive fifth game, Stanford jumped out to the 12-8 lead before Kristin Folkl recorded the final three kills for the 15-9 win. Stanford finished the year 33-2, with their only two losses coming from Penn State in the early season. [1]

The 1997 NCAA tournament was the first, and would be the last, year with 56 tournament teams, as it was expanded from 48 teams (1993-1996). In 1998, the tournament would be expanded to its present-day 64 tournament teams.

Play-in games

November 21
   
  Morgan State (MEAC, 24-9)3
  Grambling State (SWAC, ?) 0
November 23
   
  Lehigh (Patriot, 17-12)3
  Wagner (Northeast, 10-19) 1

Records

East Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
BYU WAC Automatic27-5
Fairfield MAAC Automatic25-9
Hofstra America East Automatic23-13
Maryland ACC At-large26-1
Miami (OH) Mid-American At-large23-7
Michigan Big Ten At-large20-11
Minnesota Big Ten At-large22-9
Northern Illinois Mid-American Automatic26-3
Ohio State Big Ten At-large22-10
Penn State Big Ten Auto (shared)30-1
Princeton Ivy League Automatic22-5
Temple Atlantic 10 Automatic29-4
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large24-7
Villanova Big East At-large20-8
Central Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
American CAA Automatic30-3
Arkansas SEC At-large29-5
Arkansas-Little Rock Sun Belt Automatic16-12
Clemson ACC Automatic26-7
Colorado State WAC At-large26-5
Florida SEC Automatic31-3
Florida State ACC At-large25-8
Lehigh Patriot Automatic18-12
Liberty Big South Automatic26-8
Notre Dame Big East Automatic23-8
South Florida Conference USA At-large25-8
UCF Trans America Automatic27-3
Washington State Pac-10 At-large24-6
Wisconsin Big Ten Auto (shared)28-2
Pacific Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Butler Midwestern Collegiate Automatic27-6
Cal State Sacramento Big Sky Automatic23-8
Chattanooga Southern Automatic26-9
Hawaii WAC At-large25-7
Kansas State Big 12 At-large20-12
Long Beach State Big West Automatic30-1
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-large21-6
Michigan State Big Ten At-large22-11
Morgan State MEAC Automatic25-9
Nebraska Big 12 At-large25-6
Pacific Big West At-large22-8
San Diego West Coast Automatic25-3
USC Pac-10 At-large21-5
Washington Pac-10 At-large18-9
Mountain Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona Pac-10 At-large20-6
Colorado Big 12 At-large20-8
Houston Conference USA Automatic22-9
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic24-8
Oklahoma Big 12 At-large19-12
Oral Roberts Mid-Continent Automatic28-9
Pepperdine West Coast At-large23-5
South Carolina SEC At-large20-7
Stanford Pac-10 Automatic28-2
Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic23-12
Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley Automatic23-9
Texas Big 12 Automatic23-6
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large29-4
UCLA Pac-10 At-large16-12

Brackets

East Regional - University Park, PA

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional final
            
1 Penn State 3
Northern Illinois 0
Northern Illinois 3
Villanova 2
1 Penn State3
Ohio State 0
Ohio State 3
Fairfield 0
Ohio State3
Maryland 0
Maryland 3
Princeton 0
1 Penn State3
2 BYU 0
Temple 2
Michigan 3
Michigan 0
Texas A&M3
Hofstra 0
Texas A&M 3
Texas A&M 2
2 BYU3
Miami (Oh.) 0
Minnesota 3
Minnesota 0
2 BYU 3

Central Regional - Madison, WI

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional final
            
1 Wisconsin 3
Central Florida 0
Central Florida 3
Clemson 0
1 Wisconsin3
Notre Dame 1
Arkansas 3
Arkansas-Little Rock 0
Arkansas 1
Notre Dame3
Notre Dame 3
Liberty 0
1 Wisconsin 2
2 Florida3
American 1
Colorado State 3
Colorado State 1
Washington State3
Lehigh 0
Washington State 3
Washington State 0
2 Florida3
Florida State 2
South Florida 3
South Florida 0
2 Florida 3

Pacific Regional - Long Beach, CA

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional final
            
1 Long Beach State 3
Loyola Marymount 0
Hawaiʻi 0
Loyola Marymount 3
1 Long Beach State3
Washington 0
Washington 3
Chattanooga 0
Washington3
Pacific 1
Pacific 3
Cal St. Sacramento 1
1 Long Beach State3
2 Nebraska 0
Kansas State 1
San Diego 3
San Diego 2
Southern California3
Morgan State 0
Southern California 3
Southern California 2
2 Nebraska3
Butler 0
Michigan State 3
Michigan State 0
2 Nebraska 3

Mountain Regional - Stanford, CA

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional final
            
1 Stanford 3
Oklahoma 0
Oklahoma 3
Houston 0
1 Stanford3
Colorado 0
Colorado 3
Tennessee Tech 0
Colorado3
Oral Roberts 2
Arizona 2
Oral Roberts 3
1 Stanford3
2 UCSB 0
Illinois State 0
South Carolina 3
South Carolina 0
Texas3
Stephen F. Austin 0
Texas 3
Texas 0
2 UCSB3
UCLA 3
Pepperdine 1
UCLA 2
2 UCSB 3

Final Four - Spokane Arena, Spokane, Washington

National Semifinals National Championship
      
1 Penn State3
2 Florida 0
1 Penn State 2
1 Stanford3
1 Long Beach State 1
1 Stanford3

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References

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