1999 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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1999 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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1999 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Penn State (1st title)
Runner-up Stanford (8th title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Russ Rose (1st title)
Most outstanding player Lauren Cacciamani (Penn State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Bonnie Bremner(Penn State)
  • Carrie Schonveld (Penn State)
  • Kerri Walsh (Stanford)
  • Logan Tom (Stanford)
  • Elsa Stegemenn (Pacific)
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The 1999 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 2, 1999, with 64 teams and ended December 18 when Penn State defeated Stanford in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the program's first NCAA title.

Contents

Penn State, appearing in their third straight title match, crushed Stanford in three games to claim the school's first ever national championship. The Lions had fallen short in five games the previous two years, falling to Stanford in 1997 and Long Beach State in 1998. [1]

Records

The tournament field remained steady at 64 teams for a second straight year. The Big Ten led the way with eight bids in the 1999 NCAA Tournament, followed by the Big 12 with six bids and the Pac-10 with five bids. This was the last year to feature teams regionally seeded from 1-4. Bracket-wide seeding from 1-16 would begin in 2000. The Final Four was held in Hawaii for the first time since 1989, and has not been held outside the 48 contiguous states since.

Central Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arkansas State Sun Belt Automatic28-6
Baylor Big 12 At-large25-8
Cal Poly Big West At-large20-8
Cal State Sacramento Big Sky At-large22-9
Eastern Washington Big Sky At-large24-7
Hofstra America East Automatic26-5
Michigan State Big Ten At-large20-12
Minnesota Big Ten At-large25-8
Notre Dame Big East At-large20-8
Ohio State Big Ten At-large16-11
1 Penn State Big Ten Automatic30-1
2 Pepperdine West Coast Automatic24-3
Robert Morris Northeast Automatic19-14
Temple Atlantic 10 Automatic25-5
3 UCLA Pac-10 Auto (shared)25-3
4 USC Pac-10 At-large20-8
East Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large14-12
Ball State MAC Automatic28-6
3 BYU Mountain West At-large26-4
4 Clemson ACC At-large31-2
Colgate Patriot Automatic17-17
Fairfield MAAC Automatic30-3
2 Florida SEC Automatic30-2
Illinois Big Ten At-large16-10
Indiana Big Ten At-large19-10
Liberty Big South Automatic22-9
Michigan Big Ten At-large15-14
Milwaukee Midwestern Collegiate At-large25-3
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic28-0
1 Pacific Big West Automatic28-2
Princeton Ivy League Automatic23-6
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large21-9
Pacific Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona Pac-10 At-large19-10
Cincinnati Conference USA Automatic28-6
Davidson Southern Automatic31-3
Florida Atlantic Trans America Automatic17-12
Houston Conference USA At-large21-10
James Madison CAA Automatic26-6
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-large19-10
3 Nebraska Big 12 Automatic25-5
Oral Roberts Mid-Continent Automatic23-12
San Diego West Coast At-large22-5
Santa Clara West Coast At-large20-10
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Automatic28-5
1 Stanford Pac-10 Auto (shared)26-2
4 Texas Big 12 At-large21-7
2 UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large26-5
Virginia ACC At-large19-11
Mountain Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arkansas SEC At-large29-5
Colorado Big 12 At-large18-11
3 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic28-2
Florida A&M MEAC Automatic23-8
Georgetown Big East Automatic27-4
1 Hawaii WAC Automatic27-1
Kansas State Big 12 At-large20-8
2 Long Beach State Big West At-large27-3
Louisville Conference USA At-large19-11
Loyola (IL) Midwestern Collegiate Automatic24-9
North Carolina ACC Automatic27-5
Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic19-9
Prairie View A&M SWAC Automatic18-16
Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic26-9
4 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large25-5
Utah Mountain West At-large21-9

Central Regional (University Park)

First round
December 2–3
Second round
December 4–5
Regional semifinals
December 9–10
Regional finals
December 11–12
            
1 Penn State 3
Robert Morris 0
1 Penn State3
University Park, PA
Baylor 0
Temple 1
Baylor 3
1 Penn State3
Minnesota 0
Minnesota 3
Cal St. Sacramento 0
Minnesota3
Los Angeles, CA
4 Southern California 2
Hofstra 0
4 Southern California 3
1 Penn State3
3 UCLA 0
3 UCLA 3
Eastern Washington 0
3 UCLA3
Los Angeles, CA
Ohio State 0
Ohio State 3
Notre Dame 1
3 UCLA3
2 Pepperdine 0
Cal Poly 1
Michigan State 3
Michigan State 1
Malibu, CA
2 Pepperdine3
Arkansas State 0
2 Pepperdine 3

East Regional (Stockton)

First round
December 2–3
Second round
December 4–5
Regional semifinals
December 9–10
Regional finals
December 11–12
            
1 Pacific 3
Colgate 0
1 Pacific3
Stockton, CA
Michigan 2
Michigan 3
Fairfield 0
1 Pacific3
Northern Iowa 0
Northern Iowa 3
Ball State 2
Northern Iowa3
Clemson, SC
Indiana 1
Indiana 3
4 Clemson 2
1 Pacific3
2 Florida 0
3 BYU 3
Princeton 0
3 BYU3
Orem, UT
Wisconsin 1
Arizona State 0
Wisconsin 3
3 BYU 0
2 Florida3
UW–Milwaukee 1
Illinois 3
Illinois 0
Gainesville, FL
2 Florida3
Liberty 0
2 Florida 3

Pacific Regional (Stanford)

First round
December 2–3
Second round
December 4–5
Regional semifinals
December 9–10
Regional finals
December 11–12
            
1 Stanford 3
Florida Atlantic 0
1 Stanford3
Stanford, CA
Santa Clara 1
Santa Clara 3
Cincinnati 1
1 Stanford3
Arizona 0
Arizona 3
Virginia 0
Arizona3
Austin, TX
4 Texas 0
Houston 0
4 Texas 3
1 Stanford3
2 UCSB 0
3 Nebraska 3
Davidson 0
3 Nebraska3
Lincoln, NE
San Diego 0
James Madison 0
San Diego 3
3 Nebraska 1
2 UCSB3
Loyola Marymount 3
SE Missouri State 2
Loyola Marymount 1
Santa Barbara, CA
2 UCSB3
Oral Roberts 0
2 UCSB 3

Mountain Regional (Honolulu)

First round
December 2–3
Second round
December 4–5
Regional semifinals
December 9–10
Regional finals
December 11–12
            
1 Hawaiʻi 3
Prairie View 0
1 Hawaiʻi3
Honolulu, HI
Utah 0
Utah 3
Colorado 0
1 Hawaiʻi 1
4 Texas A&M3
North Carolina 3
Northern Arizona 0
North Carolina 0
College Station, TX
3 Texas A&M3
Stephen F. Austin 0
4 Texas A&M 3
4 Texas A&M 0
2 Long Beach State3
3 Colorado State 3
Loyola (Ill.) 0
3 Colorado State3
Fort Collins, CO
Kansas State 1
Louisville 0
Kansas State 3
3 Colorado State 1
2 Long Beach State3
Arkansas 3
Georgetown 1
Arkansas 1
Long Beach, CA
2 Long Beach State3
Florida A&M 0
2 Long Beach State 3

Final Four – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI

National Semifinals
December 16
National Championship
December 18
      
1 Penn State3
1 Pacific 2
1 Penn State3
1 Stanford 0
1 Stanford3
2 Long Beach State 0

National Semifinals

Penn State vs. Pacific

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
PSU141515715
PAC16561512

Penn State reached their third consecutive final after outlasting Pacific in five games. The Nittany Lions were paced by senior All-American Lauren Cacciamani with 26 kills, six blocks and a .304 attack percentage. Pacific was led by Elsa Stegemann who had a match high 31 kills. Pacific ended their season 32-3.

Stanford vs. Long Beach State

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
STAN151515
LBSU10103

Behind freshman Logan Tom's 27 kills, Stanford downed defending national champion Long Beach State in three games.

Long Beach State opened the match scoring the first two points of game 1, but Stanford would control it from there, scoring eight straight points. In game 2, Stanford trailed 6-3 but took six of the next seven points to take the 9-7 lead. A service ace would seal game two for the Cardinal. Stanford dominated game 3, scoring the first 13 points before taking it 15-3.

National Championship: Penn State vs. Stanford

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
PSU151515
STAN2107

Appearing in the program's third straight title match, the top ranked Penn State Nittany Lions crushed second ranked Stanford in three sets to claim the school's first national title.

In game 1, Penn State jumped out to the 8-0 lead, before taking the first game 15-2. The Lions had 10 team blocks in game 1 alone, and hit .258 in game 1. Stanford had 19 hitting errors in the opening game.

Stanford jumped out to the 3-1 lead in game 2, but Penn State tied the game up at 6. After that, Penn State scored six straight points to take the 12-6 lead. Stanford would get no closer than three points, as Penn State took game 2 15-10.

Penn State lead 7-6 in game 3, and eventually stretched the lead to 11-6. Stanford scored their last point on a Lion hitting error, as Penn State scored the final four points. A Stanford hitting error that sailed wide sealed the national championship for Penn State, 15-7.

Penn State's Lauren Cacciamani, the co-AVCA National Player of the Year with Kerri Walsh, had 20 kills and hit .344, while Walsh hit .000 with 11 kills and 11 errors. As a team, Stanford hit negative .008 (39 kills, 40 errors) while Penn State hit .240 (48 kills, 19 errors). [2]

After losing their first match of the season, the Nittany Lions reeled off 36 consecutive wins. The win gave Russ Rose his first NCAA title as the Penn State head coach after three previous runner-up finishes, while Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the fourth time in school history.

NCAA Tournament records

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1999 tournament that still stands.

References

  1. "Third time a charm as Lions claim title". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
  2. "Stanford/Penn State box score". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2009.