2001 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2001 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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2001 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Stanford (5th title)
Runner-up Long Beach State (5th NCAA (9th national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach John Dunning (3rd title)
Most outstanding player Logan Tom (Stanford)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
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The 2001 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on November 29, 2001 with 64 teams and ended December 15 when Stanford defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 0 in San Diego, California for the program's fifth NCAA title. [1]

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Led by future Olympians Logan Tom and Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford stunned previously unbeaten Long Beach State in the title match. Long Beach State was attempting to become the first program to go undefeated in more than one season, as they went 36-0 just 3 years before in 1998.

On their way to the title, Stanford was able to knock off defending champion Nebraska in the national semifinals. The other semifinal participant, Arizona, made the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance.

The win gave Stanford head coach John Dunning, who was in his first year as Stanford's head coach, his third NCAA title as he won two with Pacific in the 1980s.

This was the first year of rally point scoring in the NCAA Division I tournament, with games going to 30 points to win. Previous years used the side out scoring (SOS), with 15 points needed to win. Games became "sets" in 2008 and were reduced to 25 points to win.

Records

Long Beach Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
DePaul Conference USA Automatic24-8
Eastern Washington Big Sky Automatic20-5
Fairfield MAAC Automatic19-12
9 Hawaii WAC Automatic26-5
1 Long Beach State Big West Automatic28-0
Minnesota Big Ten At-large17-12
Northern Illinois MAC Automatic24-5
16 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic28-1
Oregon State Pac-10 At-large17-11
Penn Ivy League Automatic18-4
Penn State Big Ten At-large21-7
San Diego West Coast At-large21-8
San Diego State Mountain West At-large16-12
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large17-13
8 UCLA Pac-10 At-large18-8
Washington State Pac-10 At-large17-11
Los Angeles Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic20-8
5 Arizona Pac-10 At-large21-4
Cincinnati Conference USA At-large22-7
Duke ACC At-large22-4
Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic20-8
Georgia Tech ACC At-large19-7
Illinois Big Ten At-large20-8
Liberty Big South Automatic21-10
Louisville Conference USA At-large25-6
Missouri Big 12 At-large20-10
13 Ohio State Big Ten At-large25-3
12 Pacific Big West At-large26-7
Robert Morris Northeast Automatic29-5
4 USC Pac-10 At-large22-3
William & Mary CAA Automatic21-5
Xavier Atlantic 10 Automatic25-5
Stanford Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
BYU Mountain West At-large20-8
Michigan State Big Ten At-large20-7
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic20-7
Nevada WAC At-large17-7
Northeastern America East Automatic23-10
Notre Dame Big East Automatic22-6
San Jose State WAC At-large24-7
Santa Clara West Coast At-large19-9
3 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic27-2
Texas Big 12 At-large16-12
11 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large23-5
Texas Tech Big 12 At-large18-13
Texas-Arlington Southland Automatic24-11
14 Utah Mountain West Automatic23-6
Utah State Big West At-large18-11
6 Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic25-3
Lincoln Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
American Patriot Automatic26-3
Arkansas SEC At-large21-11
Baylor Big 12 At-large18-11
Colorado Big 12 At-large18-10
15 Colorado State Mountain West At-large27-3
FIU Sun Belt Automatic22-7
10 Florida SEC Automatic25-1
Florida A&M MEAC Automatic27-2
Georgia Southern Southern Automatic22-11
Kansas State Big 12 At-large19-7
2 Nebraska Big 12 Automatic27-1
North Carolina ACC Automatic23-8
Oral Roberts Mid-Continent Automatic19-6
7 Pepperdine West Coast Automatic21-3
South Carolina SEC At-large20-5
UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic19-6

Long Beach Regional

First round
November 29–30
Second round
December 1–2
Regional semifinals
December 6–7
Regional finals
December 8–9
            
1 Long Beach State 3
San Diego State 0
1 Long Beach State3
Long Beach, CA
San Diego 0
UCSB 2
San Diego 3
1 Long Beach State3
16 Northern Iowa 0
DePaul 0
Minnesota 3
Minnesota 2
Cedar Falls, IA
16 Northern Iowa3
Northern Illinois 0
16 Northern Iowa 3
1 Long Beach State3
8 UCLA 0
9 Hawaiʻi 3
Washington State 0
9 Hawaiʻi3
Pullman, WA
Eastern Washington 1
Eastern Washington 3
Oregon State 2
9 Hawaiʻi 1
8 UCLA3
Penn State 3
Fairfield 0
Penn State 0
University Park, PA
8 UCLA3
Pennsylvania 0
8 UCLA 3

Los Angeles Regional

First round
November 29–30
Second round
December 1–2
Regional semifinals
December 6–7
Regional finals
December 8–9
            
5 Arizona 3
Eastern Illinois 0
5 Arizona3
Champaign, IL
Illinois 1
Missouri 1
Illinois 3
5 Arizona3
12 Pacific 0
Louisville 3
Georgia Tech 2
Louisville 1
Louisville, KY
12 Pacific3
Alabama A&M 0
12 Pacific 3
5 Arizona3
4 Southern California 2
13 Ohio State 3
Robert Morris 0
13 Ohio State3
Columbus, OH
Cincinnati 1
Cincinnati 3
Xavier 1
13 Ohio State 0
4 Southern California3
Duke 3
William & Mary 0
Duke 0
Los Angeles
4 Southern California3
Liberty 0
4 Southern California 3

Stanford Regional

First round
November 29–30
Second round
December 1–2
Regional semifinals
December 6–7
Regional finals
December 8–9
            
3 Stanford 3
Nevada 0
3 Stanford3
Stanford, CA
San Jose State 0
San Jose State 3
Santa Clara 2
3 Stanford3
14 Utah 1
Utah State 3
BYU 2
Utah State 1
Salt Lake City, UT
14 Utah3
Texas Tech 0
14 Utah 3
3 Stanford3
11 Texas A&M 0
11 Texas A&M 3
UT Arlington 0
11 Texas A&M3
College Station, TX
Texas 0
Northeastern 0
Texas 3
11 Texas A&M3
6 Wisconsin 0
Notre Dame 1
Michigan State 3
Michigan State 0
Madison, WI
6 Wisconsin3
UW–Milwaukee 0
6 Wisconsin 3

Lincoln Regional

First round
November 29–30
Second round
December 1–2
Regional semifinals
December 6–7
Regional finals
December 8–9
            
7 Pepperdine 3
Georgia Southern 0
7 Pepperdine3
Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina 0
North Carolina 3
South Carolina 1
7 Pepperdine 0
10 Florida3
Florida International 3
Central Florida 0
Florida International 0
Gainesville, FL
10 Florida3
Florida A&M 0
10 Florida 3
10 Florida 2
2 Nebraska3
15 Colorado State 3
Baylor 1
15 Colorado State3
Fort Collins, CO
Colorado 2
Colorado 3
American 0
15 Colorado State 1
2 Nebraska3
Kansas State 3
Arkansas 2
Kansas State 1
Manhattan, KS
2 Nebraska3
Oral Roberts 0
2 Nebraska 3

Final Four – Cox Arena, San Diego, CA

National Semifinals
December 13
National Championship
December 15
      
1 Long Beach State3
5 Arizona 0
1 Long Beach State 0
3 Stanford3
3 Stanford3
2 Nebraska 0

National Semifinals

Long Beach State vs. Arizona

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
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Top ranked and undefeated Long Beach State easily defeated Arizona in three sets. Tayyiba Haneef led Long Beach with 21 kills. Long Beach out-hit Arizona .384 to .216, out-blocked the Wildcats 10 to 8 and had 8 service aces while Arizona had just 3. Arizona was led by Shannon Torregrosas's 14 kills. Arizona ended their season at 25-5 with the program's first ever Final Four appearance. Long Beach upped their record to 33-0. [2]

Stanford vs Nebraska

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
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Led by Logan Tom's 22 kills, Stanford knocked off defending national champion Nebraska in three sets. Ogonna Nnamani added 13 kills to help the Cardinal sweep. Stanford out-blocked Nebraska, 12 to 9, and hit .270 as a team while Nebraska hit just .186. Nancy Metcalf led Nebraska with 14 kills as Nebraska ended their season at 31-2. Stanford advanced to the program's ninth NCAA title match.

National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Stanford

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
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In the title match, Stanford stunned top ranked and previously undefeated Long Beach State in three sets.

In game 1, Stanford went up 20-14 before Long Beach State closed the gap to 23-22. Down 26-24, Long Beach State rallied off four straight points, and eventually earned game point at 29-27. The 49'ers squandered both opportunities, with a Logan Tom kill and a Long Beach hitting error tying it up at 29. A Tom kill gave Stanford the game, 31-29. It was the first time all season that Long Beach lost the first game of a match.

In game 2, Stanford went up 11-7, then extended the lead to 20-13. Stanford remained in control, going up 27-20 and earning game point at 29-23. Long Beach State, however, did not go away and reeled off five consecutive points to cut the deficit to 29-28. The comeback ended, however, on a 49er service error giving Stanford the game, 30-28.

Game 3 remained even midway through. Stanford led 15-14 at the media timeout, before a Logan Tom service ace gave the Cardinal some separation at 25-21. Stanford remained ahead, going up 28-24 after an Ogonna Nnamani kill, before earning championship point after a Tom kill. A Stanford block ended the match, 30-25, ending Long Beach State's undefeated season, while Stanford ended their season at 33-2 - with one of the losses coming from Long Beach State earlier in the year.

Stanford won their fifth NCAA title. The win over Long Beach improved Stanford's record to 2-0 against undefeated teams in the national championship, as Stanford beat previously undefeated UCLA in the 1992 final. Stanford head coach John Dunning became the first Division I coach to win the national championship at two different schools, as he led Pacific to back-to-back titles in 1985 and 1986. [3]

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