2002 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2002 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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2002 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Southern California (2nd NCAA (5th national) title)
Runner-up Stanford (10th title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mick Haley (2nd title)
Most outstanding playerKeao Burdine (Southern California)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
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The 2002 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 5, 2002 with 64 teams and concluded on December 21 when Southern California defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana for the program's second NCAA title and fifth overall national title.

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It was Southern California's first national title since 1981, while Stanford was the defending 2001 national champion. Semifinalist Hawaiʻi was making the program's seventh NCAA final four appearance, while Florida made the program's first final four appearance in four years.

Records

The conference champion from each of 31 conferences earned a bid to the 2002 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, along with 33 at-large bids. The Big Ten and Pac-10 led all conferences with eight bids each. In all, ten conferences had a team ranked in the top 16 of the tournament. As of 2017, this is the most conferences represented by seeded teams in a single tournament in the 64-team era (since 1998).

West Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Cal Poly Big West At-large15-12
California Pac-10 At-large19-11
College of Charleston Southern Automatic29-5
Fresno State WAC At-large23-6
George Mason CAA Automatic22-7
Long Beach State Big West At-large28-3
Michigan State Big Ten At-large19-11
16 Notre Dame Big East Automatic23-7
9 Pepperdine West Coast Automatic23-6
San Diego West Coast At-large25-7
Santa Clara West Coast At-large24-6
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large20-9
UCLA Pac-10 At-large19-13
8 UC Santa Barbara Big West Automatic28-2
1 USC Pac-10 Automatic25-1
Utah Mountain West Automatic25-8
East Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
5 Florida SEC Automatic30-2
Florida State ACC At-large21-12
Kansas State Big 12 At-large20-8
Manhattan MAAC Automatic30-2
Michigan Big Ten At-large16-14
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic20-13
Missouri Big 12 At-large25-7
4 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic32-2
Northwestern Big Ten At-large17-15
Oral Roberts Mid-Continent Automatic22-10
Penn Ivy League Automatic22-4
12 Penn State Big Ten At-large24-7
South Florida Conference USA Automatic29-6
Temple Atlantic 10 Automatic26-6
UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic22-12
13 Washington State Pac-10 At-large21-7
Central Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic24-7
American Patriot Automatic26-7
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large14-11
Cincinnati Conference USA At-large23-8
Colorado State Mountain West At-large22-9
Duke ACC At-large24-9
6 Hawaii WAC Automatic30-1
Miami (FL) Big East At-large25-5
3 Nebraska Big 12 Automatic27-1
11 North Carolina ACC At-large30-3
South Carolina SEC At-large21-6
Tennessee-Martin Ohio Valley Automatic24-5
Washington Pac-10 At-large19-10
Western Kentucky Sun Belt Automatic33-4
Winthrop Big South Automatic28-10
14 Wisconsin Big Ten At-large23-8
Pacific Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
10 Arizona Pac-10 At-large17-11
Ball State MAC Automatic25-7
Florida A&M MEAC Automatic23-6
Georgia Tech ACC Automatic32-5
Indiana Big Ten At-large20-12
Louisville Conference USA At-large27-5
7 Minnesota Big Ten Automatic30-5
Nevada WAC At-large22-9
New Hampshire America East Automatic23-10
15 Ohio State Big Ten At-large19-10
Pacific Big West At-large18-12
Robert Morris Northeast Automatic27-11
Sacramento State Big Sky Automatic24-10
2 Stanford Pac-10 At-large27-4
Texas Big 12 At-large22-8
Texas-Arlington Southland Automatic26-6

West Regional (Santa Barbara)

First round
December 5-7
Second round
December 7-8
Regional semifinals
December 12-13
Regional finals
December 13-14
            
1 Southern California 3
San Diego 0
1 Southern California3
Los Angeles, CA
Texas A&M 0
Utah 0
Texas A&M 3
1 Southern California3
Michigan State 0
Michigan State 3
George Mason 0
Michigan State3
Notre Dame, IN
16 Notre Dame 0
College of Charleston 1
16 Notre Dame 3
1 Southern California3
9 Pepperdine 0
9 Pepperdine 3
Cal Poly 0
9 Pepperdine3
Malibu, CA
UCLA 1
UCLA 3
Long Beach State 0
9 Pepperdine3
8 UCSB 1
Santa Clara 1
California 3
California 0
Santa Barbara, CA
8 UCSB3
Fresno State 1
8 UCSB 3

East Regional (Gainesville)

First round
December 5-7
Second round
December 7-8
Regional semifinals
December 12-13
Regional finals
December 13-14
            
5 Florida 3
Central Florida 0
5 Florida3
Gainesville, FL
South Florida 1
Florida State 0
South Florida 3
5 Florida3
Temple 0
Temple 3
Manhattan 1
Temple3
University Park, PA
12 Penn State 1
Pennsylvania 0
12 Penn State 3
5 Florida3
13 Washington State 1
13 Washington State 3
Oral Roberts 0
13 Washington State3
Manhattan, KS
Kansas State 1
Michigan 0
Kansas State 3
13 Washington State3
4 Northern Iowa 0
Missouri 3
Northwestern 1
Missouri 2
Cedar Falls, IA
4 Northern Iowa3
UW–Milwaukee 1
4 Northern Iowa 3

Central Regional (Lincoln)

First round
December 5-7
Second round
December 7-8
Regional semifinals
December 12-13
Regional finals
December 13-14
            
3 Nebraska 3
Tennessee-Martin 0
3 Nebraska3
Lincoln, NE
Arizona State 0
Arizona State 3
Cincinnati 2
3 Nebraska3
Miami (FL) 0
Miami (FL) 3
Duke 0
Miami (FL)3
Madison, WI
14 Wisconsin 1
Alabama A&M 0
14 Wisconsin 3
3 Nebraska 1
6 Hawaiʻi3
11 North Carolina 3
Winthrop 0
11 North Carolina3
Chapel Hill, NC
South Carolina 1
American 1
South Carolina 3
11 North Carolina 0
6 Hawaiʻi3
Washington 3
Colorado State 1
Washington 0
Honolulu, HI
6 Hawaiʻi3
Western Kentucky 0
6 Hawaiʻi 3

Pacific Regional (Stanford)

First round
December 5-7
Second round
December 7-8
Regional semifinals
December 12-13
Regional finals
December 13-14
            
7 Minnesota 3
New Hampshire 1
7 Minnesota3
Minneapolis, MN
Georgia Tech 1
Florida A&M 0
Georgia Tech 3
7 Minnesota 1
10 Arizona3
Texas 3
Indiana 2
Texas 2
Tucson, AZ
10 Arizona3
Texas-Arlington 0
10 Arizona 3
10 Arizona 0
2 Stanford3
15 Ohio State 3
Robert Morris 0
15 Ohio State3
Columbus, OH
Louisville 0
Ball State 0
Louisville 3
15 Ohio State 0
2 Stanford3
Pacific 3
Nevada 2
Pacific 1
Stanford, CA
2 Stanford3
Sacramento State 0
2 Stanford 3

Final Four – New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

National Semifinals
December 19
National Championship
December 21
      
1 Southern California3
5 Florida 1
1 Southern California3
2 Stanford 1
3 Hawaii 0
2 Stanford3

National Semifinals

Southern California vs. Florida

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4
USC24303030
FLA30252624

When Florida took the first set, it was the first time in 6 NCAA Semifinal appearances that a Florida team was able to win a single set. [1] However, the rest didn't go their way as USC won the next three to advance to the national championship. In the deciding fourth set, USC took the 16-8 lead before Florida came back to cut the lead to 19-17, but the Gators were unable to take the lead before USC won the fourth set, 30-24 and the match.

Stanford vs. Hawaiʻi

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3
STAN303030
HAW252724

Stanford got a chance to defend their 2001 NCAA title after dismantling Hawaiʻi, 3-0. The 3-0 loss was only Hawaiʻi's second loss of the season, with their other loss coming to Stanford in a 3-0 sweep in the preseason. Ogonna Nnamani led Stanford with 15 kills, while Hawaiʻi was led by Kim Willoughby who had 22 kills.

National Championship: Southern California vs. Stanford

TeamsGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4
USC30233030
STAN27302426

USC dethroned defending NCAA national champion Stanford in a 3-1 match to finish the season 31-1, with their only loss coming to Stanford. In set one, USC had 22 kills while Stanford had just 8, leading them to a 30-27 victory. In set two, Stanford came back to take 9 of the first 12 points en route to the easy 30-23.

USC sprinted to the 19-10 lead in set 3, before the Cardinal cut the advantage at 20-17. USC's offense proved to be too much, as they won it 30-24. In set 4, USC cruised out to an early 6-1 lead and then 17-11. The lead soon disappeared, with Stanford tying it up at 19, before USC pulled away again to win the fourth set 30-26 and take home the national title. It was USC's first national championship since 1981, the first year that NCAA started to sponsor women's volleyball. [2]

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