2006 NCAA men's volleyball tournament

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2006 NCAA men's volleyball tournament
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Tournament details
DatesMay 2006
Teams4
Final positions
Champions UCLA (19th title)
Runners-up Penn State (4th title match)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Attendance8,916 (2,972 per match)
Awards
Best player Steve Klosterman (UCLA)
  2005
2007  

The 2006 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 37th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania during May 2006. [1]

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UCLA defeated Penn State in the final match, 3–0 (30–27, 30–27, 30–27), to win their nineteenth national title. The Bruins (26–12) were coached by Al Scates. This was Scates' final title before retiring in 2012; Scates was with the Bruins for all 19 of their championships.

UCLA's Steve Klosterman was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Klosterman, along with six other players, comprised the All Tournament Team.

Qualification

Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.

TeamAppearancePrevious
UC Irvine 1stNever
IPFW 5th 1999
Penn State 21st 2005
UCLA 25th 2005

Tournament bracket

SemifinalsChampionship
              
UCLA (3) 303130
IPFW (0) 25 23 28
UCLA (3) 303030
Penn State (0) 27 27 27
Penn State (3) 323031 27 15
UC Irvine (2) 30 23 333013

All tournament team

See also

References

  1. "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 9, 2015.