2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2009 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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2009 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions Penn State (4th title)
Runner-up Texas (3rd NCAA (4th national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Russ Rose (4th title)
Most outstanding player Destinee Hooker (Texas)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Alisha Glass (Penn St.)
  • Megan Hodge (Penn St.)
  • Arielle Wilson (Penn St.)
  • Ashley Engle (Texas)
  • Juliann Faucette (Texas)
  • Hailey Cowles (Minnesota)
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The 2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).

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Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.

Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.

Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in an NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.

Records

Gainesville Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [1] Record
Army Patriot Automatic10126-5
Baylor Big 12 At-large3322-9
Binghamton America East Automatic17715-15
9 California Pac-10 At-large1018-10
Cincinnati Big East At-large4325-10
College of Charleston Southern Automatic9218-12
FIU Sun Belt At-large1531-3
16 Florida SEC At-large1423-5
Georgia Tech ACC At-large4521-9
Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic3428-3
Long Beach State Big West Automatic3922-8
Miami (FL) ACC At-large4218-12
Ohio State Big Ten At-large2924-9
Penn Ivy League Automatic8922-5
1 Penn State Big Ten Automatic232-0
8 UCLA Pac-10 At-large923-8
Stanford Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic1929-3
12 Hawaiʻi WAC Automatic1827-2
5 Illinois Big Ten At-large424-5
IPFW Summit Automatic12720-11
Long Island Northeast Automatic18421-13
13 Michigan Big Ten At-large1124-9
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic13916-14
New Mexico Mountain West At-large4420-9
Niagara MAAC Automatic15023-8
Notre Dame Big East At-large2021-6
Ohio MAC Automatic2726-6
Oklahoma Big 12 At-large4918-11
St. Mary's (Cal.) West Coast Automatic3622-4
4 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic521-7
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large4822-7
USC Pac-10 At-large2121-9
Minneapolis Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic23722-12
Clemson ACC At-large5823-9
Colorado State Mountain West Automatic2323-5
Duke ACC At-large3027-5
Florida A&M MEAC Automatic13217-8
3 Florida State ACC Automatic328-2
Jacksonville State OVC Automatic8526-7
Kentucky SEC At-large2627-4
Louisville Big East Automatic3821-10
Michigan State Big Ten At-large4117-15
Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Automatic3125-9
11 Minnesota Big Ten At-large824-8
Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic9821-11
14 Oregon Pac-10 At-large2119-9
Tennessee SEC At-large1723-7
6 Washington Pac-10 At-large723-5
Omaha Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Arizona Pac-10 At-large2519-10
Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic13320-13
George Mason Colonial Automatic6023-8
7 Iowa State Big 12 At-large625-4
15 LSU SEC Automatic1324-6
10 Nebraska Big 12 At-large1223-6
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic1630-2
Rice Conference USA Automatic3223-8
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 At-large2424-7
TCU Mountain West At-large3726-6
2 Texas Big 12 Automatic124-1
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large4018-10
Texas State Southland Automatic10622-12
Tulane Conference USA At-large3518-9
Washington State Pac-10 At-large5518-12
Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large2825-6

Gainesville Regional

First round
December 3–5
Second round
December 4–6
Regional semifinals
December 11
Regional finals
December 12
            
1 Penn State 3
  Binghamton 0
1 Penn State3
University Park, PA
Penn 0
  Army 1
  Penn 3
1 Penn State3
16 Florida 0
  Miami (FL) 2
  Florida International 3
FIU 0
Gainesville, FL
16 Florida3
  College of Charleston 0
16 Florida 3
1 Penn State3
9 California 0
9 California 3
  Lipscomb 0
9 California3
Columbus, OH
Ohio State 1
  Cincinnati 0
  Ohio State 3
9 California3
Baylor 0
  Georgia Tech 0
  Baylor 3
Baylor3
Los Angeles, CA
8 UCLA 1
  Long Beach State 0
8 UCLA 3

Gainesville all-tournament team

Megan Hodge Penn State (MVP)

Kelly Murphy Florida

Callie Rivers Florida

Blair Brown Penn State

Darcy Dorton Penn State

Alisha Glass Penn State

Arielle Wilson Penn State

Stanford Regional

First round
December 3–5
Second round
December 4–6
Regional semifinals
December 11
Regional finals
December 12
            
5 Illinois 3
  IPFW 0
5 Illinois3
Champaign, IL
Dayton 1
  Milwaukee 2
  Dayton 3
5 Illinois 1
12 Hawaiʻi3
  Southern California 3
  Oklahoma 0
Southern California 1
Los Angeles, CA
12 Hawaiʻi3
  New Mexico 0
12 Hawaiʻi 3
12 Hawaiʻi3
13 Michigan 0
13 Michigan 3
  Niagara 0
13 Michigan3
Ann Arbor, MI
Ohio 2
  Ohio 3
  Notre Dame 2
13 Michigan3
4 Stanford 1
  St. Mary's (CA) 3
  UC Santa Barbara 2
St. Mary's (CA) 2
Palo Alto, CA
4 Stanford3
  Long Island 0
4 Stanford 3

Stanford region all-tournament team

Kanani Danielson Hawaii (MVP)

Amber Kaufman Hawaii

Stephanie Ferrell Hawaii

Alex Hunt Michigan

Lexi Zimmerman Michigan

Alix Klineman Stanford

Cassidy Lichtman Stanford

Minneapolis Regional

First round
December 3–5
Second round
December 4–6
Regional semifinals
December 11
Regional finals
December 12
            
3 Florida State 3
  Alabama A&M 0
3 Florida State3
Tallahassee, FL
Jacksonville State 0
  Florida A&M 2
  Jacksonville State 3
3 Florida State3
Kentucky 2
  Kentucky 3
  Michigan State 0
Kentucky3
Lexington, KY
14 Oregon 0
  Clemson 0
14 Oregon 3
3 Florida State 1
11 Minnesota3
11 Minnesota 3
  Louisville 1
11 Minnesota3
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee 0
  Duke 1
  Tennessee 3
11 Minnesota3
Colorado State 1
  Colorado State 3
  Middle Tennessee State 2
Colorado State3
Fort Collins, CO
6 Washington 1
  Northern Colorado 1
6 Washington 3

Minneapolis region all-tournament team

Hailey Cowles Minnesota (MVP)

Mira Djuric Florida State

Rachael Morgan Florida State

Stephanie Neville Florida State

Taylor Carico Minnesota

Lauren Gibbemeyer Minnesota

Christine Tan Minnesota

Omaha Regional

First round
December 3–5
Second round
December 4–6
Regional semifinals
December 11
Regional finals
December 12
            
7 Iowa State 3
  George Mason 0
7 Iowa State3
Ames, IA
Wichita State 0
  Wichita State 3
  St. Louis 0
7 Iowa State 0
10 Nebraska3
  Washington State 0
  Northern Iowa 3
Northern Iowa 0
Lincoln, NE
10 Nebraska3
  Coastal Carolina 0
10 Nebraska 3
10 Nebraska 1
2 Texas3
15 LSU 3
  Tulane 0
15 LSU 2
Baton Rouge, LA
Texas A&M3
  Arizona 1
  Texas A&M 3
Texas A&M 0
2 Texas3
  TCU 3
  Rice 0
TCU 0
Austin, TX
2 Texas3
  Texas State 0
2 Texas 3

Omaha region all-tournament team

Destinee Hooker Texas (MVP)

Rachael Hockaday Iowa State

Kayla Banwarth Nebraska

Lindsey Licht Nebraska

Ashley Engle Texas

Julianne Faucette Texas

Heather Kisner Texas

Final Four – St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

National Semifinals
December 17
National Championship
December 19
      
1 Penn State3
12 Hawaiʻi 1
1 Penn State3
2 Texas 2
11 Minnesota 0
2 Texas3

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