2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2011 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship
Champions UCLA (4th NCAA (7th national) title)
Runner-up Illinois (1st title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Michael Sealy (1st title)
Most outstanding playerRachael Kidder (UCLA)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
Alex Jupiter (USC)
Zoe Nightingale (UCLA)
Lauren Van Orden (UCLA)
Annie Luhrsen (Illinois) Michelle Bartsch (Illinois)
Colleen Ward (Illinois)
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The 2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 1, 2011 and ended on December 17 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas when UCLA defeated Illinois 3 sets to 1 in the national championship match.

Contents

Qualifying teams

Records

Lexington Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [1] Record
American Patriot Automatic9423-10
Arizona Pac-12 At-large4919-12
Dayton Atlantic-10 Automatic3625-6
Delaware Colonial Automatic7920-12
Kentucky SEC At-large1326-5
Liberty Big South Automatic14520-12
Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic8920-10
Long Beach State Big West Automatic4123-6
Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC Automatic19524-6
Michigan State Big Ten At-large3721-11
8 Penn State Big Ten At-large1123-7
San Diego West Coast At-large2527-4
1 Texas Big 12 Automatic222-4
16 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large1722-7
Texas State Southland Automatic7227-7
9 UCLA Pac-12 At-large1524-6
Minneapolis Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Albany America East Automatic8521-8
Ball State MAC At-large3425-7
Cincinnati Big East Automatic1926-9
12 Florida State Atlantic Coast Automatic1024-6
4 Iowa State Big 12 At-large322-5
Louisville Big East At-large3823-8
Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast At-large2225-4
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic5025-4
13 Minnesota Big Ten At-large1218-11
Morehead State Ohio Valley Automatic8626-7
North Dakota State Summit Automatic4226-8
Northern Illinois MAC At-large1428-6
5 Purdue Big Ten At-large627-4
Samford Southern Automatic6229-4
Washington Pac-12 At-large3523-7
Western Michigan MAC At-large3224-8
Gainesville Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Baylor Big 12 At-large4618-14
Central Michigan MAC Automatic7419-13
Duke Atlantic Coast At-large4321-8
Florida SEC At-large2024-5
3 Illinois Big Ten At-large127-4
Marquette Big East At-large4023-10
Michigan Big Ten At-large2320-12
Middle Tennessee Sun Belt At-large4521-11
Missouri Big 12 At-large3321-12
Niagara MAAC Automatic14825-8
6 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic532-1
Ohio State Big Ten At-large4819-14
Sacred Heart Northeast Automatic8027-7
11 Stanford Pac-12 At-large1821-7
14 Tennessee SEC Automatic927-3
Western Kentucky Sun Belt Automatic2131-3
Honolulu Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
California Pac-12 At-large2926-6
Colorado State Mountain West Automatic2823-5
10 Hawaiʻi WAC Automatic729-1
Jackson State SWAC Automatic21729-9
Kansas State Big 12 At-large2620-10
Missouri State Missouri Valley At-large4422-8
2 Nebraska Big Ten Automatic424-4
North Carolina Atlantic Coast At-large3123-8
Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic10822-8
Oklahoma Big 12 At-large2721-11
Oregon Pac-12 At-large3021-9
15 Pepperdine West Coast Automatic1622-6
Tulsa Conference USA Automatic2427-6
7 USC Pac-12 Automatic825-4
Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large3921-10
Yale Ivy Automatic9118-6

Lexington Regional

First round
December 1–2
Second round
December 2–3
Regional semifinals
December 9
Regional finals
December 10
            
1 Texas3
 Texas State 0
1 Texas3
Austin, TX
Michigan State 0
 Michigan State3
 Arizona 1
1 Texas3
Kentucky 1
 Kentucky3
 Dayton 2
Kentucky3
College Station, TX
16 Texas A&M 0
 Lipscomb 1
16 Texas A&M3
1 Texas 1
9 UCLA3
9 UCLA3
 UMES 0
9 UCLA3
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego 1
 Long Beach State 1
 San Diego3
9 UCLA3
8 Penn State 0
 Delaware3
 American 1
Delaware 0
University Park, PA
8 Penn State3
 Liberty 0
8 Penn State3

Minneapolis Regional

First round
December 1–2
Second round
December 2–3
Regional semifinals
December 9
Regional finals
December 10
            
5 Purdue3
 Morehead State 0
5 Purdue3
West Lafayette, IN
Louisville 1
 Ball State 0
 Louisville3
5 Purdue 1
12 Florida State3
 Cincinnati3
 Samford 2
Cincinnati 2
Tallahassee, FL
12 Florida State3
 Albany (NY) 0
12 Florida State3
12 Florida State3
4 Iowa State 2
13 Minnesota3
 North Dakota State 0
13 Minnesota3
Minneapolis, MN
Washington 2
 Western Michigan 1
 Washington3
13 Minnesota 1
4 Iowa State3
 Northern Illinois 1
 Miami (FL)3
Miami (FL) 0
Ames, IA
4 Iowa State3
 Milwaukee 0
4 Iowa State3

Gainesville Regional

First round
December 1–2
Second round
December 2–3
Regional semifinals
December 9
Regional finals
December 10
            
3 Illinois3
 Central Michigan 0
3 Illinois3
Champaign, IL
Marquette 0
 Marquette3
 Western Kentucky 1
3 Illinois3
Ohio State 1
 Ohio State3
 Middle Tennessee State 1
Ohio State3
Knoxville, TN
14 Tennessee 2
 Duke 1
14 Tennessee3
3 Illinois3
Florida 1
11 Stanford3
 Sacred Heart 1
11 Stanford 1
Stanford, CA
Michigan3
 Baylor 1
 Michigan3
 Michigan 0
 Florida3
 Florida3
 Missouri 1
Florida3
Cedar Falls, IA
6 Northern Iowa 1
 Niagara 0
6 Northern Iowa3

Honolulu Regional

First round
December 1–2
Second round
December 2–3
Regional semifinals
December 9
Regional finals
December 10
            
7 Southern California3
 Yale 0
7 Southern California3
Los Angeles, CA
Tulsa 0
 Tulsa3
 Oklahoma 1
7 Southern California3
10 Hawaiʻi 2
 Oregon 2
 Colorado State3
Colorado State 1
Honolulu, HI
10 Hawaiʻi3
 Northern Colorado 0
10 Hawaiʻi3
7 Southern California3
15 Pepperdine 2
15 Pepperdine3
 Missouri State 0
15 Pepperdine3
Malibu, CA
North Carolina 0
 North Carolina3
 California 2
15 Pepperdine3
Kansas State 0
 Kansas State3
 Wichita State 0
Kansas State3
Lincoln, NE
2 Nebraska 2
 Jackson State 0
2 Nebraska3

Final Four - Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

National Semifinals
December 15
National Championship
December 17
      
9 UCLA3
12 Florida State 0
9UCLA3
3 Illinois 1
3 Illinois3
7 Southern California 2

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