1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.
| 1985 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament | |
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| Champions | Pacific (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Stanford (2nd title match) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | John Dunning (1st title) |
| Final Four All-Tournament Team |
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Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.[1]
Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.[1]
In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.
Brackets
West regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | |||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | ||||||||||||
Mideast regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | |||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||
South regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | |||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Georgia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Florida State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | ||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | ||||||||||||
Northwest regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | |||||||||||
| Pacific | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | ||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pacific | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | ||||||||||||
| UCSB | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | ||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 0 | ||||||||||||
Final Four - Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo, Michigan
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Stanford | 3 | |||||||
| Southern California | 1 | |||||||
| Stanford | 1 | |||||||
| Pacific | 3 | |||||||
| UCLA | 1 | |||||||
| Pacific | 3 | Third place | ||||||
| Southern California | 3 | |||||||
| UCLA | 2 | |||||||
See also
References
- (12-23-1985). "Stanford loses in NCAA final" San Jose Mercury News.