1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

The 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 21, 1991, when UCLA defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.

1991 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
1991 NCAA Final Four logo
ChampionsUCLA (3rd NCAA (6th National) title)
Runner-upLong Beach State (2nd NCAA (6th National) title match)
Semifinalists
  • Ohio State (1st Final Four)
  • LSU (2nd Final Four)
Winning coachAndy Banachowski (3rd title)
Most outstanding player
  • Natalie Williams (UCLA)
  • Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team

UCLA won the program's third NCAA title and successfully defended their 1990 NCAA title by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15-12, 15-13, UCLA completed off a stunning comeback to take the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11 to win it all.[1]

UCLA's comeback was one of the biggest in NCAA history; only one other team had ever rallied from two games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship (and did not again until 2009). UCLA finished their season 31-5.

The 1991 Final Four was held on the campus of UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.

Records
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Bowling Green Mid-American Automatic 29-4
BYU WAC Automatic 26-4
Colorado Big Eight At-large 25-9
Duke ACC Automatic 25-6
Florida SEC Auto (shared) 33-4
Fresno State Big West At-large 21-12
Georgia SEC At-large 28-7
Hawaii Big West At-large 24-4
Houston Southwest At-large 20-11
Illinois Big Ten At-large 19-9
Long Beach State Big West Automatic 32-1
Louisville Metro Automatic 28-7
LSU SEC Auto (shared) 32-1
Montana Big Sky Automatic 26-3
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic 25-4
New Mexico WAC At-large 22-5
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic 23-7
Ohio State Big Ten Automatic 27-3
Pacific Big West At-large 23-5
Penn State Big Ten At-large 25-5
Pepperdine West Coast Automatic 23-7
Pittsburgh Big East Automatic 28-8
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 Automatic 19-11
Southwest Texas State Southland Automatic 21-15
Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 28-1
Texas Southwest Automatic 19-9
Texas Tech Southwest At-large 25-5
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 21-9
UCLA Pac-10 At-large 26-5
USC Pac-10 At-large 22-7
Washington State Pac-10 At-large 19-9
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 22-9

Brackets

West regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Stanford 3
  Rhode Island 0
  Stanford 3
  Southern California 2
  Southern California 3
  BYU 1
  Stanford 0
  UCLA 3
  UCLA 3
  Pepperdine 0
  UCLA 3
  New Mexico 0
  Washington State 1
  New Mexico 3

Mideast regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Ohio State 3
  Pittsburgh 1
  Ohio State 3
  Penn State 2
  Colorado 2
  Penn State 3
  Ohio State 3
  Nebraska 1
  Bowling Green 0
  Wisconsin 3
  Wisconsin 0
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois 0
  Nebraska 3

South regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  LSU 3
  Houston 0
  LSU 3
  Texas Tech 0
  Texas Tech 3
  Georgia 0
  LSU 3
  Florida 1
  Texas 3
  Duke 0
  Texas 1
  Florida 3
  Louisville 0
  Florida 3

Northwest regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Hawaiʻi 3
  SW Texas State 0
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Pacific 0
  Montana 0
  Pacific 3
  Hawaiʻi 1
  Long Beach State 3
  UCSB 3
  Fresno State 0
  UCSB 0
  Long Beach State 3
  Northern Iowa 0
  Long Beach State 3

Final Four - Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California

National Semifinals National Championship
      
UCLA 3
Ohio State 0
UCLA 3
Long Beach State 2
LSU 1
Long Beach State 3

See also

References

  1. "UCLA wins NCAA volleyball title". Austin American Statesman. 1991-12-22. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
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