1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

1989 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
Champions Long Beach State (1st NCAA (3rd National) title)
Runner-up Nebraska (2nd title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Brian Gimmillaro (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Tara Cross (Long Beach State)
  • Sheri Sanders (Long Beach State)
  • Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
  • Val Novak (Nebraska)
  • Eileen Shannon (Nebraska)
  • Chris Rudiger (UT Arlington)


The 1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 16, 1989 when Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

Led by AVCA co-National Player of the Year Tara Cross's 20 kills, Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 15-12, 15-0, 15-6 to win the school's first NCAA championship. Nebraska made the program's second championship match appearance.[1]

The 1989 Final Four was held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brackets

Northwest regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Eastern Washington 0
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Cal Poly 2
  UCSB 2
  Cal Poly 3
  Hawaiʻi 2
  Long Beach State 3
  Long Beach State 3
  San Diego State 0
  Long Beach State 3
  Pacific 1
  Pacific 3
  San Jose State 0

South regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Texas 3
  Western Michigan 0
  Texas 3
  California 0
  Florida State 1
  California 3
  Texas 0
  UT Arlington 3
  LSU 3
  Houston 2
  LSU 0
  UT Arlington 3
  UT Arlington 3
  North Carolina 1

Mideast regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois State 0
  Nebraska 3
  Minnesota 1
  Colorado 0
  Minnesota 3
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois 1
  Illinois 3
  Penn State 0
  Illinois 3
  Ohio State 2
  Ohio State 3
  Iowa 0

West regional

First Round Regional Semifinal Regional Final
         
  UCLA 3
  Pepperdine 1
  UCLA 3
  Arizona 0
  Oregon 0
  Arizona 3
  UCLA 3
  Wyoming 0
  Stanford 3
  Southern California 1
  Stanford 2
  Wyoming 3
  Washington 0
  Wyoming 3

Final Four - Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

National Semifinals
December 14
National Championship
December 16
      
Long Beach State 3
UT Arlington 1
Long Beach State 3
Nebraska 0
Nebraska 3
UCLA 0

NCAA tournament records

There are 4 NCAA tournaments record that were set in the 1989 NCAA tournament that still stand today.

See also

References

  1. "Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown". Austin-American Statesman. 1989-12-18. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
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