1983 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1983 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament was the third year of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship. It began with 28 teams and ended on December 19 when Hawaiʻi defeated UCLA 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match. Hawaiʻi won their second straight title.

1983 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
Champions	Hawaiʻi (2nd NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-up	UCLA (2nd NCAA (8th national) title match)
Semifinalists	Stanford (2nd Final Four) Pacific (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Dave Shoji (2nd title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Deitre Collins (Hawaiʻi) Joyce Kaapuni (Hawaiʻi) Kori Pulaski (Hawaiʻi) Patty Orozko (UCLA) Kari Rush (Stanford) Jan Sanders (Pacific)

In the consolation match, Stanford defeated Pacific to claim third place.

The Final Four was held in Lexington, Kentucky at the Memorial Coliseum. The championship match attendance of 1,812 remains the lowest attendance ever for an NCAA national championship match.

Brackets

Northwest regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Pacific	3
							California	0
		California	3
		Oregon State	2
												Pacific	3
												Cal Poly	0
		Northwestern	0
		UCSB	3
							UCSB	2
							Cal Poly	3
		San Jose State	1
		Cal Poly	3

Mideast regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							UCLA	3
							Penn State	0
		Providence	0
		Penn State	3
												UCLA	3
												Western Michigan	0
		Illinois State	2
		Purdue	3
							Purdue	2
							Western Michigan	3
		Nebraska	1
		Western Michigan	3

South regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Hawaiʻi	3
							Tennessee	0
		Florida State	2
		Tennessee	3
												Hawaiʻi	3
												Kentucky	1
		Lamar	0
		Texas	3
							Texas	2
							Kentucky	3
		North Carolina	0
		Kentucky	3

West regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Stanford	3
							BYU	1
		Arizona State	0
		BYU	3
												Stanford	3
												San Diego State	0
		Southern California	2
		Arizona	3
							Arizona	1
							San Diego State	3
		Colorado State	0
		San Diego State	3

Final Four - Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky

	Semifinals					Finals
	Pacific		0
	UCLA		3
						UCLA		0
						Hawaiʻi		3
	Hawaiʻi		3
	Stanford		0			Third place
						Pacific		1
						Stanford		3

NCAA Tournament records

There are four NCAA tournament records that were set during the 1983 NCAA tournament that have not yet been broken.

• Solo blocks, match (individual record) - Marsha Bond, Kentucky - 11 (vs. Hawaiʻi)
• Solo blocks, match (team record) - 25 (Kentucky vs. Hawaiʻi)
• Solo blocks, tournament (team record) - Hawaiʻi, 35 (11 vs. Tennessee, 10 vs. Kentucky, 6 vs. Stanford, 8 vs. UCLA)
• Hitting percentage, match (team record) - Stanford, .667 (vs. Pacific)