1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 15, 1990, when UCLA defeated Pacific 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

1990 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1990 NCAA Final Four logo
ChampionsUCLA (2nd NCAA (5th national) title)
Runner-upPacific (3rd NCAA (4th national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAndy Banachowski (2nd title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
«1989  1991»

UCLA won the program's second NCAA title in women's volleyball by defeating Pacific 15-9, 15-12, 15-7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36-1.[1]

The 1990 Final Four was held at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland.

Records edit

Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
BYU WAC At-large 26-7
Florida State Metro Automatic 25-9
Gonzaga West Coast At-large 25-6
Hawaii Big West Automatic 27-5
Idaho State Big Sky Automatic 22-9
Illinois Big Ten At-large 21-11
Kentucky SEC At-large 21-11
Long Beach State Big West At-large 26-8
Louisville Metro At-large 31-6
LSU SEC Automatic 31-6
Maryland ACC Automatic 22-11
Miami (OH) Mid-American Automatic 25-5
Montana Big Sky At-large 24-6
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic 29-2
New Mexico WAC Automatic 21-6
Ohio State Big Ten At-large 23-7
Pacific Big West At-large 26-6
Penn State Atlantic 10 Automatic 42-0
Pepperdine West Coast Automatic 25-5
Pittsburgh Big East Automatic 31-5
Purdue Big Ten At-large 21-10
San Diego State WAC At-large 23-11
San Jose State Big West At-large 21-7
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley Automatic 24-7
Stanford Pac-10 At-large 25-3
Texas Southwest Automatic 29-3
Texas Tech Southwest At-large 29-2
Texas-Arlington Southland Automatic 18-18
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 21-9
UCLA Pac-12 Automatic 31-1
Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic 28-7
Wyoming WAC At-large 19-9

Brackets edit

West regional edit

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  UCLA 3
  Gonzaga 0
  UCLA 3
  New Mexico 2
  Pepperdine 0
  New Mexico 3
  UCLA 3
  Stanford 0
  BYU 1
  San Diego State 3
  San Diego State 1
  Stanford 3
  Wyoming 0
  Stanford 3

South regional edit

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Texas Tech 3
  UT Arlington 0
  Texas Tech 0
  LSU 3
  LSU 3
  Louisville 0
  LSU 3
  Texas 2
  Kentucky 3
  Florida State 1
  Kentucky 0
  Texas 3
  Maryland 0
  Texas 3

Mideast regional edit

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Penn State 3
  Purdue 0
  Penn State 3
  Wisconsin 0
  Illinois 0
  Wisconsin 3
  Penn State 1
  Nebraska 3
  Ohio State 0
  Pittsburgh 3
  Pittsburgh 0
  Nebraska 3
  Miami (Oh.) 0
  Nebraska 3

Northwest regional edit

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Hawaiʻi 3
  SW Missouri State 0
  Hawaiʻi 1
  Long Beach State 3
  San Jose State 0
  Long Beach State 3
  Long Beach State 0
  Pacific 3
  UCSB 3
  Idaho State 0
  UCSB 0
  Pacific 3
  Montana 0
  Pacific 3

Final Four - Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland edit

National semifinals National championship
      
UCLA 3
LSU 0
UCLA 3
Pacific 0
Nebraska 1
Pacific 3

NCAA tournament records edit

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1990 NCAA tournament.

  • Kills, match (team record) - 112 - Texas vs. LSU

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "UCLA NCAA Women's Victor; Hatchett, Williams Key Win Over Pacific". The Washington Post. December 16, 1990. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2009.