1991 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

1991 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament

1991 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions UCLA (3rd NCAA (6th National) title)
Runner-up Long Beach State (2nd NCAA (6th National) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Andy Banachowski (3rd title)
Most outstanding player
  • Natalie Williams (UCLA)
  • Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team

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.

UCLA won the program's third NCAA title and successfly 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 2 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.

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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