2014 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

2014 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
2014 Division I Championship
Champions	Penn State (7th title)
Runner-up	BYU (1st title match)
Semifinalists	Texas (10th Final Four) Stanford (17th Final Four)
Winning coach	Russ Rose (7th title)
Most outstanding player	Megan Courtney Penn State

The 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 4 and will end on December 20 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[1] The tournament field was announced on November 30.

Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualify automatically. Twenty-two conferences hold tournaments, while the other ten award their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that do not hold tournaments are the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids are apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall are seeded.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Berth type
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic
2	Texas	Big 12	Automatic
3	Washington	Pac-12	At-Large
4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Automatic
5	Penn State	Big Ten	At-Large
6	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
7	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	Automatic
8	Florida	Southeastern	Automatic
9	Illinois	Big Ten	At-Large
10	Oregon	Pac-12	At-Large
11	Arizona	Pac-12	At-Large
12	UCLA	Pac-12	At-Large
13	Kentucky	Southeastern	At-Large
14	Nebraska	Big Ten	At-Large
15	Colorado State	Mountain West	Automatic
16	Kansas	Big 12	At-Large
	Alabama	Southeastern	At-Large
	Alabama State	Southwestern Athletic	Automatic
	American	Patriot	Automatic
	Arizona State	Pac-12	At-Large
	Bakersfield	Western Athletic	Automatic
	BYU	West Coast	Automatic
	Coastal Carolina	Big South	Automatic
	Colorado	Pac-12	At-Large
	Creighton	Big East	Automatic
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	Automatic
	Denver	Summit League	Automatic
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
	Hampton	Mid-Eastern Athletic	Automatic
	Hawaii	Big West	At-Large
	Hofstra	Colonial Athletic	Automatic
	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	Automatic
	Iowa State	Big-12	At-Large
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic
	Kansas State	Big-12	At-Large
	Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun	At-Large
	LIU-Brooklyn	Northeast	Automatic
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic
	Loyola Maramount	West Coast	At-Large
	LSU	Southeastern	At-Large
	Marquette	Big East	At-Large
	Miami	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-Large
	Murray State	Ohio Valley	Automatic
	New Hampshire	America East	Automatic
	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	Automatic
	Northwestern State	Southland	Automatic
	Oakland	Horizon League	Automatic
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-Large
	Oklahoma	Big-12	At-Large
	Oregon State	Pac-12	At-Large
	Samford	Southern	Automatic
	San Diego	West Coast	At-Large
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-Large
	Seton Hall	Big East	At-Large
	Siena	Metro Atlantic	Automatic
	Texas A&M	Southeastern	At-Large
	UALR	Sun Belt	Automatic
	UCF	American Athletic	Automatic
	USC	Pac-12	At-Large
	Utah	Pac-12	At-Large
	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	Automatic
	Western Michigan	Mid-American	Automatic
	Yale	Ivy League	Automatic

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2014, those sites were hosted by Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, and Washington. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.^[3]

Ames Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals


1	Stanford	3

	CS Bakersfield	0
			1	Stanford	3
Stanford, CA
				Michigan St.	1
	Michigan State	3

	Loyola Maramount	1
						1	Stanford	3

							Oregon State	1
	Creighton	1

	Oregon State	3
			Oregon St.		3
Lawrence, KS
			Arkansas Little Rock		2
	Arkansas Little Rock	3

16	Kansas	2
									1	Stanford	3

									8	Florida	0
9	Illinois	3

	Murray State	0
			9	Illinois	3
Champaign, IL
				Iowa St.	0
	Western Kentucky	0

	Iowa State	3
						9	Illinois	2

						8	Florida	3
	UCF	2

	Miami	3
				Miami	1
Gainesville, FL
			8	Florida	3
	Alabama St	0

8	Florida	3

Minneapolis Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals


2	Texas	3

	Northwestern St.	0
			2	Texas	3
Austin, TX
				Arizona St.	0
	Texas A&M	1

	Arizona St.	3
						2	Texas	3

						15	Colorado St.	0
	Northern Colorado	1

	Colorado	3
				Colorado	2
Fort Collins, CO
			15	Colorado St.	3
	Denver	0

15	Colorado St.	3
									2	Texas	3

									7	North Carolina	1
10	Oregon	3

	Santa Clara	0
			10	Oregon	3
Eugene, OR
				LSU	1
	Oklahoma	0

	LSU	3
						10	Oregon	1

						7	North Carolina	3
	Coastal Carolina	0

	USC	3
				USC	1
Chapel Hill, NC
			7	North Carolina	3
	Hampton	0

7	North Carolina	3

Seattle Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals


3	Washington	3

	New Hampshire	0
			3	Washington	3
Seattle, WA
				Hawaii	1
	Hawaii	3

	Duke	0
						3	Washington	1

						14	Nebraska	3
	Kansas St.	0

	Utah	3
				Utah	2
Lincoln, NE
			14	Nebraska	3
	Hofstra	0

14	Nebraska	3
									14	Nebraska	0

										BYU	3
11	Arizona	3

	Yale	0
			11	Arizona	1
Tucson, AZ
				BYU	3
	Seton Hall	0

	BYU	3
							BYU	3

						6	Florida St.	1
	Alabama	3

	Samford	2
				Alabama	0
Tallahassee, FL
			6	Florida St.	3
	Jacksonville	0

6	Florida St	3

Louisville Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals


4	Wisconsin	3

	Western Michigan	0
			4	Wisconsin	3
Madison, WI
				Illinois St.	0
	Marquette	2

	Illinois St.	3
						4	Wisconsin	3

							Ohio St.	2
	Lipscomb	0

	Ohio State	3
				Ohio St.	3
Lexington, KY
			13	Kentucky	1
	Oakland	0

13	Kentucky	3
									4	Wisconsin	1

									5	Penn St.	3
12	UCLA	3

	LIU Brooklyn	0
			12	UCLA	3
Los Angeles, CA
				Long Beach St.	0
	Long Beach St.	3

	San Diego	0
						12	UCLA	0

						5	Penn St.	3
	American	1

	Dayton	3
				Dayton	0
University Park, PA
			5	Penn St.	3
	Siena	0

5	Penn State	3

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Championship


1	Stanford	1

5	Penn State	3
			5	Penn State	3

				BYU	0
2	Texas	1

	BYU	3

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

Megan Courtney - Penn State (Most Outstanding Player)

Micha Hancock - Penn State

Ali Frantti - Penn State

Jennifer Hamson - BYU

Alexa Gray - BYU

Brittany Howard - Stanford

Chiaka Ogbogu - Texas

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Big Ten	6	17-5	.773	6	5	3	1	1	1
West Coast	4	5-4	.556	1	1	1	1	1	0 !–
Pac-12	10	17-10	.630	10	5	1	1	0 !–	0 !–
Big 12	5	5-5	.500	2	1	1	1	0 !–	0 !–
Southeastern	5	6-5	.545	4	1	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Atlantic Coast	4	6-4	.600	3	2	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Mountain West	1	2-1	.667	1	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Big West	2	2-2	.500	2	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Atlantic 10	1	1-1	.500	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Missouri Valley	1	1-1	.500	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Sun Belt	1	1-1	.500	1	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Big East	3	0-3	.000	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Atlantic Sun	2	0-2	.000	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–
Other	19	0-19	.000	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

Television

Select first and second round games were broadcast on local networks (NET, Longhorn Network, OC Sports, Pac-12 Network, SEC+, and ESPN3). ESPN3 aired 7 of the 8 Regional Semifinals, with ESPNU airing one (Nebraska/Washington). ESPNU aired all the Regional Finals, and ESPN2 had the National Semifinals and Finals. Below are the ESPN announcing assignments for Volleyball Tournament games.^[4]

Beth Mowins, Karch Kiraly (Ames), & Holly Rowe (Oklahoma City)
Melissa Lee & Missy Whittemore (Louisville)
Paul Sunderland & Maria Taylor (Minneapolis)
Sam Gore & Holly McPeak (Seattle)

References

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