1983 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
ChampionsHawaiʻi (2nd NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-upUCLA (2nd NCAA (8th national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDave 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)

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.

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[1] remains the lowest attendance ever for an NCAA national championship match.[2]

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.[3]

  • 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)

References

  1. Hawaii rolls to women's volleyball championship
  2. 2007 NCAA Volleyball Program, page 28
  3. 2008 NCAA Volleyball Program, pages 62 & 63
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