1989 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
ChampionsLong Beach State (1st NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-upNebraska (2nd title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBrian Gimmillaro (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Tara Cross (Long Beach State)
  • Sheri Sanders (Long Beach State)
  • Antoinette White (Long Beach State)
  • Val Novak (Nebraska)
  • Eileen Shannon (Nebraska)
  • Chris Rudiger (UT Arlington)

The 1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 16, 1989, when Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

Led by AVCA co-National Player of the Year Tara Cross's 20 kills, Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 15-12, 15-0, 15-6 to win the school's first NCAA championship. Nebraska made the program's second championship match appearance.[1]

The 1989 Final Four was held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Records

School Conference Berth Type Record Regional
Arizona Pac-10 At-large 17-12
Cal Poly Big West At-large 18-12
California Pac-10 At-large 18-10
Colorado Big Eight At-large 22-10
Eastern Washington Big Sky Automatic 25-6
Florida State Metro Automatic 30-4
Hawaii Big West Automatic 27-2
Houston Southwest At-large 25-9
Illinois Big Ten At-large 25-7
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 21-9
Iowa Big Ten At-large 22-10
Long Beach State Big West At-large 22-12
LSU SEC Automatic 29-7
Minnesota Big Ten At-large 28-8
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic 25-3
North Carolina ACC Automatic 21-8
Ohio State Big Ten Automatic 26-6
Oregon Pac-10 At-large 21-8
Pacific Big West At-large 28-4
Penn State Atlantic 10 Automatic 34-6
Pepperdine West Coast Automatic 20-9
San Diego State High Country At-large 19-17
San Jose State Big West At-large 14-12
Stanford Pac-10 At-large 17-11
Texas Southwest Automatic 25-9
Texas-Arlington Southland Automatic 28-3
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 22-12
UCLA Pac-12 Automatic 27-2
USC Pac-10 At-large 19-12
Washington Pac-10 At-large 18-8
Western Michigan Mid-American Automatic 18-12
Wyoming High Country Automatic 22-6

Brackets

Northwest regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Eastern Washington 0
  Hawaiʻi 3
  Cal Poly 2
  UCSB 2
  Cal Poly 3
  Hawaiʻi 2
  Long Beach State 3
  Long Beach State 3
  San Diego State 0
  Long Beach State 3
  Pacific 1
  Pacific 3
  San Jose State 0

South regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Texas 3
  Western Michigan 0
  Texas 3
  California 0
  Florida State 1
  California 3
  Texas 0
  UT Arlington 3
  LSU 3
  Houston 2
  LSU 0
  UT Arlington 3
  UT Arlington 3
  North Carolina 1

Mideast regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois State 0
  Nebraska 3
  Minnesota 1
  Colorado 0
  Minnesota 3
  Nebraska 3
  Illinois 1
  Illinois 3
  Penn State 0
  Illinois 3
  Ohio State 2
  Ohio State 3
  Iowa 0

West regional

First round Regional semifinal Regional Final
         
  UCLA 3
  Pepperdine 1
  UCLA 3
  Arizona 0
  Oregon 0
  Arizona 3
  UCLA 3
  Wyoming 0
  Stanford 3
  Southern California 1
  Stanford 2
  Wyoming 3
  Washington 0
  Wyoming 3

Final Four - Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

National semifinals
December 14 		National championship
December 16
      
Long Beach State 3
UT Arlington 1
Long Beach State 3
Nebraska 0
Nebraska 3
UCLA 0

NCAA tournament records

There are 4 NCAA tournaments record that were set in the 1989 NCAA tournament that still stand today.

  • Total kill attempts, match (individual record) - Teee Williams, Hawaiʻi - 99 vs. Cal Poly
  • Total kills, match (team record) - 112 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
  • Total kill attempts, match (team record) - 328 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
  • Digs, match (team record) - 177 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown". Austin-American Statesman. December 18, 1989. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
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