1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

1989 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
Champions	Long Beach State (1st NCAA (3rd National) title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (2nd title match)
Semifinalists	UT Arlington (1st Final Four); UCLA (6th Final Four);
Winning coach	Brian 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
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

References

"Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown". Austin-American Statesman. 1989-12-18. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

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[1] "Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown". Austin-American Statesman. 1989-12-18. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-03-23.