1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

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.

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)

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 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship 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.