1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament explained

Year:	1989
Titlecount:	1st NCAA (3rd national)
Runnerup:	Nebraska
Gamecount:	2nd
Semifinal1:	UT Arlington
Finalfourcount:	1st
Semifinal2:	UCLA
Finalfourcount2:	6th
Coach:	Brian Gimmillaro
Coachcount:	1st

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

West regional

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

Notes and References

Web site: Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown . 1989-12-18 . Austin-American Statesman . 2009-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017214533/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD89C7603E6EFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . 2012-10-17 . live .