2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament explained

Year:	2017
Champions:	Nebraska
Titlecount:	5th
Runnerup:	Florida
Gamecount:	2nd
Semifinal1:	Penn State
Finalfourcount:	13th
Semifinal2:	Stanford
Finalfourcount2:	21st
Coach:	John Cook
Coachcount:	4th

The 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began November 30, 2017 and concluded on December 16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament field was determined on November 26, 2017. Nebraska beat Florida in the final to claim their fifth national championship.^[1]

Qualifying teams

University Park Regional Seed^[2] RPI^[3] School Conference Berth Type Record 1 1 Penn State At-Large/Split 29–1 8 8 At-Large 24–7 9 10 Automatic 25–6 16 14 The American Automatic 28–3 35 Automatic 30–2 36 Automatic 28–5 60 Automatic 25–4 74 Automatic 20–7 111 Automatic 20–9 239 Automatic 16–15 19 At-Large 22–7 23 At-Large 21–8 26 At-Large 21–10 27 At-Large/Split 25–6 34 At-Large 20–11 37 At-Large 20–7	Gainesville Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 2 2 Florida Automatic/Split 25–1 7 7 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large 26–5 10 11 USC At-Large 22–9 15 17 UCLA At-Large 19–10 16 Automatic 26–2 20 Automatic/Split 24–4 21 Automatic/Split 24–6 54 Automatic 23–5 58 Automatic 30–5 66 Automatic 27–4 70 Automatic 30–7 196 Automatic 28–10 33 At-Large 21–5 42 At-Large 26–8 45 Louisiana State At-Large 20–9 46 At-Large 27–5
Stanford Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 3 5 Stanford Automatic 26–3 6 4 Automatic 24–2 11 9 At-Large 22–9 14 13 At-Large 21–6 32 Automatic 28–3 61 Automatic 18–7 67 Cleveland State Automatic 22–7 147 Automatic 25–6 184 Automatic 19–13 18 At-Large 20–9 25 At-Large 22–9 29 At-Large 21–11 30 At-Large 22–9 31 At-Large 21–11 39 At-Large 24–7 49 At-Large 20–11	Lexington Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 4 3 At-Large/Split 26–3 5 6 Nebraska Automatic/Split 26–4 12 12 At-Large 23–6 13 15 BYU At-Large/Split 28–2 28 Automatic 30–3 40 Automatic 21–4 48 Automatic 23–5 62 Automatic 26–7 63 Automatic 23–8 85 Automatic 19–11 166 Automatic 18–12 22 At-Large 17–11 24 At-Large 22–9 38 At-Large 17–15 40 At-Large 22–9 43 At-Large 18–10

Bracket

Schedule

Regional Final

Schedule

Regional Final

Schedule

Regional Final

Schedule

Regional Final

Final Four

National Championship

Final Four All-Tournament Team

• Mikaela Foecke – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
• Kelly Hunter – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
• Kenzie Maloney – Nebraska
• Carli Snyder – Florida
• Rhamat Alhassan – Florida
• Merete Lutz – Stanford
• Simone Lee – Penn State

Record by conference

Conference	Teams	W	L	Pct.	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Pac-12	9	16	9		8	5	2	1
Big Ten	8	20	7		7	6	3	2	1	1
ACC	6	3	6		3
Big 12	4	5	4		3	1	1
SEC	4	10	4		3	3	2	1	1
Big East	2	1	2		1
Big South	2	0	2
Big West	2	1	2		1
Colonial	2	0	2
MVC	2	1	2		1
WCC	2	3	2		2	1	1
The American	1	1	1		1
C-USA	1	1	1		1
Mountain West	1	1	1		1
18 Others	18	0	18

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

NCAA tournament record

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 2017 tournament:

• Services aces, tournament (team record) — Nebraska — 44 total aces (9 vs. Stony Brook, 7 vs. Washington State, 9 vs. Colorado, 5 vs. Kentucky, 10 vs. Penn State, 4 vs. Florida.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Division I Women's College Volleyball – Bracket . NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. . November 26, 2017 . November 27, 2017.
2. Web site: Texas in tough spot in NCAA volleyball bracket, SEC co-champs Florida, Kentucky rewarded . ESPN . November 26, 2017 . November 28, 2017.
3. Web site: VB Nitty Gritty Thru Nov 25 2017 . NCAA. November 27, 2017.