1995 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1995 NCAA Final Four logo
ChampionsNebraska (1st title)
Runner-upTexas (2nd NCAA (3rd national) title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coachTerry Pettit (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team
  • Allison Weston (Nebraska)
  • Katie Crnich (Nebraska)
  • Christy Johnson (Nebraska)
  • Billie Winsett (Nebraska)
  • Demetria Sance (Texas)
  • Kristin Folkl (Stanford)

The 1995 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 16, 1995, when Nebraska defeated Texas 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

Nebraska defeated Texas 11-15, 15-2, 15-7, 16-14. Nebraska was led by Katie Crnich and Billie Winsett who each had 25 kills.[1] After losing its second match of the season to then-No. 1 Stanford, Nebraska reeled off 31 consecutive matches to claim the NCAA title and had the program's best season at 32-1 (.970%).[2]

Play-in games

November 19
   
  Hofstra (NAC, 20-12) 3
  Rider (NEC, 16-12) 0
November 21
   
  UCF (TAAC, 31-9) 3
  UMBC (Big South, 25-8) 0
November 25
   
  Middle Tenn. (OVC, 31-6) 3
  Princeton (Ivy, 29-3) 1
November 25
   
  Northern Iowa (MVC, 27-1) 3
  Valparaiso (Mid-Cont., 24-9) 0
n/a
   
  Siena (MAAC, 26-5) 3
  Colgate (Patriot, 19-8) 1
n/a
   
  Marshall (Southern, 24-10) 3
  Florida A&M (MEAC, 15-18) 0

Records

Pacific Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Colorado Big Eight At-large 17-10
Idaho Big Sky Automatic 27-4
Iowa State Big Eight At-large 21-11
Loyola Marymount West Coast Automatic 24-4
North Texas Southland Automatic 24-9
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic 28-1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic 26-6
Oral Roberts Independent At-large 27-2
Pacific Big West At-large 21-8
Stanford Pac-10 Automatic 26-2
USC Pac-10 At-large 16-8
Washington State Pac-10 At-large 22-6
East Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Arkansas State Sun Belt Automatic 27-6
Florida SEC Automatic 33-1
George Washington Atlantic 10 Automatic 29-5
Georgia SEC At-large 20-8
Hofstra North Atlantic Automatic 21-12
Illinois Big Ten At-large 23-8
Marshall Southern Automatic 25-10
Middle Tennessee State Ohio Valley Automatic 32-6
South Carolina SEC At-large 20-10
Texas Southwest Automatic 24-6
Texas A&M Southwest At-large 22-6
Texas Tech Southwest At-large 20-11
Central Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Ball State Mid-American Automatic 21-11
George Mason CAA Automatic 20-10
Georgia Tech ACC Automatic 28-6
Indiana Big Ten At-large 20-13
Loyola (IL) Midwestern Collegiate Automatic 27-6
Maryland ACC At-large 21-9
Miami (OH) Mid-American At-large 24-6
Nebraska Big Eight Automatic 27-1
Ohio State Big Ten At-large 21-7
Penn State Big Ten At-large 26-7
Siena MAAC Automatic 27-5
UCLA Pac-10 At-large 21-8
Mountain Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large 18-7
BYU WAC At-large 20-8
Colorado State WAC At-large 21-10
Hawaii Big West Automatic 29-0
Houston Southwest At-large 17-13
Long Beach State Big West At-large 21-9
Louisville Conference USA At-large 28-5
Michigan State Big Ten Automatic 31-2
San Diego State WAC Automatic 26-4
South Florida Conference USA Automatic 27-4
UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 25-8
UCF Trans America Automatic 32-9

Brackets

Pacific regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Colorado 0
Northern Iowa 3
1 Stanford 3
Northern Iowa 0
1 Stanford 3
Southern California 0
Southern California 3
4 Pacific 0
Southern California 3
North Texas 0
1 Stanford 3
Oral Roberts 0
Loyola Marymount 2
Oral Roberts 3
3 Washington State 0
Oral Roberts 3
Oral Roberts 3
2 Notre Dame 0
Iowa State 1
2 Notre Dame 3
Idaho 0
Iowa State 3

East regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Arkansas State 2
Texas Tech 3
1 Florida 3
Texas Tech 2
1 Florida 3
4 Texas A&M 0
South Carolina 0
4 Texas A&M 3
South Carolina 3
Hofstra 0
1 Florida 2
2 Texas 3
Georgia 3
Marshall 0
3 Illinois 3
Georgia 1
3 Illinois 0
2 Texas 3
George Washington 0
2 Texas 3
Middle Tennessee 0
George Washington 3

Central regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  George Mason 3
Indiana 0
1 Nebraska 3
George Mason 0
1 Nebraska 3
4 Penn State 1
Georgia Tech 0
4 Penn State 3
Georgia Tech 3
Siena 0
1 Nebraska 3
2 UCLA 0
Maryland 3
Miami (Oh.) 0
3 Ohio State 3
Maryland 1
3 Ohio State 0
2 UCLA 3
Ball State 0
2 UCLA 3
Ball State 3
Loyola (Ill.) 0

Mountain regional

First round Second round Regional semifinal Regional final
            
  Louisville 3
Central Florida 1
1 Hawaiʻi 3
Louisville 0
1 Hawaiʻi 3
4 Arizona State 1
UCSB 2
4 Arizona State 3
UCSB 3
South Florida 0
1 Hawaiʻi 2
2 Michigan State 3
Long Beach State 3
Colorado State 0
3 San Diego State 3
Long Beach State 1
3 San Diego State 0
2 Michigan State 3
BYU 0
2 Michigan State 3
Houston 0
BYU 3

Final Four - Mullins Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

National semifinals National championship
      
1 Stanford 2
2 Texas 3
2 Texas 1
1 Nebraska 3
1 Nebraska 3
2 Michigan State 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gelin, Dana (December 25, 1995). "Nebraska defeated Texas in an NCAA final that proved West Coast schools no longer dominate the game". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  2. ↑ "1995: NCAA Champions". Huskers.com. December 19, 1993. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
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