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1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

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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.

The 1989 Final Four was held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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

    1989 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament Wikipedia
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