Champions Penn State (4th title) | Winning coach Russ Rose (4th title) | |
Runner-up Texas (3rd NCAA (4th National) title match) Semifinalists Hawaiʻi (9th Final Four)
Minnesota (3rd Final Four) Most outstanding player Destinee Hooker (Texas) Final Four All-Tournament Team Alisha Glass (Penn St.)
Megan Hodge (Penn St.)
Arielle Wilson (Penn St.)
Ashley Engle (Texas)
Juliann Faucette (Texas)
Hailey Cowles (Minnesota) | ||
The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).
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Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.
Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.
Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in a NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.
Gainesville Regional
Gainesville all-tournament team
Megan Hodge Penn State (MVP)
Kelly Murphy Florida
Callie Rivers Florida
Blair Brown Penn State
Darcy Dorton Penn State
Alisha Glass Penn State
Arielle Wilson Penn State
Stanford Regional
Stanford region all-tournament team
Kanani Danielson Hawaii (MVP)
Amber Kaufman Hawaii
Stephanie Ferrell Hawaii
Alex Hunt Michigan
Lexi Zimmerman Michigan
Alix Klineman Stanford
Cassidy Lichtman Stanford
Minneapolis Regional
Minneapolis region all-tournament team
Hailey Cowles Minnesota (MVP)
Mira Djuric Florida State
Rachael Morgan Florida State
Stephanie Neville Florida State
Taylor Carico Minnesota
Lauren Gibbemeyer Minnesota
Christine Tan Minnesota
Omaha Regional
Omaha region all-tournament team
Destinee Hooker Texas (MVP)
Rachael Hockaday Iowa State
Kayla Banwarth Nebraska
Lindsey Licht Nebraska
Ashley Engle Texas
Julianne Faucette Texas
Heather Kisner Texas