1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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.

1989 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
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)

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.

Records

School	Conference	Berth Type	Record	Regional
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

Northwest regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Hawaiʻi	3
		Eastern Washington	0
							Hawaiʻi	3
							Cal Poly	2
		UCSB	2
		Cal Poly	3
												Hawaiʻi	2
												Long Beach State	3
		Long Beach State	3
		San Diego State	0
							Long Beach State	3
							Pacific	1
		Pacific	3
		San Jose State	0

South regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Texas	3
		Western Michigan	0
							Texas	3
							California	0
		Florida State	1
		California	3
												Texas	0
												UT Arlington	3
		LSU	3
		Houston	2
							LSU	0
							UT Arlington	3
		UT Arlington	3
		North Carolina	1

Mideast regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Nebraska	3
		Illinois State	0
							Nebraska	3
							Minnesota	1
		Colorado	0
		Minnesota	3
												Nebraska	3
												Illinois	1
		Illinois	3
		Penn State	0
							Illinois	3
							Ohio State	2
		Ohio State	3
		Iowa	0

West regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		UCLA	3
		Pepperdine	1
							UCLA	3
							Arizona	0
		Oregon	0
		Arizona	3
												UCLA	3
												Wyoming	0
		Stanford	3
		Southern California	1
							Stanford	2
							Wyoming	3
		Washington	0
		Wyoming	3

Final Four - Neil S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

	National semifinals December 14					National championship December 16
	Long Beach State		3
	UT Arlington		1
						Long Beach State		3
						Nebraska		0
	Nebraska		3
	UCLA		0

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

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship