1996 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1996 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 21, 1996, when Stanford defeated Hawaiʻi 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

1996 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1996 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	Stanford (3rd title)
Runner-up	Hawaiʻi (5th NCAA (9th national) title match)
Semifinalists	Nebraska (5th Final Four) Florida (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Don Shaw (3rd title)
Most outstanding player	Kerri Walsh (Stanford)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Kristin Folkl (Stanford) Lisa Sharpley (Stanford) Anjelica Ljungquist (Hawaiʻi) Robyn Ah Mow (Hawaiʻi) Lisa Reitsma (Nebraska)

Stanford's win over Hawaiʻi for the title was, and remains, one of the most lopsided finals in NCAA championship history. Stanford won 15-7, 15-3, 15-5. The 15 points scored by Hawaiʻi was the lowest in an NCAA championship match since the NCAA tournament began in 1981.

Play-in games

	November 27
		Coastal Carolina (BSC, 26-6)	3
		Chattanooga (SoCon, 26-10)	0

	November 27
		Hofstra (A-East, 18-18)	3
		Siena (MAAC, 21-8)	1

	November 29
		SE Missouri St. (OVC, 27-7)	3
		Valparaiso (Mid-Cont., 26-8)	1

	n/a
		UCF (TAAC, 21-12)	3
		Florida A&M (MEAC, 14-13)	0

	n/a
		Sam Houston (SLC, 24-14)	3
		Grambling State (SWAC, ?)	0

	n/a
		Colgate (Patriot, 27-6)	3
		Rider (Northeast, 16-12)	0

Records

Pacific Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cal State Northridge Big Sky Automatic 22-10 Colorado State WAC At-large 22-10 Houston Conference USA At-large 24-7 Kansas State Big 12 At-large 25-8 Loyola Marymount West Coast Automatic 25-2 Northern Illinois Midwestern Collegiate Automatic 27-7 South Florida Conference USA Automatic 27-4 Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Automatic 28-7 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic 26-2 UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 22-8 USC Pac-10 At-large 19-8 Washington State Pac-10 At-large 25-5

East Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arkansas SEC At-large 24-10 Brown Ivy League Automatic 20-13 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic 27-6 Colgate Patriot Automatic 28-6 George Mason CAA Automatic 26-2 Georgia Tech ACC At-large 31-7 Louisville Conference USA At-large 24-4 Maryland ACC Automatic 26-4 Nebraska Big 12 Automatic 27-3 Penn State Big Ten Auto (shared) 29-2 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 Automatic 31-6 Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 23-7

Mountain Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arizona Pac-10 At-large 19-9 BYU WAC Automatic 25-6 Colorado Big 12 At-large 18-9 Hawaii WAC At-large 31-2 Oral Roberts Independent At-large 27-4 Pacific Big West At-large 25-6 Sam Houston State Southland Automatic 25-14 San Diego West Coast At-large 22-7 San Diego State WAC At-large 21-10 Texas Big 12 At-large 22-6 Texas Tech Big 12 At-large 25-8 Washington Pac-10 At-large 22-7

Central Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Ark.-Little Rock Sun Belt Automatic 29-7 Florida SEC Automatic 34-1 Hofstra America East Automatic 19-18 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 28-7 Long Beach State Big West Automatic 32-2 Miami (OH) Mid-American Automatic 24-6 Michigan State Big Ten Auto (shared) 24-6 Minnesota Big Ten At-large 23-10 Notre Dame Big East Automatic 21-11 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 26-5 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 24-7 UCF Trans America Automatic 23-12

Brackets

Pacific regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Houston	0
		Colorado State	3
						1	Stanford	3
							Colorado State	0
											1	Stanford	3
												Southern California	0
							Southern California	3
						4	South Florida	1
		Southern California	3
		SE Missouri State	0
																1	Stanford	3
																2	Washington State	0
		UCSB	3
		Northern Illinois	2
						3	Loyola Marymount	3
							UCSB	1
											3	Loyola Marymount	1
											2	Washington State	3
							Kansas State	0
						2	Washington State	3
		Cal St. Northridge	1
		Kansas State	3

East regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Rhode Island	2
		Arkansas	3
						1	Nebraska	3
							Arkansas	1
											1	Nebraska	3
												Louisville	0
							Louisville	3
						4	Maryland	1
		Louisville	3
		Brown	0
																1	Nebraska	3
																2	Penn State	2
		Wisconsin	3
		Colgate	0
						3	George Mason	1
							Wisconsin	3
												Wisconsin	0
											2	Penn State	3
							Georgia Tech	0
						2	Penn State	3
		Coastal Carolina	0
		Georgia Tech	3

Mountain regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Colorado	3
		Oral Roberts	1
						1	Hawaiʻi	3
							Colorado	0
											1	Hawaiʻi	3
											4	Texas	1
							San Diego State	0
						4	Texas	3
		San Diego State	3
		Sam Houston State	0
																1	Hawaiʻi	3
																3	BYU	0
		Washington	3
		Texas Tech	0
						3	BYU	3
							Washington	1
											3	BYU	3
											2	Pacific	2
							Arizona	1
						2	Pacific	3
		San Diego	2
		Arizona	3

Central regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Illinois State	3
		Miami (Oh.)	1
						1	Florida	3
							Illinois State	0
											1	Florida	3
											4	Ohio State	2
							Notre Dame	2
						4	Ohio State	3
		Notre Dame	3
		Hofstra	0
																1	Florida	3
																3	Michigan State	1
		Texas A&M	3
		Arkansas-Little Rock	0
						3	Michigan State	3
							Texas A&M	0
											3	Michigan State	3
											2	Long Beach State	1
							Minnesota	0
						2	Long Beach State	3
		Central Florida	2
		Minnesota	3

Final Four - CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, Ohio

	National semifinals					National Championship
	1	Stanford	3
	1	Nebraska	1
						1	Stanford	3
						1	Hawaiʻi	0
	1	Hawaiʻi	3
	1	Florida	0

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship