1988 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 17, 1988, when Texas defeated Hawaiʻi 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

1988 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1988 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	Texas (1st NCAA (2nd national) title)
Runner-up	Hawaiʻi (4th NCAA (8th national) title match)
Semifinalists	UCLA (5th Final Four) Illinois (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Mick Haley (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Stacie Nichols (Texas) Sue Schelfhout (Texas) Dawn Davenport (Texas) Martina Cincerova (Hawaiʻi) Teee Williams (Hawaiʻi) Mary Eggers (Illinois)

Texas won the school's first NCAA championship and became the first non-California or Hawaii university to win the NCAA national championship (Texas also won the last AIAW national championship). After upsetting previously unbeaten and top ranked UCLA in the national semifinals, Texas swept Hawaiʻi in the final by the scores of 15-4, 16-14, 15-13, and became the first school to win every NCAA tournament match in sweeps (3-0), as they went 15-0 in individual games.

Brackets

West regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		UCLA	3
		California	0
							UCLA	3
							BYU	0
		Arizona	1
		BYU	3
												UCLA	3
												Washington	0
		Washington	3
		Arizona State	0
							Washington	3
							Stanford	1
		Southern California	0
		Stanford	3

South regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		North Carolina	0
		Texas	3
							Texas	3
							Colorado State	0
		Colorado State	3
		Florida State	1
												Texas	3
												UT Arlington	0
		New Mexico	1
		Kentucky	3
							Kentucky	0
							UT Arlington	3
		UT Arlington	3
		Pepperdine	0

Mideast regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Illinois	3
		Illinois State	0
							Illinois	3
							Notre Dame	1
		Penn State	1
		Notre Dame	3
												Illinois	3
												Oklahoma	0
		Oklahoma	3
		Western Michigan	0
							Oklahoma	3
							Nebraska	2
		Weber State	2
		Nebraska	3

Northwest regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Long Beach State	3
		UC Irvine	2
							Long Beach State	1
							Pacific	3
		UC Santa Barbara	0
		Pacific	3
												Pacific	1
												Hawaiʻi	3
		San Diego State	3
		San Jose State	1
							San Diego State	0
							Hawaiʻi	3
		Cal Poly	0
		Hawaiʻi	3

Final Four - Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota

	National semifinals December 15					National championship December 17
	UCLA		0
	Texas		3
						Texas		3
						Hawaiʻi		0
	Illinois		1
	Hawaiʻi		3

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship