1981 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
Appearance
1981 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament | |
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Champions | San Diego State (1st Final Four) |
Winning coach | Chuck Erbe (1st title) |
Final Four All-Tournament Team |
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The 1981 AIAW conducted the women's national intercollegiate championships. The tournament consisted of just 20 teams.
The Final Four was held on the campus of
UCLA, where the heavily favored[1] Bruins lost in the national title match against Southern California in five games: 9-15, 15-7, 10-15, 15-13, 15-7. Southern California finished the year 27-10.[2]
In the consolation match, San Diego State swept Pacific, 3-0, to claim third place.
Regionals
Northwest regional
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Hawaiʻi | 3 | ||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | ||||||||||
Pepperdine
| 1 | ||||||||||
Texas A&M
| 3 | ||||||||||
Hawaiʻi | 1 | ||||||||||
USC | 3 | ||||||||||
Arizona
| 0 | ||||||||||
USC | 3 |
Mideast regional
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
Pacific
| 3 | ||||||||||
Penn State | 2 | ||||||||||
Penn State | 3 | ||||||||||
Cincinnati
| 0 | ||||||||||
Pacific | 3 | ||||||||||
Cal Poly | 1 | ||||||||||
Cal Poly
| 3 | ||||||||||
Northwestern
| 0 |
South regional
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||
Purdue | 2 | ||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | ||||||||||
Tennessee | 0 | ||||||||||
UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | ||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | ||||||||||
Arizona State
| 0 |
West regional
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
San Diego State | 3 | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||
New Mexico
| 3 | ||||||||||
Miami (OH)
| 0 | ||||||||||
San Diego State | 3 | ||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 0 | ||||||||||
BYU | 2 | ||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara
| 3 |
Final Four – Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||
UCLA | 3 | ||||||
San Diego State | 1 | ||||||
UCLA | 2 | ||||||
USC | 3 | ||||||
USC | 3 | ||||||
Pacific | 2 | Third place | |||||
San Diego State | 3 | ||||||
Pacific | 0 |
NCAA Tournament record
There is one NCAA tournament record that was set during the 1981 tournament that still stands today.
- Solo blocks, tournament (individual record) - Jayne Gibson, Pacific - 15 (2 vs. Penn State, 4 vs. Cal Poly, 6 vs. Southern California, 3 vs. San Diego State)
References
- ^ "USC, UCLA Gain NCAA Volleyball Women's Final" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-1-12.
- ^ 1981-12-21. "USC's Women Win NCAA Title" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-1-12.
External links
- Full bracket in PDF format Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine