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1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

Volleyball competition


Volleyball competition

FieldValue
Year1985
<!-- Commented out:ImageVBLOGONCAA.jpg --
CaptionNCAA volleyball logo
ChampionsPacific
TitleCount1st
RunnerUpStanford
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1Southern California
FinalFourCount3rd
Semifinal2UCLA
FinalFourCount24th
CoachJohn Dunning
CoachCount1st
AllTournamentTeam

The 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.

Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.

In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.

Brackets

West regional

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Colorado State | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Rhode Island | RD1-score4=0 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Arizona State | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Arizona | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=BYU | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Providence | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Stanford | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Colorado State | RD2-score2=0 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Arizona | RD2-score3=2 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=BYU | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Stanford | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=BYU | RD3-score2=1

Mideast regional

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Illinois | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Western Michigan | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Purdue | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Illinois State | RD1-score6=0 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Nebraska | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Penn State | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Southern California | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Illinois | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Purdue | RD2-score3=1 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Nebraska | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Southern California | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Nebraska | RD3-score2=1

South regional

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Georgia | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Florida State | RD1-score4=0 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Texas A&M | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=UT Arlington | RD1-score6=2 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Texas | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Duke | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=UCLA | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Georgia | RD2-score2=0 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Texas A&M | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Texas | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=UCLA | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Texas | RD3-score2=0

Northwest regional

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Hawaii | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=San Diego State | RD1-score4=1 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Cal Poly | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=UCSB | RD1-score6=2 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=San Jose State | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Long Beach State | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Pacific | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Hawaii | RD2-score2=0 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Cal Poly | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=San Jose State | RD2-score4=0 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Pacific | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Cal Poly | RD3-score2=0

Final Four - [[Read Fieldhouse]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]

| Team-Width = 160

| RD1-seed1 = | RD1-team1 = Stanford | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-seed2 = | RD1-team2 = Southern California | RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 = | RD1-team3 = UCLA | RD1-score3 = 1 | RD1-seed4 = | RD1-team4 = Pacific | RD1-score4 = 3

| RD2-team1 = Stanford | RD2-score1 = 1 | RD2-team2 = Pacific | RD2-score2 = 3

| RD2b-team1 = Southern California | RD2b-score1 = 3 | RD2b-team2 = UCLA | RD2b-score2 = 2

References

References

  1. (12-23-1985). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB72782E8AA3A47&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Stanford loses in NCAA final]" ''San Jose Mercury News''.
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