1982 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
The 1982 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament was the second year of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship for Division I. In 1982, the tournament participants were expanded from 20 to 28.
The University of Hawaiʻi won the NCAA championship by defeating defending national champion Southern California in five games. Hawaiʻi finished the year at 33-1.
In the consolation match, San Diego State defeated Stanford in five games to claim third place for the second straight year.
Brackets
Northwest regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | ||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | |||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 0 | |||||||||||||
| UCSB | 2 | |||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | |||||||||||||
South regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | |||||||||||||
| SW Missouri State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pacific | 3 | |||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pacific | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mideast regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | ||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Purdue | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | |||||||||||||
West regional
| First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional final | ||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| California | 1 | |||||||||||||
| California | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 0 | |||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | |||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | |||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | |||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | |||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final Four - Alex G. Spanos Center, Stockton, California
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | ||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | ||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | ||||||||
| Southern California | 2 | ||||||||
| Southern California | 3 | ||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | Third place | |||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | ||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | ||||||||
NCAA Tournament records
There are three NCAA tournament records that were set in the 1982 NCAA tournament that have not yet been broken.[1]
- Service aces, match (individual record) - Beverly Robinson, Tennessee - 11 vs. Northwestern
- Services aces, match (team record) - Tennessee, 20 (vs. Northwestern)
- Solo blocks, tournament (individual record) - Deitre Collins, Hawaiʻi - 15 (1 vs. San Jose State, 6 vs. Cal Poly, 2 vs. Stanford, 6 vs. Southern California).
See also
- 1982 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament
- 1982 NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament
- 1982 NAIA women's volleyball tournament
References
- ^ 2008 NCAA Volleyball Program, p. 63 & 64