Volleyball tournament
- Long Beach State (5th Final Four)
- Florida (4th Final Four)
Winning coach | Don Shaw (4th title) |
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Most outstanding player | Terri Zemaitis (Penn State) |
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Final Four All-Tournament Team | - Kristin Folkl (Stanford)
- Paula McNamee (Stanford)
- Lisa Sharpley (Stanford)
- Carrie Schonveld (Penn State)
- Lauren Cacciamani (Penn State)
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The 1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 56 teams and ended on December 20, 1997, when Stanford defeated Penn State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.
Stanford won their second straight title and 4th in 6 years. After winning the first two games 15-10, 15-6, Penn State forced a fifth game as the Nittany Lions won the next two 15-2, 17-15. In the decisive fifth game, Stanford jumped out to the 12-8 lead before Kristin Folkl recorded the final three kills for the 15-9 win. Stanford finished the year 33-2, with their only two losses coming from Penn State in the early season.[1]
The 1997 NCAA tournament was the first, and would be the last, year with 56 tournament teams, as it was expanded from 48 teams (1993-1996). In 1998, the tournament would be expanded to its present-day 64 tournament teams.
Play-in games
| November 21 | |
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| | Morgan State (MEAC, 24-9) | 3 | |
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| | Grambling State (SWAC, ?) | 0 | |
| November 23 | |
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| | Lehigh (Patriot, 17-12) | 3 | |
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| | Wagner (Northeast, 10-19) | 1 | |
Records
Brackets
East Regional - University Park, PA
Central Regional - Madison, WI
Pacific Regional - Long Beach, CA
Mountain Regional - Stanford, CA
| National Semifinals | | | National Championship | |
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| 1 | Penn State | 3 | | |
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| 2 | Florida | 0 | |
| | 1 | Penn State | 2 | |
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| | | 1 | Stanford | 3 | |
| 1 | Long Beach State | 1 | |
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| 1 | Stanford | 3 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Stanford Captures Fourth NCAA Championship". Stanford Athletics. December 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship
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1997–98 NCAA Division I championships |
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- † Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship
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