1985 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

1985 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
Champions	Pacific (1st title)
Runner-up	Stanford (2nd title match)
Semifinalists	Southern California (3rd Final Four) UCLA (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Dunning (1st title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Teri McGrath (Pacific) Elaina Oden (Pacific) Kim Oden (Stanford) Wendi Rush (Stanford) Kim Ruddins (Southern California) Liz Masakayan (UCLA)

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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

Brackets

West regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Stanford	3
							Colorado State	0
		Colorado State	3
		Rhode Island	0
												Stanford	3
												BYU	1
		Arizona State	2
		Arizona	3
							Arizona	2
							BYU	3
		BYU	3
		Providence	0

Mideast regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Southern California	3
							Illinois	1
		Illinois	3
		Western Michigan	1
												Southern California	3
												Nebraska	1
		Purdue	3
		Illinois State	0
							Nebraska	3
							Purdue	1
		Nebraska	3
		Penn State	0

South regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							UCLA	3
							Georgia	0
		Georgia	3
		Florida State	0
												UCLA	3
												Texas	0
		Texas A&M	3
		UT Arlington	2
							Texas A&M	0
							Texas	3
		Texas	3
		Duke	0

Northwest regional

	First Round					Regional semifinal					Regional final
							Pacific	3
							Hawaiʻi	0
		Hawaiʻi	3
		San Diego State	1
												Pacific	3
												Cal Poly	0
		Cal Poly	3
		UCSB	2
							Cal Poly	3
							San Jose State	0
		San Jose State	3
		Long Beach State	0

Final Four - Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo, Michigan

	Semi finals				Final
	Stanford	3
	Southern California	1
					Stanford	1
					Pacific	3
					Third place
	UCLA	1		Southern California	3
	Pacific	3			UCLA	2

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

References

1. (12-23-1985). "Stanford loses in NCAA final" San Jose Mercury News.