2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

2009 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament
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Champions	Penn State (4th title)
Runner-up	Texas (3rd NCAA (4th National) title match)
Semifinalists	Hawaiʻi (9th Final Four) Minnesota (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Russ Rose (4th title)
Most outstanding player	Destinee Hooker (Texas)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Alisha Glass (Penn St.) Megan Hodge (Penn St.) Arielle Wilson (Penn St.) Ashley Engle (Texas) Juliann Faucette (Texas) Hailey Cowles (Minnesota)

The 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).

Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.

Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.

Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in a NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.

Qualifying teams

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
1	Penn State	Big Ten	32-0	Automatic
2	Texas	Big 12	24-1	Automatic
3	Florida State	ACC	28-2	Automatic
4	Stanford	Pac-10	21-7	Automatic
5	Illinois	Big Ten	24-5	At-Large Bid
6	Washington	Pac-10	23-5	At-Large Bid
7	Iowa State	Big 12	25-4	At-Large Bid
8	UCLA	Pac-10	23-8	At-Large Bid
9	Cal	Pac-10	18-10	At-Large Bid
10	Nebraska	Big 12	23-6	At-Large Bid
11	Minnesota	Big Ten	24-8	At-Large Bid
12	Hawaiʻi	WAC	27-2	Automatic
13	Michigan	Big Ten	24-9	At-Large Bid
14	Oregon	Pac-10	19-9	At-Large Bid
15	LSU	SEC	24-6	Automatic
16	Florida	SEC	23-5	At-Large Bid
	Alabama A&M	SWAC	22-12	Automatic
	Arizona	Pac-10	19-10	At-Large Bid
	Army	Patriot League	26-5	Automatic
	Baylor	Big 12	22-9	At-Large Bid
	Binghamton	America East	15-15	Automatic
	Cincinnati	Big East	25-10	At-Large Bid
	Clemson	ACC	23-9	At-Large Bid
	Coastal Carolina	Big South	20-13	Automatic
	College of Charleston	Southern	18-12	Automatic
	Colorado State	MWC	23-5	Automatic
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	29-3	Automatic
	Duke	ACC	27-5	At-Large Bid
	Florida A&M	MEAC	17-8	Automatic
	Florida International	Sun Belt	31-3	At-Large Bid
	George Mason	Colonial	23-8	Automatic
	Georgia Tech	ACC	21-9	At-Large Bid
	IPFW	Summit	20-11	Automatic
	Jacksonville State	OVC	26-7	Automatic
	Kentucky	SEC	27-4	At-Large Bid
	Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun	28-3	Automatic
	Long Beach State	Big West	22-8	Automatic
	Long Island	NEC	21-13	Automatic
	Louisville	Big East	21-10	Automatic
	Michigan State	Big Ten	17-15	At-Large Bid
	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	25-9	Automatic
	Miami (FL)	ACC	18-12	At-Large Bid
	Milwaukee	Horizon	16-14	Automatic
	New Mexico	MWC	20-9	At-Large Bid
	Niagara	MAAC	23-8	Automatic
	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	21-11	Automatic
	Northern Iowa	MVC	30-2	Automatic
	Notre Dame	Big East	21-6	At-Large Bid
	Ohio	MAC	26-6	Automatic
	Ohio State	Big Ten	24-9	At-Large Bid
	Oklahoma	Big 12	18-11	At-Large Bid
	Penn	Ivy League	22-5	Automatic
	Rice	Conference USA	23-8	Automatic
	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	24-7	At-Large Bid
	St. Mary's (Cal.)	WCC	22-4	Automatic
	Southern California	Pac-10	21-9	At-Large Bid
	Tennessee	SEC	23-7	At-Large Bid
	Texas A&M	Big 12	18-10	At-Large Bid
	TCU	MWC	26-6	At-Large Bid
	Texas State	Southland	22-12	Automatic
	Tulane	Conference USA	18-9	At-Large Bid
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	22-7	At-Large Bid
	Washington State	Pac-10	18-12	At-Large Bid
	Wichita State	MVC	25-6	At-Large Bid

Gainesville Regional

First round December 3–5			Second round December 4–6			Regional semifinals December 11			Regional finals December 12


1	Penn State	3

	Binghamton	0
			1	Penn State	3
University Park, PA
				Penn	0
	Army	1

	Penn	3
						1	Penn State	3

						16	Florida	0
	Miami (FL)	2

	Florida International	3
				FIU	0
Gainesville, FL
			16	Florida	3
	College of Charleston	0

16	Florida	3
									1	Penn State	3

									9	California	0
9	California	3

	Lipscomb	0
			9	California	3
Columbus, OH
				Ohio State	1
	Cincinnati	0

	Ohio State	3
						9	California	3

							Baylor	0
	Georgia Tech	0

	Baylor	3
				Baylor	3
Los Angeles, CA
			8	UCLA	1
	Long Beach State	0

8	UCLA	3

Gainesville all-tournament team

Megan Hodge Penn State (MVP)

Kelly Murphy Florida

Callie Rivers Florida

Blair Brown Penn State

Darcy Dorton Penn State

Alisha Glass Penn State

Arielle Wilson Penn State

Stanford Regional

First round December 3–5			Second round December 4–6			Regional semifinals December 11			Regional finals December 12


5	Illinois	3

	IPFW	0
			5	Illinois	3
Champaign, IL
				Dayton	1
	Milwaukee	2

	Dayton	3
						5	Illinois	1

						12	Hawaiʻi	3
	Southern California	3

	Oklahoma	0
				Southern California	1
Los Angeles, CA
			12	Hawaiʻi	3
	New Mexico	0

12	Hawaiʻi	3
									12	Hawaiʻi	3

									13	Michigan	0
13	Michigan	3

	Niagara	0
			13	Michigan	3
Ann Arbor, MI
				Ohio	2
	Ohio	3

	Notre Dame	2
						13	Michigan	3

						4	Stanford	1
	St. Mary's (CA)	3

	UC Santa Barbara	2
				St. Mary's (CA)	2
Palo Alto, CA
			4	Stanford	3
	Long Island	0

4	Stanford	3

Stanford region all-tournament team

Kanani Danielson Hawaii (MVP)

Amber Kaufman Hawaii

Stephanie Ferrell Hawaii

Alex Hunt Michigan

Lexi Zimmerman Michigan

Alix Klineman Stanford

Cassidy Lichtman Stanford

Minneapolis Regional

First round December 3–5			Second round December 4–6			Regional semifinals December 11			Regional finals December 12


3	Florida State	3

	Alabama A&M	0
			3	Florida State	3
Tallahassee, FL
				Jacksonville State	0
	Florida A&M	2

	Jacksonville State	3
						3	Florida State	3

							Kentucky	2
	Kentucky	3

	Michigan State	0
				Kentucky	3
Lexington, KY
			14	Oregon	0
	Clemson	0

14	Oregon	3
									3	Florida State	1

									11	Minnesota	3
11	Minnesota	3

	Louisville	1
			11	Minnesota	3
Knoxville, TN
				Tennessee	0
	Duke	1

	Tennessee	3
						11	Minnesota	3

							Colorado State	1
	Colorado State	3

	Middle Tennessee State	2
				Colorado State	3
Fort Collins, CO
			6	Washington	1
	Northern Colorado	1

6	Washington	3

Minneapolis region all-tournament team

Hailey Cowles Minnesota (MVP)

Mira Djuric Florida State

Rachael Morgan Florida State

Stephanie Neville Florida State

Taylor Carico Minnesota

Lauren Gibbemeyer Minnesota

Christine Tan Minnesota

Omaha Regional

First round December 3–5			Second round December 4–6			Regional semifinals December 11			Regional finals December 12


7	Iowa State	3

	George Mason	0
			7	Iowa State	3
Ames, IA
				Wichita State	0
	Wichita State	3

	St. Louis	0
						7	Iowa State	0

						10	Nebraska	3
	Washington State	0

	Northern Iowa	3
				Northern Iowa	0
Lincoln, NE
			10	Nebraska	3
	Coastal Carolina	0

10	Nebraska	3
									10	Nebraska	1

									2	Texas	3
15	LSU	3

	Tulane	0
			15	LSU	2
Baton Rouge, LA
				Texas A&M	3
	Arizona	1

	Texas A&M	3
							Texas A&M	0

						2	Texas	3
	TCU	3

	Rice	0
				TCU	0
Austin, TX
			2	Texas	3
	Texas State	0

2	Texas	3

Omaha region all-tournament team

Destinee Hooker Texas (MVP)

Rachael Hockaday Iowa State

Kayla Banwarth Nebraska

Lindsey Licht Nebraska

Ashley Engle Texas

Julianne Faucette Texas

Heather Kisner Texas

Final Four – St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

National Semifinals December 17			National Championship December 19


1	Penn State	3

12	Hawaiʻi	1
			1	Penn State	3

			2	Texas	2
11	Minnesota	0

2	Texas	3

External links

2009 Championship information
Women's Volleyball at ncaa.com

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship

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