1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 15, 1990, when UCLA defeated Pacific 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

1990 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1990 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	UCLA (2nd NCAA (5th national) title)
Runner-up	Pacific (3rd NCAA (4th national) title match)
Semifinalists	LSU (1st Final Four) Nebraska (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Andy Banachowski (2nd title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Natalie Williams (UCLA) Marissa Hatchett (UCLA) Jenny Evans (UCLA) Holly McPeak (UCLA) Krissy Fifer (Pacific) Monique Adams (LSU)

UCLA won the program's second NCAA title in women's volleyball by defeating Pacific 15-9, 15-12, 15-7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36-1.

The 1990 Final Four was held at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland.

Records

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	BYU	WAC	At-large	26-7
	Florida State	Metro	Automatic	25-9
	Gonzaga	West Coast	At-large	25-6
	Hawaii	Big West	Automatic	27-5
	Idaho State	Big Sky	Automatic	22-9
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	21-11
	Kentucky	SEC	At-large	21-11
	Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	26-8
	Louisville	Metro	At-large	31-6
	LSU	SEC	Automatic	31-6
	Maryland	ACC	Automatic	22-11
	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Automatic	25-5
	Montana	Big Sky	At-large	24-6
	Nebraska	Big Eight	Automatic	29-2
	New Mexico	WAC	Automatic	21-6
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	23-7
	Pacific	Big West	At-large	26-6
	Penn State	Atlantic 10	Automatic	42-0
	Pepperdine	West Coast	Automatic	25-5
	Pittsburgh	Big East	Automatic	31-5
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-large	21-10
	San Diego State	WAC	At-large	23-11
	San Jose State	Big West	At-large	21-7
	Southwest Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Automatic	24-7
	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	25-3
	Texas	Southwest	Automatic	29-3
	Texas Tech	Southwest	At-large	29-2
	Texas-Arlington	Southland	Automatic	18-18
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	21-9
	UCLA	Pac-12	Automatic	31-1
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Automatic	28-7
	Wyoming	WAC	At-large	19-9

Brackets

West regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		UCLA	3
		Gonzaga	0
							UCLA	3
							New Mexico	2
		Pepperdine	0
		New Mexico	3
												UCLA	3
												Stanford	0
		BYU	1
		San Diego State	3
							San Diego State	1
							Stanford	3
		Wyoming	0
		Stanford	3

South regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Texas Tech	3
		UT Arlington	0
							Texas Tech	0
							LSU	3
		LSU	3
		Louisville	0
												LSU	3
												Texas	2
		Kentucky	3
		Florida State	1
							Kentucky	0
							Texas	3
		Maryland	0
		Texas	3

Mideast regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Penn State	3
		Purdue	0
							Penn State	3
							Wisconsin	0
		Illinois	0
		Wisconsin	3
												Penn State	1
												Nebraska	3
		Ohio State	0
		Pittsburgh	3
							Pittsburgh	0
							Nebraska	3
		Miami (Oh.)	0
		Nebraska	3

Northwest regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Hawaiʻi	3
		SW Missouri State	0
							Hawaiʻi	1
							Long Beach State	3
		San Jose State	0
		Long Beach State	3
												Long Beach State	0
												Pacific	3
		UCSB	3
		Idaho State	0
							UCSB	0
							Pacific	3
		Montana	0
		Pacific	3

Final Four - Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland

	National semifinals					National championship
	UCLA		3
	LSU		0
						UCLA		3
						Pacific		0
	Nebraska		1
	Pacific		3

NCAA tournament records

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1990 NCAA tournament.

• Kills, match (team record) - 112 - Texas vs. LSU

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship