The 1991 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 21, 1991, when UCLA defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.
UCLA won the program's third NCAA title and successfully defended their 1990 NCAA title by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15-12, 15-13, UCLA completed off a stunning comeback to take the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11 to win it all.
UCLA's comeback was one of the biggest in NCAA history; only one other team had ever rallied from two games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship (and did not again until 2009). UCLA finished their season 31-5.
The 1991 Final Four was held on the campus of UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
Records SeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordBowling GreenMid-AmericanAutomatic29-4BYUWACAutomatic26-4ColoradoBig EightAt-large25-9DukeACCAutomatic25-6FloridaSECAuto (shared)33-4Fresno StateBig WestAt-large21-12GeorgiaSECAt-large28-7HawaiiBig WestAt-large24-4HoustonSouthwestAt-large20-11IllinoisBig TenAt-large19-9Long Beach StateBig WestAutomatic32-1LouisvilleMetroAutomatic28-7LSUSECAuto (shared)32-1MontanaBig SkyAutomatic26-3NebraskaBig EightAutomatic25-4New MexicoWACAt-large22-5Northern IowaMissouri ValleyAutomatic23-7Ohio StateBig TenAutomatic27-3PacificBig WestAt-large23-5Penn StateBig TenAt-large25-5PepperdineWest CoastAutomatic23-7PittsburghBig EastAutomatic28-8Rhode IslandAtlantic 10Automatic19-11Southwest Texas StateSouthlandAutomatic21-15StanfordPac-12Automatic28-1TexasSouthwestAutomatic19-9Texas TechSouthwestAt-large25-5UC Santa BarbaraBig WestAt-large21-9UCLAPac-10At-large26-5USCPac-10At-large22-7Washington StatePac-10At-large19-9WisconsinBig TenAt-large22-9
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West regional
Mideast regional
South regional
Northwest regional
Final Four - Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
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