The 2014 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 4 and concluded on December 20 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The tournament field was announced on November 30.

Penn State defeated BYU in the finals to win the school's 7th NCAA title.

Qualifying teams The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualify automatically. Twenty-two conferences hold tournaments, while the other ten award their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that do not hold tournaments are the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids are apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall are seeded.

Records Ames RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Alabama State SWAC Automatic27420-18 Ark.-Little Rock Sun Belt Automatic3129-4 Cal State Bakersfield WAC Automatic20416-14 Creighton Big East Automatic2425-88 Florida Southeastern Automatic725-39 Illinois Big Ten At-Large824-7 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large1518-916 Kansas Big 12 At-Large1122-8 Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large4023-7 Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast At-Large2821-8 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large4818-13 Murray State Ohio Valley Automatic11426-5 Oregon State Pac-12 At-Large3619-121 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic129-1 UCF American Automatic3225-7 Western Kentucky Conference USA Automatic3530-5 Louisville RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord American Patriot Automatic7126-6 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic5829-5 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic2926-513 Kentucky Southeastern At-Large1426-5 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun At-Large3321-8 LIU-Brooklyn Northeast Automatic5925-6 Long Beach State Big West Automatic2626-4 Marquette Big East At-Large2524-8 Oakland Horizon Automatic10522-9 Ohio State Big Ten At-Large3421-115 Penn State Big Ten At-Large930-3 San Diego West Coast At-Large4319-11 Siena MAAC Automatic18619-1412 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large1820-11 Western Michigan Mid-American Automatic13522-134 Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic628-2 Seattle RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Alabama Southeastern At-Large3025-711 Arizona Pac-12 At-Large1623-9 BYU West Coast Automatic1725-4 Duke Atlantic Coast At-Large2122-76 Florida State Atlantic Coast At-Large328-2 Hawaii Big West At-Large3921-6 Hofstra Colonial Automatic8928-5 Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic14919-14 Kansas State Big 12 At-Large2322-814 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large1320-9 New Hampshire America East Automatic20820-11 Samford Southern Automatic12320-12 Seton Hall Big East At-Large4728-7 Utah Pac-12 At-Large3719-123 Washington Pac-12 At-Large429-2 Yale Ivy League Automatic6718-7 Minneapolis RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large4119-13 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic6625-6 Colorado Pac-12 At-Large2719-1315 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic1229-2 Denver Summit Automatic7027-6 Hampton MEAC Automatic16621-10 LSU Southeastern At-Large3819-87 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Automatic526-2 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic7422-10 Northwestern State Southland Automatic22416-16 Oklahoma Big 12 At-Large2020-1010 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large1021-9 Santa Clara West Coast At-Large4622-92 Texas Big 12 Automatic223-2 Texas A&M Southeastern At-Large1921-8 USC Pac-12 At-Large2215-15

Bracket The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2014, those sites were hosted by Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, and Washington. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.

Ames Regional

Louisville Regional

Seattle Regional

Minneapolis Regional

Final Four

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %R32S16E8F4CMNC Big Ten 6 17-5 6 5 3 1 1 1West Coast 4 5-4 1 1 1 1 1 Pac-12 10 17-10 10 5 1 1 Big 12 5 5-5 2 1 1 1 Southeastern 5 6-5 4 1 1 Atlantic Coast 4 6-4 3 2 1 Mountain West 1 2-1 1 1 Big West 2 2-2 2 Atlantic 10 1 1-1 1 Missouri Valley 1 1-1 1 Sun Belt 1 1-1 1 Big East 3 0-3 Atlantic Sun 2 0-2 Other 19 0-19

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

Television Select first and second-round games were broadcast on local networks (NET, Longhorn Network, OC Sports, Pac-12 Network, SEC+, and ESPN3). ESPN3 aired 7 of the 8 Regional semifinals, with ESPNU airing one (Nebraska/Washington). ESPNU aired all the Regional Finals, and ESPN2 had the National semifinals and finals. Below are the ESPN announcing assignments for Volleyball Tournament games.

Beth Mowins, Karch Kiraly (Ames), & Holly Rowe (Oklahoma City) Melissa Lee & Missy Whittemore (Louisville) Paul Sunderland & Maria Taylor (Minneapolis) Sam Gore & Holly McPeak (Seattle)

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