The 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 6, 2019 and concluded on December 21 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tournament field was announced on December 1, 2019. Stanford beat Wisconsin in the final to claim their ninth national championship.
Qualifying Teams Sources +Waco RegionalSeedRPISchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord1 1 Baylor Big 12 At–Large 25–18 9 Washington Pac-12 At–Large 24–69 6 Kentucky SEC Automatic 23–616 21 Purdue Big Ten At-Large 22–7 189 Sacred Heart NEC Automatic 20−11 29 Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic 31−1 28 USC Pac-12 At–Large 17–13 13 Marquette Big East At–Large 27–5 42 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 22–8 41 Wright State Horizon At-Large 24–5 138 Southeast Missouri State OVC Automatic 23–10 44 Northern Kentucky Horizon Automatic 19–12 39 Michigan Big Ten At–Large 20−10 36 Colorado State MWC Automatic 29−1 43 South Carolina SEC At-Large 19–11 77 Winthrop Big South Automatic 24−4+Austin RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord2 2 Texas Big 12 Automatic 21–37 10 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large 23–510 7 Florida SEC At-Large 24–415 15 Western Kentucky C-USA Automatic 31−1 110 Fairfield MAAC Automatic 24–5 46 Iowa State Big 12 At–Large 17–11 20 Creighton Big East At–Large 24–5 24 UCF American Automatic 24–7 36 Florida State ACC At–Large 19–9 311 Alabama State SWAC Automatic 17–21 68 Kennesaw State Atlantic Sun Automatic 22–8 51 Samford SoCon Automatic 24–5 25 Louisville ACC At–Large 19–9 34 UC Santa Barbara Big West At–Large 22–5 30 Texas State Sun Belt Automatic 24–8 151 Albany American East Automatic 16–10+Stanford RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord3 3 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 24–46 4 Pittsburgh ACC Automatic 29–111 16 Penn State Big Ten At-Large 24−514 17 BYU WCC At-Large 25–4 75 Denver Summit Automatic 23–8 31 Georgia SEC At–Large 20–9 37 Cal Poly Big West At-Large 20−8 18 Utah Pac-12 At–Large 22–9 50 Illinois Big Ten At–Large 16–13 59 New Mexico State WAC Automatic 27–3 76 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 17–7 53 American Patriot Automatic 24–7 35 Towson CAA Automatic 28–2 22 Cincinnati American At-Large 25–6 47 VCU Atlantic 10 At-Large 24–6 194 Howard MEAC Automatic 20–12+Madison RegionalSeedRPISchoolConference Berth TypeRecord4 5 Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic 22–65 8 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large 25–412 11 Hawaii Big West Automatic 24–313 12 Texas A&M SEC At-Large 21–7 83 Ball State MAC Automatic 20−11 40 Northern Iowa MVC At-Large 24–10 19 Missouri SEC At-Large 21–7 26 San Diego WCC Automatic 24–5 49 Washington State Pac-12 At-Large 23–9 74 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic 26–7 60 St. John's Big East Automatic 22–11 33 Oklahoma Big 12 At–Large 19–8 14 Rice C-USA At–Large 26–3 27 UCLA Pac-12 At–Large 18–11 32 Notre Dame ACC At–Large 19–9 78 Illinois State MVC Automatic 22–11
Bracket
Baylor Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Wisconsin Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Stanford Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Texas Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Final four
National semifinals
National Championship
Final Four All-Tournament Team
Kathryn Plummer – Stanford (Most Outstanding Player) Morgan Hentz – Stanford Jenna Gray – Stanford Dana Rettke – Wisconsin Molly Haggerty – Wisconsin Yossiana Pressley – Baylor Alexis Hart – Minnesota
Media Coverage First and second round matches will be streamed or televised by local school RSN's or streaming services. The 3rd round to the finals will all be streamed by WatchESPN or televised by ESPN Networks.
First & Second Rounds Spencer Linton & Amy Gant – Provo, Utah (BYUtv) Regional semifinals & Regional Finals Paul Sunderland & Karch Kiraly– Madison, Wisconsin Sam Gore & Kate George – Waco, Texas National semifinals Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, & Holly Rowe – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First & Second Rounds Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, & Holly Rowe – Austin, Texas (LHN) Regional semifinals & Regional Finals Courtney Lyle & Salima Rockwell – Austin, Texas Tiffany Greene & Missy Whittemore – Stanford, California National Championship Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, & Holly Rowe – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament record
There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 2019 tournament:
Hitting percentage, tournament (individual record, minimum 75 attempts) — Madeleine Gates, Stanford University — .563% (5—0/12 vs. Denver, 7—0/11 vs. Cal Poly, 8—0/14 vs. Utah, 11—0/15 vs. Penn State, 5—0/11 vs. Minnesota, 10—1/17 vs. Wisconsin.)
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