2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2011 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2011 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
	2011 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship
Champions	UCLA (4th NCAA (7th National) title)
Runner-up	Illinois (1st title match)
Semifinalists	Southern California (10th Final Four); Florida State (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Michael Sealy (1st title)
Most outstanding player	Rachael Kidder (UCLA)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	; Alex Jupiter (USC); Zoe Nightingale (UCLA); Lauren Van Orden (UCLA); Annie Luhrsen (Illinois) Michelle Bartsch (Illinois); Colleen Ward (Illinois)

The 2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 1, 2011 and ended on December 17 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas when UCLA defeated Illinois 3 sets to 1 in the national championship match.

Qualifying teams

Records

Lexington Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI[1]	Record
	American	Patriot	Automatic	94	23-10
	Arizona	Pac-12	At-large	49	19-12
	Dayton	Atlantic-10	Automatic	36	25-6
	Delaware	Colonial	Automatic	79	20-12
	Kentucky	SEC	At-large	13	26-5
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	145	20-12
	Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	89	20-10
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	41	23-6
	Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	Automatic	195	24-6
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-large	37	21-11
8	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	11	23-7
	San Diego	West Coast	At-large	25	27-4
1	Texas	Big 12	Automatic	2	22-4
16	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	17	22-7
	Texas State	Southland	Automatic	72	27-7
9	UCLA	Pac-12	At-large	15	24-6

Minneapolis Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Albany	America East	Automatic	85	21-8
	Ball State	MAC	At-large	34	25-7
	Cincinnati	Big East	Automatic	19	26-9
12	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	Automatic	10	24-6
4	Iowa State	Big 12	At-large	3	22-5
	Louisville	Big East	At-large	38	23-8
	Miami (FL)	Atlantic Coast	At-large	22	25-4
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	50	25-4
13	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	12	18-11
	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	86	26-7
	North Dakota State	Summit	Automatic	42	26-8
	Northern Illinois	MAC	At-large	14	28-6
5	Purdue	Big Ten	At-large	6	27-4
	Samford	Southern	Automatic	62	29-4
	Washington	Pac-12	At-large	35	23-7
	Western Michigan	MAC	At-large	32	24-8

Gainesville Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Baylor	Big 12	At-large	46	18-14
	Central Michigan	MAC	Automatic	74	19-13
	Duke	Atlantic Coast	At-large	43	21-8
	Florida	SEC	At-large	20	24-5
3	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	1	27-4
	Marquette	Big East	At-large	40	23-10
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	23	20-12
	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	At-large	45	21-11
	Missouri	Big 12	At-large	33	21-12
	Niagara	MAAC	Automatic	148	25-8
6	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	Automatic	5	32-1
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	48	19-14
	Sacred Heart	Northeast	Automatic	80	27-7
11	Stanford	Pac-12	At-large	18	21-7
14	Tennessee	SEC	Automatic	9	27-3
	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	Automatic	21	31-3

Honolulu Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	California	Pac-12	At-large	29	26-6
	Colorado State	Mountain West	Automatic	28	23-5
10	Hawaiʻi	WAC	Automatic	7	29-1
	Jackson State	SWAC	Automatic	217	29-9
	Kansas State	Big 12	At-large	26	20-10
	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	At-large	44	22-8
2	Nebraska	Big Ten	Automatic	4	24-4
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	At-large	31	23-8
	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	Automatic	108	22-8
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-large	27	21-11
	Oregon	Pac-12	At-large	30	21-9
15	Pepperdine	West Coast	Automatic	16	22-6
	Tulsa	Conference USA	Automatic	24	27-6
7	USC	Pac-12	Automatic	8	25-4
	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	At-large	39	21-10
	Yale	Ivy	Automatic	91	18-6

Lexington Regional

First round December 1–2			Second round December 2–3			Regional semifinals December 9			Regional finals December 10

1	Texas	3

	Texas State	0
			1	Texas	3
Austin, TX
				Michigan State	0
	Michigan State	3

	Arizona	1
						1	Texas	3

							Kentucky	1
	Kentucky	3

	Dayton	2
				Kentucky	3
College Station, TX
			16	Texas A&M	0
	Lipscomb	1

16	Texas A&M	3
									1	Texas	1

									9	UCLA	3
9	UCLA	3

	UMES	0
			9	UCLA	3
Los Angeles, CA
				San Diego	1
	Long Beach State	1

	San Diego	3
						9	UCLA	3

						8	Penn State	0
	Delaware	3

	American	1
				Delaware	0
University Park, PA
			8	Penn State	3
	Liberty	0

8	Penn State	3

Minneapolis Regional

First round December 1–2			Second round December 2–3			Regional semifinals December 9			Regional finals December 10

5	Purdue	3

	Morehead State	0
			5	Purdue	3
West Lafayette, IN
				Louisville	1
	Ball State	0

	Louisville	3
						5	Purdue	1

						12	Florida State	3
	Cincinnati	3

	Samford	2
				Cincinnati	2
Tallahassee, FL
			12	Florida State	3
	Albany (NY)	0

12	Florida State	3
									12	Florida State	3

									4	Iowa State	2
13	Minnesota	3

	North Dakota State	0
			13	Minnesota	3
Minneapolis, MN
				Washington	2
	Western Michigan	1

	Washington	3
						13	Minnesota	1

						4	Iowa State	3
	Northern Illinois	1

	Miami (FL)	3
				Miami (FL)	0
Ames, IA
			4	Iowa State	3
	Milwaukee	0

4	Iowa State	3

Gainesville Regional

First round December 1–2			Second round December 2–3			Regional semifinals December 9			Regional finals December 10

3	Illinois	3

	Central Michigan	0
			3	Illinois	3
Champaign, IL
				Marquette	0
	Marquette	3

	Western Kentucky	1
						3	Illinois	3

							Ohio State	1
	Ohio State	3

	Middle Tennessee State	1
				Ohio State	3
Knoxville, TN
			14	Tennessee	2
	Duke	1

14	Tennessee	3
									3	Illinois	3

										Florida	1
11	Stanford	3

	Sacred Heart	1
			11	Stanford	1
Stanford, CA
				Michigan	3
	Baylor	1

	Michigan	3
							Michigan	0

							Florida	3
	Florida	3

	Missouri	1
				Florida	3
Cedar Falls, IA
			6	Northern Iowa	1
	Niagara	0

6	Northern Iowa	3

Honolulu Regional

First round December 1–2			Second round December 2–3			Regional semifinals December 9			Regional finals December 10

7	Southern California	3

	Yale	0
			7	Southern California	3
Los Angeles, CA
				Tulsa	0
	Tulsa	3

	Oklahoma	1
						7	Southern California	3

						10	Hawaiʻi	2
	Oregon	2

	Colorado State	3
				Colorado State	1
Honolulu, HI
			10	Hawaiʻi	3
	Northern Colorado	0

10	Hawaiʻi	3
									7	Southern California	3

									15	Pepperdine	2
15	Pepperdine	3

	Missouri State	0
			15	Pepperdine	3
Malibu, CA
				North Carolina	0
	North Carolina	3

	California	2
						15	Pepperdine	3

							Kansas State	0
	Kansas State	3

	Wichita State	0
				Kansas State	3
Lincoln, NE
			2	Nebraska	2
	Jackson State	0

2	Nebraska	3

Final Four - Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

National Semifinals December 15			National Championship December 17

9	UCLA	3

12	Florida State	0
			9	UCLA	3

			3	Illinois	1
3	Illinois	3

7	Southern California	2

Notes

December 15, 2011 – Head coach Michael Sealy of UCLA was named the National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
Rachael Kidder of UCLA was the most outstanding player
All-tournament Team: Alex Jupiter, USC; Zoe Nightingale, UCLA; Lauren Van Orden, UCLA; Annie Luhrsen, Illinois; Michelle Bartsch, Illinois; Colleen Ward, Illinois; Rachael Kidder, UCLA

References

"112611nittygrittyWVB" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved December 12, 2017.

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