1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament |

|Year=1989

|Image=

|Caption=NCAA volleyball logo

|Champions=Long Beach State

|TitleCount=1st NCAA (3rd national)

|RunnerUp=Nebraska

|GameCount=2nd

|Semifinal1=UT Arlington

|FinalFourCount=1st

|Semifinal2=UCLA

|FinalFourCount2=6th

|Coach=Brian Gimmillaro

|CoachCount=1st

|MOP=

|MOPTeam=

|AllTournamentTeam={{ubl|Tara Cross (Long Beach State) | Sheri Sanders (Long Beach State) | Antoinette White (Long Beach State) | Val Novak (Nebraska) | Eileen Shannon (Nebraska) | Chris Rudiger (UT Arlington)}}

}}

The 1989 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 16, 1989, when Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

Led by AVCA co-National Player of the Year Tara Cross's 20 kills, Long Beach State defeated Nebraska 15-12, 15-0, 15-6 to win the school's first NCAA championship. Nebraska made the program's second championship match appearance.{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD89C7603E6EFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Long Beach State captures NCAA volleyball crown |date=1989-12-18 |publisher=Austin-American Statesman |accessdate=2009-03-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017214533/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD89C7603E6EFF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archivedate=2012-10-17 |url-status=live }}

The 1989 Final Four was held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Records

class="wikitable sortable"

!School

!Conference

!Berth Type

!Record

!Regional

Arizona

|Pac-10

|At-large

|17-12

Cal Poly

|Big West

|At-large

|18-12

California

|Pac-10

|At-large

|18-10

Colorado

|Big Eight

|At-large

|22-10

Eastern Washington

|Big Sky

|Automatic

|25-6

Florida State

|Metro

|Automatic

|30-4

Hawaii

|Big West

|Automatic

|27-2

Houston

|Southwest

|At-large

|25-9

Illinois

|Big Ten

|At-large

|25-7

Illinois State

|Missouri Valley

|Automatic

|21-9

Iowa

|Big Ten

|At-large

|22-10

Long Beach State

|Big West

|At-large

|22-12

LSU

|SEC

|Automatic

|29-7

Minnesota

|Big Ten

|At-large

|28-8

Nebraska

|Big Eight

|Automatic

|25-3

North Carolina

|ACC

|Automatic

|21-8

Ohio State

|Big Ten

|Automatic

|26-6

Oregon

|Pac-10

|At-large

|21-8

Pacific

|Big West

|At-large

|28-4

Penn State

|Atlantic 10

|Automatic

|34-6

Pepperdine

|West Coast

|Automatic

|20-9

San Diego State

|High Country

|At-large

|19-17

San Jose State

|Big West

|At-large

|14-12

Stanford

|Pac-10

|At-large

|17-11

Texas

|Southwest

|Automatic

|25-9

Texas-Arlington

|Southland

|Automatic

|28-3

UC Santa Barbara

|Big West

|At-large

|22-12

UCLA

|Pac-12

|Automatic

|27-2

USC

|Pac-10

|At-large

|19-12

Washington

|Pac-10

|At-large

|18-8

Western Michigan

|Mid-American

|Automatic

|18-12

Wyoming

|High Country

|Automatic

|22-6

Brackets

=Northwest regional=

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = First round

| RD2 = Regional semifinal

| RD3 = Regional Final

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Hawai{{okina}}i

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Eastern Washington

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=UCSB

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=Cal Poly

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Long Beach State

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=San Diego State

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Pacific

| RD1-score7=3

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=San Jose State

| RD1-score8=0

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Hawai{{okina}}i

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Cal Poly

| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=Long Beach State

| RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Pacific

| RD2-score4=1

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=Hawai{{okina}}i

| RD3-score1=2

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Long Beach State

| RD3-score2=3

}}

=South regional=

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = First round

| RD2 = Regional semifinal

| RD3 = Regional Final

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Texas

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Western Michigan

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Florida State

| RD1-score3=1

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=California

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=LSU

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=Houston

| RD1-score6=2

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=UT Arlington

| RD1-score7=3

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=North Carolina

| RD1-score8=1

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Texas

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=California

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=LSU

| RD2-score3=0

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=UT Arlington

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=Texas

| RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=UT Arlington

| RD3-score2=3

}}

=Mideast regional=

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = First round

| RD2 = Regional semifinal

| RD3 = Regional Final

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Nebraska

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Illinois State

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Colorado

| RD1-score3=0

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=Minnesota

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Illinois

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=Penn State

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Ohio State

| RD1-score7=3

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=Iowa

| RD1-score8=0

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Nebraska

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Minnesota

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=Illinois

| RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Ohio State

| RD2-score4=2

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=Nebraska

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Illinois

| RD3-score2=1

}}

=West regional=

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = First round

| RD2 = Regional semifinal

| RD3 = Regional Final

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=UCLA

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Pepperdine

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Oregon

| RD1-score3=0

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=Arizona

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Stanford

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6=Southern California

| RD1-score6=1

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Washington

| RD1-score7=0

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=Wyoming

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=UCLA

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=Arizona

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3=Stanford

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Wyoming

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=UCLA

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Wyoming

| RD3-score2=0

}}

Final Four - [[Neil S. Blaisdell Center]], [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]

{{4TeamBracket | RD1=National semifinals
December 14

| RD2=National championship
December 16

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1= Long Beach State

| RD1-score1= 3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2= UT Arlington

| RD1-score2= 1

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3= Nebraska

| RD1-score3= 3

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4= UCLA

| RD1-score4= 0

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1= Long Beach State

| RD2-score1= 3

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2= Nebraska

| RD2-score2= 0

}}

NCAA tournament records

There are 4 NCAA tournaments record that were set in the 1989 NCAA tournament that still stand today.

Total kill attempts, match (individual record) - Teee Williams, Hawai{{okina}}i - 99 vs. Cal Poly
Total kills, match (team record) - 112 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
Total kill attempts, match (team record) - 328 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly
Digs, match (team record) - 177 - UCSB vs. Cal Poly