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1994 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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

|Year=1994

|Image=1994NCAAVBLOGO.jpg

|Caption=1994 NCAA Final Four logo

|Champions=Stanford

|TitleCount=2nd

|RunnerUp=UCLA

|GameCount=7th NCAA (13th national)

|Semifinal1=Ohio State

|FinalFourCount=2nd

|Semifinal2=Penn State

|FinalFourCount2=2nd

|Coach=Don Shaw

|CoachCount=2nd

|MOP=

|MOPTeam=

|AllTournamentTeam={{ubl|Marnie Triefenbach (Stanford) | Kristin Folkl (Stanford) | Cary Wendell (Stanford) | Jenny Johnson (UCLA) |Annett Buckner (UCLA) | Salima Davidson (Penn State)}}

}}

The 1994 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 17, 1994, when Stanford defeated UCLA 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

Stanford won the program's second title with the win. Led by freshman Kristin Folkl, Stanford defeated the Bruins 15-10, 5-15, 16-14, 15-13. The meeting with UCLA was the fifth straight year Stanford and UCLA met in the NCAA tournament.{{cite news | url =https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72303820.html?dids=72303820:72303820&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+18%2C+1994&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=COLLEGE+VOLLEYBALL%3B+Folkl%2C+Stanford+Defeat+UCLA+for+NCAA+Title&pqatl=google| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121019212439/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72303820.html?dids=72303820:72303820&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+18,+1994&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=COLLEGE+VOLLEYBALL%3B+Folkl,+Stanford+Defeat+UCLA+for+NCAA+Title&pqatl=google| url-status =dead| archive-date =October 19, 2012| title =Folkl, Stanford Defeat UCLA for NCAA Title| date = 1994-12-18 | newspaper = The Washington Post | accessdate = 2009-03-24}}

Play-in games

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1= November 22

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=App State (Southern, 29-5)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=Towson St. (Big South, 19-14)

| RD1-score2=0

}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1= November 22

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=SFA (Southland, 31-3)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=Texas Southern (SWAC, ?)

| RD1-score2=0

}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1= November 26

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=Idaho (Big Sky, 29-2)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=Valparaiso (Mid-Cont., 25-10)

| RD1-score2=0

}}}}

{{clear left}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1=November 26

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=UCF (TAAC, 28-9)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=SE Missouri St. (OVC, 27-13)

| RD1-score2=0

}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1=n/a

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=Rider (NEC, 19-6)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=Army (Patriot, 20-15)

| RD1-score2=2

}}}}

{{align|left|{{2TeamBracket | RD1=n/a

| team-width = 175

| RD1-seed1= 

| RD1-team1=Princeton (Ivy, 25-4)

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2= 

| RD1-team2=Siena (MAAC, 22-9)

| RD1-score2=0

}}}}

{{clear left}}

Records

valign=top |

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Regional

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Berth Type

!Record

|Arizona

|Pac-10

|At-large

|15-9

align=center|4

|Arizona State

|Pac-10

|At-large

|17-9

align=center|3

|BYU

|WAC

|Automatic

|25-3

|Loyola Marymount

|West Coast

|Automatic

|19-9

|Memphis

|Great Midwest

|Automatic

|26-8

|New Mexico

|WAC

|At-large

|19-9

|San Diego State

|WAC

|At-large

|21-9

align=center|1

|Stanford

|Pac-10

|Automatic

|27-1

align=center|2

|USC

|Pac-10

|At-large

|20-7

|Washington

|Pac-10

|At-large

|15-12

|Washington State

|Pac-10

|At-large

|16-12

|Wyoming

|WAC

|At-large

|17-12

| valign=top |

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | Northwest Regional

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Berth Type

!Record

|Arkansas State

|Sun Belt

|Automatic

|26-6

align=center|3

|Hawaii

|Big West

|At-large

|24-4

|Idaho

|Big Sky

|Automatic

|30-2

align=center|2

|Long Beach State

|Big West

|Automatic

|25-5

|Michigan State

|Big Ten

|At-large

|17-14

|Montana

|Big Sky

|At-large

|24-5

align=center|1

|Ohio State

|Big Ten

|Automatic

|26-2

align=center|4

|Pacific

|Big West

|At-large

|22-6

|Princeton

|Ivy League

|Automatic

|26-4

|Texas A&M

|Southwest

|At-large

|18-13

|UC Santa Barbara

|Big West

|At-large

|27-6

|UCF

|Trans America

|Automatic

|29-9

|-

| valign=top |

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | Mideast Regional

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Berth Type

!Record

|Ball State

|Mid-American

|Automatic

|24-5

align=center|4

|Colorado

|Big Eight

|At-large

|22-7

|George Washington

|Atlantic 10

|Automatic

|31-3

|Illinois

|Big Ten

|At-large

|23-13

|Iowa

|Big Ten

|At-large

|24-8

align=center|1

|Nebraska

|Big Eight

|Automatic

|29-0

|Northern Iowa

|Missouri Valley

|Automatic

|27-1

align=center|3

|Notre Dame

|Midwestern Collegiate

|Automatic

|32-3

align=center|2

|Penn State

|Big Ten

|At-large

|28-3

|Pittsburgh

|Big East

|Automatic

|20-10

|Rider

|Northeast

|Automatic

|20-6

|Wisconsin

|Big Ten

|At-large

|21-11

| valign=top |

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | South Regional

Seed

!School

!Conference

!Berth Type

!Record

|Appalachian State

|Southern

|Automatic

|30-5

|Clemson

|ACC

|At-large

|27-7

align=center|4

|Duke

|ACC

|Automatic

|23-5

align=center|3

|Florida

|SEC

|Automatic

|27-5

|George Mason

|CAA

|Automatic

|30-4

|Georgia

|SEC

|At-large

|25-8

|Georgia Tech

|ACC

|At-large

|25-8

align=center|2

|Houston

|Southwest

|Automatic

|24-6

|Louisville

|Metro

|Automatic

|29-4

|Stephen F. Austin

|Southland

|Automatic

|32-3

|Texas

|Southwest

|At-large

|22-9

align=center|1

|UCLA

|Pac-10

|At-large

|28-3

|}

Brackets

=West regional=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Regional semifinal | RD4=Regional Final | RD1-seed01= 

| RD1-team01=Washington

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=Wyoming

| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=San Diego State

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Memphis

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09=Arizona

| RD1-score09=3

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10=Loyola Marymount

| RD1-score10=1

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=Washington State

| RD1-score15=1

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=New Mexico

| RD1-score16=3

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Stanford

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=Washington

| RD2-score02=0

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03=San Diego State

| RD2-score03=2

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Arizona State

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05=BYU

| RD2-score05=1

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06=Arizona

| RD2-score06=3

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=New Mexico

| RD2-score07=0

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08=Southern California

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Stanford

| RD3-score01=3

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Arizona State

| RD3-score02=0

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03=Arizona

| RD3-score03=0

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Southern California

| RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Stanford

| RD4-score01=3

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Southern California

| RD4-score02=0

}}

=Northwest regional=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Regional semifinal | RD4=Regional Final | RD1-seed01= 

| RD1-team01=Texas A&M

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=Michigan State

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=UCSB

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Princeton

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09=Idaho

| RD1-score09=3

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10=Central Florida

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=Arkansas State

| RD1-score15=1

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=Montana

| RD1-score16=3

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Ohio State

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=Texas A&M

| RD2-score02=0

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03=UCSB

| RD2-score03=2

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Pacific

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05=Hawai{{okina}}i

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06=Idaho

| RD2-score06=0

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=Montana

| RD2-score07=0

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08=Long Beach State

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Ohio State

| RD3-score01=3

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Pacific

| RD3-score02=1

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Hawai{{okina}}i

| RD3-score03=2

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Long Beach State

| RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Ohio State

| RD4-score01=3

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Long Beach State

| RD4-score02=1

}}

=Mideast regional=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Regional semifinal | RD4=Regional Final | RD1-seed01= 

| RD1-team01=George Washington

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=Wisconsin

| RD1-score02=2

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=Northern Iowa

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Rider

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09=Iowa

| RD1-score09=2

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10=Pittsburgh

| RD1-score10=3

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=Ball State

| RD1-score15=3

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=Illinois

| RD1-score16=2

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Nebraska

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=George Washington

| RD2-score02=0

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03=Northern Iowa

| RD2-score03=1

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Colorado

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05=Notre Dame

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06=Pittsburgh

| RD2-score06=1

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=Ball State

| RD2-score07=0

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08=Penn State

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Nebraska

| RD3-score01=3

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Colorado

| RD3-score02=0

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Notre Dame

| RD3-score03=0

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Penn State

| RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Nebraska

| RD4-score01=1

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Penn State

| RD4-score02=3

}}

=South regional=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD3=Regional semifinal | RD4=Regional Final | RD1-seed01= 

| RD1-team01=Georgia Tech

| RD1-score01=3

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02=George Mason

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07=Georgia

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08=Appalachian State

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09=Louisville

| RD1-score09=0

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10=Texas

| RD1-score10=3

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15=Stephen F. Austin

| RD1-score15=2

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16=Clemson

| RD1-score16=3

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=UCLA

| RD2-score01=3

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02=Georgia Tech

| RD2-score02=0

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03=Georgia

| RD2-score03=0

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Duke

| RD2-score04=3

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05=Florida

| RD2-score05=3

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06=Texas

| RD2-score06=0

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07=Clemson

| RD2-score07=0

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08=Houston

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=UCLA

| RD3-score01=3

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Duke

| RD3-score02=0

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03=Florida

| RD3-score03=0

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04=Houston

| RD3-score04=3

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=UCLA

| RD4-score01=3

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Houston

| RD4-score02=0

}}

Final Four - [[Frank Erwin Center]], [[Austin, Texas]]

{{4TeamBracket | RD1=National semifinals

| RD2=National Championship

| RD1-seed1= 1

| RD1-team1= Stanford

| RD1-score1= 3

| RD1-seed2= 1

| RD1-team2= Ohio State

| RD1-score2= 0

| RD1-seed3= 2

| RD1-team3= Penn State

| RD1-score3= 2

| RD1-seed4= 1

| RD1-team4= UCLA

| RD1-score4= 3

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1= Stanford

| RD2-score1= 3

| RD2-seed2= 1

| RD2-team2= UCLA

| RD2-score2= 1

}}

See also

References

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