1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

1997 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament

1997 NCAA Final Four logo

Champions

Stanford (4th title)

Runner-up

Penn State (2nd title match)

Semifinalists

Long Beach State (5th Final Four)
Florida (4th Final Four)

Winning coach

Don Shaw (4th title)

Most outstanding player

Terri Zemaitis (Penn State)

Final Four All-Tournament Team

Kristin Folkl (Stanford)
Paula McNamee (Stanford)
Lisa Sharpley (Stanford)
Carrie Schonveld (Penn State)
Lauren Cacciamani (Penn State)


«1996	1998»

The 1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 56 teams and ended on December 20, 1997, when Stanford defeated Penn State 3 games to 2 in the NCAA championship match.

Stanford won their second straight title and 4th in 6 years. After winning the first two games 15-10, 15-6, Penn State forced a fifth game as the Nittany Lions won the next two 15-2, 17-15. In the decisive fifth game, Stanford jumped out to the 12-8 lead before Kristin Folkl recorded the final three kills for the 15-9 win. Stanford finished the year 33-2, with their only two losses coming from Penn State in the early season.^[1]

The 1997 NCAA tournament was the first, and would be the last, year with 56 tournament teams, as it was expanded from 48 teams (1993-1996). In 1998, the tournament would be expanded to its present-day 64 tournament teams.

Play-in games

November 21

	Morgan State (MEAC, 24-9)	3

	Grambling State (SWAC, ?)	0

November 23

	Lehigh (Patriot, 17-12)	3

	Wagner (Northeast, 10-19)	1

Records

East Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	BYU	WAC	Automatic	27-5
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	25-9
	Hofstra	America East	Automatic	23-13
	Maryland	ACC	At-large	26-1
	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	At-large	23-7
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	20-11
	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	22-9
	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	Automatic	26-3
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	22-10
	Penn State	Big Ten	Auto (shared)	30-1
	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	22-5
	Temple	Atlantic 10	Automatic	29-4
	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	24-7
	Villanova	Big East	At-large	20-8

Central Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	American	CAA	Automatic	30-3
	Arkansas	SEC	At-large	29-5
	Arkansas-Little Rock	Sun Belt	Automatic	16-12
	Clemson	ACC	Automatic	26-7
	Colorado State	WAC	At-large	26-5
	Florida	SEC	Automatic	31-3
	Florida State	ACC	At-large	25-8
	Lehigh	Patriot	Automatic	18-12
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	26-8
	Notre Dame	Big East	Automatic	23-8
	South Florida	Conference USA	At-large	25-8
	UCF	Trans America	Automatic	27-3
	Washington State	Pac-10	At-large	24-6
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Auto (shared)	28-2

Pacific Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Butler	Midwestern Collegiate	Automatic	27-6
	Cal State Sacramento	Big Sky	Automatic	23-8
	Chattanooga	Southern	Automatic	26-9
	Hawaii	WAC	At-large	25-7
	Kansas State	Big 12	At-large	20-12
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	30-1
	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	At-large	21-6
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-large	22-11
	Morgan State	MEAC	Automatic	25-9
	Nebraska	Big 12	At-large	25-6
	Pacific	Big West	At-large	22-8
	San Diego	West Coast	Automatic	25-3
	USC	Pac-10	At-large	21-5
	Washington	Pac-10	At-large	18-9

Mountain Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona	Pac-10	At-large	20-6
	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	20-8
	Houston	Conference USA	Automatic	22-9
	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	Automatic	24-8
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-large	19-12
	Oral Roberts	Mid-Continent	Automatic	28-9
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	23-5
	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	20-7
	Stanford	Pac-10	Automatic	28-2
	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	Automatic	23-12
	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	Automatic	23-9
	Texas	Big 12	Automatic	23-6
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	29-4
	UCLA	Pac-10	At-large	16-12

Brackets

East Regional - University Park, PA

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional final

			1	Penn State	3

				Northern Illinois	0
	Northern Illinois	3

	Villanova	2
						1	Penn State	3

							Ohio State	0
	Ohio State	3

	Fairfield	0
				Ohio State	3

				Maryland	0
	Maryland	3

	Princeton	0
									1	Penn State	3

									2	BYU	0
	Temple	2

	Michigan	3
				Michigan	0

				Texas A&M	3
	Hofstra	0

	Texas A&M	3
							Texas A&M	2

						2	BYU	3
	Miami (Oh.)	0

	Minnesota	3
				Minnesota	0

			2	BYU	3

Central Regional - Madison, WI

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional final

			1	Wisconsin	3

				Central Florida	0
	Central Florida	3

	Clemson	0
						1	Wisconsin	3

							Notre Dame	1
	Arkansas	3

	Arkansas-Little Rock	0
				Arkansas	1

				Notre Dame	3
	Notre Dame	3

	Liberty	0
									1	Wisconsin	2

									2	Florida	3
	American	1

	Colorado State	3
				Colorado State	1

				Washington State	3
	Lehigh	0

	Washington State	3
							Washington State	0

						2	Florida	3
	Florida State	2

	South Florida	3
				South Florida	0

			2	Florida	3

Pacific Regional - Long Beach, CA

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional final

			1	Long Beach State	3

				Loyola Marymount	0
	Hawaiʻi	0

	Loyola Marymount	3
						1	Long Beach State	3

							Washington	0
	Washington	3

	Chattanooga	0
				Washington	3

				Pacific	1
	Pacific	3

	Cal St. Sacramento	1
									1	Long Beach State	3

									2	Nebraska	0
	Kansas State	1

	San Diego	3
				San Diego	2

				Southern California	3
	Morgan State	0

	Southern California	3
							Southern California	2

						2	Nebraska	3
	Butler	0

	Michigan State	3
				Michigan State	0

			2	Nebraska	3

Mountain Regional - Stanford, CA

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional final

			1	Stanford	3

				Oklahoma	0
	Oklahoma	3

	Houston	0
						1	Stanford	3

							Colorado	0
	Colorado	3

	Tennessee Tech	0
				Colorado	3

				Oral Roberts	2
	Arizona	2

	Oral Roberts	3
									1	Stanford	3

									2	UCSB	0
	Illinois State	0

	South Carolina	3
				South Carolina	0

				Texas	3
	Stephen F. Austin	0

	Texas	3
							Texas	0

						2	UCSB	3
	UCLA	3

	Pepperdine	1
				UCLA	2

			2	UCSB	3

Final Four - Spokane Arena, Spokane, Washington

National Semifinals			National Championship

1	Penn State	3

2	Florida	0
			1	Penn State	2

			1	Stanford	3
1	Long Beach State	1

1	Stanford	3

References

^ "Stanford Captures Fourth NCAA Championship". Stanford Athletics. December 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2009.

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