1998 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

1998 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament

1998 NCAA Final Four logo

Champions

Long Beach State (3rd NCAA (5th national) title)

Runner-up

Penn State (3rd title match)

Semifinalists

Florida (5th Final Four)
Nebraska (6th Final Four)

Winning coach

Brian Gimmillaro (3rd title)

Most outstanding player

Misty May (Long Beach State)
Lauren Cacciamani (Penn State)

Final Four All-Tournament Team

Benishe Dillard (Long Beach State)
Veronica Walls (Long Beach State)
Jessica Alvarado (Long Beach State)
Bonnie Bremner (Penn State)


«1997	1999»

The 1998 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 3, 1998, with 64 teams and ended December 19 when Long Beach State defeated Penn State 3 games to 2 in Madison, Wisconsin, for the program's third NCAA title and fifth national title overall.

Long Beach State became the first team in NCAA history to finish the season undefeated. Penn State, who was also undefeated before the championship, fell in the finals for the second year in a row.

The NCAA's expansion from 56 teams to 64 began in 1998.^[1]

Records

The NCAA women's volleyball tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1998, joining the men's and women's basketball tournaments as the only 64-team NCAA Tournaments at the time. The NCAA baseball tournament would expand to the same size in 1999, followed by the NCAA women's soccer tournament in 2001 and the NCAA softball tournament in 2003. The Big Ten and Big 12 each earned six bids in 1998. The Pac-10 only received four bids in the 1998 NCAA Tournament, which is the fewest they have earned in the 64-team era.

Mountain Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona	Pac-10	At-large	21-6
	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	21-7
	Colorado State	WAC	At-large	23-7
	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	At-large	24-5
	Fresno State	WAC	At-large	18-10
4	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	20-10
1	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	30-0
	Milwaukee	Midwestern Collegiate	Automatic	25-5
	Notre Dame	Big East	Automatic	17-12
	San Jose State	WAC	At-large	21-11
	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	21-10
	Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	24-11
	Southern	SWAC	Automatic	19-12
	Southwest Texas State	Southland	Automatic	25-8
2	Stanford	Pac-10	Automatic	25-3
3	Texas	Big 12	At-large	24-2

East Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
3	Arkansas	SEC	At-large	27-5
	Brown	Ivy League	Automatic	23-8
	Chattanooga	Southern	Automatic	23-10
1	Florida	SEC	Automatic	31-2
2	Hawaii	WAC	Automatic	29-2
	Indiana	Big Ten	At-large	15-13
	Miami (OH)	MAC	Automatic	26-7
	Nevada	Big West	At-large	22-6
	New Hampshire	America East	Automatic	24-10
	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	Automatic	25-2
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	16-13
	Temple	Atlantic 10	Automatic	22-9
	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	20-8
	Texas Tech	Big 12	At-large	23-10
	UMBC	Northeast	Automatic	22-6
4	USC	Pac-10	At-large	22-5

Central Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	American	CAA	Automatic	29-5
	Bucknell	Patriot	Automatic	16-11
2	BYU	WAC	At-large	28-3
	Cal State Sacramento	Big Sky	Automatic	25-8
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	21-10
	Coastal Carolina	Big South	Automatic	23-12
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	35-1
	Florida Atlantic	Trans America	Automatic	16-5
	Florida State	ACC	Automatic	25-10
	Georgetown	Big East	At-large	24-5
	Houston	Conference USA	At-large	21-12
	Kansas State	Big 12	At-large	18-11
4	Louisville	Conference USA	Automatic	27-4
	Northern Illinois	MAC	At-large	26-6
3	Pacific	Big West	At-large	24-5
1	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	30-0

Pacific Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Ark.-Little Rock	Sun Belt	Automatic	20-8
	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	At-large	22-9
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-large	23-6
	Morgan State	MEAC	Automatic	18-14
1	Nebraska	Big 12	Automatic	28-1
	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	28-7
	Oral Roberts	Mid-Continent	Automatic	29-5
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	17-10
	San Diego	West Coast	Automatic	23-5
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	20-9
	South Florida	Conference USA	At-large	25-7
	UCLA	Pac-10	At-large	15-11
3	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	26-5
	Utah	WAC	At-large	20-9
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	26-7
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	27-4

Mountain Regional (Long Beach)

First round December 3–4			Second round December 5–6			Regional semifinals December 10–11			Regional finals December 12–13

1	Long Beach State	3

	Southern	0
			1	Long Beach State	3
Long Beach, CA
				Arizona	0
Arizona		3

Fresno State		0
						1	Long Beach State	3

						4	Illinois	0
Colorado		3

San Jose State		0
				Colorado	1
Champaign, IL
			4	Illinois	3
4	Illinois	3

	SW Texas State	1
									1	Long Beach State	3

									3	Texas	0
Colorado State		3

South Carolina		2
				Colorado State	0
Austin, TX
			3	Texas	3
3	Texas	3

	UW–Milwaukee	0
						3	Texas	3

						2	Stanford	1
Notre Dame		3

Eastern Washington		1
				Notre Dame	0
Stanford, CA
			2	Stanford	3
2	Stanford	3

	SE Missouri State	1

East Regional (Gainesville)

First round December 3–4			Second round December 5–6			Regional semifinals December 10–11			Regional finals December 12–13

1	Florida	3

	Chattanooga	0
			1	Florida	3
Gainesville, FL
				Ohio State	1
Texas Tech		2

Ohio State		3
						1	Florida	3

						4	Southern California	1
Texas A&M		3

Temple		1
				Texas A&M	1
Los Angeles, CA
			4	Southern California	3
4	Southern California	3

	UMBC	0
									1	Florida	3

									2	Hawaiʻi	2
Northern Iowa		0

Indiana		3
				Indiana	0
Fayetteville, AR
			3	Arkansas	3
3	Arkansas	3

	New Hampshire	0
						3	Arkansas	0

						2	Hawaiʻi	3
Nevada		0

Miami (Oh.)		3
				Miami (Oh.)	0
Honolulu, HI
			2	Hawaiʻi	3
2	Hawaiʻi	3

	Brown	0

Central Regional (University Park)

First round December 3–4			Second round December 5–6			Regional semifinals December 10–11			Regional finals December 12–13

1	Penn State	3

	Bucknell	0
			1	Penn State	3
University Park, PA
				Clemson	0
Fairfield		0

Clemson		3
						1	Penn State	3

						4	Louisville	0
Florida State		1

Northern Illinois		3
				Northern Illinois	1
Louisville, KY
			4	Louisville	3
4	Louisville	3

	American	0
									1	Penn State	3

									2	BYU	0
Cal St. Sacramento		3

Houston		0
				Cal St. Sacramento	0
Stockton, CA
			3	Pacific	3
3	Pacific	3

	Florida Atlantic	0
						3	Pacific	1

						2	BYU	3
Kansas State		3

Georgetown		0
				Kansas State	0
Provo, UT
			2	BYU	3
2	BYU	3

	Coastal Carolina	0

Pacific Regional (Lincoln)

First round December 3–4			Second round December 5–6			Regional semifinals December 10–11			Regional finals December 12–13

1	Nebraska	3

	Morgan State	0
			1	Nebraska	3
Lincoln, NE
				Utah	1
Utah		3

Illinois State		0
						1	Nebraska	3

							Pepperdine	2
North Carolina		3

Oral Roberts		2
			North Carolina		0
East Lansing, MI
			Pepperdine		3
4	Michigan State	2

	Pepperdine	3
									1	Nebraska	3

									2	Wisconsin	2
Virginia		1

UCLA		3
				UCLA	1
Santa Barbara, CA
			3	UCSB	3
3	UCSB	3

	Santa Clara	0
						3	UCSB	2

						2	Wisconsin	3
South Florida		0

San Diego		3
				San Diego	0
Madison, WI
			2	Wisconsin	3
2	Wisconsin	3

	Arkansas-Little Rock	0

Final Four – Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin

National Semifinals December 17			National Championship December 19

1	Long Beach State	3

1	Florida	0
			1	Long Beach State	3

			1	Penn State	2
1	Penn State	3

1	Nebraska	1

National Semifinals

Long Beach State vs. Florida

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
LBSU	15	15	15
FLA	2	8	10

Long Beach advanced to the finals easily, taking the 10-0 lead in the opening game before winning 15-2. Florida staved off seven game points in the second game before falling 15-8. Long Beach then won a closer third game to sweep the Gators.

Misty May put down 11 kills and had two service aces, while Jessica Alvarado led the 49ers with 12 kills.

Penn State vs. Nebraska

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
PSU	15	15	8	15
NEB	11	8	15	11

Lauren Cacciamani had 20 kills, Christy Cochran had 19 and the three-time all-American Bonnie Bremner had 13 to help Penn State beat No. 3 Nebraska in four games. The Huskers ended their season 32-2 while Penn State improved to 35-0 and advanced to the program's third title match.

National Championship: Long Beach State vs. Penn State

Teams	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
LBSU	15	15	13	14	15
PSU	3	10	15	16	12

Long Beach took the first two games easily, 15-3 and 15-10. However, like the 1997 NCAA championship, Penn State took the next two games to force a fifth game.

In the decisive rally-scoring fifth game, Penn State led 7-2, but Long Beach tied it up at 8. Tied at 12, Long Beach State's Jessica Alvardo put down two kills before Veronica Wall's 19th kill of the night ended the match, 15-12. Long Beach State's Misty May, also the AVCA National Player of the Year, was named the co-MVP of the Championship along with Penn State's Lauren Cacciamani.^[2]

NCAA Tournament records

There are two NCAA tournament records that were set in the 1998 tournament.

Service aces, tournament (individual record) - Misty May, Long Beach State - 20 (4 vs. Southern, 4 vs. Arizona, 4 vs. Illinois, 4 vs. Texas, 2 vs. Florida, 2 vs. Penn State)
Service aces, tournament (team record) - Long Beach State - 43 (shared with 2007 Penn State) (15 vs. Southern, 7 vs. Arizona, 8 vs. Illinois, 6 vs. Texas, 4 vs. Florida, 3 vs. Penn State)

References

^ 1998-12-03 "Penn State earns top seed for NCAA tournament^{[permanent dead link]}" The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved on 2009-1-12
^ 1998-12-20. "WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP; Long Beach State Edges Penn State" The New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-1-12.

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