1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

1990 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
1990 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	UCLA (2nd NCAA (5th national) title)
Runner-up	Pacific (3rd NCAA (4th national) title match)
Semifinalists	LSU (1st Final Four) Nebraska (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Andy Banachowski (2nd title)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Natalie Williams (UCLA) Marissa Hatchett (UCLA) Jenny Evans (UCLA) Holly McPeak (UCLA) Krissy Fifer (Pacific) Monique Adams (LSU)

The 1990 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 15, 1990, when UCLA defeated Pacific 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

UCLA won the program's second NCAA title in women's volleyball by defeating Pacific 15-9, 15-12, 15-7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36-1.

The 1990 Final Four was held at the Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland.

Records

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	BYU	WAC	At-large	26-7
	Florida State	Metro	Automatic	25-9
	Gonzaga	West Coast	At-large	25-6
	Hawaii	Big West	Automatic	27-5
	Idaho State	Big Sky	Automatic	22-9
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	21-11
	Kentucky	SEC	At-large	21-11
	Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	26-8
	Louisville	Metro	At-large	31-6
	LSU	SEC	Automatic	31-6
	Maryland	ACC	Automatic	22-11
	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	Automatic	25-5
	Montana	Big Sky	At-large	24-6
	Nebraska	Big Eight	Automatic	29-2
	New Mexico	WAC	Automatic	21-6
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	23-7
	Pacific	Big West	At-large	26-6
	Penn State	Atlantic 10	Automatic	42-0
	Pepperdine	West Coast	Automatic	25-5
	Pittsburgh	Big East	Automatic	31-5
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-large	21-10
	San Diego State	WAC	At-large	23-11
	San Jose State	Big West	At-large	21-7
	Southwest Missouri State	Missouri Valley	Automatic	24-7
	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	25-3
	Texas	Southwest	Automatic	29-3
	Texas Tech	Southwest	At-large	29-2
	Texas-Arlington	Southland	Automatic	18-18
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	At-large	21-9
	UCLA	Pac-12	Automatic	31-1
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Automatic	28-7
	Wyoming	WAC	At-large	19-9

Brackets

West regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		UCLA	3
		Gonzaga	0
							UCLA	3
							New Mexico	2
		Pepperdine	0
		New Mexico	3
												UCLA	3
												Stanford	0
		BYU	1
		San Diego State	3
							San Diego State	1
							Stanford	3
		Wyoming	0
		Stanford	3

South regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Texas Tech	3
		UT Arlington	0
							Texas Tech	0
							LSU	3
		LSU	3
		Louisville	0
												LSU	3
												Texas	2
		Kentucky	3
		Florida State	1
							Kentucky	0
							Texas	3
		Maryland	0
		Texas	3

Mideast regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Penn State	3
		Purdue	0
							Penn State	3
							Wisconsin	0
		Illinois	0
		Wisconsin	3
												Penn State	1
												Nebraska	3
		Ohio State	0
		Pittsburgh	3
							Pittsburgh	0
							Nebraska	3
		Miami (Oh.)	0
		Nebraska	3

Northwest regional

	First round					Regional semifinal					Regional Final
		Hawaiʻi	3
		SW Missouri State	0
							Hawaiʻi	1
							Long Beach State	3
		San Jose State	0
		Long Beach State	3
												Long Beach State	0
												Pacific	3
		UCSB	3
		Idaho State	0
							UCSB	0
							Pacific	3
		Montana	0
		Pacific	3

Final Four - Cole Field House, College Park, Maryland

	National semifinals					National championship
	UCLA		3
	LSU		0
						UCLA		3
						Pacific		0
	Nebraska		1
	Pacific		3

NCAA tournament records

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1990 NCAA tournament.

• Kills, match (team record) - 112 - Texas vs. LSU

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship