2016 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2016 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2016 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
	2016 NCAA Division 1 Women's Volleyball Championship
Champions	Stanford (7th title)
Runner-up	Texas (6th title match)
Semifinalists	Minnesota (5th Final Four); Nebraska (13th Final Four);
Winning coach	John Dunning (5th title)
Most outstanding player	Inky Ajanaku (Stanford)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Jenna Gray (Stanford); Morgan Hentz (Stanford); Kathryn Plummer (Stanford); Micaya White (Texas); Ebony Nwanebu (Texas); Sarah Wilhite (Minnesota);
«2015	2017»

The 2016 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 1, 2016 and concluded on December 17 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.^[1] The tournament field was determined on November 27, 2016. Stanford defeated Texas 3 sets to 1 in the final to claim their seventh title, tying them with Penn State for most all-time.

Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualified automatically, while the remaining 32 positions were filled with at-large selections. The Big Ten and Pac-12 led all conferences with eight teams each in the field, followed by the Big 12, which placed six teams.

Records

Lincoln Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI^[2]	Record
	Arizona	Pac-12	At-Large	36	18-14
	Cleveland State	Horizon	Automatic	37	25-5
	Colorado State	Mountain West	At-Large	46	21-8
	Dayton	A-10	Automatic	28	30-1
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	119	28-5
	Kentucky	SEC	At-Large	19	22-7
	LIU Brooklyn	NEC	Automatic	196	16-14
9	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-Large	15	24-8
1	Nebraska	Big Ten	Automatic	3	27-2
	New Hampshire	America East	Automatic	139	21-10
16	Penn State	Big Ten	At-Large	26	22-9
	Pittsburgh	ACC	At-Large	39	24-8
	TCU	Big 12	At-Large	20	14-12
	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	Automatic	60	24-7
8	Washington	Pac-12	Automatic	6	26-4
	Wichita State	MVC	Automatic	21	24-7

Austin Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	American	Patriot	Automatic	86	27-7
13	BYU	West Coast	Automatic	7	27-3
	Creighton	Big East	Automatic	17	26-6
5	Kansas	Big 12	Automatic	5	26-2
	Miami (OH)	MAC	At-Large	40	24-6
12	Michigan	Big Ten	At-Large	13	22-10
	Northern Iowa	MVC	At-Large	45	24-9
	Oregon	Pac-12	At-Large	24	20-9
	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	78	19-4
	Samford	SoCon	Automatic	129	21-13
	SMU	The American	Automatic	30	25-7
4	Texas	Big 12	At-Large	4	22-4
	Texas A&M	SEC	At-Large	25	21-8
	UNLV	Mountain West	At-Large	33	23-7
	Utah	Pac-12	At-Large	31	20-11
	UTRGV	WAC	Automatic	123	21-13

Madison Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Alabama State	SWAC	Automatic	194	24-8
	Boise State	Mountain West	Automatic	32	25-6
	Cincinnati	The American	At-Large	38	22-9
	Denver	The Summit	Automatic	110	23-8
11	Florida	SEC	Automatic	10	26-3
	Florida State	ACC	At-Large	22	24-5
	Howard	MEAC	Automatic	159	26-5
14	Kansas State	Big 12	At-Large	18	20-9
	Lipscomb	ASUN	Automatic	52	22-7
	Marquette	Big East	At-Large	41	23-8
	Missouri State	MVC	At-Large	44	26-8
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-Large	34	20-12
6	Stanford	Pac-12	At-Large	11	21-7
	Washington State	Pac-12	At-Large	43	21-11
	Western Kentucky	C-USA	Automatic	14	30-2
3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-Large	1	25-4

Minneapolis Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Baylor	Big 12	At-Large	42	21-11
	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	Automatic	35	27-4
	Hawaiʻi	Big West	Automatic	23	22-5
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	109	23-9
	Iowa State	Big 12	At-Large	27	18-10
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	50	21-10
2	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-Large	2	25-4
15	Missouri	SEC	At-Large	9	25-5
	Murray State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	96	23-8
7	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	8	27-3
	North Dakota	Big Sky	Automatic	98	26-9
	Northern Illinois	MAC	Automatic	51	25-5
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-Large	29	18-13
	San Diego	West Coast	At-Large	16	24-5
10	UCLA	Pac-12	At-Large	12	24-6
	USC	Pac-12	At-Large	48	18-13

Bracket

The first two rounds are held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which will be announced after play concludes, on December 3.^[3]

Lincoln Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals

1	Nebraska	3

	New Hampshire	0
			1	Nebraska	3
Lincoln, NE
				TCU	0
	Wichita State	1

	TCU	3
						1	Nebraska	3

						16	Penn State	2
16	Penn State	3

	LIU Brooklyn	0
			16	Penn State	3
University Park, PA
				Pittsburgh	1
	Pittsburgh	3

	Dayton	1
									1	Nebraska	3

									8	Washington	0
8	Washington	3

	A&M-Corpus Christi	0
			8	Washington	3
Seattle, WA
				Kentucky	0
	Kentucky	3

	Colorado State	1
						8	Washington	3

							Arizona	0
9	Michigan State	3

	Fairfield	0
			9	Michigan State	2
East Lansing, MI
				Arizona	3
	Cleveland State	0

	Arizona	3

Schedule

First round

December 2, 2016 8:00 PM	Nebraska	3-0	New Hampshire	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(25-9, 25-23, 25-18)

December 2, 2016 5:30 PM	Wichita State	1-3	TCU	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(17-25, 23-25, 25-22, 20-25)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Penn State	3-0	LIU Brooklyn	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
	(25-8, 25-16, 25-6)

December 2, 2016 5:00 PM	Pittsburgh	3-1	Dayton	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
	(20-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-19)

December 2, 2016 10:30 PM	Washington	3-0	Texas A&M Corpus Christi	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
	(25-18, 25-14, 25-14)

December 2, 2016 8:00 PM	Kentucky	3-0	Colorado State	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
	(24-26, 25-22, 25-10, 25-17)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Michigan State	3-0	Fairfield	Jenison Fieldhouse, East Lansing, Michigan
	(25-14, 25-13, 25-15)

December 1, 2016 5:00 PM	Cleveland State	0-3	Arizona	Jenison Fieldhouse, East Lansing, Michigan
	(14-25, 17-25, 13-25)

Second round

December 3, 2016 8:00 PM	Nebraska	3-0	TCU	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(25-22, 25-12, 25-16)

December 3, 2016 6:30 PM	Penn State	3-1	Pittsburgh	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania
	(20-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18)

December 3, 2016 10:30 PM	Washington	3-0	Kentucky	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington
	(25-21, 25-11, 25-10)

December 3, 2016 7:30 PM	Michigan State	3-0	Arizona	Jenison Fieldhouse, East Lansing, Michigan
	(25-17, 16-25, 19-25, 26-24, 10-15)

Regional semifinals

December 9, 2016 12:00 PM	Nebraska	3-2	Penn State	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(23-25, 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 15-6)

December 9, 2016 2:30 PM	Washington	3-0	Arizona	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(25-15, 25-22, 25-18)

Regional Final

December 10, 2016 4:00 PM	Nebraska	3-0	Washington	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(25-16, 25-10, 25-21)

Austin Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals

4	Texas	3

	UT-Rio Grande Valley	0
			4	Texas	3
Austin, TX
				Southern Methodist	0
	Texas A&M	0

	Southern Methodist	3
						4	Texas	3

						13	BYU	2
13	BYU	3

	Princeton	0
			13	BYU	3
Provo, UT
				UNLV	0
	UNLV	3

	Utah	1
									4	Texas	3

										Creighton	0
5	Kansas	3

	Samford	0
			5	Kansas	2
Lawrence, KS
				Creighton	3
	Northern Iowa	2

	Creighton	3
							Creighton	3

						12	Michigan	2
12	Michigan	3

	American	0
			12	Michigan	3
Ann Arbor, MI
				Oregon	1
	Oregon	3

	Miami (OH)	1

Schedule

First round

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Texas	3-0	UTRGV	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(25-14, 25-16, 25-17)

December 2, 2016 5:00 PM	Texas A&M	0-3	SMU	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(23-25, 23-25, 18-25)

December 2, 2016 9:00 PM	BYU	3-0	Princeton	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah
	(25-22, 25-15, 25-23)

December 2, 2016 7:00 PM	UNLV	3-1	Utah	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah
	(27-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-20)

December 1, 2016 7:30 PM	Kansas	3-0	Samford	Horejsi Family Athletics Center, Lawrence, Kansas
	(25-19, 25-21, 25-17)

December 1, 2016 5:00 PM	Northern Iowa	2-3	Creighton	Horejsi Family Athletics Center, Lawrence, Kansas
	(16-25, 20-25, 26-24, 25-14, 12-15)

December 1, 2016 7:30 PM	Michigan	3-0	American	Cliff Keen Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
	(25-13, 25-23, 25-12)

December 1, 2016 5:30 PM	Oregon	3-1	Miami (OH)	Cliff Keen Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
	(25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 25-19)

Second round

December 3, 2016 8:00 PM	Texas	3-0	SMU	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(25-15, 25-18, 25-12)

December 3, 2016 9:00 PM	BYU	3-0	UNLV	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah
	(25-23, 25-21, 25-12)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Kansas	2-3	Creighton	Horejsi Family Athletics Center, Lawrence, Kansas
	(25-21, 20-25, 17-25, 25-16, 18-20)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Michigan	3-1	Oregon	Cliff Keen Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan
	(22-25, 25-17, 25-12, 25-17)

Regional semifinals

December 9, 2016 4:00 PM	Texas	3-2	BYU	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(25-23, 25-14, 24-26, 22-25, 16-14)

December 9, 2016 6:30 PM	Creighton	3-2	Michigan	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(24-26, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 15-7)

Regional Final

December 10, 2016 8:00 PM	Texas	3-0	Creighton	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(25-19, 25-20, 25-11)

Madison Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals

3	Wisconsin	3

	Howard	0
			3	Wisconsin	3
Madison, WI
				Washington State	0
	Marquette	1

	Washington State	3
						3	Wisconsin	3

							Ohio State	2
14	Kansas State	3

	Lipscomb	0
			14	Kansas State	2
Manhattan, KS
				Ohio State	3
	Ohio State	3

	Missouri State	0
									3	Wisconsin	2

									6	Stanford	3
6	Stanford	3

	Denver	0
			6	Stanford	3
Stanford, CA
				Boise State	0
	Western Kentucky	0

	Boise State	3
						6	Stanford	3

							Florida State	1
11	Florida	3

	Alabama State	0
			11	Florida	2
Gainesville, FL
				Florida State	3
	Cincinnati	1

	Florida State	3

Schedule

First round

December 1, 2016 8:30 PM	Wisconsin	3-0	Howard	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(25-11, 25-18, 25-10)

December 1, 2016 6:00 PM	Marquette	1-3	Washington State	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(21-25, 25-22, 19-25, 20-25)

December 2, 2016 8:30 PM	Kansas State	3-0	Lipscomb	Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas
	(28-26, 25-15, 26-24)

December 2, 2016 6:00 PM	Ohio State	3-0	Missouri State	Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas
	(25-21, 25-13, 31-29)

December 2, 2016 10:00 PM	Stanford	3-0	Denver	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California
	(25-12, 25-22, 25-20)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Western Kentucky	0-3	Boise State	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California
	(26-28, 22-25, 25-27)

December 2, 2016 7:00 PM	Florida	3-0	Alabama State	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
	(25-15, 25-13, 25-9)

December 2, 2016 4:30 PM	Cincinnati	1-3	Florida State	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
	(25-20, 14-25, 23-25, 23-25)

Second round

December 1, 2016 8:00 PM	Wisconsin	3-0	Washington State	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(25-18, 25-18, 25-17)

December 2, 2016 8:00 PM	Kansas State	2-3	Ohio State	Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas
	(20-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-17)

December 2, 2016 10:00 PM	Stanford	3-0	Boise State	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California
	(25-11, 25-22, 25-18)

December 2, 2016 7:30 PM	Florida	2-3	Florida State	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
	(25-13, 25-16, 23-25, 19-25, 12-15)

Regional semifinals

December 9, 2016 2:00 PM	Wisconsin	3-2	Ohio State	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(25-15, 22-25, 29-31, 25-22, 15-13)

December 9, 2016 4:30 PM	Stanford	3-1	Florida State	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(25-27, 25-20, 25-9, 25-23)

Regional Final

December 10, 2016 6:00 PM	Wisconsin	2-3	Stanford	Wisconsin Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
	(25-18, 26-24, 21-25, 21-25, 9-15)

Minneapolis Regional

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional finals

2	Minnesota	3

	North Dakota	0
			2	Minnesota	3
Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN
				Hawaii	0
	Hawaii	3

	USC	2
						2	Minnesota	3

						15	Missouri	1
15	Missouri	3

	Northern Illinois	0
			15	Missouri	3
Columbia, MO
				Purdue	1
	Purdue	3

	Iowa State	0
									2	Minnesota	3

									10	UCLA	0
7	North Carolina	3

	High Point	0
			7	North Carolina	3
Chapel Hill, NC
				Coastal Carolina	0
	James Madison	2

	Coastal Carolina	3
						7	North Carolina	1

						10	UCLA	3
10	UCLA	3

	Murray State	1
			10	UCLA	3
Los Angeles, CA
				Baylor	0
	San Diego	2

	Baylor	3

Schedule

First round

December 2, 2016 8:00 PM	Minnesota	3-0	North Dakota	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-21, 25-12, 25-20)

December 2, 2016 5:30 PM	Hawaii	3-2	Southern Cal	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 16-25, 15-13)

December 1, 2016 7:30 PM	Missouri	3-0	Northern Illinois	Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri
	(25-16, 25-13, 25-20)

December 1, 2016 5:30 PM	Purdue	3-0	Iowa State	Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri
	(26-24, 25-21, 25-13)

December 2, 2016 6:30 PM	North Carolina	3-0	High Point	Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
	(25-13, 25-12, 25-23)

December 2, 2016 4:30 PM	James Madison	2-3	Coastal Carolina	Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
	(25-19, 18-25, 18-25, 25-17, 9-15)

December 2, 2016 11:00 PM	UCLA	3-1	Murray State	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
	(21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-9)

December 2, 2016 8:30 PM	San Diego	2-3	Baylor	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
	(25-16, 18-25, 25-17, 20-25, 13-15)

Second round

December 3, 2016 7:00 PM	Minnesota	3-0	Hawaii	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-17, 25-17, 25-19)

December 2, 2016 7:00 PM	Missouri	3-1	Purdue	Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri
	(25-13, 22-25, 25-16, 25-21)

December 3, 2016 6:00 PM	North Carolina	3-0	Coastal Carolina	Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
	(23-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-16)

December 3, 2016 10:00 PM	UCLA	3-0	Baylor	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
	(25-21, 25-20, 25-20)

Regional semifinals

December 9, 2016 8:15 PM	Minnesota	3-1	Missouri	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-15, 21-25, 25-19, 25-14)

December 9, 2016 10:45 PM	North Carolina	1-3	UCLA	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-23, 22-25, 23-25, 26-28)

Regional Final

December 10, 2016 7:30 PM	Minnesota	3-0	UCLA	Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25-23, 25-20, 25-22)

Final Four

National semifinal and championship were held at Nationwide Arena, in Columbus, Ohio on December 15 and 17 respectively. The national semifinal matches, originally scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN2, were moved to ESPN.^[4]

National semifinals			National Championship

1	Nebraska	0

4	Texas	3
			4	Texas	1

			6	Stanford	3
2	Minnesota	1

6	Stanford	3

National semifinals

December 15, 2016 9:30 PM	Nebraska	0-3	Texas	Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
	(18-25, 23-25, 21-25)

December 15, 2016 7:00 PM	Stanford	3-1	Minnesota	Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
	(26-24, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22)

National Championship

December 17, 2016 9:00 PM	Texas	1-3	Stanford	Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
	(21-25, 19-25, 25-18, 21-25)

Record by conference

Conference	Teams	W	L	Pct.	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Big Ten	8	19	8	.704	8	6	3	2	–	–
Pac-12	8	16	7	.696	6	4	3	1	1	1
ACC	3	5	3	.625	3	2	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	3	2	.600	1	1	1	–	–	–
Big 12	6	9	6	.600	5	1	1	1	1	–
WCC	2	2	2	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
SEC	4	4	4	.500	3	1	–	–	–	–
Big West	1	1	1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	1	1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	3	2	3	.400	2	–	–	–	–	–
The American	2	1	2	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Other	24	0	24	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32,
Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

References

^ "DI Women's Volleyball Championship".
^ "16 VB Nitty Gritty Thru Nov 26" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ "Women's college volleyball: Field for 2016 DI championship announced". NCAA.com. November 27, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ "NCAA: Shoji takes leave, semis move to ESPN, Creighton's Witt recovering". VolleyballMag.com. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[1] "DI Women's Volleyball Championship".

[2] "16 VB Nitty Gritty Thru Nov 26" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

[3] "Women's college volleyball: Field for 2016 DI championship announced". NCAA.com. November 27, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

[4] "NCAA: Shoji takes leave, semis move to ESPN, Creighton's Witt recovering". VolleyballMag.com. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.