The 1986 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 20, 1986, when

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defeated

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3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match. Pacific won their second straight NCAA title in volleyball with an easy sweep of Nebraska by the scores of 15-12, 15-4, 15-4.(12-21-1986).
Oden has a title to savor; UOP swamps Nebraska for second straight crown
. ''The Sacramento Bee''. Nebraska became the first non-

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university to make the NCAA national championship match (although it happened six times in the

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national championships in the 1970s). Semifinalist Texas joined Nebraska in becoming the first non-California or Hawaii universities to make the NCAA final four (although four such others reached title matches in the 1970s).

Brackets

Northwest regional

South regional

Mideast regional

West regional

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References

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NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event that leads to the championship in women's volleyball from teams in Division I contested by the NCAA each winter since 1981. Texas won the most recent tournament, defeating Louis ...