The 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 6, 2019 and concluded on December 21 at the
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). It previously was the home of the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2 ...
in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. The tournament field was announced on December 1, 2019.
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
beat
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
in the final to claim their ninth national championship.
Qualifying Teams
Sources
Bracket
Baylor Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Wisconsin Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Stanford Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Texas Regional
Schedule
First round
Second round
Regional semifinals
Regional final
Final four
National semifinals
National Championship
Final Four All-Tournament Team
*Kathryn Plummer – Stanford (''Most Outstanding Player'')
*Morgan Hentz – Stanford
*Jenna Gray – Stanford
*Dana Rettke – Wisconsin
*Molly Haggerty – Wisconsin
*Yossiana Pressley – Baylor
*Alexis Hart – Minnesota
Media Coverage
First and second round matches will be streamed or televised by local school RSN's or streaming services. The 3rd round to the finals will all be streamed by
WatchESPN
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or televised by ESPN Networks.
''First & Second Rounds''
*Spencer Linton & Amy Gant – Provo, Utah (
BYUtv
BYU TV (stylized as BYUtv) is a television channel, founded in 2000, which is owned and operated as a part of Brigham Young University (BYU). The channel, available through cable and satellite distributors in the United States, produces a number ...
)
''Regional semifinals & Regional Finals''
*
Paul Sunderland
Paul Benedict Sunderland (born March 29, 1952) is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Los Angeles, California. He worked as the indoor volleyball play-by-play announcer for NBC Olympics’ coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, ...
&
Karch Kiraly
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the United States men's national volleyball team, U.S National Team that won gold ...
– Madison, Wisconsin
Sam Gore&
Kate George – Waco, Texas
''National semifinals''
*Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, &
Holly Rowe
Holly Rowe (born June 16, 1966) is an American sports telecaster currently working for the sports television network ESPN. Rowe is best known as a sideline reporter for college football games which are telecast on ESPN. Rowe made Utah Jazz team ...
– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
''First & Second Rounds''
*Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, & Holly Rowe – Austin, Texas (
LHN)
''Regional semifinals & Regional Finals''
*Courtney Lyle & Salima Rockwell – Austin, Texas
*Tiffany Greene & Missy Whittemore – Stanford, California
''National Championship''
*Paul Sunderland, Karch Kiraly, & Holly Rowe – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NCAA tournament record
There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 2019 tournament:
*Hitting percentage, tournament (individual record, minimum 75 attempts) — Madeleine Gates, Stanford University — .563% (5—0/12 vs. Denver, 7—0/11 vs. Cal Poly, 8—0/14 vs. Utah, 11—0/15 vs. Penn State, 5—0/11 vs. Minnesota, 10—1/17 vs. Wisconsin.)
References
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