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The UCLA women's volleyball program began its first year in 1965.
Andy Banachowski John Andrew Banachowski (born August 1945) is an American volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the women's volleyball team at UCLA (1965–2010). He had more wins than any other Division I coach, with 1,106 total victories and an overall rec ...
was the head coach each year since 1965 until his retirement after the 2009 season, with the exception of the two seasons of 1968–69 and 1969–70, after he graduated from UCLA. In those seasons, Mardi Hardy Monroe was the head coach. Michael Sealy took over as head coach in 2010 and led the team to a national championship in 2011. Banachowski had more wins than any other NCAA Division I women's volleyball coach, with a record (since 1970, since no records were kept from 1965 to 1969) of 1,106–301. Banachowski had led UCLA to six national championships (3
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–1984, 1990, 1991; 2
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–1974, 1975; and 1 DGWS–1972). UCLA has made 27 of 28 NCAA tournaments and has made 11 NCAA Final Fours, which is tied with
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as the second most Final Four appearances of all Division I programs.UCLA Bruin women's volleyball history
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NCAA championships


1984

UCLA claimed the program's first NCAA national title (fourth overall) after four previous runner-up finishes following the team's 1975 AIAW title. In the deciding fifth game against
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, UCLA was down 12–4, but with heroics from Liz Masakayan, the Bruins continued to chip away at the lead before earning match point at 14–13. Masakayan had the final kill to give UCLA the 15–13 win.


1990

UCLA won the NCAA title by defeating Pacific 15–9, 15–12, 15–7. UCLA was led by
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and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36–1.


1991

Playing at
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, the Bruins repeated as NCAA champions by defeating
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in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15–12, 15–13, UCLA completed off a huge comeback to take the next three games, 15–12, 15–6, 15–11. UCLA's comebacks was one of the biggest in NCAA history, since this match, no team had ever before rallied from 2 games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship. UCLA finished their season 31–5


2011

After 20 years, the UCLA Bruins captured their fourth NCAA title and seventh overall by defeating
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3–1 on December 17, 2011, at the
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in
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. The Bruins were seeded ninth in the NCAA championship tournament. On their way to the title game, they defeated 4-time defending champions
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and No. 1 seeded
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to face No. 3 seeded Illinois. Rachael Kidder was named the most outstanding player of the tournament. Lauren Van Orden and Zoe Nightingale were also named to the all tournament team. Head coach Michael Sealy became a champion both as a player and a head coach. The women's volleyball team was featured in the new Pac-12 Networks Promo for the 2012 season.


Season-by-season results

Note: No records were kept until the 1970–71 season. The three seasons from 1965–1968 and 40 seasons from 1970–2009 were coached by Andy Banachowski. *Conference History **1974–1975: Southern California Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference **1976–1984: Western Collegiate Athletic Association **1985: PacWest Conference **1986–present:
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Olympians

Former players who have gone to the
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to play or coach. *Players **Laurie Lewis – 1968 (indoor) **Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1984 (indoor) **Liz Masakayan – 1988 (indoor) **
Elaine Youngs Elaine Youngs (born February 14, 1970 in Orange, California) is an American former professional volleyball player who competed both indoors and on the beach. Youngs attended UCLA, where as a freshman she started on a team that went undefeated t ...
– 1996 (indoor), 2004 & 2008 (beach) **
Holly McPeak Holly McPeak (born May 15, 1969 in Manhattan Beach, California) is a retired American indoor and beach volleyball player. McPeak was three-times an Olympian in beach volleyball. In the professional circuit, she garnered 72 career beach volleyba ...
– 1996, 2000, & 2004 (beach) **Linda (Robertson) Handley – 1996 (beach) **
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– 2000 (beach) **
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– 2000 (beach) **
Elisabeth Bachman Elisabeth Anne "Wiz" Bachman (born November 7, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA Nationa ...
– 2004 (indoor) *Coaches **Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1996 (assistant coach) **Liz Masakayan – 2004 & 2008 (Coach of McPeak/Youngs beach volleyball team)


Postseason

The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 90–32 through thirty-five appearances.


See also

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List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs This is a list of schools who field women's volleyball teams in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. As of the 2022 season, there are over 330 schools in 22 Division I volleyball conferences. Co ...


References


External links

* {{Pac-12 Conference women's volleyball navbox Women's sports in California 1965 establishments in California Volleyball clubs established in 1965