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The 1985
NCAA men's volleyball tournament The NCAA men's volleyball tournament, officially titled the NCAA national collegiate men's volleyball championship, is an annual competition that determines the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in American college men ...
was the 16th annual tournament to determine the national champion of
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men's collegiate
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. The tournament was played at
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in
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during May 1985. Pepperdine defeated
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in the final match, 3–1 (10–15, 15–10, 15–7, 15–3), to win their second national title. The Waves (25–2) were coached by Marv Dunphy. Pepperdines's Bob Ctvrtlik was named the tournament's ''Most Outstanding Player''. Ctvrtlik, along with six other players, comprised the ''All-tournament team''.


Qualification

Until the creation of the
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in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all
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men's volleyball programs whether from Division I, Division II, or
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, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


Tournament bracket

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,
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All tournament team

* Bob Ctvrtlik, Pepperdine (Most outstanding player) * Bill Yardley, USC * Rudy Dvorak, USC * Chao Ying Zhang, USC *
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, Pepperdine *
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, Pepperdine * Mike Fitzgerald, Pepperdine


See also

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1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament The 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match. Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in a ...
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1985 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament The 1985 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament was the fifth annual NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament, tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA to determine the team national champions of NCAA D ...
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1985 NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...


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