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

Final Four - Alex G. Spanos Center,
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NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate volleyball among its Division I members in the United States. ...