The 2019 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 6, 2019 and concluded on December 21 at the
PPG Paints Arena
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in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. The tournament field was announced on December 1, 2019.
Stanford
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...
beat
Wisconsin
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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
Morgan Irene Hentz (born July 27, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Atlanta Vibe of the Pro Volleyball Federation.
Early life
Hentz was bo ...
– 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
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)
''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. He was a central part of the United States men's national volleyball team, U.S National Team that won gold medals at t ...
– 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 for the ESPN sports television network, as a sideline reporter for college football and basketball games. Rowe made Utah Jazz history on October 22, 2021 as the team's first female ...
– 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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December 2019 sports events in the United States
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
Sports competitions in Pittsburgh
Women's sports in Pennsylvania