2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2017 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2017 Division I Championship
Champions	Nebraska (5th title)
Runner-up	Florida (2nd title match)
Semifinalists	Penn State (13th Final Four) Stanford (21st Final Four)
Winning coach	John Cook (4th title)
Most outstanding player	Mikaela Foecke (2nd) (Nebraska) Kelly Hunter (Nebraska)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Rhamat Alhassan (Florida) Simone Lee (Penn State) Merete Lutz (Stanford) Kenzie Maloney (Nebraska) Carli Snyder (Florida)

The 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began November 30, 2017 and concluded on December 16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament field was determined on November 26, 2017. Nebraska beat Florida in the final to claim their fifth national championship.^[1]

Qualifying teams

University Park Regional Seed[2] RPI[3] School Conference Berth Type Record 1 1 Penn State Big Ten At-Large/Split 29–1 8 8 Washington Pac-12 At-Large 24–7 9 10 Creighton Big East Automatic 25–6 16 14 Wichita State The American Automatic 28–3 35 VCU A-10 Automatic 30–2 36 Missouri State MVC Automatic 28–5 60 Radford Big South Automatic 25–4 74 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt Automatic 20–7 111 LIU Brooklyn NEC Automatic 20–9 239 Howard MEAC Automatic 16–15 19 Kansas Big 12 At-Large 22–7 23 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large 21–8 26 Illinois Big Ten At-Large 21–10 27 Pittsburgh ACC At-Large/Split 25–6 34 Missouri SEC At-Large 20–11 37 Hawaii Big West At-Large 20–7

Gainesville Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 2 2 Florida SEC Automatic/Split 25–1 7 7 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large 26–5 10 11 USC Pac-12 At-Large 22–9 15 17 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large 19–10 16 Cal Poly Big West Automatic 26–2 20 San Diego WCC Automatic/Split 24–4 21 Louisville ACC Automatic/Split 24–6 54 Denver The Summit Automatic 23–5 58 Austin Peay Ohio Valley Automatic 30–5 66 Central Arkansas Southland Automatic 27–4 70 North Dakota Big Sky Automatic 30–7 196 Alabama State SWAC Automatic 28–10 33 Miami(FL) ACC At-Large 21–5 42 Northern Iowa MVC At-Large 26–8 45 Louisiana State SEC At-Large 20–9 46 Charleston CAA At-Large 27–5

Stanford Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 3 5 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 26–3 6 4 Texas Big 12 Automatic 24–2 11 9 Utah Pac-12 At-Large 22–9 14 13 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large 21–6 32 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic 28–3 61 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 18–7 67 Cleveland State Horizon Automatic 22–7 147 Fairfield MAAC Automatic 25–6 184 CSU Bakersfield WAC Automatic 19–13 18 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large 20–9 25 Purdue Big Ten At-Large 22–9 29 Michigan Big Ten At-Large 21–11 30 Marquette Big East At-Large 22–9 31 Oregon State Pac-12 At-Large 21–11 39 High Point Big South At-Large 24–7 49 NC State ACC At-Large 20–11

Lexington Regional Seed RPI School Conference Berth Type Record 4 3 Kentucky SEC At-Large/Split 26–3 5 6 Nebraska Big Ten Automatic/Split 26–4 12 12 Baylor Big 12 At-Large 23–6 13 15 BYU WCC At-Large/Split 28–2 28 Western Kentucky C-USA Automatic 30–3 40 Kennesaw State ASUN Automatic 21–4 48 James Madison CAA Automatic 23–5 62 American Patriot Automatic 26–7 63 Miami(OH) MAC Automatic 23–8 85 ETSU SoCon Automatic 19–11 166 Stony Brook America East Automatic 18–12 22 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large 17–11 24 Colorado Pac-12 At-Large 22–9 38 Washington State Pac-12 At-Large 17–15 40 Notre Dame ACC At-Large 22–9 43 Florida State ACC At-Large 18–10

Bracket

Penn State Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	1	Penn St.	3
		Howard	1
						1	Penn State	3
	University Park, PA
							Pittsburgh	1
		VCU	1
		Pittsburgh	3
											1	Penn State	3
												Missouri	0
		Kansas	2
		Missouri	3
							Missouri	3
	Wichita, KS
						16	Wichita State	1
		Radford	0
	16	Wichita State	3
																1	Penn State	3
																	Michigan State	0
	9	Creighton	3
		Coastal Carolina	1
						9	Creighton	1
	Omaha, NE
							Michigan State	3
		Missouri State	0
		Michigan State	3
												Michigan State	3
												Illinois	1
		Illinois	3
		Hawaii	2
							Illinois	3
	Seattle, WA
						8	Washington	2
		LIU Brooklyn	0
	8	Washington	3

Schedule

First round

December 1, 2017 5:00 PM	VCU	1–3	Pittsburgh	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,210
	(14–25, 20–25, 25–18, 13–25)

December 1, 2017 7:30 PM	Penn State	3–1	Howard	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,210
	(25–10, 22–25, 25–15, 25–16)

December 1, 2017 7:00 PM	Kansas	2–3	Missouri	Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Attendance: 7,257
	(23–25, 25–15, 15–25, 25–20, 10–15)

December 1, 2017 9:00 PM	Radford	0–3	Wichita State	Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Attendance: 7,257
	(16–25, 18–25, 15–25)

December 1, 2017 5:00 PM	Missouri State	0–3	Michigan State	D. J. Sokol Arena, Omaha, Nebraska Attendance: 2,517
	(19–25, 11–25, 15–25)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Creighton	3–1	Coastal Carolina	D. J. Sokol Arena, Omaha, Nebraska Attendance: 2,517
	(25–20, 27–25, 20–25, 25–22)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Illinois	3–2	Hawaii	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington Attendance: 2,814
	(25–18, 25–17, 13–25, 24–26, 15–10)

December 1, 2017 10:30 PM	LIU Brooklyn	0–3	Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington Attendance: 2,814
	(10–25, 13–25, 18–25)

Second round

December 2, 2017 7:00 PM	Penn State	3–1	Pittsburgh	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,413
	(25–20, 23–25, 25–22, 25–19)

December 2, 2017 8:00 PM	Missouri	3–1	Wichita State	Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kansas Attendance: 7,258
	(25–23, 25–22, 21–25, 26–24)

December 2, 2017 7:00 PM	Creighton	1–3	Michigan State	D. J. Sokol Arena, Omaha, Nebraska Attendance: 2,415
	(23–25, 25–19, 20–25, 16–25)

December 2, 2017 10:00 PM	Illinois	3–2	Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena, Seattle, Washington Attendance: 3,048
	(25–22, 17–25, 20–25, 25–17, 15–9)

Regional semifinals

December 8, 2017 2:00 PM	Missouri	0–3	Penn State	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,033
	(17–25, 18–25, 19–25)

December 8, 2017 4:00 PM	Illinois	1–3	Michigan State	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,033
	(23–25, 25–18, 17–25, 27–29)

Regional Final

December 9, 2017 8:00 PM	Michigan State	0–3	Penn State	Rec Hall, University Park, Pennsylvania Attendance: 3,521
	(23–25, 17–25, 26–28)

Kentucky Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	5	Nebraska	3
		Stony Brook	0
						5	Nebraska	3
	Lincoln, NE
							Washington St.	0
		Florida State	1
		Washington St.	3
											5	Nebraska	3
												Colorado	0
		Colorado	3
		James Madison	0
							Colorado	3
	Waco, TX
						12	Baylor	0
		Miami (Ohio)	0
	12	Baylor	3
																5	Nebraska	3
																4	Kentucky	1
	13	BYU	3
		American	0
						13	BYU	3
	Provo, UT
							Oregon	0
		Kennesaw State	0
		Oregon	3
											13	BYU	2
											4	Kentucky	3
		Western Kentucky	3
		Notre Dame	0
							Western Kentucky	2
	Lexington, KY
						4	Kentucky	3
		ETSU	0
	4	Kentucky	3

Schedule

First round

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Nebraska	3–0	Stony Brook	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska Attendance: 8,213
	(25–10, 25–14, 25–12)

December 1, 2017 5:30 PM	Florida State	1–3	Washington State	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
	(32–34, 14–25, 25–23, 13–25)

December 1, 2017 5:30 PM	Colorado	3–0	James Madison	Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
	(25–21, 25–14, 25–12)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Miami (OH)	0–3	Baylor	Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas Attendance: 1,610
	(19–25, 16–25, 21–25)

December 1, 2017 9:00 PM	BYU	3–0	American	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah Attendance: 2,942
	(25–11, 25–17, 25–16)

December 1, 2017 6:00 PM	Kennesaw State	0–3	Oregon	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah
	(26–28, 19–25, 18–25)

December 1, 2017 5:00 PM	Western Kentucky	3–0	Notre Dame	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky
	(25–16, 25–18, 25–22)

December 1, 2017 7:30 PM	ETSU	0–3	Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky Attendance: 4,005
	(19–25, 20–25, 21–25)

Second round

December 2, 2017 8:00 PM	Nebraska	3–0	Washington State	Bob Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, Nebraska Attendance: 8,314
	(25–13, 25–13, 25–18)

December 2, 2017 9:00 PM	Colorado	3–0	Baylor	Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas Attendance: 1,392
	(25–12, 25–22, 25–20)

December 2, 2017 9:00 PM	BYU	3–0	Oregon	Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah Attendance: 2,935
	(25–20, 25–21, 25–19)

December 2, 2017 7:00 PM	Western Kentucky	2–3	Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky Attendance: 3,620
	(25–16, 25–22, 19–25, 21–25, 12–15)

Regional semifinals

December 8, 2017 12:00 PM	BYU	2–3	Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky Attendance: 3,219
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–22, 18–25, 9–15)

December 8, 2017 2:00 PM	Colorado	0–3	Nebraska	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky Attendance: 3,179
	(19–25, 11–25, 21–25)

Regional Final

December 9, 2017 4:00 PM	Nebraska	3–1	Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky Attendance: 4,464
	(25–19, 25–22, 25–27, 25–22)

Stanford Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	3	Stanford	3
		Cal State Bakersfield	0
						3	Stanford	3
	Palo Alto, CA
							Colorado State	0
		Colorado State	3
		Michigan	1
											3	Stanford	3
												Wisconsin	1
		Wisconsin	3
		Marquette	0
							Wisconsin	3
	Ames, IA
						14	Iowa State	0
		Princeton	0
	14	Iowa State	3
																3	Stanford	3
																6	Texas	0
	11	Utah	3
		Cleveland State	0
						11	Utah	3
	Salt Lake City, UT
							Purdue	1
		High Point	1
		Purdue	3
											11	Utah	2
											6	Texas	3
		Oregon State	2
		NC State	3
							NC State	0
	Austin, TX
						6	Texas	3
		Fairfield	0
	6	Texas	3

Schedule

First round

December 1, 2017 7:30 PM	Colorado State	3–1	Michigan	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California
	(25–23, 23–25, 25–22, 26–24)

December 1, 2017 10:00 PM	Stanford	3–0	Cal State Bakersfield	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 1,468
	(25–11, 25–15, 25–17)

December 1, 2017 5:00 PM	Wisconsin	3–0	Marquette	Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
	(27–25, 25–21, 25–11)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Princeton	0–3	Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa Attendance: 3,033
	(21–25, 17–25, 14–25)

November 30, 2017 6:30 PM	High Point	1–3	Purdue	Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 1,792
	(25–21, 14–25, 22–25, 12–25)

November 30, 2017 9:00 PM	Utah	3–0	Cleveland State	Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 1,792
	(25–14, 25–21, 25–12)

December 1, 2017 5:30 PM	Oregon State	2–3	NC State	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas
	(18–25, 25–19, 21–25, 25–21, 13–15)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Fairfield	0–3	Texas	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas Attendance: 3,817
	(16–25, 18–25, 17–25)

Second round

December 2, 2017 9:00 PM	Stanford	3–0	Colorado State	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 1,726
	(25–14, 25–15, 25–9)

December 2, 2017 7:30 PM	Wisconsin	3–0	Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa Attendance: 3,470
	(25–22, 25–20, 25–23)

December 1, 2017 9:00 PM	Utah	3–1	Purdue	Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Attendance: 2,077
	(25–23, 25–19, 13–25, 27–25)

December 2, 2017 8:00 PM	NC State	0–3	Texas	Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas Attendance: 3,902
	(18–25, 15–25, 21–25)

Regional semifinals

December 8, 2017 9:00 PM	Utah	2–3	Texas	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 2,418
	(19–25, 25–16, 26–24, 21–25, 14–16)

December 8, 2017 11:00 PM	Wisconsin	1–3	Stanford	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 2,510
	(25–22, 20–25, 21–25, 19–25)

Regional Final

December 9, 2017 10:00 PM	Texas	0–3	Stanford	Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 2,933
	(21–25, 21–25, 21–25)

Florida Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	7	Minnesota	3
		North Dakota	0
						7	Minnesota	3
	Minneapolis, MN
							Northern Iowa	1
		Northern Iowa	3
		Louisville	0
											7	Minnesota	0
											10	USC	3
		San Diego	3
		LSU	1
							San Diego	2
	Los Angeles, CA
						10	USC	3
		Central Arkansas	1
	10	USC	3
																10	USC	2
																2	Florida	3
	15	UCLA	3
		Austin Peay	0
						15	UCLA	3
	Los Angeles, CA
							Cal Poly	1
		Denver	0
		Cal Poly	3
											15	UCLA	1
											2	Florida	3
		Miami (FL)	3
		Charleston	1
							Miami (FL)	1
	Gainesville, FL
						2	Florida	3
		Alabama State	0
	2	Florida	3

Schedule

First round

December 1, 2017 5:30 PM	Northern Iowa	3–0	Louisville	Maturi Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	(25–21, 25–15, 27–25)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	Minnesota	3–0	North Dakota	Maturi Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 4,526
	(25–20, 25–15, 25–21)

December 1, 2017 8:00 PM	San Diego	3–1	LSU	Galen Center, Los Angeles, California
	(25–22, 24–26, 25–23, 25–21)

December 1, 2017 10:00 PM	Central Arkansas	1–3	Southern Cal	Galen Center, Los Angeles, California Attendance: 599
	(25–22, 23–25, 18–25, 12–25)

December 1, 2017 8:30 PM	Denver	0–3	Cal Poly	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
	(20–25, 18–25, 18–25)

December 1, 2017 11:00 PM	UCLA	3–0	Austin Peay	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Attendance: 1,057
	(25–10, 25–13, 25–15)

November 30, 2017 4:30 PM	Miami (FL)	3–1	Charleston	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida
	(25–21, 21–25, 25–20, 25–15)

November 30, 2017 7:00 PM	Alabama State	0–3	Florida	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida Attendance: 2,215
	(9–25, 13–25, 9–25)

Second round

December 2, 2017 9:00 PM	Minnesota	3–1	UNI	Maturi Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 4,657
	(25–18, 20–25, 25–19, 25–17)

December 2, 2017 8:00 PM	San Diego	2–3	USC	Galen Center, Los Angeles, California Attendance: 569
	(22–25, 26–24, 26–24, 22–25, 11–15)

December 2, 2017 10:00 PM	UCLA	3–1	Cal Poly	Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Attendance: 1,103
	(26–28, 25–19, 25–16, 25–18)

December 1, 2017 7:00 PM	Miami (FL)	1–3	Florida	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida Attendance: 3,078
	(14–25, 25–19, 11–25, 23–25)

Regional semifinals

December 8, 2017 4:00 PM	UCLA	1–3	Florida	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida Attendance: 3,128
	(25–23, 17–25, 17–25, 17–25)

December 8, 2017 6:00 PM	USC	3–0	Minnesota	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida Attendance: 3,128
	(25–23, 28–26, 25–16)

Regional Final

December 9, 2017 6:00 PM	USC	2–3	Florida	O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida Attendance: 3,741
	(23–25, 25–20, 25–18, 24–26, 11–15)

Final Four

	National semifinals					National Championship
	1	Penn State	2
	5	Nebraska	3
						5	Nebraska	3
						2	Florida	1
	3	Stanford	2
	2	Florida	3

National semifinals

December 14, 2017 7:00 PM	Nebraska	3–2	Penn State	Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 18,374
	(25–18, 23–25, 24–26, 28–26, 15–11)

December 14, 2017 9:00 PM	Stanford	2–3	Florida	Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 18,374
	(22–25, 21–25, 25–18, 25–18, 10–15)

National Championship

December 16, 2017 9:00 PM	Nebraska	3–1	Florida	Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 18,516
	(25–22, 25–17, 18–25, 25–16)

Final Four All-Tournament Team

• Mikaela Foecke – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
• Kelly Hunter – Nebraska (Co-Most Outstanding Player)
• Kenzie Maloney – Nebraska
• Carli Snyder – Florida
• Rhamat Alhassan – Florida
• Merete Lutz – Stanford
• Simone Lee – Penn State

Record by conference

Conference	Teams	W	L	Pct.	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Pac-12	9	16	9	.640	8	5	2	1	—	—
Big Ten	8	20	7	.741	7	6	3	2	1	1
ACC	6	3	6	.333	3	—	—	—	—	—
Big 12	4	5	4	.556	3	1	1	—	—	—
SEC	4	10	4	.714	3	3	2	1	1	—
Big East	2	1	2	.333	1	—	—	—	—	—
Big South	2	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—
Big West	2	1	2	.333	1	—	—	—	—	—
Colonial	2	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—
MVC	2	1	2	.333	1	—	—	—	—	—
WCC	2	3	2	.600	2	1	1	—	—	—
The American	1	1	1	.500	1	—	—	—	—	—
C-USA	1	1	1	.500	1	—	—	—	—	—
Mountain West	1	1	1	.500	1	—	—	—	—	—
18 Others	18	0	18	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

NCAA tournament record

There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 2017 tournament:

• Services aces, tournament (team record) — Nebraska — 44 total aces (9 vs. Stony Brook, 7 vs. Washington State, 9 vs. Colorado, 5 vs. Kentucky, 10 vs. Penn State, 4 vs. Florida.)

References

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