2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2017 NCAA women's Division I 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);
«2016	2018»

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

^ "Division I Women's College Volleyball – Bracket". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
^ "Texas in tough spot in NCAA volleyball bracket, SEC co-champs Florida, Kentucky rewarded". ESPN. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
^ "VB Nitty Gritty Thru Nov 25 2017" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

[Bracket-1] "Division I Women's College Volleyball – Bracket". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

[2] "Texas in tough spot in NCAA volleyball bracket, SEC co-champs Florida, Kentucky rewarded". ESPN. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[3] "VB Nitty Gritty Thru Nov 25 2017" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

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