2014 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 2014 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 4 and concluded on December 20 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The tournament field was announced on November 30.

2014 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2014 Division I Championship
Champions	Penn State (7th title)
Runner-up	BYU (1st title match)
Semifinalists	Texas (10th Final Four) Stanford (17th Final Four)
Winning coach	Russ Rose (7th title)
Most outstanding player	Megan Courtney (Penn State)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Micha Hancock (Penn State) Ali Frantti (Penn State) Jennifer Hamson (BYU) Alexa Gray (BYU) Brittany Howard (Stanford) Chiaka Ogbogu (Texas)
«2013  2015»

Penn State defeated BYU in the finals to win the school's 7th NCAA title.

Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualify automatically. Twenty-two conferences hold tournaments, while the other ten award their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that do not hold tournaments are the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids are apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall are seeded.^[1]

Records

Ames Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[2] Record Alabama State SWAC Automatic 274 20-18 Ark.-Little Rock Sun Belt Automatic 31 29-4 Cal State Bakersfield WAC Automatic 204 16-14 Creighton Big East Automatic 24 25-8 8 Florida Southeastern Automatic 7 25-3 9 Illinois Big Ten At-Large 8 24-7 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large 15 18-9 16 Kansas Big 12 At-Large 11 22-8 Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large 40 23-7 Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast At-Large 28 21-8 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large 48 18-13 Murray State Ohio Valley Automatic 114 26-5 Oregon State Pac-12 At-Large 36 19-12 1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 1 29-1 UCF American Automatic 32 25-7 Western Kentucky Conference USA Automatic 35 30-5

Louisville Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record American Patriot Automatic 71 26-6 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 58 29-5 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 29 26-5 13 Kentucky Southeastern At-Large 14 26-5 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun At-Large 33 21-8 LIU-Brooklyn Northeast Automatic 59 25-6 Long Beach State Big West Automatic 26 26-4 Marquette Big East At-Large 25 24-8 Oakland Horizon Automatic 105 22-9 Ohio State Big Ten At-Large 34 21-11 5 Penn State Big Ten At-Large 9 30-3 San Diego West Coast At-Large 43 19-11 Siena MAAC Automatic 186 19-14 12 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large 18 20-11 Western Michigan Mid-American Automatic 135 22-13 4 Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic 6 28-2

Seattle Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Alabama Southeastern At-Large 30 25-7 11 Arizona Pac-12 At-Large 16 23-9 BYU West Coast Automatic 17 25-4 Duke Atlantic Coast At-Large 21 22-7 6 Florida State Atlantic Coast At-Large 3 28-2 Hawaii Big West At-Large 39 21-6 Hofstra Colonial Automatic 89 28-5 Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic 149 19-14 Kansas State Big 12 At-Large 23 22-8 14 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large 13 20-9 New Hampshire America East Automatic 208 20-11 Samford Southern Automatic 123 20-12 Seton Hall Big East At-Large 47 28-7 Utah Pac-12 At-Large 37 19-12 3 Washington Pac-12 At-Large 4 29-2 Yale Ivy League Automatic 67 18-7

Minneapolis Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large 41 19-13 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic 66 25-6 Colorado Pac-12 At-Large 27 19-13 15 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic 12 29-2 Denver Summit Automatic 70 27-6 Hampton MEAC Automatic 166 21-10 LSU Southeastern At-Large 38 19-8 7 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Automatic 5 26-2 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic 74 22-10 Northwestern State Southland Automatic 224 16-16 Oklahoma Big 12 At-Large 20 20-10 10 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large 10 21-9 Santa Clara West Coast At-Large 46 22-9 2 Texas Big 12 Automatic 2 23-2 Texas A&M Southeastern At-Large 19 21-8 USC Pac-12 At-Large 22 15-15

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2014, those sites were hosted by Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, and Washington. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.^[3]

Ames Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	1	Stanford	3
		CS Bakersfield	0
						1	Stanford	3
	Stanford, CA
							Michigan St.	1
		Michigan State	3
		Loyola Marymount	1
											1	Stanford	3
												Oregon State	1
		Creighton	1
		Oregon State	3
						Oregon St.		3
	Lawrence, KS
						Arkansas Little Rock		2
		Arkansas Little Rock	3
	16	Kansas	2
																1	Stanford	3
																8	Florida	0
	9	Illinois	3
		Murray State	0
						9	Illinois	3
	Champaign, IL
							Iowa St.	0
		Western Kentucky	0
		Iowa State	3
											9	Illinois	2
											8	Florida	3
		UCF	2
		Miami	3
							Miami	1
	Gainesville, FL
						8	Florida	3
		Alabama St	0
	8	Florida	3

Louisville Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	4	Wisconsin	3
		Western Michigan	0
						4	Wisconsin	3
	Madison, WI
							Illinois St.	0
		Marquette	2
		Illinois St.	3
											4	Wisconsin	3
												Ohio St.	2
		Lipscomb	0
		Ohio State	3
							Ohio St.	3
	Lexington, KY
						13	Kentucky	1
		Oakland	0
	13	Kentucky	3
																4	Wisconsin	1
																5	Penn St.	3
	12	UCLA	3
		LIU Brooklyn	0
						12	UCLA	3
	Los Angeles, CA
							Long Beach St.	0
		Long Beach St.	3
		San Diego	0
											12	UCLA	0
											5	Penn St.	3
		American	1
		Dayton	3
							Dayton	0
	University Park, PA
						5	Penn St.	3
		Siena	0
	5	Penn State	3

Seattle Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	3	Washington	3
		New Hampshire	0
						3	Washington	3
	Seattle, WA
							Hawaii	1
		Hawaii	3
		Duke	0
											3	Washington	1
											14	Nebraska	3
		Kansas St.	0
		Utah	3
							Utah	2
	Lincoln, NE
						14	Nebraska	3
		Hofstra	0
	14	Nebraska	3
																14	Nebraska	0
																	BYU	3
	11	Arizona	3
		Yale	0
						11	Arizona	1
	Tucson, AZ
							BYU	3
		Seton Hall	0
		BYU	3
												BYU	3
											6	Florida St.	1
		Alabama	3
		Samford	2
							Alabama	0
	Tallahassee, FL
						6	Florida St.	3
		Jacksonville	0
	6	Florida St	3

Minneapolis Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	2	Texas	3
		Northwestern St.	0
						2	Texas	3
	Austin, TX
							Arizona St.	0
		Texas A&M	1
		Arizona St.	3
											2	Texas	3
											15	Colorado St.	0
		Northern Colorado	1
		Colorado	3
							Colorado	2
	Fort Collins, CO
						15	Colorado St.	3
		Denver	0
	15	Colorado St.	3
																2	Texas	3
																7	North Carolina	1
	10	Oregon	3
		Santa Clara	0
						10	Oregon	3
	Eugene, OR
							LSU	1
		Oklahoma	0
		LSU	3
											10	Oregon	1
											7	North Carolina	3
		Coastal Carolina	0
		USC	3
							USC	1
	Chapel Hill, NC
						7	North Carolina	3
		Hampton	0
	7	North Carolina	3

Final Four

	National semifinals					National Championship
	1	Stanford	1
	5	Penn State	3
						5	Penn State	3
							BYU	0
	2	Texas	1
		BYU	3

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

• Megan Courtney - Penn State (Most Outstanding Player)
• Micha Hancock - Penn State
• Ali Frantti - Penn State
• Jennifer Hamson - BYU
• Alexa Gray - BYU
• Brittany Howard - Stanford
• Chiaka Ogbogu - Texas

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Big Ten	6	17-5	.773	6	5	3	1	1	1
West Coast	4	5-4	.556	1	1	1	1	1	–
Pac-12	10	17-10	.630	10	5	1	1	–	–
Big 12	5	5-5	.500	2	1	1	1	–	–
Southeastern	5	6-5	.545	4	1	1	–	–	–
Atlantic Coast	4	6-4	.600	3	2	1	–	–	–
Mountain West	1	2-1	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big West	2	2-2	.500	2	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	1-1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	1	1-1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	1-1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	3	0-3	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Sun	2	0-2	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	19	0-19	.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.

Television

Select first and second-round games were broadcast on local networks (NET, Longhorn Network, OC Sports, Pac-12 Network, SEC+, and ESPN3). ESPN3 aired 7 of the 8 Regional semifinals, with ESPNU airing one (Nebraska/Washington). ESPNU aired all the Regional Finals, and ESPN2 had the National semifinals and finals. Below are the ESPN announcing assignments for Volleyball Tournament games.^[4]

• Beth Mowins, Karch Kiraly (Ames), & Holly Rowe (Oklahoma City)
• Melissa Lee & Missy Whittemore (Louisville)
• Paul Sunderland & Maria Taylor (Minneapolis)
• Sam Gore & Holly McPeak (Seattle)

References

1. "Women's DI Conference Championships in 2014". Retrieved October 2, 2022.
2. "VB Nitty Gritty thru Nov 29 2014" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Volner, Derek (December 4, 2014). "NCAA Championships: Men's and Women's College Cup, Division I Women's Volleyball, & Division I, II, and III Football Throughout December". ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2014.