2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 1, 2011 and ended on December 17 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, when UCLA defeated Illinois 3 sets to 1 in the national championship match.

Qualifying teams

Records Lexington RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord American Patriot Automatic9423-10 Arizona Pac-12 At-large4919-12 Dayton Atlantic-10 Automatic3625-6 Delaware Colonial Automatic7920-12 Kentucky SEC At-large1326-5 Liberty Big South Automatic14520-12 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic8920-10 Long Beach State Big West Automatic4123-6 Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC Automatic19524-6 Michigan State Big Ten At-large3721-118 Penn State Big Ten At-large1123-7 San Diego West Coast At-large2527-41 Texas Big 12 Automatic222-416 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large1722-7 Texas State Southland Automatic7227-79 UCLA Pac-12 At-large1524-6 Minneapolis RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth Type RPIRecord Albany America East Automatic8521-8 Ball State MAC At-large3425-7 Cincinnati Big East Automatic1926-912 Florida State Atlantic Coast Automatic1024-64 Iowa State Big 12 At-large322-5 Louisville Big East At-large3823-8 Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast At-large2225-4 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic5025-413 Minnesota Big Ten At-large1218-11 Morehead State Ohio Valley Automatic8626-7 North Dakota State Summit Automatic4226-8 Northern Illinois MAC At-large1428-65 Purdue Big Ten At-large627-4 Samford Southern Automatic6229-4 Washington Pac-12 At-large3523-7 Western Michigan MAC At-large3224-8 Gainesville RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth Type RPIRecord Baylor Big 12 At-large4618-14 Central Michigan MAC Automatic7419-13 Duke Atlantic Coast At-large4321-8 Florida SEC At-large2024-53 Illinois Big Ten At-large127-4 Marquette Big East At-large4023-10 Michigan Big Ten At-large2320-12 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt At-large4521-11 Missouri Big 12 At-large3321-12 Niagara MAAC Automatic14825-86 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic532-1 Ohio State Big Ten At-large4819-14 Sacred Heart Northeast Automatic8027-711 Stanford Pac-12 At-large1821-714 Tennessee SEC Automatic927-3 Western Kentucky Sun Belt Automatic2131-3 Honolulu RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord California Pac-12 At-large2926-6 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic2823-510 Hawaii WAC Automatic729-1 Jackson State SWAC Automatic21729-9 Kansas State Big 12 At-large2620-10 Missouri State Missouri Valley At-large4422-82 Nebraska Big Ten Automatic424-4 North Carolina Atlantic Coast At-large3123-8 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic10822-8 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large2721-11 Oregon Pac-12 At-large3021-915 Pepperdine West Coast Automatic1622-6 Tulsa Conference USA Automatic2427-67 USC Pac-12 Automatic825-4 Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large3921-10 Yale Ivy Automatic9118-6

Lexington Regional

Minneapolis Regional

Gainesville Regional

Honolulu Regional

Final Four - Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

Notes December 15, 2011 – Head coach Michael Sealy of UCLA was named the National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Rachael Kidder of UCLA was the most outstanding player All-tournament Team: Alex Jupiter, USC; Zoe Nightingale, UCLA; Lauren Van Orden, UCLA; Annie Luhrsen, Illinois; Michelle Bartsch, Illinois; Colleen Ward, Illinois; Rachael Kidder, UCLA

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