2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2009 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2009 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	Penn State (4th title)
Runner-up	Texas (3rd NCAA (4th national) title match)
Semifinalists	Hawaiʻi (9th Final Four) Minnesota (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Russ Rose (4th title)
Most outstanding player	Destinee Hooker (Texas)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Alisha Glass (Penn St.) Megan Hodge (Penn St.) Arielle Wilson (Penn St.) Ashley Engle (Texas) Juliann Faucette (Texas) Hailey Cowles (Minnesota)

The 2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).

Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.

Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.

Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in an NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.

Records

Gainesville Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Army Patriot Automatic 101 26-5 Baylor Big 12 At-large 33 22-9 Binghamton America East Automatic 177 15-15 9 California Pac-10 At-large 10 18-10 Cincinnati Big East At-large 43 25-10 College of Charleston Southern Automatic 92 18-12 FIU Sun Belt At-large 15 31-3 16 Florida SEC At-large 14 23-5 Georgia Tech ACC At-large 45 21-9 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic 34 28-3 Long Beach State Big West Automatic 39 22-8 Miami (FL) ACC At-large 42 18-12 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 29 24-9 Penn Ivy League Automatic 89 22-5 1 Penn State Big Ten Automatic 2 32-0 8 UCLA Pac-10 At-large 9 23-8

Stanford Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 19 29-3 12 Hawaiʻi WAC Automatic 18 27-2 5 Illinois Big Ten At-large 4 24-5 IPFW Summit Automatic 127 20-11 Long Island Northeast Automatic 184 21-13 13 Michigan Big Ten At-large 11 24-9 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 139 16-14 New Mexico Mountain West At-large 44 20-9 Niagara MAAC Automatic 150 23-8 Notre Dame Big East At-large 20 21-6 Ohio MAC Automatic 27 26-6 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large 49 18-11 St. Mary's (Cal.) West Coast Automatic 36 22-4 4 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic 5 21-7 UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large 48 22-7 USC Pac-10 At-large 21 21-9

Minneapolis Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic 237 22-12 Clemson ACC At-large 58 23-9 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic 23 23-5 Duke ACC At-large 30 27-5 Florida A&M MEAC Automatic 132 17-8 3 Florida State ACC Automatic 3 28-2 Jacksonville State OVC Automatic 85 26-7 Kentucky SEC At-large 26 27-4 Louisville Big East Automatic 38 21-10 Michigan State Big Ten At-large 41 17-15 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Automatic 31 25-9 11 Minnesota Big Ten At-large 8 24-8 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic 98 21-11 14 Oregon Pac-10 At-large 21 19-9 Tennessee SEC At-large 17 23-7 6 Washington Pac-10 At-large 7 23-5

Omaha Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Arizona Pac-10 At-large 25 19-10 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic 133 20-13 George Mason Colonial Automatic 60 23-8 7 Iowa State Big 12 At-large 6 25-4 15 LSU SEC Automatic 13 24-6 10 Nebraska Big 12 At-large 12 23-6 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic 16 30-2 Rice Conference USA Automatic 32 23-8 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 At-large 24 24-7 TCU Mountain West At-large 37 26-6 2 Texas Big 12 Automatic 1 24-1 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 40 18-10 Texas State Southland Automatic 106 22-12 Tulane Conference USA At-large 35 18-9 Washington State Pac-10 At-large 55 18-12 Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large 28 25-6

Gainesville Regional

	First round December 3–5					Second round December 4–6					Regional semifinals December 11					Regional finals December 12
	1	Penn State	3
		Binghamton	0
						1	Penn State	3
	University Park, PA
							Penn	0
		Army	1
		Penn	3
											1	Penn State	3
											16	Florida	0
		Miami (FL)	2
		Florida International	3
							FIU	0
	Gainesville, FL
						16	Florida	3
		College of Charleston	0
	16	Florida	3
																1	Penn State	3
																9	California	0
	9	California	3
		Lipscomb	0
						9	California	3
	Columbus, OH
							Ohio State	1
		Cincinnati	0
		Ohio State	3
											9	California	3
												Baylor	0
		Georgia Tech	0
		Baylor	3
							Baylor	3
	Los Angeles, CA
						8	UCLA	1
		Long Beach State	0
	8	UCLA	3

Gainesville all-tournament team

Megan Hodge Penn State (MVP)

Kelly Murphy Florida

Callie Rivers Florida

Blair Brown Penn State

Darcy Dorton Penn State

Alisha Glass Penn State

Arielle Wilson Penn State

Stanford Regional

	First round December 3–5					Second round December 4–6					Regional semifinals December 11					Regional finals December 12
	5	Illinois	3
		IPFW	0
						5	Illinois	3
	Champaign, IL
							Dayton	1
		Milwaukee	2
		Dayton	3
											5	Illinois	1
											12	Hawaiʻi	3
		Southern California	3
		Oklahoma	0
							Southern California	1
	Los Angeles, CA
						12	Hawaiʻi	3
		New Mexico	0
	12	Hawaiʻi	3
																12	Hawaiʻi	3
																13	Michigan	0
	13	Michigan	3
		Niagara	0
						13	Michigan	3
	Ann Arbor, MI
							Ohio	2
		Ohio	3
		Notre Dame	2
											13	Michigan	3
											4	Stanford	1
		St. Mary's (CA)	3
		UC Santa Barbara	2
							St. Mary's (CA)	2
	Palo Alto, CA
						4	Stanford	3
		Long Island	0
	4	Stanford	3

Stanford region all-tournament team

Kanani Danielson Hawaii (MVP)

Amber Kaufman Hawaii

Stephanie Ferrell Hawaii

Alex Hunt Michigan

Lexi Zimmerman Michigan

Alix Klineman Stanford

Cassidy Lichtman Stanford

Minneapolis Regional

	First round December 3–5					Second round December 4–6					Regional semifinals December 11					Regional finals December 12
	3	Florida State	3
		Alabama A&M	0
						3	Florida State	3
	Tallahassee, FL
							Jacksonville State	0
		Florida A&M	2
		Jacksonville State	3
											3	Florida State	3
												Kentucky	2
		Kentucky	3
		Michigan State	0
							Kentucky	3
	Lexington, KY
						14	Oregon	0
		Clemson	0
	14	Oregon	3
																3	Florida State	1
																11	Minnesota	3
	11	Minnesota	3
		Louisville	1
						11	Minnesota	3
	Knoxville, TN
							Tennessee	0
		Duke	1
		Tennessee	3
											11	Minnesota	3
												Colorado State	1
		Colorado State	3
		Middle Tennessee State	2
							Colorado State	3
	Fort Collins, CO
						6	Washington	1
		Northern Colorado	1
	6	Washington	3

Minneapolis region all-tournament team

Hailey Cowles Minnesota (MVP)

Mira Djuric Florida State

Rachael Morgan Florida State

Stephanie Neville Florida State

Taylor Carico Minnesota

Lauren Gibbemeyer Minnesota

Christine Tan Minnesota

Omaha Regional

	First round December 3–5					Second round December 4–6					Regional semifinals December 11					Regional finals December 12
	7	Iowa State	3
		George Mason	0
						7	Iowa State	3
	Ames, IA
							Wichita State	0
		Wichita State	3
		St. Louis	0
											7	Iowa State	0
											10	Nebraska	3
		Washington State	0
		Northern Iowa	3
							Northern Iowa	0
	Lincoln, NE
						10	Nebraska	3
		Coastal Carolina	0
	10	Nebraska	3
																10	Nebraska	1
																2	Texas	3
	15	LSU	3
		Tulane	0
						15	LSU	2
	Baton Rouge, LA
							Texas A&M	3
		Arizona	1
		Texas A&M	3
												Texas A&M	0
											2	Texas	3
		TCU	3
		Rice	0
							TCU	0
	Austin, TX
						2	Texas	3
		Texas State	0
	2	Texas	3

Omaha region all-tournament team

Destinee Hooker Texas (MVP)

Rachael Hockaday Iowa State

Kayla Banwarth Nebraska

Lindsey Licht Nebraska

Ashley Engle Texas

Julianne Faucette Texas

Heather Kisner Texas

Final Four – St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

	National Semifinals December 17					National Championship December 19
	1	Penn State	3
	12	Hawaiʻi	1
						1	Penn State	3
						2	Texas	2
	11	Minnesota	0
	2	Texas	3

See also

• NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship
• AVCA

External links

• 2009 Championship information
• Women's Volleyball at ncaa.com