1970 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
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Dates | May 1970 |
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Teams | 4 |
Champions | UCLA (1st title) |
Runners-up | Long Beach State |
Third place | UC Santa Barbara |
Fourth place | Ball State |
Matches played | 10 |
Attendance | 3,143 (314 per match) |
Best player | (UCLA) |
1971 → |
The 1970 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.[1]
UCLA defeated Long Beach State in the championship match (3 sets to 0) to win their first national title. UCLA's was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.
Qualification[]
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from the University Division, or the College Division) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.
Team | Appearance | Last Bid |
---|---|---|
Ball State | 1st | Never |
Long Beach State | 1st | Never |
UCLA | 1st | Never |
UC Santa Barbara | 1st | Never |
Results[]
Round robin[]
Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
1 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 103 | 54 | 1.907 |
2 | Long Beach State | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 91 | 88 | 1.034 |
3 | Ball State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 71 | 99 | 0.717 |
4 | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 72 | 95 | 0.758 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | – | UCLA | 2–0 | UC Santa Barbara | 15–6 | 15–10 | 30–16 | ||||
– | – | Ball State | 0–2 | Long Beach State | 15–11 | 17–15 | 32–26 | ||||
– | – | Ball State | 0–2 | UCLA | 4–15 | 6–15 | 10–30 | ||||
– | – | Long Beach State | 2–0 | UC Santa Barbara | 15–9 | 15–10 | 19–30 | ||||
– | – | Ball State | 2–1 | UC Santa Barbara | 15–9 | 5–15 | 15–13 | 35–37 | |||
– | – | Long Beach State | 1–2 | UCLA | 12–15 | 15–13 | 8–15 | 35–43 |
Bracket[]
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | UCLA (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
4 | UC Santa Barbara (0) | 10 | 13 | 8 | |||||||||||||
1 | UCLA (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
2 | Long Beach State (0) | 7 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
2 | Long Beach State (3) | 16 | 6 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ball State (1) | 14 | 15 | 10 | 6 | Third place | |||||||||||
4 | UC Santa Barbara (2) | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Ball State (0) | 4 | 4 |
All tournament team[]
- , UCLA (Most Outstanding Player)
- Kirk Kilgour, UCLA
- , UCLA
- , Long Beach State
- , Long Beach State
- , UC Santa Barbara
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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