1976 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Dates | May 1976 |
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Teams | 4 |
Champions | UCLA (6th title) |
Runners-up | Pepperdine (1st title match) |
Matches played | 4 |
Attendance | 5,154 (1,289 per match) |
Best player | (UCLA) |
← 1975 1977 → |
The 1976 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the seventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Irving Gymnasium at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.[1]
UCLA defeated Pepperdine in the final match, 3–0 (18–16, 15–9, 15–11), to win their sixth, and third consecutive, national title.
UCLA's was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. An All-tournament team of seven players was also named.
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 Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.
Team | Appearance | Previous |
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Ohio State | 2nd | 1975 |
Pepperdine | 1st | Never |
Springfield | 3rd | 1974 |
UCLA | 6th | 1975 |
Tournament bracket[]
- Site: Irving Gymnasium, Muncie, Indiana
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
UCLA (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Springfield (0) | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
UCLA (3) | 18 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Pepperdine (0) | 16 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Pepperdine (3) | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Ohio State (2) | 7 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||
Springfield (0) | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Ohio State (2) | 15 | 15 |
All tournament team[]
- , UCLA (Most outstanding player)
- Marc Waldie, Ohio State
- , UCLA
- , UCLA
- , UCLA
- , Pepperdine
- , Pepperdine
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
- 1976 in American sports
- 1976 in volleyball
- Volleyball in Indiana
- 1976 in sports in Indiana
- May 1976 sports events in the United States