1998 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
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Dates | May 1998 |
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Teams | 4 |
Champions | UCLA (17th title) |
Runners-up | Pepperdine (8th title match) |
Matches played | 3 |
Attendance | 18,901 (6,300 per match) |
Best player | (UCLA) |
← 1997 1999 → |
The 1998 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 29th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The single elimination tournament was played at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi during May 1998.[1] With a total tournament attendance of 18,901, this remains this best attended men's volleyball championship.
UCLA defeated Pepperdine in the final match, 3–0 (15–11, 15–11, 15–7), to win their seventeenth national title. The Bruins (28–4) were coached by Al Scates.
UCLA's was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Neve, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.
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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Lewis | 2nd | 1996 |
Pepperdine | 9th | 1992 |
Princeton | 1st | Never |
UCLA | 21st | 1997 |
Tournament bracket[]
- Site: Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
– | UCLA (3) | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||||
– | Lewis (2) | 15 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11 | |||||||||||
– | UCLA (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
– | Pepperdine (0) | 11 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||
– | Pepperdine (3) | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
– | Princeton (0) | 1 | 6 | 4 |
All tournament team[]
- , UCLA (Most outstanding player)
- , UCLA
- , UCLA
Victor Rivera, Lewis
- , Pepperdine
- George Roumain, Pepperdine
See also[]
- NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship
- NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
References[]
- ^ "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
- 1998 in American sports
- 1998 in volleyball
- 1998 in sports in Hawaii
- Volleyball in Hawaii