UCLA Bruins women's volleyball

UCLA Bruins women's volleyball
UCLA Bruins women's volleyball
University	UCLA
Head coach	Michael Sealy (2nd season)
Conference	Pac-12
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion (Capacity: 12,829)
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Blue and gold;
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
	1971–72, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1990, 1991, 2011
AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up
	1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1994
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
	1972–73, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2011
AIAW/NCAA Regional Final
	1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Conference regular season champion
	1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999

The UCLA women's volleyball program began its first year in 1965. Andy Banachowski had been the head coach each year since 1965 until his retirement after the 2010 season, with the exception of 1968–69 when he graduated from UCLA. In that season, Mardi Hardy was the head coach. Michael Sealy took over as head coach in 2011 and led the team to a national championship in his first season.

Banachowski had more wins than any other NCAA Division I women's volleyball coach, with a record (since 1970, since no records were kept from 1965–1969) of 1,082–292. Banachowski had led UCLA to six national championships (3 NCAA-1984, 1990, 1991; 2 AIAW-1974, 1975; and 1 DGWS-1972). UCLA has made 27 of 28 NCAA tournaments and has made 11 NCAA Final Fours, which is tied with Nebraska as the second most Final Four appearances of all Division I programs.^[2]

NCAA championships[]

1984[]

UCLA claimed the program's first national title after two previous runner-up finishes. In the deciding fifth game against Stanford, UCLA was down 12–4, but with heroics from Liz Masakayan, the Bruins continued to chip away at the lead before earning match point at 14–13. Masakayan had the final kill to give UCLA the 15–13 win.^[3]

1990[]

UCLA won the NCAA title by defeating Pacific 15–9, 15–12, 15–7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36–1.^[4]

1991[]

Playing at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins repeated as NCAA champions by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15–12, 15–13, UCLA completed off a huge comeback to take the next three games, 15–12, 15–6, 15–11.^[5]

UCLA's comebacks was one of the biggest in NCAA history, since this match, no team has ever rallied from 2 games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship. UCLA finished their season 31–5

2011[]

After 20 years, the UCLA Bruins captured their fourth title in history by defeating Illinois 3–1 on December 17, 2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Bruins were seeded 9th in the NCAA championship tournament. On their way to the title game, they defeated 4-time defending champions Penn State and No. 1 seeded Texas to face No. 3 seeded Illinois. Rachael Kidder was named the most outstanding player of the tournament. Lauren Van Orden and Zoe Nightingale were also named to the all tournament team. Head coach Michael Sealy is now a champion both as a player and a head coach. The Women's Volleyball team is featured in the new Pac-12 Networks Promo for the 2012 season.^[6]

Season-by-season results[]

UCLA vs. USC in volleyball, 2008

Note: No records were kept until the 1970–71 season.

All seasons are under Andy Banachowski.

Conference History^[2]
- 1974–1975: Southern California Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 1976–1984: Western Collegiate Athletic Association
- 1985: PacWest Conference
- 1986–present: Pac-12 Conference

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Standing	Postseason
1970–71	23–1			–
1971–72	28–1			DGWS Champions
1972–73	23–9			AIAW 3rd Place
1973	26–8			AIAW 4th Place
1974	28–2	2–2	3rd	AIAW Champions
1975	32–2	4–0	1st	AIAW Champions
1976	29–8	6–2	2nd	AIAW Runners-Up
1977	32–8	6–2	2nd	AIAW 3rd Place
1978	33–5	7–1	1st	AIAW Runners-Up
1979	27–12	9–3	2nd	AIAW 3rd Place
1980	38–14	10–2	2nd	AIAW 4th Place
1981	34–11	10–2	2nd	NCAA Runners-Up
1982	28–14	6–8	5th	NCAA Regional Final
1983	44–6	13–1	1st	NCAA Runners-Up
1984	33–6	11–3	2nd	NCAA Champions
1985	29–8	5–3	2nd	NCAA Final Four
1986	31–10	17–1	1st	NCAA First round
1987	28–10	13–5	2nd	NCAA Regional Semifinal
1988	34–1	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
1989	30–3	18–0	1st	NCAA Final Four
1990	36–1	18–0	1st	NCAA Champions
1991	31–5	16–2	2nd	NCAA Champions
1992	33–1	18–0	1st	NCAA Runners-Up
1993	30–2	17–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
1994	32–4	16–2	2nd	NCAA Runners-Up
1995	23–9	12–6	2rd^{[clarification needed]}	NCAA Regional Final
1996	17–14	9–9	6th	–
1997	17–13	9–9	6th	NCAA Second round
1998	16–12	13–5	3rd	NCAA Second round
1999	28–4	17–1	1st	NCAA Regional Final
2000	25–8	14–4	4th	NCAA Regional Final
2001	21–9	12–6	4th	NCAA Regional Final
2002	20–14	9–9	5th	NCAA Second round
2003	24–9	12–6	3rd	NCAA Regional Final
2004	21–11	11–7	4th	NCAA Regional Final
2005	20–11	10–8	5th	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2006	33–4	15–3	2nd	NCAA Final Four
2007	23–11	9–9	5th	NCAA Regional Final
2008	22–11	9–9	5th	NCAA Regional Semifinal
2009	24–9	13–5	2nd	NCAA Second round
2010	22–9	11–7	4th	NCAA Second round
2011	30–6	17–5	2nd	NCAA Champions
2012	22–7	14–6		NCAA Second Round
2013	15–15	6–14		NCAA DNQ
2014	22–12	11–9		NCAA Regional Semifinal
2015	25–8	14–6		NCAA Regional Semifinal
2016	27–7	15–5		NCAA Regional Final
2017	21–11	12–8		NCAA Regional Semifinal
2018	13-14	8-12		NCAA DNQ
2019	19-12	13-7		NCAA Second Round
2020	15-7	14-6		NCAA Second Round
2021				NCAA	Total	1,315–400	538–214

Olympians[]

Former players who have gone to the Olympic Games to play or coach.^[2]

Players
- Laurie Lewis – 1968 (indoor)
- Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1984 (indoor)
- Liz Masakayan – 1988 (indoor)
- Elaine Youngs – 1996 (indoor), 2004 & 2008 (beach)
- Holly McPeak – 1996, 2000, & 2004 (beach)
- Linda (Robertson) Handley – 1996 (beach)
- Annett Davis – 2000 (beach)
- Jenny Johnson Jordan – 2000 (beach)
- Elisabeth Bachman – 2004 (indoor)
Coaches
- Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1996 (Assistant Coach)
- Liz Masakayan – 2004 & 2008 (Coach of McPeak/Youngs beach volleyball team)

Postseason[]

The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 90–32 through thirty-five appearances.^[7]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1981	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Purdue Stanford San Diego State USC	W 3–2 W 3–2 W 3–1 L 2–3
1982	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Louisville BYU San Diego State	W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3
1983	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Penn State Western Michigan Pacific Hawaii	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2 L 0–3
1984	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Duke Texas San Jose State Stanford	W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–2
1985	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals	Georgia Texas Pacific	W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3
1986	First Round	Loyola Marymount	L 2–3
1987	First Round Regional Semifinals	California BYU	W 3–1 L 1–3
1988	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals	California BYU Washington Texas	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3
1989	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals	Pepperdine Arizona Wyoming Nebraska	W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3
1990	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Gonzaga New Mexico Stanford LSU Pacific	W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0
1991	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Pepperdine New Mexico Stanford Ohio State Long Beach State	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2
1992	First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Ball State Arizona State BYU Florida Stanford	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3
1993	Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	New Mexico Stanford BYU	W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3
1994	Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	Georgia Tech Duke Houston Penn State Stanford	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2 L 1–3
1995	Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Ball State Ohio State Nebraska	W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3
1997	First Round Second Round	Pepperdine UC Santa Barbara	W 3–1 L 2–3
1998	First Round Second Round	Virginia UC Santa Barbara	W 3–1 L 1–3
1999	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Eastern Washington Ohio State Pepperdine Penn State	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3
2000	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Morgan State Michigan State Pacific Wisconsin	W 3–0 W 3–2 W 3–1 L 2–3
2001	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Penn Penn State Hawaii Long Beach State	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3
2002	First Round Second Round	Long Beach State Pepperdine	W 3–0 L 1–3
2003	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	San Diego UC Irvine Nebraska USC	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 1–3
2004	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Loyola Marymount Long Beach State Penn State Washington	W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 2–3
2005	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals	Kansas San Diego Nebraska	W 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–3
2006	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals	UAB Utah Oklahoma Hawaii Nebraska	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3
2007	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Alabama A&M Clemson Oregon Stanford	W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3
2008	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals	LSU Duke Texas	W 3–1 W 3–0 L 1–3
2009	First Round Second Round	Long Beach State Baylor	W 3–0 L 1–3
2010	First Round Second Round	American Texas	W 3–2 L 1–3
2011	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Semifinals National Championship	UMES San Diego Penn State Texas Florida State Illinois	W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1
2012	First Round Second Round	LIU Brooklyn Michigan State	W 3–0 L 1–3
2014	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals	LIU Brooklyn Long Beach State Penn State	W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3
2015	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals	Lipscomb Michigan Texas	W 3–0 W 3–2 L 1–3
2016	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Murray State Baylor North Carolina Minnesota	W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3
2017	First Round Second Round Regional Semifinals	Austin Peay Cal Poly Florida	W 3–0 W 3–1 L 1–3

References[]

^ "UCLA Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c UCLA Bruin women's volleyball history
^ After trailing 12–4, UCLA women rally to win NCAA volleyball title
^ "UCLA NCAA Women's Victor; Hatchett, Williams Key Win Over Pacific". The Washington Post. 1990-12-16. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
^ "UCLA wins NCAA volleyball title". Austin American Statesman. 1991-12-22. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
^ "UCLA featured in Pac-12 Networks promo". Retrieved 21 August 2012.
^ "Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "UCLA Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 29, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[mediaguide-2] UCLA Bruin women's volleyball history

[3] After trailing 12–4, UCLA women rally to win NCAA volleyball title

[4] "UCLA NCAA Women's Victor; Hatchett, Williams Key Win Over Pacific". The Washington Post. 1990-12-16. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2009-03-24.

[5] "UCLA wins NCAA volleyball title". Austin American Statesman. 1991-12-22. Retrieved 2009-03-24.

[6] "UCLA featured in Pac-12 Networks promo". Retrieved 21 August 2012.

[7] "Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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