2010 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

Volleyball competition 2010NCAAVBLOGO.jpg 2010 NCAA Final Four logo 2010 Penn State 5th California 1st Texas 7th Southern California 9th Russ Rose 5th Deja McClendon (Penn State) Blair Brown (Penn State)Kristin Carpenter (Penn State)Arielle Wilson (Penn State)Carli Lloyd (California) Tarah Murrey (California) Juliann Faucette (Texas) The 2010 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 2, 2010 and ended December 18, when Penn State swept California to win an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA title, making it their fifth overall. Penn State head coach Russ Rose became the first Division I coach to win five NCAA titles. Records Austin RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIhttps://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats%20Library/2010%20VB%20nitty%20gritty%20SELECTION.pdf 2010 VB nitty gritty SELECTION NCAA December 15, 2017Record American Patriot Automatic77 29-2 Austin Peay Ohio Valley Automatic107 26-7 Cincinnati Big East At-large17 25-101 Florida SEC Automatic1 27-1 Florida State ACC At-large32 21-10 Georgia Southern Southern Automatic72 27-88 Illinois Big Ten At-large6 22-8 Kentucky SEC At-large46 17-13 Louisville Big East Automatic25 22-7 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Automatic21 25-916 Purdue Big Ten At-large15 21-10 South Carolina State MEAC Automatic287 17-229 Texas Big 12 At-large12 23-5 UCLA Pac-10 At-large27 21-8 UTSA Southland Automatic123 22-11 Western Kentucky Sun Belt At-large33 27-8 University Park RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord Arizona Pac-10 At-large36 19-10 Delaware Colonial Automatic53 26-512 Duke ACC Automatic13 24-6 High Point Big South Automatic147 22-1213 LSU SEC At-large16 25-4 Missouri Big 12 At-large45 20-10 Niagara MAAC Automatic130 25-85 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic4 30-2 Northwestern Big Ten At-large23 19-12 Ohio MAC Automatic82 21-12 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large28 21-10 Penn Ivy League Automatic88 17-104 Penn State Big Ten Automatic5 26-5 Tulsa Conference USA Automatic26 30-2 Virginia Tech ACC At-large41 19-11 Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large20 21-7 Dayton RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic191 16-10 Albany America East Automatic94 22-8 Butler Horizon Automatic99 21-9 Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic30 26-5 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic22 25-414 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic9 27-3 Indiana Big Ten At-large34 21-11 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic63 24-6 Long Beach State Big West At-large31 25-7 Miami (FL) ACC At-large18 23-8 New Mexico Mountain West At-large42 20-9 Ohio State Big Ten At-large38 22-11 San Diego West Coast Automatic35 23-53 Stanford Pac-10 At-large2 24-311 Tennessee SEC At-large14 24-66 Southern California Pac-10 At-large8 25-4 Seattle RegionalSeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord Auburn SEC At-large44 20-127 California Pac-10 Automatic10 25-3 Creighton Missouri Valley At-large29 20-1115 Hawaii WAC At-large11 24-6 Iowa State Big 12 At-large24 20-8 Michigan Big Ten At-large39 23-910 Minnesota Big Ten At-large7 24-8 Mississippi SEC At-large43 19-10 Missouri State Missouri Valley At-large40 21-92 Nebraska Big 12 At-large3 27-2 North Carolina ACC At-large19 24-9 North Dakota State Summit Automatic87 20-10 Portland State Big Sky Automatic110 21-8 Sacred Heart Northeast Automatic118 29-6 Utah State WAC Automatic65 24-8 Washington Pac-10 At-large37 21-8 Austin Regional First roundDecember 2–3 Second roundDecember 3–4 Regional semifinalsDecember 10 Regional finalsDecember 11 Gainesville, FL West Lafayette, IN Austin, TX Champaign, IL Florida 1 South Carolina State   3 0 Georgia Southern   Florida State   1 3 Middle Tennessee State   Louisville   0 3 Kentucky   Purdue 16 1 3 Texas 9 UTSA   3 0 American University   UCLA   2 3 Cincinnati   Western Kentucky   3 0 Austin Peay   Illinois 8 0 3 Florida 1 Florida State 3 2 Louisville 16 Purdue 1 3 9 Texas UCLA 3 1 Cincinnati 8 Illinois 1 3 1 Florida 16 Purdue 0 3 9 Texas 8 Illinois 3 2 16 Purdue 9 Texas 1 3 Regional recap The biggest upset of the tournament occurred when Purdue swept top ranked Florida in 3 sets, recording their first win over a #1 team in program history. Despite holding 4 consecutive set points in the 1st set, Florida lost their 24-20 lead and eventually lost 28-26. Florida never seemed to regain their rhythm, as Purdue went up 8-0 in the second set and maintained a 10-point lead throughout the set, winning 25-15. Purdue went up early in the third set as well, and won 25-19, shocking the Gators who had only lost one match all season. In the other semifinal, Illinois played Texas hard on their home floor, going up 2-1 in sets. However, Texas stormed back to win the fourth set easily and then took control of the fifth set, winning 15-11. In the regional final, Purdue won the first set rather easily but lost their senior starting setter Jaclyn Hart to an apparent leg injury in the late stages of set 1. Hart did not end up returning in the match, as Texas dominated sets 2 and 3. Despite Purdue going up early and showing signs of life in what was the final set, Texas won the fourth set 27-25 to earn their third straight trip to the Final Four and a rematch of the 2009 NCAA Championship final with Penn State in the national semifinals. Austin Regional All-Tournament TeamJuliann Faucette (Most Outstanding Player) - Texas Michelle Kocher - Texas Rachael Adams - Texas Jennifer Doris - Texas Jaclyn Hart - Purdue Ariel Turner - Purdue Jazmine Orozco - Illinois University Park Regional First roundDecember 2–3 Second roundDecember 3–4 Regional semifinalsDecember 10 Regional finalsDecember 11 Cedar Falls, IA Durham, NC Norman, OK University Park, PA Northern Iowa 5 Missouri   2 3 Arizona   Northwestern   1 3 Ohio   Penn   3 0 High Point   Duke 12 0 3 LSU 13 Tulsa   0 3 Wichita State   Oklahoma   0 3 Virginia Tech   Delaware   3 0 Niagara   Penn State 4 0 3 Missouri   Northwestern 3 1 Ohio 12 Duke 2 3   Tulsa Oklahoma 2 3 Virginia Tech 4 Penn State 0 3 Missouri 12 Duke 1 3 Oklahoma 4 Penn State 0 3 12 Duke 4 Penn State 1 3 Regional recap Having upset the 5th overall seed in the tournament in the 1st round, Missouri advanced to the Sweet 16 to face 12th seeded Duke. Duke won in four sets, and advanced to the Elite Eight, which was the first time that an ACC team made it past the Sweet 16. Penn State downed Oklahoma in 3 sets, as senior All-American Blair Brown had 24 kills. In the regional final against Duke, Penn State won the first two sets rather easily, 25-19, 25-18, but Duke came back to win the third set 25-23. It was the first time since the 2006 tournament that Penn State lost a single set before the Final Four. In the fourth set, Penn State knocked off any chance of an upset, as they separated themselves early from Duke and won 25-17. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Deja McClendon had a career high 20 kills while Blair Brown added 16 kills. Penn State also extended their NCAA-record home court winning streak to 94 matches.http://www.centredaily.com/2010/12/12/2395264/kansas-city-bound.html Kansas City bound: PSU eyes fourth straight title 2010-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20101223185014/http://www.centredaily.com/2010/12/12/2395264/kansas-city-bound.html 2010-12-23 dead University Park All-Tournament TeamBlair Brown (Most Outstanding Player) - Penn State Deja McClendon - Penn State Kristin Carpenter - Penn State Sophia Dunworth - Duke Kellie Catanach - Duke Brianne Barker - Oklahoma Paola Ampudia - Missouri Dayton Regional First roundDecember 2–3 Second roundDecember 3–4 Regional semifinalsDecember 10 Regional finalsDecember 11 Stanford, CA Dayton, OH Bloomington, IN Los Angeles, CA Stanford 3 Albany (NY)   3 0 Cal State Fullerton   Colorado State   2 3 Ohio State   Lipscomb   3 1 Butler   Dayton 14 0 3 Tennessee 11 Alabama A&M   3 0 Miami (FL)   Indiana   2 3 San Diego   Long Beach State   3 0 New Mexico   Southern California 6 0 3 Stanford 3 Colorado State 3 0 Ohio State 14 Dayton 3 2 11 Tennessee Indiana 2 3 San Diego 6 Southern California 1 3 3 Stanford Ohio State 3 1 Indiana 6 Southern California 0 3 3 Stanford 6 Southern California 2 3 Regional recap Third-seeded Stanford downed Ohio State in four sets, with the help of senior Alix Klineman's 29 kills. Southern California defeated Indiana in straight sets, setting up an All-Pac-10 regional final. In the regular season, Stanford beat Southern Cal both times. Stanford jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set 25–20, however Southern Cal responded by winning the second set 25–17. With 11 tie scores and three lead changes, the third set was competitive but Stanford pulled out the win, 25–22. The fourth set was also a close battle, as it had 10 tie scores and three lead changes, but Southern Cal narrowly defeated Stanford, 26–24, and forced a fifth set. Despite having a 10–7 advantage in the decisive fifth set, Southern Cal responded to tie the set up at 11. Stanford held a match point at 14–13, but Southern Cal's freshman Falyn Fonoimoana, who was the top recruit in the 2010 class, recorded a kill to tie it up at 14. A Stanford hitting error gave Southern Cal match point, before a block by Fonoimoana and fellow freshman Alexis Olgard won the set, 16–14, and the match, 3–2. It was the first time since the 2007 season that Southern Cal defeated Stanford. Alix Klineman finished her career with 2,008 kills, and joined former Stanford great Ogonna Nnamani as the only two players to have more than 2,000 career kills.http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121110aaa.html Stanford falls to USC in Regional Final, 3-2 2010-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318031708/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121110aaa.html 2012-03-18 dead Dayton Regional All-Tournament Team Falyn Fonoimoana (Most Outstanding Player) – Southern California Kendall Bateman – Southern California Alex Jupiter – Southern California Alix Klineman – Stanford Cassidy Lichtman – Stanford Katie Dull – Ohio State Ashley Benson – Indiana Seattle Regional First roundDecember 2–3 Second roundDecember 3–4 Regional semifinalsDecember 10 Regional finalsDecember 11 Berkeley, CA Minneapolis, MN Seattle, WA Lincoln, NE California 7 Utah State   3 0 Ole Miss   North Carolina   0 3 Iowa State   Creighton   2 3 North Dakota State   Minnesota 10 0 3 Hawaii 15 Portland State   3 0 Washington   Michigan   3 0 Auburn   Missouri State   3 0 Sacred Heart   Nebraska 2 0 3 California 7 North Carolina 3 0 Creighton 10 Minnesota 0 3 15 Hawaii Washington 0 3 Auburn 2 Nebraska 0 3 7 California 10 Minnesota 3 0 Washington 2 Nebraska 3 1 7 California Washington 3 0 Regional recap Seventh seeded California swept Minnesota in 3 close sets, 26-24, 25-23, 25-23 to advance to the program's fourth straight NCAA Regional Final. In the other Regional semifinal, unseeded Washington stunned overall #2 seeded Nebraska in four sets (25-16, 20-25, 25-21, 29-27). The fourth set of the match was considered controversial. Washington held a set point on which they hit a shot which might have been touched by the Nebraska block, but was ruled out, allowing Nebraska to tie up the set. Then Nebraska held a set point on which a kill attempt by Washington landed near the back line and was called in by the line judge, allowing Washington to tie up the set. Nebraska players and coaches were visibly upset as they thought they had won the point and started to celebrate. Washington then scored the next two points and won the match. When Nebraska head coach John Cook shook hands with Washington head coach Jim McLaughlin, he allegedly said "The ball was out. Nice Match" to which McLaughlin allegedly responded with foul language and had to be restrained.Washington tops Nebraska in another wild match Both the controversial call and the coach incident were hot topics on the news outlets.NU-UW volleyball: Coaches, programs have a wild history California, which had already beaten Washington twice in the regular season, then swept the Huskies in the regional final (25-21, 25-20, 25-14). Seattle Regional All-Tournament TeamCarli Lloyd (Most Outstanding Player) - California Shannon Hawari - California Tarah Murrey - California Kindra Carlson - Washington Bianca Rowland - Washington Lauren Gibbemeyer - Minnesota Jordan Wilberger - Nebraska thumb|right|250px|The Sprint Center hosted 2010 NCAA Women's Volleyball Final Four Final Four National semifinalsDecember 16 National ChampionshipDecember 18 9 Texas 0 4 Penn State 3 6 Southern California 0 7 California 3 4 Penn State 3 7 California 0 Semifinals recap Penn State vs. Texas Teams Set 1 Set 2 Set 3PSU 25 25 25TEX 13 13 22 In the rematch of the 2009 finals, Penn State defeated Texas in straight sets, 25-13, 25-13, 25-22. Led by AVCA National Freshman of the Year Deja McClendon, who had 11 kills on 15 errorless attempts, Penn State held Texas to just .131 hitting as a team in the sweep. Penn State's freshmen had 24 of the team's 54 kills in the match, as Katie Slay and Ariel Scott also made big contributions. On Texas's side, senior All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year Juliann Faucette led all players with 14 kills, and she was the only Texas player with double-digit kills. Penn State improved its all-time program record to 11-6 over Texas, and became the first team in NCAA history to advance to four straight NCAA Championship finals.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/Semifinal1Notes.pdf Penn State vs Texas semifinal notes 2010-12-18 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112150634/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/Semifinal1Notes.pdf dead California vs. Southern California Teams Set 1 Set 2 Set 3CAL 25 25 25USC 14 17 20 Despite USC defeating California in both Pac-10 matchups earlier in the season, California took control of the match from the start, going up 11-2 in set 1 and eventually defeating USC easily in a sweep, 25-14, 25-17, 25-20. Cal Junior All-American Tarah Murrey had 23 kills and hit .413, while Adrienne Gehan, a freshman, was second on the team with 14 kills. Cal setter Carli Lloyd, who was named the National Player of the Year the day after the match,http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121710aaa.html Lloyd named AVCA National Player of the Year 2010-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073444/http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121710aaa.html 2012-04-04 dead had 39 assists and 16 digs in the match. USC hit just .101 as a team and only 1 player hit higher than .200, as Katie Fuller was USC's only offensive spark in the match as she had 7 kills and hit .400. California advanced to the programs first ever final match to face the same team who ended their seasons in the NCAA tournament the previous three years.http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121610aaa.html Golden Bears spring Trojan Horse on USC 2010-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073451/http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121610aaa.html 2012-04-04 dead National Championship recap: Penn State vs. California Teams Set 1 Set 2 Set 3PSU 25 27 25CAL 20 25 20 Playing each other for the fourth consecutive year in the tournament, Penn State defeated California once again in a sweep by the scores of 25-20, 27-25, 25-20. Deja McClendon, who had 16 kills in the final, was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player and became only the second player in NCAA history (the other being Kerri Walsh from 1996) to win the award as a freshman.Penn State vs. California Game Notes http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121810aaf.html 12 January 2026 Senior Blair Brown had 18 kills against the Bears, while Cal hitter Tarah Murrey led her team with 16 kills.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2010-ncaa-championship-box.pdf Box score: PSU vs. Cal 2010-12-19 2012-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112150654/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/2010-ncaa-championship-box.pdf dead In set 1, Penn State held a slim 12-11 lead but kills by McClendon and Brown and a service ace from Alyssa D'Errico made the score 16-12. Cal fought back to cut the lead to 16-15, but Penn State pulled away again to lead 21-17. Two Brown kills and a kill from freshman Ariel Scott sealed the first set, 25-20. It was the first set Cal lost in the entire tournament. Set 2 was a battle throughout, and Cal took a 3-point lead at 17-14. However Penn State fought back to tie it at 17. Two Penn State blocks put them up 19-17, but Cal responded with kills and a block to make the score dead even at 20-20. Two straight Cal kills gave them set point 24-23, however Penn State tied it up at 24. 2010 National Player of the Year Carli Lloyd gave the Bears another set point at 25-24 with a kill, but Penn State used another crucial block to tie it up at 25. Two Brown kills won set 2 for the Nittany Lions, 27-25. Cal stepped up its blocking in what was the final set, taking a 10-6 lead. However Penn State clawed its way back after a timeout and took a 13-12 lead. Freshman Ali Longo for Penn State ended up serving 8 straight points which included 3 service aces and Penn State went up 18-13. Cal came within 3 at 18-15 but another Penn State run put them up 23-16 and only 2 points away from the title. Cal outscored Penn State 4-2 in the final points, but a kill by freshman Katie Slay on an overpass sealed the set, 25-20, as Penn State went on to win their fourth straight NCAA title.http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121810aad.html Four The Glory! Penn State beats Cal, 3-0, for NCAA title 2010-12-19 2010-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20101222172222/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121810aad.html dead Penn State seniors Brown, D'Errico, and Arielle Wilson went 24-0 in NCAA play their entire careers, and had a four-year overall record of 142-7. Wilson also graduated as the NCAA career hitting percentage leader. Final Four All-Tournament Team:Deja McClendon - Penn State (Most Outstanding Player) Arielle Wilson - Penn State Blair Brown - Penn State Kristin Carpenter - Penn State Carli Lloyd - California Tarah Murrey - California Juliann Faucette - Texas References External links 2010 Final Four press release Category:NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament Category:College sports tournaments in Missouri Category:College volleyball in Missouri Category:Women's sports in Kansas City, Missouri Category:Sports competitions in Kansas City, Missouri NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament Category:2010s in Kansas City, Missouri