2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began December 4, 2015 and concluded on December 19 at CenturyLink Center, now known as CHI Health Center, in Omaha, Nebraska.^[1] The tournament field was determined on November 29, 2015. Nebraska swept Texas in the final to claim their fourth national championship.

2015 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2015 Division I Championship
Finals site	CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
Champions	Nebraska (4th title)
Runner-up	Texas (5th title match)
Semifinalists	Kansas (1st Final Four) Minnesota (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Cook (3rd title)
Most outstanding player	Mikaela Foecke (Nebraska)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani (Texas) Kelly Hunter (Nebraska) Amy Neal (Texas) Kelsie Payne (Kansas) Amber Rolfzen (Nebraska) Justine Wong-Orantes (Nebraska)
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Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 32 conferences qualified automatically. Twenty-two conferences held tournaments, while the other ten awarded their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that did not hold tournaments were the American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 32 bids were apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall were seeded.

Records

San Diego Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI[2] Record Cleveland State Horizon Automatic 67 26-6 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic 83 25-4 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic 20 26-3 16 Creighton Big East Automatic 15 25-8 Furman SoCon Automatic 84 21-8 9 Kansas Big 12 At-Large 8 26-2 Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large 27 22-8 Missouri SEC At-Large 18 26-5 Missouri State Missouri Valley Automatic 34 24-10 New Mexico State WAC Automatic 61 28-5 North Carolina ACC At-Large 24 20-9 Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic 33 28-4 San Diego West Coast At-Large 30 21-9 8 Stanford Pac-12 At-Large 12 22-6 UNC-Wilmington CAA Automatic 58 24-7 1 USC Pac-12 Automatic/Split 3 30-2

Lexington Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record American Patriot Automatic 77 27-6 Arizona Pac-12 At-Large 46 19-13 Arkansas State Sun Belt Automatic 16 28-1 13 BYU West Coast Automatic 14 26-3 Denver The Summit League Automatic 87 27-7 Harvard Ivy League Automatic 144 15-10 Kansas State Big 12 At-Large 51 17-11 Kentucky SEC At-Large 21 21-9 Michigan State Big Ten At-Large 54 18-13 4 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large 4 26-4 Ohio MAC Automatic 52 25-7 12 Ohio State Big Ten At-Large 17 23-9 Robert Morris NEC Automatic 203 19-12 5 Washington Pac-12 Automatic/Split 9 28-2 Western Kentucky Conference USA Automatic 13 31-3 Wichita State Missouri Valley At-Large 28 26-8

Austin Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large 39 19-12 Fairfield MAAC Automatic 164 21-9 11 Florida SEC At-Large 7 22-6 Florida State ACC At-Large 25 24-7 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large 23 18-10 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic 50 23-8 Miami (FL) ACC At-Large 38 21-9 Michigan Big Ten At-Large 31 19-12 New Hampshire America East Automatic 143 21-8 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large 48 16-13 Purdue Big Ten At-Large 35 22-9 Santa Clara West Coast At-Large 37 22-8 SMU American Automatic 32 27-5 3 Texas Big 12 Automatic 1 25-2 14 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large 11 23-7 6 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large 5 24-6

Des Moines Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type RPI Record Belmont Ohio Valley Automatic 169 17-14 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 22 26-5 Hawaiʻi Big West Automatic 26 26-1 Howard MEAC Automatic 228 18-13 Illinois Big Ten At-Large 29 19-12 Jackson State SWAC Automatic 310 15-21 15 Louisville ACC Automatic 19 24-6 Marquette Big East At-Large 36 21-11 2 Minnesota Big Ten Automatic 2 26-4 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley At-Large 45 19-14 7 Penn State Big Ten At-Large 10 26-5 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley At-Large 40 23-9 TCU Big 12 At-Large 49 19-9 10 Texas A&M SEC Automatic 6 23-6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Southland Automatic 65 31-4 Villanova Big East At-Large 41 25-8

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team, with the exception of Creighton. Due to basketball events already being scheduled in Omaha, the Bluejays had to head to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to play the first and second round.). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2015, those sites were hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, University of Northern Iowa, University of Kentucky, and University of San Diego. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.^[3]

San Diego Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	1	USC	3
		Cleveland State	1
						1	USC	3
	Los Angeles, CA
							San Diego	0
		Northern Arizona	0
		San Diego	3
											1	USC	3
											16	Creighton	1
	16	Creighton	3
		Coastal Carolina	1
						16	Creighton	3
	Chapel Hill, NC
							North Carolina	1
		North Carolina	3
		UNC Wilmington	0
																1	USC	2
																9	Kansas	3
	8	Stanford	3
		New Mexico State	0
						8	Stanford	0
	Stanford, CA
							Loyola Marymount	3
		Loyola Marymount	3
		Colorado State	1
												Loyola Marymount	1
											9	Kansas	3
	9	Kansas	3
		Furman	0
						9	Kansas	3
	Lawrence, KS
							Missouri	0
		Missouri State	1
		Missouri	3

Lexington Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	4	Nebraska	3
		Harvard	1
						4	Nebraska	3
	Lincoln, NE
							Wichita State	0
		Wichita State	3
		Kansas State	1
											4	Nebraska	3
											13	BYU	0
	13	BYU	3
		Ohio	1
						13	BYU	3
	Provo, UT
							Western Kentucky	0
		Arizona	0
		Western Kentucky	3
																4	Nebraska	3
																5	Washington	1
	5	Washington	3
		Denver	0
						5	Washington	3
	Seattle, WA
							Michigan State	1
		Michigan State	3
		Arkansas State	0
											5	Washington	3
											12	Ohio State	2
	12	Ohio State	3
		Robert Morris	0
						12	Ohio State	3
	Columbus, OH
							American	0
		Kentucky	0
		American	3

Austin Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	3	Texas	3
		Fairfield	0
						3	Texas	3
	Austin, TX
							Purdue	1
		SMU	1
		Purdue	3
											3	Texas	3
											14	UCLA	1
	14	UCLA	3
		Lipscomb	0
						14	UCLA	3
	Los Angeles, CA
							Michigan	2
		Michigan	3
		Santa Clara	1
																3	Texas	3
																11	Florida	2
	6	Wisconsin	3
		Oregon	1
						6	Wisconsin	3
	Madison, WI
							Iowa State	0
		Iowa State	3
		Miami (FL)	0
											6	Wisconsin	2
											11	Florida	3
	11	Florida	3
		New Hampshire	0
						11	Florida	3
	Gainesville, FL
							Florida State	1
		Arizona State	0
		Florida State	3

Des Moines Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	2	Minnesota	3
		Jackson State	0
						2	Minnesota	3
	Minneapolis, MN
							Marquette	0
		Marquette	3
		Northern Iowa	2
											2	Minnesota	3
												Illinois	0
	15	Louisville	3
		Belmont	1
						15	Louisville	1
	Louisville, KY
							Illinois	3
		Southern Illinois	0
		Illinois	3
																2	Minnesota	3
																	Hawaiʻi	1
	7	Penn State	3
		Howard	0
						7	Penn State	3
	University Park, PA
							Dayton	1
		Dayton	3
		Villanova	1
											7	Penn State	0
												Hawaiʻi	3
	10	Texas A&M	3
		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0
						10	Texas A&M	0
	College Station, TX
							Hawaiʻi	3
		Hawaiʻi	3
		TCU	2

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	9	Kansas	1
	4	Nebraska	3
						4	Nebraska	3
						3	Texas	0
	2	Minnesota	1
	3	Texas	3

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

• Mikaela Foecke - Nebraska (Most Outstanding Player)
• Amber Rolfzen - Nebraska
• Justine Wong-Orantes - Nebraska
• Kelly Hunter - Nebraska
• Amy Neal - Texas
• Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani - Texas
• Kelsie Payne - Kansas

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Big Ten	9	21–8	.724	9	6	2	2	1	1
Big 12	5	10–5	.667	3	2	2	2	1	–
Pac-12	7	9–7	.563	4	3	2	–	–	–
Southeastern	4	5–4	.556	3	1	1	–	–	–
Big West	1	3–1	.750	1	1	1	–	–	–
West Coast	4	5–4	.556	3	2	–	–	–	–
Big East	3	3–3	.500	2	1	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Conference USA	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Patriot	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Coast	4	3–4	.429	3	–	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	4	1–4	.200	1	–	–	–	–	–
Other	20	0–20	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

Television

All first and second-round games were broadcast on local networks or digital feeds [Longhorn Network (Austin), SEC+ (College Station, Gainesville), BYUtv (Provo), ESPN3 (Chapel Hill, Lawrence, Louisville, College Station- non-SEC, Austin- non-Texas, Gainesville- non-SEC), TheW.tv (Provo- non BYU), P12 Digital feeds (Los Angeles, Stanford, Seattle), and Big Ten Digital (Minneapolis, University Park, Madison, Lincoln]. The Regional Finals onward will all be on ESPN Networks. ESPN3 will carry all the Regional Semis except one game in San Diego which will be shown on ESPNU. ESPNU will carry all the regional finals. ESPN2 will carry the National Semifinals and Final.^[4]

• Beth Mowins & Karch Kiraly (Austin), & Holly Rowe (Omaha)
• Tiffany Greene & Missy Whittemore (Lexington)
• Paul Sunderland & Dain Blanton (San Diego)
• Cara Capuano & Maria Taylor (Des Moines)