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Nebraska and Stanford were the top two overall seeds and it was only the second time the top two seeds met in an NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship title match. Stanford took game 1, 30–27, thanks to a .304 hitting % compared to the Huskers' .196.
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.
Until the 2011–12 school year (2012 men's season—NCAA women's volleyball is a fall sport, while men's volleyball is a spring sport), there was no official divisional structure in men's collegiate volleyball, and all men's teams, regardless of their divisional affiliation, were eligible to compete for the same NCAA championship.
There is also an NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, which until 2012 was open to members of all three NCAA divisions,, as there are far fewer men's programs than women's. However, starting in the 2011–12 school year (2011 women's season, 2012 men's season), a Division III championship was established.
It had been the only NCAA championship in the sport from 1970 until 2012, when the NCAA launched a Division III championship. Unlike most NCAA sports, men's volleyball uses a modified version of the National Collegiate championship format, which means Division I and Division II teams compete against each other in the same tournament.
2006 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship; 2006 African Volleyball Championship U19; Volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games; C. ... 2006 NCAA Division I women's ...
Penn State returned to the NCAA national championship, after defeating Delaware State, North Carolina, Marquette, Creighton, and Nebraska. It was the program's 11th championship appearance in program history, and first since its win in 2014. [39] Penn State won the NCAA national championship, defeating Louisville 3–1 in the championship match.
Texas has won five volleyball national championships – one AIAW championship in 1981 and four NCAA championships in 1988, 2012, 2022, and 2023. Beginning with the 1981 season, they have qualified for the AIAW/NCAA tournament every year except for two (42 of 44 seasons) and the most recent 21 years (2004–2024).