imported>LR.127: Changing short description from "Volleyball tournament" to "Volleyball competition"

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Changing short description from "Volleyball tournament" to "Volleyball competition"

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{{Short description|Volleyball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament |
|Year=1985

|Caption=NCAA volleyball logo
|Champions=[[University of the Pacific (United States)|Pacific]]
|TitleCount=1st
|RunnerUp=[[Stanford University|Stanford]]
|GameCount=2nd
|Semifinal1=[[USC Trojans volleyball|Southern California]]
|FinalFourCount=3rd
|Semifinal2=[[UCLA]]
|FinalFourCount2=4th
|Coach=[[John Dunning (volleyball)|John Dunning]]
|CoachCount=1st
|MOP=
|MOPTeam=
|AllTournamentTeam= {{ubl|Teri McGrath (Pacific)| [[Elaina Oden]] (Pacific) | [[Kim Oden]] (Stanford) | Wendi Rush (Stanford) | [[Kimberly Ruddins|Kim Ruddins]] (Southern California) | Liz Masakayan (UCLA)}}
}}

The '''1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament''' began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when [[University of the Pacific (United States)|Pacific]] defeated [[Stanford]] 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.

Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Volleyball|AIAW]] title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.<ref name="merc">(12-23-1985). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB72782E8AA3A47&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Stanford loses in NCAA final]" ''San Jose Mercury News''.</ref>

Future Olympian sisters [[Elaina Oden]] and [[Kim Oden]] played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.<ref name="merc" />

In the consolation match, [[USC Trojans volleyball|Southern California]] defeated [[UCLA]] in five games to claim third place.

==Brackets==

===West regional===
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First Round|RD2=Regional semifinal|RD3=Regional final
| RD1-seed3= 
| RD1-team3='''[[Colorado State]]'''
| RD1-score3='''3'''
| RD1-seed4= 
| RD1-team4=[[University of Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]
| RD1-score4=0
| RD1-seed5= 
| RD1-team5=[[Arizona State]]
| RD1-score5=2
| RD1-seed6= 
| RD1-team6='''[[University of Arizona|Arizona]]'''
| RD1-score6='''3'''
| RD1-seed7= 
| RD1-team7='''[[BYU]]'''
| RD1-score7='''3'''
| RD1-seed8= 
| RD1-team8=[[Providence College|Providence]]
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1= 
| RD2-team1='''[[Stanford]]'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2= 
| RD2-team2=Colorado State
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3= 
| RD2-team3=Arizona
| RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4= 
| RD2-team4='''BYU'''
| RD2-score4='''3'''
| RD3-seed1= 
| RD3-team1='''Stanford'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2= 
| RD3-team2=BYU
| RD3-score2=1
}}

===Mideast regional===
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First Round|RD2=Regional semifinal|RD3=Regional final
| RD1-seed3= 
| RD1-team3='''[[Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball|Illinois]]'''
| RD1-score3='''3'''
| RD1-seed4= 
| RD1-team4=[[Western Michigan University|Western Michigan]]
| RD1-score4=1
| RD1-seed5= 
| RD1-team5='''[[Purdue University|Purdue]]'''
| RD1-score5='''3'''
| RD1-seed6= 
| RD1-team6=[[Illinois State]]
| RD1-score6=0
| RD1-seed7= 
| RD1-team7='''[[Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball|Nebraska]]'''
| RD1-score7='''3'''
| RD1-seed8= 
| RD1-team8=[[Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball|Penn State]]
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1= 
| RD2-team1='''[[USC Trojans volleyball|Southern California]]'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2= 
| RD2-team2=Illinois
| RD2-score2=1
| RD2-seed3= 
| RD2-team3=Purdue
| RD2-score3=1
| RD2-seed4= 
| RD2-team4='''Nebraska'''
| RD2-score4='''3'''
| RD3-seed1= 
| RD3-team1='''Southern California'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2= 
| RD3-team2=Nebraska
| RD3-score2=1
}}

===South regional===
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First Round|RD2=Regional semifinal|RD3=Regional final
| RD1-seed3= 
| RD1-team3='''[[University of Georgia|Georgia]]'''
| RD1-score3='''3'''
| RD1-seed4= 
| RD1-team4=[[Florida State]]
| RD1-score4=0
| RD1-seed5= 
| RD1-team5='''[[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]]'''
| RD1-score5='''3'''
| RD1-seed6= 
| RD1-team6=[[University of Texas at Arlington|UT Arlington]]
| RD1-score6=2
| RD1-seed7= 
| RD1-team7='''[[Texas Longhorns volleyball|Texas]]'''
| RD1-score7='''3'''
| RD1-seed8= 
| RD1-team8=[[Duke University|Duke]]
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1= 
| RD2-team1='''[[UCLA]]'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2= 
| RD2-team2=Georgia
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3= 
| RD2-team3=Texas A&M
| RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4= 
| RD2-team4='''Texas'''
| RD2-score4='''3'''
| RD3-seed1= 
| RD3-team1='''UCLA'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2= 
| RD3-team2=Texas
| RD3-score2=0
}}

===Northwest regional===
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First Round|RD2=Regional semifinal|RD3=Regional final
| RD1-seed3= 
| RD1-team3='''[[Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball|Hawai{{okina}}i]]'''
| RD1-score3='''3'''
| RD1-seed4= 
| RD1-team4=[[San Diego State]]
| RD1-score4=1
| RD1-seed5= 
| RD1-team5='''[[Cal Poly SLO|Cal Poly]]'''
| RD1-score5='''3'''
| RD1-seed6= 
| RD1-team6=[[UCSB]]
| RD1-score6=2
| RD1-seed7= 
| RD1-team7='''[[San Jose State]]'''
| RD1-score7='''3'''
| RD1-seed8= 
| RD1-team8=[[Long Beach State]]
| RD1-score8=0
| RD2-seed1= 
| RD2-team1='''[[University of the Pacific (United States)|Pacific]]'''
| RD2-score1='''3'''
| RD2-seed2= 
| RD2-team2=Hawai{{okina}}i
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3= 
| RD2-team3='''Cal Poly'''
| RD2-score3='''3'''
| RD2-seed4= 
| RD2-team4=San Jose State
| RD2-score4=0
| RD3-seed1= 
| RD3-team1='''Pacific'''
| RD3-score1='''3'''
| RD3-seed2= 
| RD3-team2=Cal Poly
| RD3-score2=0
}}

==Final Four - [[Read Fieldhouse]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]==

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd
| Team-Width = 160

| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-team1 = '''Stanford'''
| RD1-score1 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-team2 = Southern California
| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-team3 = UCLA
| RD1-score3 = 1
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team4 = '''Pacific'''
| RD1-score4 = '''3'''

| RD2-team1 = Stanford
| RD2-score1 = 1
| RD2-team2 = '''Pacific'''
| RD2-score2 = '''3'''

| RD2b-team1 = '''Southern California'''
| RD2b-score1 = '''3'''
| RD2b-team2 = UCLA
| RD2b-score2 = 2
}}

== See also ==
* [[1985 NCAA men's volleyball tournament]]
* [[1985 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament]]
* [[1985 NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament]]
* [[1985 NAIA women's volleyball tournament]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament}}

[[Category:NCAA women's volleyball tournaments]]
[[Category:1985 in volleyball|NCAA Division I Women's]]
[[Category:1985 in sports in Michigan|NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament]]
[[Category:December 1985 sports events in the United States|NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament]]
[[Category:Volleyball in Michigan]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Michigan]]
[[Category:Women's sports in Michigan]]

1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament - Revision history

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