2023 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2023 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2023 NCAA Division I Championship
Finals site	Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida

The 2023 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an upcoming single-elimination tournament of 64 teams that will determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's volleyball national champion for the 2023 season. It will be the 43rd edition of the tournament and will begin on November 30, 2023, in various college campuses across the country, location determinations will be chosen based on participating teams seedings. The tournament will conclude with the championship game at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on December 17th.

Tournament schedule and venues

Louisville

Palo Alto

Pullman

Gainesville

Austin

Lexington

Lincoln

Pittsburgh

Fayetteville

Provo

Omaha

Madison

Lawrence

West Lafayette

Eugene

Knoxville

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2023 NCAA First and Second Round venues

First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)

• November 30 – December 3

• • Devaney Center, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: University of Nebraska)
  • Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto, California (Host: Stanford University)
  • UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin)
  • Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh)
  • Gregory Gymnasium, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas)
  • L&N Federal Credit Union Arena, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
  • Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon (Host: University of Oregon)
  • Sokol Arena, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)
  • Barnhill Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas (Host: University of Arkansas
  • O'Connell Center, Gainesville, Florida (Host: University of Florida)
  • Bohler Gymnasium, Pullman, Washington (Host: Washington State University)
  • Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
  • Holloway Gymnasium, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University
  • Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, Lawrence, Kansas (Host: University of Kansas)
  • Smith Fieldhouse, Provo, Utah (Host: BYU)
  • Food City Center, Knoxville, TN (Host: University of Tennessee)

Tampa

Lincoln

Pittsburgh

Palo Alto

Madison

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2023 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

Regional semifinals and finals

• December 7 & 9
  • Lincoln Regional, Devaney Center, Lincoln, Nebraska (Host: University of Nebraska)
  • Palo Alto Regional, Maples Pavilion (Host: Stanford University)
  • Madison Regional, Wisconsin Field House (Host: University of Wisconsin)
  • Pittsburgh Regional, Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh)

National semifinals and championship

• December 15 & 17
  • Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)

Qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams received automatic bids to the tournament by winning either the regular season conference title or their conference tournament.

Conference	Team	Conference Record
ACC	Florida State	16-2
America East	UMBC	8–2
American	SMU	18–1
Atlantic 10	Dayton	18–0
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	15–1
Big 12	Texas	17–1
Big East	Creighton	16-2
Big Sky	Weber State	11–5
Big South	High Point	14–0
Big Ten	Nebraska	19–1
Big West	Hawaii	14-4
Coastal	Delaware	15–3
C-USA	Western Kentucky	16–0
Horizon	Wright State	15–3
Ivy	Yale	14–0
MAAC	Fairfield	16–2
MAC	Western Michigan	18–0
MEAC	Coppin State	13–1
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa	18–0
Mountain West	Fresno State	10–8
Northeast	LIU	9–5
Ohio Valley	Eastern Illinois	15–3
Pac-12	Stanford	19–1
Patriot	Colgate	13–3
SEC	Kentucky	17-1
Southern	Wofford	11-5
Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	17–1
SWAC	Jackson State	10–6
Summit	Omaha	12–4
Sun Belt	Coastal Carolina	14–2
West Coast	Pepperdine	15–1
WAC	Grand Canyon	13–3

Tournament seeds

TBD

Bracket

Lincoln, NE Quarter

First round

Second round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

1

Nebraska

LIU

Lincoln, NE

Delaware

8

Missouri

5

Georgia Tech

South Alabama

Gainesville, FL

FGCU

4

Florida

3

Arkansas

Stephen F. Austin

Fayetteville, AR

TCU

6

Florida State

7

James Madison

Baylor

Lexington, KY

Wofford

2

Kentucky

Schedule

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Regional finals

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Region all-tournament team

The following players were named to the regional all-tournament team:

Pittsburgh, PA Quarter

First round

Second round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

2

Louisville

Wright State

Louisville, KY

Western Michigan

7

Auburn

6

Utah State

Minnesota

Omaha, NE

Colgate

3

Creighton

4

Washington State

Grand Canyon

Pullman, WA

Pepperdine

5

Dayton

8

Southern California

UMBC

Pittsburgh, PA

Coppin State

1

Pittsburgh

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Region all-tournament team

The following players were named to the regional all-tournament team:

Madison, WI Quarter

First round

Second round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

1

Wisconsin

Jackson State

Madison, WI

Miami (FL)

8

Northern Iowa

5

Penn State

Yale

Lawrence, KS

Omaha

4

Kansas

3

Purdue

Fairfield

West Lafayette, IN

Eastern Illinois

6

Marquette

7

Iowa State

Hawaiʻi

Eugene, OR

Southeastern Louisiana

2

Oregon

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Region all-tournament team

The following players were named to the regional all-tournament team:

Palo Alto, CA Quarter

First round

Second round

Regional semifinals

Regional finals

2

Texas

Texas A&M

Austin, TX

Texas State

7

SMU

6

Western Kentucky

Coastal Carolina

Knoxville, TN

High Point

3

Tennessee

4

BYU

Weber State

Provo, UT

Georgia

5

Arizona State

8

Houston

UCSB

Palo Alto, CA

Fresno State

1

Stanford

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Region all-tournament team

The following players were named to the regional all-tournament team:

Final four

	National Semifinals Amalie Arena December 15					National Championship Amalie Arena December 17

National semifinals

December 15, 2023		v		Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida

December 15, 2023		v		Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida

National championship

December 17, 2023 3:00 p.m. EST		v		Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida

Final Four All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the final four all-tournament team:

Records by Conference

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), quarterfinals (Elite Eight), semi-finals (Final Four), Championship Match, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: The conference's records have been consolidated in the other row.