2013 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2013 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2013 Division I Championship
Champions	Penn State (6th title)
Runner-up	Wisconsin (2nd title match)
Semifinalists	Texas (9th Final Four) Washington (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	Russ Rose (6th title)
Most outstanding player	Micha Hancock Penn State

The 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 5, 2013 and ended on December 21, 2013 at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The NCAA selection show was televised on Sunday, December 1, 2013.

Qualifying teams

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

Seed	School	Conference	Berth type
1	Texas	Big 12	Automatic
2	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic
3	Washington	Pac-12	Automatic
4	Missouri	Southeastern	Automatic
5	Florida	Southeastern	At-Large
6	USC	Pac-12	At-Large
7	Stanford	Pac-12	At-Large
8	Nebraska	Big Ten	At-Large
9	San Diego	West Coast	Automatic
10	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-Large
11	Hawaii	Big West	At-Large
12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-Large
13	Illinois	Big Ten	At-Large
14	Kansas	Big 12	At-Large
15	Kentucky	Southeastern	At-Large
16	Duke	Atlantic Coast	Automatic
	Alabama	Southeastern	At-Large
	Alabama State	Southwestern Athletic	Automatic
	American	Patriot	Automatic
	Arizona	Pac-12	At-Large
	Arizona State	Pac-12	At-Large
	Arkansas	Southeastern	At-Large
	BYU	West Coast	At-Large
	California	Pac-12	At-Large
	Cal State Northridge	Big West	At-Large
	Central Arkansas	Southland	Automatic
	College of Charleston	Colonial Athletic	Automatic
	Colorado	Pac-12	At-Large
	Colorado State	Mountain West	Automatic
	Creighton	Big East	At-Large
	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	Automatic
	Fairfield	Metro Atlantic	Automatic
	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
	Georgia	Southeastern	At-Large
	Georgia Southern	Southern	Automatic
	Hampton	Mid-Eastern Athletic	Automatic
	Idaho State	Big Sky	Automatic
	Iowa State	Big 12	At-Large
	IUPUI	Summit	Automatic
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic
	LIU-Brooklyn	Northeast	Automatic
	Louisville	American Athletic	Automatic
	LSU	Southeastern	At-Large
	Marquette	Big East	Automatic
	Miami	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-Large
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-Large
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic
	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	Automatic
	New Hampshire	America East	Automatic
	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	Automatic
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	At-Large
	Ohio	Mid-American	Automatic
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-Large
	Oregon	Pac-12	At-Large
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-Large
	Radford	Big South	Automatic
	Texas A&M	Southeastern	At-Large
	Texas State	Sun Belt	Automatic
	UTSA	Conference USA	Automatic
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	Automatic
	Utah	Pac-12	At-Large
	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	Automatic
	Yale	Ivy League	Automatic

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2013, those sites were hosted by Nebraska, Illinois, USC, and Kentucky, all of whom made the tournament and hosted in the first two rounds. 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.

Lincoln, Nebraska Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	1	Texas	3
		Texas State	0
						1	Texas	3
	Austin, TX
							Texas A&M	1
		UTSA	0
		Texas A&M	3
											1	Texas	3
												American	1
		Georgia	0
		American	3
							American	3
	Durham, NC
						16	Duke	0
	16	Duke	3
		Charleston	1
																1	Texas	3
																8	Nebraska	0
	9	San Diego	3
		UC Santa Barbara	0
						9	San Diego	3
	San Diego, CA
							Arizona	0
		New Mexico State	0
		Arizona	3
											9	San Diego	0
											8	Nebraska	3
		Oregon	3
		Miami	0
							Oregon	0
	Lincoln, NE
						8	Nebraska	3
	8	Nebraska	3
		Fairfield	0

Champaign, Illinois Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	5	Florida	3
		Jacksonville	0
						5	Florida	2
	Gainesville, FL
							Florida State	3
		Georgia Southern	0
		Florida State	3
												Florida State	1
											12	Wisconsin	3
		North Carolina	0
		California	3
							California	0
	Madison, WI
						12	Wisconsin	3
	12	Wisconsin	3
		Milwaukee	0
																12	Wisconsin	3
																	Purdue	1
	13	Illinois	3
		Morehead State	0
						13	Illinois	3
	Champaign, IL
							Marquette	1
		Louisville	0
		Marquette	3
											13	Illinois	0
												Purdue	3
		Purdue	3
		Central Arkansas	0
							Purdue	3
	Columbia, MO
						4	Missouri	1
	4	Missouri	3
		IUPUI	0

Los Angeles, California Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	3	Washington	3
		Alabama State	0
						3	Washington	3
	Seattle, WA
							LSU	1
		LSU	3
		Michigan	2
											3	Washington	3
											14	Kansas	0
		Creighton	3
		Arkansas	1
							Creighton	1
	Lawrence, KS
						14	Kansas	3
	14	Kansas	3
		Wichita State	1
																3	Washington	3
																6	USC	2
	11	Hawaii	3
		Idaho State	1
						11	Hawaii	0
	Honolulu, HI
							BYU	3
		Arizona State	2
		BYU	3
												BYU	1
											6	USC	3
		Colorado State	2
		Cal State Northridge	3
							Cal State Northridge	0
	Los Angeles, CA
						6	USC	3
	6	USC	3
		New Hampshire	0

Lexington, Kentucky Regional

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional finals
	7	Stanford	3
		Hampton	0
						7	Stanford	3
	Stanford, CA
							Oklahoma	0
		Alabama	1
		Oklahoma	3
											7	Stanford	3
											10	Minnesota	0
		Iowa State	1
		Colorado	3
							Colorado	2
	Minneapolis, MN
						10	Minnesota	3
	10	Minnesota	3
		Radford	0
																7	Stanford	2
																2	Penn State	3
	15	Kentucky	3
		Duquesne	0
						15	Kentucky	1
	Lexington, KY
							Michigan State	3
		Ohio	0
		Michigan State	3
												Michigan State	1
											2	Penn State	3
		Utah	3
		Yale	1
							Utah	0
	State College, PA
						2	Penn State	3
	2	Penn State	3
		LIU-Brooklyn	0

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship
	1	Texas	1
	12	Wisconsin	3
						12	Wisconsin	1
						2	Penn State	3
	3	Washington	0
	2	Penn State	3

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

• Micha Hancock - Penn State (Most Outstanding Player)
• Ariel Scott - Penn State
• Deja McClendon - Penn State
• Katie Slay - Penn State
• Deme Morales - Wisconsin
• Lauren Carlini - Wisconsin
• Krista Vansant - Washington

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CM	NC
Pac-12	9	15–9*	.625	8	3	3	1	–	–
Big Ten	8	23–7*	.769	7	7	4	2	2	1
Southeastern	8	5–8	.385	5	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Coast	4	3–4	.429	2	1	–	–	–	–
Big 12	4	6-4	.600	3	2	1	1	–	–
Big West	3	2–3	.400	2	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	2–2	.500	2	–	–	–	–	–
West Coast	2	4–2	.667	2	2	–	–	–	–
Patriot	1	2-1	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Other	23	0–23	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Four tournament matches featured one Big Ten team against another, and likewise one featured one Pac-12 team against another. Each of those matches is counted as one win and one loss for the respective conference.

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.

The America East, American Athletic, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Colonial Athletic, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland, Southwestern Athletic, Summit League, Sun Belt and Western Athletic Conferences all qualified one team which lost in the first round.