Womens Volleyball Championship

The first NCAA championship tournament was held in 1981, with 20 schools competing for the title. The tournament expanded gradually, moving to 28 teams in 1982, 32 in 1986, 48 in 1993, 56 in 1997, and finally to its current size of 64 in 1998.[1]

The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was variable, but since 1970 they have been awarded every four years. The current champions are the Serbia, which won their second title at the 2022 tournament in Netherlands and Poland.

The history of the World Championship goes back to the beginnings of volleyball as a professional, high level sport. One of the first concrete measures taken by the FIVB after its foundation in 1947 was the establishment of an international competition involving teams from more than one continent. In 1949, the first edition of the Men's World Championship was played in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At that point, the tournament was still restricted to Europe.

Since volleyball was to be added to the Olympic Program in 1964, the 4-cycles were advanced in 2 years after the fourth edition (1960), so that the World Championship may alternate with the Summer Olympics. As of 1970, teams from Africa also took part in the competition, and the original goal of having members from all five continental confederations in the games was achieved.

The number of teams involved in the games has changed significantly over the years. Following volleyball's increase in popularity, they raised steadily to over 20 in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, were then cut short to 16 in the 1990s, and finally set up in 24 after 2002. Today, the World Championship is the most comprehensive of all events organized by the FIVB, and arguably the second most important, surpassed in prestige only by the Olympic Games.

The teams faced each other again in 1970, and this time the Soviet Union beat their opponents to collect the gold. In the following edition, Japan took revenge and defeated the Soviet Union in straight sets. Then something extraordinary happened: the world watched astonished as a young Cuban squad left behind the two longtime rivals and secured the first important volleyball title for a continent other than Europe or Asia.

The Volleyball National Championship includes a field of 48 teams. Forty-Eight teams will compete in 24 national championship opening round matches played on campus sites nationwide on November 19th. Opening round winners will advance to the final site for a 24-team pool play tournament. One team from each pool advance to single-elimination championship play.

A Supracam will provide an aerial view capturing live action and arena atmosphere, along with a below-the-net camera which gives a low angle, under the net view of both sides of the court. In addition to the main telecast, there will be an alternate viewing option available on ESPN+ for the semifinals and the championship featuring High End Zone coverage of each match.

Game action for all three matches will be called by play-by-play commentator Courtney Lyle and analyst Holly McPeak, along with George serving as a sideline analyst. McPeak is a three-time beach volleyball Olympian who took home the bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Kentucky faced its largest deficit of the NCAA Tournament right out of the gates in the fourth set, as Texas took a 6-1 lead with six-straight points after UK took the first rally of the set and the Wildcats called an early timeout. Kentucky rallied to take a lead at 14-13, its first lead of the set after trailing by an early five points. After a huge challenge win by Craig Skinner and his coaching staff, Texas found itself down 15-13. Elise Geotzinger stuffed a block and Avery Skinner sent her 14th kill of the match to the floor as UK took a 21-19 lead in the set and Texas called its first timeout down by a pair. A Riah Walker service ace took UK's lead to 23-21 and Texas called its final timeout. A kill from Alli Stumler on the left side ended the match and gave Kentucky the national championship for the first time.

First- and second-round matches will be played December 1-3 at 16 campus sites. Teams winning both matches will continue to regional play December 8 & 10. Regionals for the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which will be announced on December 4. At each site, four teams will compete in single-elimination regional semifinal competition. The regional winners will advance to the national semifinals and championship final, hosted by Nebraska in conjunction with the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority (MECA), December 15-17 at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The national semifinal matches will broadcast on ESPN, and the championship match will broadcast on ESPN2.

The Blugolds won the NCAA Division III title at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on Nov. 20 with a 3-0 sweep of Calvin University. The fourth-seeded Blugolds had defeated Juniata College and Tufts University the previous two days to advance to the championship match.

Head Coach Kim Wudi, who was an all-conference and all-region volleyball player at UW-Eau Claire, played for Blugold Hall of Fame coach Lisa Herb. Wudi said she is a proud Blugold who was happy her former coach was able to hold the national championship trophy this week. 59ce067264

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