2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 2009 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 3, 2009 with 64 teams and ended on December 19, when Penn State defeated Texas, 3-2, in the NCAA National Championship match. With the win, Penn State won its fourth overall title, and became the first team in the history of women's intercollegiate volleyball to win three straight national titles. Penn State also became the first team in NCAA history to have two straight undefeated seasons, as the 2009 squad went 38-0 for the second straight year, extending the ongoing NCAA record of consecutive matches won (102).

Penn State became only the third team in NCAA history to win the national championship after trailing 0-2 in sets. The last team to accomplish the feat was UCLA in 1991.

Penn State's senior class, led by Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass, had an overall record of 142-5 (.966 winning %), which is the best winning percentage in NCAA Division I history for classes that have won national titles. Penn State hit .381 for the season, the second-best Division I team hitting percentage mark in the rally scoring era. It only trails the mark of .390 set by the 2008 Penn State squad.

Texas's Destinee Hooker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2009 Final Four, broke the record of kills in an NCAA championship match, as she had a career high 34 kills in the final.

Records Gainesville RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Army Patriot Automatic101 26-5 Baylor Big 12 At-large33 22-9 Binghamton America East Automatic177 15-159 California Pac-10 At-large10 18-10 Cincinnati Big East At-large43 25-10 College of Charleston Southern Automatic92 18-12 FIU Sun Belt At-large15 31-316 Florida SEC At-large14 23-5 Georgia Tech ACC At-large45 21-9 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun Automatic34 28-3 Long Beach State Big West Automatic39 22-8 Miami (FL) ACC At-large42 18-12 Ohio State Big Ten At-large29 24-9 Penn Ivy League Automatic89 22-51 Penn State Big Ten Automatic2 32-08 UCLA Pac-10 At-large9 23-8 Stanford RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic19 29-312 Hawaii WAC Automatic18 27-25 Illinois Big Ten At-large4 24-5 IPFW Summit Automatic127 20-11 Long Island Northeast Automatic184 21-1313 Michigan Big Ten At-large11 24-9 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic139 16-14 New Mexico Mountain West At-large44 20-9 Niagara MAAC Automatic150 23-8 Notre Dame Big East At-large20 21-6 Ohio MAC Automatic27 26-6 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large49 18-11 St. Mary's (Cal.) West Coast Automatic36 22-44 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic5 21-7 UC Santa Barbara Big West At-large48 22-7 USC Pac-10 At-large21 21-9 Minneapolis RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic237 22-12 Clemson ACC At-large58 23-9 Colorado State Mountain West Automatic23 23-5 Duke ACC At-large30 27-5 Florida A&M MEAC Automatic132 17-83 Florida State ACC Automatic3 28-2 Jacksonville State OVC Automatic85 26-7 Kentucky SEC At-large26 27-4 Louisville Big East Automatic38 21-10 Michigan State Big Ten At-large41 17-15 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Automatic31 25-911 Minnesota Big Ten At-large8 24-8 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic98 21-1114 Oregon Pac-10 At-large21 19-9 Tennessee SEC At-large17 23-76 Washington Pac-10 At-large7 23-5 Omaha RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRPIRecord Arizona Pac-10 At-large25 19-10 Coastal Carolina Big South Automatic133 20-13 George Mason Colonial Automatic60 23-87 Iowa State Big 12 At-large6 25-415 LSU SEC Automatic13 24-610 Nebraska Big 12 At-large12 23-6 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley Automatic16 30-2 Rice Conference USA Automatic32 23-8 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 At-large24 24-7 TCU Mountain West At-large37 26-62 Texas Big 12 Automatic1 24-1 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large40 18-10 Texas State Southland Automatic106 22-12 Tulane Conference USA At-large35 18-9 Washington State Pac-10 At-large55 18-12 Wichita State Missouri Valley At-large28 25-6

Gainesville Regional

Gainesville all-tournament team

Megan Hodge Penn State (MVP)

Kelly Murphy Florida

Callie Rivers Florida

Blair Brown Penn State

Darcy Dorton Penn State

Alisha Glass Penn State

Arielle Wilson Penn State

Stanford Regional

Stanford region all-tournament team

Kanani Danielson Hawaii (MVP)

Amber Kaufman Hawaii

Stephanie Ferrell Hawaii

Alex Hunt Michigan

Lexi Zimmerman Michigan

Alix Klineman Stanford

Cassidy Lichtman Stanford

Minneapolis Regional

Minneapolis region all-tournament team

Hailey Cowles Minnesota (MVP)

Mira Djuric Florida State

Rachael Morgan Florida State

Stephanie Neville Florida State

Taylor Carico Minnesota

Lauren Gibbemeyer Minnesota

Christine Tan Minnesota

Omaha Regional

Omaha region all-tournament team

Destinee Hooker Texas (MVP)

Rachael Hockaday Iowa State

Kayla Banwarth Nebraska

Lindsey Licht Nebraska

Ashley Engle Texas

Julianne Faucette Texas

Heather Kisner Texas

Final Four – St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

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