2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
| 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament | |
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2007 NCAA Final Four logo
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| Champions | Penn State (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Stanford (13th title match) |
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| Winning coach | Russ Rose (2nd title) |
| Most outstanding player | Megan Hodge (Penn State) |
| Final Four All-Tournament Team |
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The 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on November 29, 2007 with 64 teams and concluded on December 15, 2007 when Penn State defeated Stanford 3 games to 2 in Sacramento, California for the program's second NCAA title.
Penn State, who was making their first final four appearance since 1999, finished the season on a 26 match win streak. Their last loss of 2007 came against Stanford in five games. Semifinalist California made the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance after upsetting defending champion Nebraska in the quarterfinals.
With Stanford, California and Southern California making the Final Four, it became the second straight year that the Final Four consisted of three Pac-10 teams. However, for the second straight year, it was the team from the different conference that won the national championship.
There were generally no major upsets in this bracket region. Overall #1 seed Stanford advanced to the final four for the second straight year with a 3-1 victory over Pac-10 foe UCLA.
Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team:
The biggest upset in the Gainesville bracket was #5 seed USC surprisingly sweeping #4 seed Texas, ending Texas' 24 match win streak.
Gainesville Regional All-Tournament Team:
The first major upset seen in this bracket was unseeded and unranked BYU defeated six seeded and 2006 national semifinalist Washington on Washington's home court. Before the loss, Washington was undefeated at home in postseason play, boasting a 13-0 record. The second major upset was unseeded Middle Tennessee defeating 11th seeded Hawai'i in the second round. It was the first time in school history Hawai'i lost in the second round, and was also the first time in school history that Middle Tennessee advanced to the sweet 16. Another upset was unseeded Michigan defeating 14th seeded Colorado State.
Penn State, the #3 overall seed, swept past each opponent to advance to their 6th final four in school history and first since winning the NCAA title in 1999. Big Ten Freshman of the Year Arielle Wilson was named the regional most outstanding player.
University Park Regional All-Tournament Team:
The biggest upset in the NCAA tournament occurred in the Madison regional final, where #10 seed California defeated defending champion and #2 seed Nebraska in a sweep. Nebraska saw their dominance slipping after having to come up from 2 games down in the regional semifinals against unseeded Michigan State. Nebraska has also never won a regional final outside of the state of Nebraska, with the exception of the 2006 tournament when they came from 2 games down to defeat Minnesota, and eventually went on to win the title in Omaha, Nebraska. California advanced to their first final four in school history.
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