1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Dates May 1980
Teams 4
Champions USC (2nd title)
Runners-up UCLA (9th title match)
Matches played 4
Attendance 5,242 (1,311 per match)
Best player Dusty Dvorak (USC)

The 1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 11th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Irving Gymnasium in Muncie, Indiana during May 1980.[1]

USC defeated UCLA in the final match, 3–1 (15–7, 6–15, 15–13, 15–8), to win their second national title. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, which was won by UCLA. The Trojans (22–6) were coached by Ernie Hix.

USC's Dusty Dvorak was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. An All-tournament team of seven players was also named.

Qualification

Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team Appearance Previous
Ohio State 5th 1978
Rutgers–Newark 4th 1979
USC 3rd 1979
UCLA 9th 1979

Tournament bracket

Semifinals     Championship
     
 USC (3) 15 15 15  
 Rutgers–Newark (0) 10 8 7  
     USC (3) 15 6 15 15
     UCLA (1) 7 15 13 8
 UCLA (3) 15 15 15  
 Ohio State (0) 12 9 2   Third place
 Rutgers–Newark (0) 12 9 2
 Ohio State (3) 15 15 15

All tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 30, 2015.