# 1983 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1983 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament was the third year of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship. It began with 28 teams and ended on December 19 when Hawaiʻi defeated UCLA 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match. Hawaiʻi won their second straight title.
In the consolation match, Stanford defeated Pacific to claim third place.
The Final Four was held in Lexington, Kentucky at the Memorial Coliseum. The championship match attendance of 1,812 remains the lowest attendance ever for an NCAA national championship match.

## Brackets
### Northwest regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Pacific | 3 | | |
| | | California | 0 | | |
| California | 3 | California | 0 | | |
| Oregon State | 2 | | | | |
| Oregon State | 2 | | | Pacific | 3 |
| | | | | Cal Poly | 0 |
| Northwestern | 0 | | | | | Cal Poly | 0 |
| UCSB | 3 | | | | |
| UCSB | 3 | UCSB | 2 | | |
| | | Cal Poly | 3 | | |
| San Jose State | 1 | Cal Poly | 3 | | |
| Cal Poly | 3 | | | | |

### Mideast regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | UCLA | 3 | | |
| | | Penn State | 0 | | |
| Providence | 0 | Penn State | 0 | | |
| Penn State | 3 | | | | |
| Penn State | 3 | | | UCLA | 3 |
| | | | | Western Michigan | 0 |
| Illinois State | 2 | | | | | Western Michigan | 0 |
| Purdue | 3 | | | | |
| Purdue | 3 | Purdue | 2 | | |
| | | Western Michigan | 3 | | |
| Nebraska | 1 | Western Michigan | 3 | | |
| Western Michigan | 3 | | | | |

### South regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Hawaiʻi | 3 | | |
| | | Tennessee | 0 | | |
| Florida State | 2 | Tennessee | 0 | | |
| Tennessee | 3 | | | | |
| Tennessee | 3 | | | Hawaiʻi | 3 |
| | | | | Kentucky | 1 |
| Lamar | 0 | | | | | Kentucky | 1 |
| Texas | 3 | | | | |
| Texas | 3 | Texas | 2 | | |
| | | Kentucky | 3 | | |
| North Carolina | 0 | Kentucky | 3 | | |
| Kentucky | 3 | | | | |

### West regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Stanford | 3 | | |
| | | BYU | 1 | | |
| Arizona State | 0 | BYU | 1 | | |
| BYU | 3 | | | | |
| BYU | 3 | | | Stanford | 3 |
| | | | | San Diego State | 0 |
| Southern California | 2 | | | | | San Diego State | 0 |
| Arizona | 3 | | | | |
| Arizona | 3 | Arizona | 1 | | |
| | | San Diego State | 3 | | |
| Colorado State | 0 | San Diego State | 3 | | |
| San Diego State | 3 | | | | |

## Final Four - Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Pacific | Pacific | 0 | | | |
| UCLA | UCLA | 3 | | | |
| UCLA | UCLA | 3 | UCLA | UCLA | 0 |
| | | | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 3 |
| Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 3 | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 3 |
| Stanford | Stanford | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Pacific | Pacific | 1 |
| | | | Stanford | Stanford | 3 |

## NCAA Tournament records

There are four NCAA tournament records that were set during the 1983 NCAA tournament that have not yet been broken.
* Solo blocks, match (individual record) - Marsha Bond, Kentucky - 11 (vs. Hawaiʻi)
* Solo blocks, match (team record) - 25 (Kentucky vs. Hawaiʻi)
* Solo blocks, tournament (team record) - Hawaiʻi, 35 (11 vs. Tennessee, 10 vs. Kentucky, 6 vs. Stanford, 8 vs. UCLA)
* Hitting percentage, match (team record) - Stanford, .667 (vs. Pacific)