# 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1985 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 28 teams and ended on December 22, 1985, when Pacific defeated Stanford 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.
Pacific, making their 4th NCAA final four in five years (in addition to their 1980 AIAW title match loss), claimed the school's first NCAA title for women's volleyball. Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the second year in a row. After losing a thrilling game 1 by two points, Pacific rallied to win the next three to take the title with the scores of 15-7, 15-12, 15-13.
Future Olympian sisters Elaina Oden and Kim Oden played against each other in the final. Elaina Oden, a freshman hitter for the Pacific Tigers, had 24 kills against Stanford.
In the consolation match, Southern California defeated UCLA in five games to claim third place.

## Brackets
### West regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Stanford | 3 | | |
| | | Colorado State | 0 | | |
| Colorado State | 3 | Colorado State | 0 | | |
| Rhode Island | 0 | | | | |
| Rhode Island | 0 | | | Stanford | 3 |
| | | | | BYU | 1 |
| Arizona State | 2 | | | | | BYU | 1 |
| Arizona | 3 | | | | |
| Arizona | 3 | Arizona | 2 | | |
| | | BYU | 3 | | |
| BYU | 3 | BYU | 3 | | |
| Providence | 0 | | | | |

### Mideast regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Southern California | 3 | | |
| | | Illinois | 1 | | |
| Illinois | 3 | Illinois | 1 | | |
| Western Michigan | 1 | | | | |
| Western Michigan | 1 | | | Southern California | 3 |
| | | | | Nebraska | 1 |
| Purdue | 3 | | | | | Nebraska | 1 |
| Illinois State | 0 | | | | |
| Illinois State | 0 | Purdue | 1 | | |
| | | Nebraska | 3 | | |
| Nebraska | 3 | Nebraska | 3 | | |
| Penn State | 0 | | | | |

### South regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | UCLA | 3 | | |
| | | Georgia | 0 | | |
| Georgia | 3 | Georgia | 0 | | |
| Florida State | 0 | | | | |
| Florida State | 0 | | | UCLA | 3 |
| | | | | Texas | 0 |
| Texas A&M | 3 | | | | | Texas | 0 |
| UT Arlington | 2 | | | | |
| UT Arlington | 2 | Texas A&M | 0 | | |
| | | Texas | 3 | | |
| Texas | 3 | Texas | 3 | | |
| Duke | 0 | | | | |

### Northwest regional

| First Round | First Round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional final | Regional final |
| | | Pacific | 3 | | |
| | | Hawaiʻi | 0 | | |
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | Hawaiʻi | 0 | | |
| San Diego State | 1 | | | | |
| San Diego State | 1 | | | Pacific | 3 |
| | | | | Cal Poly | 0 |
| Cal Poly | 3 | | | | | Cal Poly | 0 |
| UCSB | 2 | | | | |
| UCSB | 2 | Cal Poly | 3 | | |
| | | San Jose State | 0 | | |
| San Jose State | 3 | San Jose State | 0 | | |
| Long Beach State | 0 | | | | |

## Final Four - Read Fieldhouse, Kalamazoo, Michigan

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Stanford | Stanford | 3 | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 1 | | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 1 | Stanford | Stanford | 1 |
| | | | Pacific | Pacific | 3 |
| UCLA | UCLA | 1 | Pacific | Pacific | 3 |
| Pacific | Pacific | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Southern California | Southern California | 3 |
| | | | UCLA | UCLA | 2 |