# 1986 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1986 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 20, 1986, when Pacific defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.
Pacific won their second straight NCAA title in volleyball with an easy sweep of Nebraska by the scores of 15-12, 15-4, 15-4.
Nebraska became the first non-California or Hawaii university to make the NCAA national championship match (although it happened six times in the AIAW national championships in the 1970s). Semifinalist Texas joined Nebraska in becoming the first non-California or Hawaii universities to make the NCAA final four (although four such others reached title matches in the 1970s).

## Brackets
### Northwest regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| Pacific | 3 | | | | |
| Idaho State | 0 | | | | |
| Idaho State | 0 | Pacific | 3 | | |
| | | San Diego State | 0 | | |
| UCSB | 1 | San Diego State | 0 | | |
| San Diego State | 3 | | | | |
| San Diego State | 3 | | | Pacific | 3 |
| | | | | Hawaiʻi | 1 |
| U.S. International | 0 | | | | | Hawaiʻi | 1 |
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | | | | |
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | Hawaiʻi | 3 | | |
| | | San Jose State | 0 | | |
| San Jose State | 3 | San Jose State | 0 | | |
| Cal Poly | 2 | | | | |

### South regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| UT Arlington | 3 | | | | |
| Southwest Texas State | 1 | | | | |
| Southwest Texas State | 1 | UT Arlington | 0 | | |
| | | LSU | 3 | | |
| LSU | 3 | LSU | 3 | | |
| Arizona | 2 | | | | |
| Arizona | 2 | | | LSU | 0 |
| | | | | Texas | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 | | | | | Texas | 3 |
| Texas A&M | 1 | | | | |
| Texas A&M | 1 | Georgia | 0 | | |
| | | Texas | 3 | | |
| Duke | 1 | Texas | 3 | | |
| Texas | 3 | | | | |

### Mideast regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| Nebraska | 3 | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | Nebraska | 3 | | |
| | | Penn State | 2 | | |
| Penn State | 3 | Penn State | 2 | | |
| Wyoming | 1 | | | | |
| Wyoming | 1 | | | Nebraska | 3 |
| | | | | Illinois | 1 |
| Western Michigan | 3 | | | | | Illinois | 1 |
| Colorado State | 0 | | | | |
| Colorado State | 0 | Western Michigan | 0 | | |
| | | Illinois | 3 | | |
| Illinois | 3 | Illinois | 3 | | |
| Northern Iowa | 1 | | | | |

### West regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| UCLA | 2 | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | Loyola Marymount | 0 | | |
| | | Stanford | 3 | | |
| Stanford | 3 | Stanford | 3 | | |
| Oregon | 1 | | | | |
| Oregon | 1 | | | Stanford | 3 |
| | | | | BYU | 0 |
| Arizona State | 3 | | | | | BYU | 0 |
| Pepperdine | 0 | | | | |
| Pepperdine | 0 | Arizona State | 1 | | |
| | | BYU | 3 | | |
| Washington | 0 | BYU | 3 | | |
| BYU | 3 | | | | |

## Final Four - Alex G. Spanos Center, Stockton, California

| National semifinals December 18 | National semifinals December 18 | National semifinals December 18 | National Championship December 20 | National Championship December 20 | National Championship December 20 |
| Pacific | Pacific | 3 | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 0 | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 0 | Pacific | Pacific | 3 |
| | | | Nebraska | Nebraska | 0 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska | 3 | Nebraska | Nebraska | 0 |
| Stanford | Stanford | 1 | | | |