# 1988 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The 1988 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 17, 1988, when Texas defeated Hawaiʻi 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.
Texas won the school's first NCAA championship and became the first non-California or Hawaii university to win the NCAA national championship (Texas also won the last AIAW national championship). After upsetting previously unbeaten and top ranked UCLA in the national semifinals, Texas swept Hawaiʻi in the final by the scores of 15-4, 16-14, 15-13, and became the first school to win every NCAA tournament match in sweeps (3-0), as they went 15-0 in individual games.

## Brackets
### West regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| UCLA | 3 | | | | |
| California | 0 | | | | |
| California | 0 | UCLA | 3 | | |
| | | BYU | 0 | | |
| Arizona | 1 | BYU | 0 | | |
| BYU | 3 | | | | |
| BYU | 3 | | | UCLA | 3 |
| | | | | Washington | 0 |
| Washington | 3 | | | | | Washington | 0 |
| Arizona State | 0 | | | | |
| Arizona State | 0 | Washington | 3 | | |
| | | Stanford | 1 | | |
| Southern California | 0 | Stanford | 1 | | |
| Stanford | 3 | | | | |

### South regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| North Carolina | 0 | | | | |
| Texas | 3 | | | | |
| Texas | 3 | Texas | 3 | | |
| | | Colorado State | 0 | | |
| Colorado State | 3 | Colorado State | 0 | | |
| Florida State | 1 | | | | |
| Florida State | 1 | | | Texas | 3 |
| | | | | UT Arlington | 0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | | | | | UT Arlington | 0 |
| Kentucky | 3 | | | | |
| Kentucky | 3 | Kentucky | 0 | | |
| | | UT Arlington | 3 | | |
| UT Arlington | 3 | UT Arlington | 3 | | |
| Pepperdine | 0 | | | | |

### Mideast regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| Illinois | 3 | | | | |
| Illinois State | 0 | | | | |
| Illinois State | 0 | Illinois | 3 | | |
| | | Notre Dame | 1 | | |
| Penn State | 1 | Notre Dame | 1 | | |
| Notre Dame | 3 | | | | |
| Notre Dame | 3 | | | Illinois | 3 |
| | | | | Oklahoma | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | | | | | Oklahoma | 0 |
| Western Michigan | 0 | | | | |
| Western Michigan | 0 | Oklahoma | 3 | | |
| | | Nebraska | 2 | | |
| Weber State | 2 | Nebraska | 2 | | |
| Nebraska | 3 | | | | |

### Northwest regional

| First round | First round | Regional semifinal | Regional semifinal | Regional Final | Regional Final |
| Long Beach State | 3 | | | | |
| UC Irvine | 2 | | | | |
| UC Irvine | 2 | Long Beach State | 1 | | |
| | | Pacific | 3 | | |
| UC Santa Barbara | 0 | Pacific | 3 | | |
| Pacific | 3 | | | | |
| Pacific | 3 | | | Pacific | 1 |
| | | | | Hawaiʻi | 3 |
| San Diego State | 3 | | | | | Hawaiʻi | 3 |
| San Jose State | 1 | | | | |
| San Jose State | 1 | San Diego State | 0 | | |
| | | Hawaiʻi | 3 | | |
| Cal Poly | 0 | Hawaiʻi | 3 | | |
| Hawaiʻi | 3 | | | | |

## Final Four - Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota

| National semifinals December 15 | National semifinals December 15 | National semifinals December 15 | National championship December 17 | National championship December 17 | National championship December 17 |
| UCLA | UCLA | 0 | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 3 | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 3 | Texas | Texas | 3 |
| | | | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 0 |
| Illinois | Illinois | 1 | Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 0 |
| Hawaiʻi | Hawaiʻi | 3 | | | |