# UCLA Bruins women's volleyball

The UCLA women's volleyball program began its first year in 1965. Andy Banachowski was the head coach each year since 1965 until his retirement after the 2009 season, with the exception of the two seasons of 1968–69 and 1969–70, after he graduated from UCLA. In those seasons, Mardi Hardy Monroe was the head coach. Michael Sealy took over as head coach in 2010 and led the team to a national championship in 2011.
Banachowski had more wins than any other NCAA Division I women's volleyball coach, with a record (since 1970, since no records were kept from 1965 to 1969) of 1,106–301. Banachowski had led UCLA to six national championships (3 NCAA–1984, 1990, 1991; 2 AIAW–1974, 1975; and 1 DGWS–1972). UCLA has made 27 of 28 NCAA tournaments and has made 11 NCAA Final Fours, which is tied with Nebraska as the second most Final Four appearances of all Division I programs.

## NCAA championships
### 1984

UCLA claimed the program's first NCAA national title (fourth overall) after four previous runner-up finishes following the team's 1975 AIAW title. In the deciding fifth game against Stanford, UCLA was down 12–4, but with heroics from Liz Masakayan, the Bruins continued to chip away at the lead before earning match point at 14–13. Masakayan had the final kill to give UCLA the 15–13 win.

### 1990

UCLA won the NCAA title by defeating Pacific 15–9, 15–12, 15–7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece. The Bruins finished the 1990 season 36–1.

### 1991

Playing at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins repeated as NCAA champions by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15–12, 15–13, UCLA completed off a huge comeback to take the next three games, 15–12, 15–6, 15–11.
UCLA's comebacks was one of the biggest in NCAA history, since this match, no team had ever before rallied from 2 games to 0 to win in five games in the NCAA national championship. UCLA finished their season 31–5

### 2011

After 20 years, the UCLA Bruins captured their fourth NCAA title and seventh overall by defeating Illinois 3–1 on December 17, 2011, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Bruins were seeded ninth in the NCAA championship tournament. On their way to the title game, they defeated 4-time defending champions Penn State and No. 1 seeded Texas to face No. 3 seeded Illinois. Rachael Kidder was named the most outstanding player of the tournament. Lauren Van Orden and Zoe Nightingale were also named to the all tournament team. Head coach Michael Sealy became a champion both as a player and a head coach. The women's volleyball team was featured in the new Pac-12 Networks Promo for the 2012 season.

## Season-by-season results

Note: No records were kept until the 1970–71 season.
The three seasons from 1965–1968 and 40 seasons from 1970–2009 were coached by Andy Banachowski.
* Conference History
** 1974–1975: Southern California Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
** 1976–1984: Western Collegiate Athletic Association
** 1985: PacWest Conference
** 1986–present: Pac-12 Conference
| Year | Overall record | Conference record | Conference standing | Postseason |
| 1969–70 | | | | DGWS 2nd Place |
| 1970–71 | 23–1 | | | – |
| 1971–72 | 28–1 | | | DGWS Champions |
| 1972–73 | 23–9 | | | AIAW 3rd Place |
| 1973 | 26–8 | | | AIAW 4th Place |
| 1974 | 28–2 | 2–2 | 3rd | AIAW Champions |
| 1975 | 32–2 | 4–0 | 1st | AIAW Champions |
| 1976 | 29–8 | 6–2 | 2nd | AIAW Runners-Up |
| 1977 | 32–8 | 6–2 | 2nd | AIAW 3rd Place |
| 1978 | 33–5 | 7–1 | 1st | AIAW Runners-Up |
| 1979 | 27–12 | 9–3 | 2nd | AIAW 3rd Place |
| 1980 | 38–14 | 10–2 | 2nd | AIAW 4th Place |
| 1981 | 34–11 | 10–2 | 2nd | NCAA Runners-Up |
| 1982 | 28–14 | 6–8 | 5th | NCAA Regional Final |
| 1983 | 44–6 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Runners-Up |
| 1984 | 33–6 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Champions |
| 1985 | 29–8 | 5–3 | 2nd | NCAA Final Four |
| 1986 | 31–10 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA first round |
| 1987 | 28–10 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 1988 | 34–1 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four |
| 1989 | 30–3 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Final Four |
| 1990 | 36–1 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Champions |
| 1991 | 31–5 | 16–2 | 2nd | NCAA Champions |
| 1992 | 33–1 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Runners-Up |
| 1993 | 30–2 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional Final |
| 1994 | 32–4 | 16–2 | 2nd | NCAA Runners-Up |
| 1995 | 23–9 | 12–6 | 2nd | NCAA Regional Final |
| 1996 | 17–14 | 9–9 | 6th | – |
| 1997 | 17–13 | 9–9 | 6th | NCAA second round |
| 1998 | 16–12 | 13–5 | 3rd | NCAA second round |
| 1999 | 28–4 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2000 | 25–8 | 14–4 | 4th | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2001 | 21–9 | 12–6 | 4th | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2002 | 20–14 | 9–9 | 5th | NCAA second round |
| 2003 | 24–9 | 12–6 | 3rd | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2004 | 21–11 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2005 | 20–11 | 10–8 | 5th | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2006 | 33–4 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Final Four |
| 2007 | 23–11 | 9–9 | 5th | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2008 | 22–11 | 9–9 | 5th | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2009 | 24–9 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA second round |
| 2010 | 22–9 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA second round |
| 2011 | 30–6 | 17–5 | 2nd | NCAA Champions |
| 2012 | 23–8 | 14–6 | 4th | NCAA Second Round |
| 2013 | 15–15 | 6–14 | 10th | NCAA DNQ |
| 2014 | 22–12 | 11–9 | 4th | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2015 | 25–8 | 14–6 | 4th | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2016 | 27–7 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA Regional Final |
| 2017 | 21–11 | 12–8 | 5th | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2018 | 13-14 | 8-12 | 9th | NCAA DNQ |
| 2019 | 19-12 | 13-7 | 4th | NCAA Second Round |
| 2020 | 15-7 | 14-6 | 5th | NCAA Second Round |
| 2021 | 25–6 | 16–4 | 2nd | NCAA Regional semifinal |
| 2022 | 9–8 | 3–5 | | Updated 10/16/22 |
| Total | 1,372–424 | 568–230 | | |

## Olympians

Former players who have gone to the Olympic Games to play or coach.
* Players
** Laurie Lewis – 1968 (indoor)
** Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1984 (indoor)
** Liz Masakayan – 1988 (indoor)
** Elaine Youngs – 1996 (indoor), 2004 & 2008 (beach)
** Holly McPeak – 1996, 2000, & 2004 (beach)
** Linda (Robertson) Handley – 1996 (beach)
** Annett Davis – 2000 (beach)
** Jenny Johnson Jordan – 2000 (beach)
** Elisabeth Bachman – 2004 (indoor)
* Coaches
** Jeanne (Beauprey) Reeves – 1996 (assistant coach)
** Liz Masakayan – 2004 & 2008 (Coach of McPeak/Youngs beach volleyball team)

## Postseason

The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 90–32 through thirty-five appearances.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 1981 | Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Purdue Stanford San Diego State USC | W 3–2 W 3–2 W 3–1 L 2–3 |
| 1982 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Louisville BYU San Diego State | W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 1983 | Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Penn State Western Michigan Pacific Hawaii | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2 L 0–3 |
| 1984 | Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Duke Texas San Jose State Stanford | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–2 |
| 1985 | Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals | Georgia Texas Pacific | W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 1986 | First round | Loyola Marymount | L 2–3 |
| 1987 | First round Regional semifinals | California BYU | W 3–1 L 1–3 |
| 1988 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals | California BYU Washington Texas | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 1989 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals | Pepperdine Arizona Wyoming Nebraska | W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 1990 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Gonzaga New Mexico Stanford LSU Pacific | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 |
| 1991 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Pepperdine New Mexico Stanford Ohio State Long Beach State | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2 |
| 1992 | First round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Ball State Arizona State BYU Florida Stanford | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 1993 | Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | New Mexico Stanford BYU | W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 1994 | Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | Georgia Tech Duke Houston Penn State Stanford | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–2 L 1–3 |
| 1995 | Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Ball State Ohio State Nebraska | W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 1997 | First round Second round | Pepperdine UC Santa Barbara | W 3–1 L 2–3 |
| 1998 | First round Second round | Virginia UC Santa Barbara | W 3–1 L 1–3 |
| 1999 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Eastern Washington Ohio State Pepperdine Penn State | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2000 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Morgan State Michigan State Pacific Wisconsin | W 3–0 W 3–2 W 3–1 L 2–3 |
| 2001 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Penn Penn State Hawaii Long Beach State | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 2002 | First round Second round | Long Beach State Pepperdine | W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2003 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | San Diego UC Irvine Nebraska USC | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 1–3 |
| 2004 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Loyola Marymount Long Beach State Penn State Washington | W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 2–3 |
| 2005 | First round Second round Regional semifinals | Kansas San Diego Nebraska | W 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2006 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals | UAB Utah Oklahoma Hawaii Nebraska | W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2007 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Alabama A&M Clemson Oregon Stanford | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 |
| 2008 | First round Second round Regional semifinals | LSU Duke Texas | W 3–1 W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2009 | First round Second round | Long Beach State Baylor | W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2010 | First round Second round | American Texas | W 3–2 L 1–3 |
| 2011 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals Semifinals National Championship | UMES San Diego Penn State Texas Florida State Illinois | W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 |
| 2012 | First round Second round | LIU Brooklyn Michigan State | W 3–0 L 1–3 |
| 2014 | First round Second round Regional semifinals | LIU Brooklyn Long Beach State Penn State | W 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 |
| 2015 | First round Second round Regional semifinals | Lipscomb Michigan Texas | W 3–0 W 3–2 L 1–3 |
| 2016 | First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals | Murray State Baylor North Carolina Minnesota | W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 |
| 2017 | First round Second round Regional semifinals | Austin Peay Cal Poly Florida | W 3–0 W 3–1 L 1–3 |