Texas sweeps Nebraska to win second straight NCAA women's volleyball title 2023, History.
— Texas volleyball served up a second straight national championship to its fans.
Literally.
Powered by a pinpoint service game, Texas stunned top-ranked Nebraska in Amalie Arena while rolling to a second consecutive national title. The 25-22, 25-24, 25-11 sweep capped off an improbable repeat run for the Longhorns, who never topped the national poll this season and entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed.
But Texas (28-4) played its best volleyball in December while knocking off top seeds Stanford, Wisconsin and, finally, Nebraska. That’s become a habit for the Longhorns, who haven’t dropped a set in ether of its two wins in the past two national-title games.
Texas was at its best at the service line. The Longhorns fired 12 aces, including five from middle blocker Asjia O’Neal, who capped arguably the best career of any Longhorn volleyball player with four kills and three blocks.
Junior outside hitter Madisen Skinner, a leading candidate for the national player of the year award, again aced the Texas offense with 16 kills while setter Ella Swindle had 21 assists while becoming just the third true freshman to lead her team to a Division I championship. Libero Emma Halter joined Skinner, O’Neal and Swindle on the all-tournament team after collecting nine digs.
Texas players celebrate after winning beating Nebraska to win the NCAA Division I women's volleyball championship.
Emotions ran hot all match in the meeting between two teams that have now each won five national titles, especially in a taut first set. After a questionable four-touch call on Texas negated a kill from Wenaas at the end of a marathon rally, Elliott didn’t hide his frustration with the officials and drew a yellow card for a caution. Moments later, Elliott got even more steamed over an apparent substitution violation by Nebraska that didn’t get called, which led to a red card and a point for Nebraska.
But with the set tied at 22-22 and the partisan Cornhusker crowd in full throat, Texas showed its championship poise by scoring three straight points, including an ace by Keonilei Akana that closed out the set.
The next two sets lacked such drama as the Longhorns cruised to the win over a shell-shocked Nebraska (33-2) with the match breaking the NCAA attendance record for an indoor volleyball contest as 19,727 fans took in Sunday's final.
NCAA DI Women's Volleyball Championship History, List of Past Winners, Champions by year 1981-2023
Year National Champion Score Runner-Up
1981 Southern California (27–10) 3–2 UCLA
1982 HawaiÊ»i (33–1) 3–2 Southern California
1983 HawaiÊ»i (2) (34–2) 3–0 UCLA Lexington, KY
1984 UCLA (33–6) 3–2 Stanford Los Angeles, CA (2)
1985 Pacific (36–3) 3–1 Stanford Kalamazoo, MI
1986 Pacific (2) (39–3) 3–0 Nebraska Stockton, CA (2)
1987 HawaiÊ»i (3) (37–2) 3–1 Stanford Indianapolis, IN
1988 Texas (34–5) 3–0 HawaiÊ»i Minneapolis, MN
1989 Long Beach St. (32–5) 3–0 Nebraska
1990 UCLA (2) (36–1) 3–0 Pacific
1991 UCLA (3) (31–5) 3–2 Long Beach St.
1992 Stanford (31–2) 3–1 UCLA
1993 Long Beach St. (2) (32–2) 3–1 Penn State
1994 Stanford (2) (32–1) 3–1 UCLA Austin, TX
1995 Nebraska (32–1) 3–1 Texas
1996 Stanford (3) (31–2) 3–0 HawaiÊ»i
1997 Stanford (4) (33–2) 3–2 Penn State
1998 Long Beach St. (3) (36–0) 3–2 Penn State
1999 Penn State (36–1) 3–0 Stanford
2000 Nebraska (2) (34–0) 3–2 Wisconsin
2001 Stanford (5) (33–2) 3–0 Long Beach St.
2002 Southern California (2) (31–1) 3–1 Stanford
2003 USC (3) (35–0) 3–1 Florida HawaiÊ»i, Minnesota
2004 Stanford (6) (30–6) 3–0 Minnesota USC, Washington
2005 Washington (32–1) 3–0 Nebraska Santa Clara, Tennessee
2006 Nebraska (3) (33–1) 3–1 Stanford UCLA, Washington
2007 Penn State (2) (34–2) 3–2 Stanford California, USC
2008 Penn State (3) (38–0) 3–0 Stanford Nebraska, Texas
2009 Penn State (4) (38–0) 3–2 Texas HawaiÊ»i, Minnesota
2010 Penn State (5) (32–5) 3–0 California Texas, USC
2011 UCLA (4) (30–6) 3–1 Illinois Florida State, USC
2012 Texas (2) (29–4) 3–0 Oregon Michigan, Penn State
2013 Penn State (6) (34–2) 3–1 Wisconsin Texas, Washington
2014 Penn State (7) (36–3) 3–0 BYU Stanford, Texas
2015 Nebraska (4) (32–4) 3–0 Texas Kansas, Minnesota
2016 Stanford (7) (27–7) 3–1 Texas Minnesota, Nebraska
2017 Nebraska (5) (33–4) 3–1 Florida Penn State, Stanford
2018 Stanford (8) (34–1) 3–2 Nebraska BYU, Illinois
2019 Stanford (9) (30–4) 3–0 Wisconsin Baylor, Minnesota
2020 Kentucky (24–1) 3–1 Texas Washington, Wisconsin
2021 Wisconsin (31–3) 3–2 Nebraska Louisville, Pittsburgh
2022 Texas (3) (28–1) 3–0 Louisville Pittsburgh, San Diego
2023 Texas (4) (28–4) 3–0 Nebraska
2024 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, (Louisville)
2025 T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Q. Who has the most women's volleyball championships?
Ans: Stanford has won the Most NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament titles with Nine-9 Times.
Q. Who won the NCAA Women's Volleyball title Texas or Nebraska this year?
Ans: Texas won the most recent tournament, defeating Nebraska 3–0 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida this year 2023.
Q. How many volleyball championships has Texas won?
Texas reached the NCAA Final Four in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022, and 2023, winning NCAA championships in 1988, 2012, 2022, and 2023.
Q. How many volleyball championship titles has Nebraska won?
Ans - The NCAA tournament for volleyball has been around since 1981. Nebraska is ahead in this category, with five titles (1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2017) compared to Texas' three (1988, 2012, 2022).3 days ago
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