The 1988 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 17, 1988 when Texas

Texas Longhorns volleyball

Texas maintains a successful women's volleyball program, as witnessed by two national championships - one AIAW in 1981 and one NCAA in 1988, in addition to 25 NCAA tournament appearances out of 28 possible years....

 defeated Hawaii 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.

Texas won the school's first NCAA championship and became the first non-California

California

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 or Hawaii

Hawaii

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 university to win the national championship. After upsetting previously unbeaten and top ranked UCLA in the national semifinals, Texas swept Hawaii in the final by the scores of 15-4, 16-14, 15-13, and became the first school to win every tournament match in sweeps (3-0), as they 15-0 in individual games.

West regional

South regional

Mideast regional

Northwest regional

Final Four - Williams Arena

Williams Arena

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, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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