1970 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

1970 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

Dates	May 1970
Teams	4
Champions	UCLA (1st title)
Runners-up	Long Beach State
Third place	UC Santa Barbara
Fourth place	Ball State
Matches played	10
Attendance	3,143 (314 per match)
Best player	Dane Holtzman (UCLA)
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The 1970 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

UCLA defeated Long Beach State in the championship match (3 sets to 0) to win their first national title. UCLA's Dane Holtzman was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Qualification

Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from the University Division, or the College Division) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team	Appearance	Last Bid
Ball State	1st	Never
Long Beach State	1st	Never
UCLA	1st	Never
UC Santa Barbara	1st	Never

Results

Round robin

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	UCLA	9	3	0	6	1	6.000	103	54	1.907
2	Long Beach State	6	2	1	5	2	2.500	91	88	1.034
3	Ball State	3	1	2	2	5	0.400	71	99	0.717
4	UC Santa Barbara	0	0	3	1	6	0.167	72	95	0.758

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
–	–	UCLA	2–0	UC Santa Barbara	15–6	15–10				30–16
–	–	Ball State	0–2	Long Beach State	15–11	17–15				32–26
–	–	Ball State	0–2	UCLA	4–15	6–15				10–30
–	–	Long Beach State	2–0	UC Santa Barbara	15–9	15–10				19–30
–	–	Ball State	2–1	UC Santa Barbara	15–9	5–15	15–13			35–37
–	–	Long Beach State	1–2	UCLA	12–15	15–13	8–15			35–43

Bracket

	Semifinals									Championship
	1	UCLA (3)	15	15	15
	4	UC Santa Barbara (0)	10	13	8
										1	UCLA (3)	15	15	15
										2	Long Beach State (0)	7	4	8
	2	Long Beach State (3)	16	6	15	15
	3	Ball State (1)	14	15	10	6				Third place
										4	UC Santa Barbara (2)	15	15
										3	Ball State (0)	4	4

All tournament team

• Dane Holtzman, UCLA (Most Outstanding Player)
• Kirk Kilgour, UCLA
• Ed Becker, UCLA
• Dodger Parker, Long Beach State
• Craig Foley, Long Beach State
• Tom Bonynge, UC Santa Barbara

See also

• NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Men's Volleyball National Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 11, 2015.