NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Betting Guide: Preview, Statistics & Picks

2024 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

The NCAA women's volleyball championship will be expected to take place at its normal slot in 2024 with the 44th edition of the tournament expected to take place in December.

Texas is the reigning champion after defeating Nebraska 3-0 at the Amalie Arena in 2023 to claim back-to-back titles and will be looking to become only the third side to win three consecutive titles, Penn State achieved this they won four consecutive titles between 2007 & 2010.

The final four games will take place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, this will be the second time this venue has hosted the final four with it also hosting in 2012 when Texas won their second title.

Past NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Winners

Who won the women's national volleyball championship? As already mentioned, Texas picked up its fourth title in 2023 having previously won it in 1988, 2012 & 2022 although they have lost more than they have won having been beaten finalist five times, they defeated Nebraska who have now lost on their last three final appearances.

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Most Successful NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Team

Who are the most successful team when it comes to the NCAA women's volleyball championship? That would be Stanford who from a total of seventeen appearances in the final has collected the title nine times. They have won it three times in the past eight tournaments with their latest coming in 2019.

They are two clear of the next which is Penn State, they have won seven titles but their last was in 2014 whilst Nebraska has five titles with their last coming in 2017. Since 2010, nine of the fifteen championships have been won by one of those mentioned three teams.

NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Statistics

What is the most common score? Over the past five tournaments, there have been a total of 287 completed games, 58.54% of those games finished in a 3-0 whitewash, that is 168 of the 287 games.

Only 16.38% (47) went to a deciding set (3-2) with the other 72 games (25.09%) finishing in four sets meaning a 3-0 whitewash has by far been the most common outcome.

Here is the number of 3-0 wins at each tournament over the last five years:

• 2019: 34 (65.38%)
• 2020: 25 (54.35%)
• 2021: 36 (57.14%)
• 2022: 36 (57.14%)
• 2023: 37 (58.73%)

How important is winning the opening set? Considering the percentages of the 3-0 outcome, you would think winning the opening set was important and that is exactly the case.

A total of 241 teams who won the opening set then went on to win the game, which is an astonishing 83.97% of teams winning games after winning the opening set!