2001 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2001 NCAA women's Division I volleyball tournament
2001 NCAA Final Four logo
Champions	Stanford (5th title)
Runner-up	Long Beach State (5th NCAA (9th national) title match)
Semifinalists	Arizona (1st Final Four) Nebraska (8th Final Four)
Winning coach	John Dunning (3rd title)
Most outstanding player	Logan Tom (Stanford)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Ogonna Nnamani (Stanford) Ashley Ivy (Stanford) Robyn Lewis (Stanford) Tayyiba Haneef (Long Beach St.) Brittany Hochevar (Long Beach St.)
«2000  2002»

The 2001 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on November 29, 2001 with 64 teams and ended December 15 when Stanford defeated Long Beach State 3 games to 0 in San Diego, California for the program's fifth NCAA title.^[1]

Led by future Olympians Logan Tom and Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford stunned previously unbeaten Long Beach State in the title match. Long Beach State was attempting to become the first program to go undefeated in more than one season, as they went 36-0 just 3 years before in 1998.

On their way to the title, Stanford was able to knock off defending champion Nebraska in the national semifinals. The other semifinal participant, Arizona, made the program's first NCAA Final Four appearance.

The win gave Stanford head coach John Dunning, who was in his first year as Stanford's head coach, his third NCAA title as he won two with Pacific in the 1980s.

This was the first year of rally point scoring in the NCAA Division I tournament, with games going to 30 points to win. Previous years used the side out scoring (SOS), with 15 points needed to win. Games became "sets" in 2008 and were reduced to 25 points to win.