The 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began on December 1, 2005 with 64 teams and concluded on December 17, 2005, when Washington defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in San Antonio, Texas for the program's first NCAA title.
The 2005 NCAA Final Four, held at the Alamodome, had two participants who were making the school's first ever Final Four appearance. 15th seeded Tennessee and unseeded Santa Clara upset their way into the semifinals. In the rally scoring era (since 2001), no unseeded team had ever reached the national semifinals, while Tennessee was the lowest overall seed to reach the Final Four.
The 2005 NCAA Tournament was the 25th Anniversary of the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship.
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