HISTORY DGWS AND AIAW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1971-72 DGWS CHAMPIONS (28-1) REGULAR SEASON RESULTS The Division of Girls and Women’s Sports (DGWS) was 10/12 Cal State Fullerton 15-5, 15-3 W 2-0 the fi rst sanctioning body for the National Women’s 10/15 UC Santa Barbara 15-5, 16-14 W 2-0 Volleyball Tournament and would later evolve into the 10/18 Long Beach State 15-13, 15-13 W 2-0 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) 10/22 UC Santa Barbara 15-6, 15-10 W 2-0 in 1972. But in the fi nal year before the implementation 10/23 San Diego State 15-10, 14-16, 15-3 W 2-1 of the AIAW, UCLA captured its fi rst-ever crown with an 10/27 Cal State Northridge 15-6, 13-15, 15-10 W 2-1 8-0 record at the DGWS Nationals. Prior to the fall of 10/29 Cal Poly 15-2, 15-4 W 2-0 1972, the women’s volleyball season was played out 11/2 Cal State Los Angeles 15-4, 15-1 W 2-0 from October to February. UCLA steamrolled through the 11/6 Cal State Fullerton W 2-1 1971 portion of its season with a 20-1 record, dropping 11/6 Long Beach State 15-9, 15-3 W 2-0 just six sets. The 1971-72 Nationals took place at Miami 11/6 Cal State Northridge 12-15, 15-13, 15-8 W 2-1 Dade Junior College in February and the Bruins continued 11/10 Cal Poly Pomona 15-1, 15-4 W 2-0 their domination, pulling out seven straight-set victories 11/12 Cal Poly 15-4, 15-2 W 2-0 (sets were best 2-of-3). The lone match that went the POSTSEASON RESULTS (DGWS NATIONALS - MIAMI, FLA.) 11/15 Cal Poly Pomona 15-9, 15-3 W 2-0 distance was the fi nal one against Long Beach State 2/3 Michigan State 15-1, 15-7 W 2-0 11/17 Cal State Los Angeles 15-3, 15-5 W 2-0 on Feb. 7, 1972, with UCLA prevailing 2-1 to clinch the 2/3 Mankato State 15-1, 15-8 W 2-0 11/22 Cal State Northridge L 0-2 championship. 2/3 Staten Island College 15-1, 15-0 W 2-0 11/30 Occidental W 2/4 Auburn 15-1, 15-6 W 2-0 12/2 Cal State Los Angeles 1 15-2, 15-5 W 2-0 Roster: Head Coach Andy Banachowski, Colleen Boyd, 2/4 SUNY-Cortland 15-1, 15-7 W 2-0 12/3 Cal State Northridge 1 15-3, 15-7 W 2-0 Laura Garduque, Laura Golub, Mary Isley, Hilary Johnson, 2/5 Sul Ross 15-1, 15-9 W 2-0 12/3 Long Beach State 1 15-9, 15-10 W 2-0 Natasha Karazissis, Laurie Lewis, Patty Smith, Sharkie 2/6 Cal State Northridge 15-8, 15-8 W 2-0 12/4 Cal State Northridge 1 15-1, 15-9 W 2-0 Zartman. 2/7 Long Beach State 6-10, 13-11, 15-5 W 2-1 1 - Western Regionals 1974 AIAW CHAMPIONS (28-2) REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Following back-to-back, top-fi ve fi n ishes in their fi rst two 10/16 Long Beach State 15-7, 12-15, 16-14 W 2-1 AIAW seasons of 1972 and 1973, the Bruins returned to 10/18 USC 15-3, 15-5 W 2-0 the top of the mountain in 1974. UCLA began the season 10/24 Cal State Northridge 15-11, 15-9 W 2-0 on a 20-match winning streak, losing just two sets during 10/25 UC Santa Barbara 15-13, 15-11 W 2-0 10/30 USC 15-1, 15-2 W 2-0 the fi rst two months. A bump in the road occurred just 11/2 UC Irvine 1 15-5, 15-10 W 2-0 prior to the start of AIAW Nationals, when the Bruins lost a 11/2 San Diego State 1 15-6, 15-13 W 2-0 pair of matches on Dec. 7 at the SCWIAC Championships 11/2 Long Beach State 1 15-5, 15-13 W 2-0 to UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State to fi nish 11/4 UC Riverside 15-6, 15-10, 16-14 W 3-0 third in league. But it would be the last time UCLA tasted 11/8 San Diego State 15-4, 15-6 W 2-0 defeated during the 1974 campaign, running the table 11/13 Cal State Northridge 15-9, 15-11 W 2-0 during AIAW Nationals to win the program’s second title. 11/15 UC Santa Barbara 15-2, 15-9 W 2-0 All eight matches over the three-day tournament would be 11/16 San Diego State 15-17, 15-5, 15-4 W 2-1 straight-set victories, including a 15-7, 15-8 win on Dec. 11/20 Long Beach State 19-17, 15-11 W 2-0 2 14 against Hawai’i in the championship game. Three of 11/29 Cal State Northridge 15-11, 15-10 W 2-0 2 the greatest players in UCLA history, Terry Condon, Nina 11/29 UC Riverside 15-7, 15-4 W 2-0 OSTSEASON ESULTS (AIAW NATIONALS - PORTLAND, ORE.) 11/30 Long Beach State 2 14-10, 15-1 W 2-0 Grouwinkel and Lesley Knudsen, led the team to the P R 12/12 Arizona State 15-7, 15-5 W 2-0 11/30 Long Beach State 2 15-7, 15-8 W 2-0 school’s second National Championship. 12/12 West Georgia 15-3, 15-1 W 2-0 12/6 Long Beach State 3 15-6, 15-5 W 2-0 12/12 Illinois-Chicago 15-5, 15-9 W 2-0 12/6 Cal State Northridge 3 15-4, 15-7 W 2-0 Roster: Head Coach Andy Banachowski, Assistant Coach 12/13 Texas-Arlington 15-9, 15-8 W 2-0 12/7 UC Santa Barbara 3 15-7, 8-15, 10-15 L 1-2 Sharon McAlexander, Terry Condon, Mary Gaudino, Nina 12/13 Portland State 15-8, 15-4 W 2-0 12/7 Long Beach State 3 10-15, 10-15 L 0-2 Grouwinkel, Natasha Karazissis, Lesley Knudsen, Linda 12/13 BYU 15-11, 15-8 W 2-0 1 - UCLA National Invitational VB Tournament (Pauley Pavilion) Lehde, Colleen McFaul, Linda Pettitt, Lisa Vogelsang, 12/14 Houston 15-12, 15-7 W 2-0 2 - Western Regionals (Davis, Calif.) Barbara Wise. 12/14 Hawai’i 15-7, 15-8 W 2-0 3 - SCWIAC Championships (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1975 AIAW CHAMPIONS (32-2) REGULAR SEASON RESULTS The UCLA women’s volleyball team made it back-to-back 10/3 Long Beach State 15-11, 9-15, 15-6 W 2-1 AIAW titles in 1975, fi nishing the season on a 17-match 10/8 UC Irvine 15-6, 15-8 W 2-0 10/10 San Diego State 10-15, 15-13, 15-10 W 2-1 winning streak to claim its third school championship. 10/11 UC Davis 1 15-4, 15-7 W 2-0 The only blemishes during the Bruins’ 32-2 campaign 10/11 UC Irvine 1 15-1, 15-10 W 2-0 were three-set losses to Cal State Northridge and Long 10/13 Cal State Fullerton 15-2, 15-4 W 2-0 Beach State. The Bruins were challenged more than in 10/15 Cal State Northridge 4-15, 15-11, 10-15 L 1-2 either of their previous two championship runs, losing 10/17 Long Beach State 15-5, 15-2 W 2-0 10/22 USC 13-15, 15-7, 15-12 W 2-1 as many games in 1975 (13) as in 1971-72 and 1974 10/24 UC Santa Barbara 15-5, 15-5 W 2-0 combined (13). After sweeping through the SCWIAC 10/28 UC Irvine 15-8, 7-15, 15-8 W 2-1 Championships and the Western Regionals, the Bruins 10/31 San Diego State 15-4, 15-4 W 2-0 traveled to Princeton, N.J. for AIAW Nationals. UCLA was 11/1 UC Santa Barbara 2 15-1, 15-8 W 2-0 2 perfect through the fi rst six matches, not dropping a game 11/1 Hawai’i 15-9, 15-5 W 2-0 11/1 Long Beach State 2 15-3, 11-15, 15-3 W 2-1 and setting up a rematch of the 1974 championship 11/4 Cal State Northridge 15-4, 15-2 W 2-0 contest against Hawai’i. The result would be the same 11/7 Long Beach State 15-13, 3-15, 12-15 L 1-2 for the Bruins, defeating the Rainbow Wahine 14-12, 11/11 USC 15-6, 15-7 W 2-0 15-11 on Dec. 14 to take the crown. The championship 11/14 UC Santa Barbara 15-11, 15-9 W 2-0 3 was the second in a row for six UCLA Bruins, including 11/20 Cal Poly Pomona 15-8, 15-13 W 2-0 POSTSEASON RESULTS (AIAW NATIONALS - PRINCETON, N.J.) 11/21 UC Santa Barbara 3 15-12, 15-2 W 2-0 team captain Nina Grouwinkel and U.S.