Women's Beach Volleyball | April 30, 2024
Gulf Shores, Alabama – The three-time NCAA champion USC beach volleyball team (33-5) earned the top seed among 17 teams competing in the 2024 NCAA Championships, earning the top seed among Atlantic Sun champion North Florida (24-11). ) or Ohio Valley champion Chattanooga (19 wins). -9) in the round of 16. The Women of Troy are scheduled to play in the Round of 16 at 11 a.m. CT (9 a.m. PT). All opener and first round games will be broadcast live on ESPNU. The quarterfinals and semifinals (May 4) will be broadcast live on ESPN2. The Championship Dual is scheduled for Sunday (May 5th) at 10 a.m. CT and will also be broadcast live on ESPN2.
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NCAA Championship
Gulf Beach Place • Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Watch live: ESPNU/ESPN2/ESPN
Match #39 • Friday, May 3rd • 11am (Central Time) / 9am (Pacific Time)
[1] No. 1 USC (33-5) vs. [16] No. 16 North Florida (24-11) or [17] Chattanooga (19-9)
NCAA Championship: 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 (5)
NCAA tournament record: 27-4 (.871)
Streak: 13 wins • Last 10: 10-0
Last dual: W 3-2 vs. UCLA (May 7, 2023, Gulf Shores, Alabama)
Championship website: NCAA.com
Bear E Sand Shell • TL;DR
- USC will be making its eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans have won his last three NCAA championships;Six National titles (AVCA ’15, NCAA ’17, ’21, ’22, ’23) including the first NCAA crown awarded in 2016.
- The Trojans won the 2024 Pac-12 title, earned the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, and won a total of Five Pac-12 Championship (2016, '17, '19, '22, '24). USC won both his first Pac-12 crown (2016) and last (2024).
- USC is 138-20 (.873) under fifth-year head coach. Dane Blanton.
- Trojan horses are ranked No.1 According to the AVCA poll (No.1, CBVB). This is the 111th time (out of 111) that USC has been ranked by AVCA.the 110th The Trojans also hold the No. 1 record. 48 When he was a top-ranked team, he had 151 wins and 18 losses in duals.
- USC has won 13 straight duals at the NCAA Championships and is 27-4 overall in the tournament. The Trojans are 34-8 overall in Alabama.
- Individually, the Trojans are 85-32 at the NCAA Championships, while the No. 1 USC duo leads 24-2.
- Senior All-American megan craft and Delaney Maple Overall record is 61 wins and 7 losses, with only a few total losses. twenty one Set together in 68 games.
- Five different USC pairings have topped the double-digit win mark this season: Kraft vs. Maples (33-4), Chriss vs. Seitz (20-4), Norths vs. Noles (29-7), and Paters vs. White. (12-1), Ladell-Thomas (12-2). Individually, 12 Trojans achieved double-digit wins.
- twin graduates audrey nurse and nicole nurse Ranked 2nd among pairs in school history 120 Total number of wins.The sisters played more than ever 143 This also ranks second in program history. The 100-plus wins in dual matches is the most by a USC pair in school history.
- USC celebrated 15 AVCA All-Americans (30 recognized).
The Trojans just won their fifth conference title and automatically earned a spot in the Pac-12. This is the fourth time USC has been selected as the top seed. The Trojans were the No. 1 seed in 2017 and 2022, when they won the championship, and in 2019, when USC finished as the national runner-up. USC has appeared in every NCAA tournament and has held the No. 2 seed (2016, 2021), No. 3 seed (2023), and No. 5 seed (2018).
USC has won five NCAA titles, including its first championship in 2016. In 2017, the Trojans became the first team in history to win back-to-back NCAA championships, having won the previous three (2021-23). The first team in history to win three consecutive games.The Women of Troy are 27-4 overall in NCAA duals and 13-0 under their fifth-year head coach. Dane Blanton. Including duals at the Pac-12 Tournament and AVCA Championship, USC is 62-15 in all postseason duals and 26-5 under Blanton.
The Trojans are 2-0 against North Florida and played the Ospreys on the same day (May 3) in 2013 at the AVCA Championship in Gulf Shores. USC also faced UNF in Miami in 2023 (March 18) for a double game. The meeting between USC and Chattanooga will be the first meeting between the Trojans and Mock.
Last timeout: The Trojans won their fifth Pac-12 championship with a 3-0 victory over crosstown rival UCLA in the title double game. USC held the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, opening with a 3-0 win over Utah and advancing to the winners bracket final with a 3-1 win over No. 4 seed California. The Bruins broke a 2-0 hole to send USC into the championship bracket, but the Trojans got revenge on their crosstown rival there by defeating No. 3 seed Stanford with a 3-1 result. megan craft and Delaney Maple We won 3-1 on the top court. audrey nurse and nicole nurse We were in 3rd place with a score of 4-0. All four Trojans were named to the all-tournament team. 4th place is a 1st year student Ashley Pater Earned the final point of a tournament with a partner Grace Seitz They finished the week with 4 wins and 1 loss.
2 goats: seniors from all over the usa megan craft and Delaney Maple By the end of their careers, they will arguably be considered two of the greatest college beach volleyball players in the history of the sport.maple rank Fifth Aiming for the all-time championship at USC 126 and the craft 8th and one two three victory. USC's Hall of Great Players has 11 of his players with more than 120 career wins, but Kraft and Maple each only won in duals. Also, LSU's Kristen Nass claims to be the winningest player in NCAA beach volleyball history with his 139 wins over five seasons (he has 27.8 wins per season, winning percentage of .869), but Maple has already achieved the best results. 31.5 Average number of wins per season (.907 winning rate), craft is 30.75 with .911 Winning rate. Let's start the discussion.
Double clutch: USC twin sister duo audrey nurse and nicole nurse are gaining 120 Match.The twins are 120-23 forever 22-4 when their match sealed the outcome of the dual.Specifically, when the score is tied at 2-2 and the twins are playing to decide the winner, Audrey and Nicole 3-3This included a huge three-set victory in the final match of the 2023 NCAA Championship Duals, giving USC its third consecutive national championship. twins' 120 The dual match wins are the most by a USC pair.Pairs Tournament, including victory at the U.S. Championship Kelly Kras (Chen) and sarah hughes He holds a school record of 147-4 during his career at Troy, but was 99-4 in two tournaments (48-0 in tournaments).
Sweet Home, Alabama: USC is 34-8 All-time high in Alabama. All of his 42 matches in these duals were played at his AVCA Championships and NCAA Championships held in Gulf Shores. The Trojans are 7-4 at the AVCA Championship and 27-4 at the NCAA Championship.
All about Benjamin: In the 5-0 victory over Concordia (March 1st), Delaney Maple and nicole nurse Each achieved 100 career wins, moving them into 12th and 13th place, respectively, on the Trojans' all-time list. A week later, in a 5-0 win against Utah, audrey nurse and megan craft Each achieved 100 career wins, becoming the 14th and 15th Trojans to join the Century Club.Previously, the last two Trojan women to reach the 100-win club were All-Americans. Tina Glaudina (122 wins) and Sammy Slater (118 wins), both in 2022. What is particularly surprising is that of the 15 players at USC with 100 wins, four He is currently actively playing for the Trojans.