GULF SHORES, Ala. — Chattanooga beach volleyball will fulfill a lifelong dream this weekend in Gulf Shores as the Mox take on North Florida on Friday, May 3 in the NCAA Championship, the pinnacle of college beach volleyball. It's planned.
Friday's opening round clash between the Mocs and Ospreys marks UTC's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with Chattanooga clinching both the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles and securing a spot in the Big Dance. I made it.
UTC, the 17th seed, will face North Florida, which won the ASUN regular season and tournament championships and enters the tournament as the 16th seed. A win over UNF on Friday morning would allow the Mock to play No. 1 overall seed USC later on Friday.
The Mocs and Ospreys are scheduled to battle in Gulf Shores at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CT, and a win would move UTC to face the Trojans at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT. Both of these games can be watched via his ESPNU, and specific streams for all five of his courts in Gulf Shores can be found on his ESPN+.
UTC is looking to become the first team in Ohio Valley Conference history to record a win in the NCAA Tournament, but the only other two trips by OVC teams have been to UT Martin, 3-0. The Mocs have won 18 of their past 19 games and enter the weekend in Gulf Shores on an eight-game winning streak.
NCAA Championships – May 3-5
Gulf Shores Public Beach
Gulf Shores, Alabama (Sponsored by UAB)
Friday, May 3rd
Game 1 – 9am – #16 North Florida vs. #17 Chattanooga
Game 2 – 10am – #4 Florida State vs. #13 Washington State
Game 3 – 11am – #5 Cal Poly vs. #12 Arizona State
Match 4 – 12:00 PM – #1 USC vs. Match 1 Winner (If Win)
Match 5 – 1:00 PM – #8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 Hawaii
Match 6 – 2:00 PM – #2 UCLA vs. #15 Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Game 7 – 3:00 PM – #7 California vs. #10 Long Beach State
Game 8 – 4pm – #3 Stanford vs. #14 Georgia State
Match 9 – 5:00 PM – #6 TCU vs. #11 LSU
Saturday, May 4th
Match 10 – 10am – Match 4 Winner vs. Match 5 Winner
Match 11 – 11am – Match 2 Winner vs. Match 3 Winner
Match 12 – 12pm – Winner of Match 6 vs. Winner of Match 7
Match 13 – 1pm – Match 8 Winner vs. Match 9 Winner
Match 14 – 2pm – Winner of Match 10 vs. Winner of Match 11
Match 15 – 3:30pm – Match 12 Winner vs. Match 13 Winner
Sunday, May 5th
Match 16 – 11am – Winner of Match 14 vs. Winner of Match 15
(All times are shown as Eastern Time. Gulf Shores is in the Central time zone)
(The numbers listed are each team's official tournament seeding value and are not AVCA rankings)
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