It was USC vs. UCLA again.
Top-seeded USC advanced through the contender bracket on Friday, defeating third-seeded Stanford and then second-seeded UCLA to win the final Pac-12 championship.
Hawaii defeated Long Beach State to win the Big West.
Loyola Marymount defeated Pepperdine to win the West Coast Conference.
We also provide an overview of the Coastal Collegiate Athletic Association, where Florida State University competes in the title match. Conference USA, TCU advances to finals. The West Coast Conference advanced to the semifinals. Sun Belt with Georgia State University in the championship game. North Florida plays the title match at ASUN. And in the Ohio Valley, the University of Chattanooga awaits the winner of UT Martin Lindenwood. Last Sunday, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi won the Southland Conference title and the automatic bid that comes with it.
The NCAA National Collegiate Beach Championship is a 17-team, single-elimination tournament that will be held May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
NCAA brackets will be announced by the NCAA at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday. Com.
This report also includes the latest information on NCAA men's volleyball.
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PAC-12: This is the final year of the Pac-12, and USC is the final champion.
From USC news release:
TEMPE, Ariz. – The top-seeded USC beach volleyball team (33-5) defeated third-seeded Stanford University (31-5), 3-1, and second-seeded UCLA, 3-0. He was dropped from the participating team. (32-6) on Friday, April 26, at the Sun Devil Beach Volleyball Facility to claim their fifth Pac-12 Championship. With the league championship, the Trojans also earned the Pac-12's automatic berth to next week's NCAA Championships.
The Women of Troy won the program's fifth Pac-12 title (2016, '17, '19, '22) and second under fifth-year head coach Dane Blanton. USC went 12-2 at Arizona State in the Pac-12 Championship and 28-8 in duals. The Trojans also improved their overall record in the Copper State to 40-2 and improved to 151-18 in duals while ranked No. 1.
Click here for a complete USC recap and box score, and click here for a video recap of the Pac-12.
Big West: Hawaii won the league's automatic bid.
From a Hawaii news release:
Keif, Long Beach. — The University of Hawaii beach volleyball team captured the Big West Championship with two wins Friday on the campus of Long Beach City College. The Rainbow Wahine defeated UC Davis 3-0 in the semifinals and then defeated host Long Beach State University 3-2 in the dramatic title match.
This was UH's fourth title in eight seasons of Big West beach volleyball and its first since 2018. In the process, the Beach Bows (24-11) also earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, which will be held next week in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The NCAA has a perfect 4-0 record in the Big West Championship and is on an eight-game winning streak on the season.
The third-seeded Rainbow Wahine defeated UC Davis (18-17) to advance to the finals for the seventh time in eight tries. There, they faced second-seeded LBSU, which defeated CSUN and then top-seeded Cal Poly to earn a spot in the finals. It will also be a rematch of Friday's pool game, in which the Bowes defeated Beach 4-1.
Click here for a complete Hawaii recap and box score, and click here for a Big West recap.
West Coast: Loyola Marymount won the WCC's automatic bid.
From LMU:
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – LMU Beach Volleyball defeated Pepperdine for the second time on Friday to claim a record fifth consecutive 2024 West Coast Conference Tournament Championship. The Lions defeated the Waves 4-1 in the morning game, qualifying for the championship game.
Click here for the full LMU summary and here for the WCC story.
CCSA: Florida State awaits the winner of South Carolina vs. LSU. Click here for the FSU summary and box score and here for the CCSA summary.
US Conference: TCU awaits the winner of Florida Atlantic and Tulane. Click here for TCU overview and box score and click here for Conference USA overview.
Sunbelt: Georgia State is five games behind Coastal Carolina and UNC-Wilmington before it can advance to the finals. Click here for Sun Belt recaps and box scores.
Sun: Second-seeded Stetson and third-seeded FGCU will face top-seeded North Florida.
Click here for an overview of ASUN.
Ohio Valley: No. 2 seed Chattanooga awaits the winner of No. 1 seed UT Martin and No. 3 seed Lindenwood. Click here for an overview of the Ohio Valley Conference.
NCAA men's
The NCAA Men's Collegiate Volleyball Championship begins Tuesday in Long Beach, Calif., with four quarterfinal games at the Pyramid. All games will be available to watch exclusively on NCAA.com.
11 a.m. Pacific — 1st place UCLA (24-5) vs. 8th place Fort Valley State (17-8)
1:30 p.m. University of the Pacific — No. 4 UC Irvine (19-10) vs. No. 5 Penn State (23-6)
Pacific 5 p.m. — No. 2 Long Beach State (25-2) vs. No. 7 Belmont Abbey (21-4).
Pacific 7:30 p.m. — No. 3 Grand Canyon (25-4) vs. No. 6 Ohio State (22-8)
The semi-finals will be held on Thursday and the final on Saturday.
Regular season matchups:
MPSF's UCLA opened the season with an overwhelming victory over visiting Fort Valley State University, 25-18, 25-12, 25-17.
UCI. EIVA's Big West and Penn State did not play this season, but on March 5, 2023, Penn State won a three-hour match at UCI, 32-34, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22. They won 15-11.
Long Beach State of the Big West has never played Belmont Abbey of the Conference Carolinas.
Grand Canyon of MPSF is not playing against Ohio State of MIVA.
For more information about the team:
postseason honors
We've had some of these before, but here they are in one place.
Big West: Player of the Year is Hilil Henno of UCI, top freshman setter Tred Rosenthal of Hawaii, and coach Alan Kneipp of Long Beach. Click here to learn more about the Big West.
Carolina Conference: The offensive POY went to Belmont Abbey's Matthew Staskunas, the defensive award went to Emmanuel's Nicklas Eichenberger, the top freshman went to Belmont Abbey's Joseph Morris, and the coach of the year went to Belmont Abbey's Derek Sullivan. For more information on Conference Carolinas, click here.
ECC: The player of the year in the first-year four-team league is Kiran Verstegen of St. Thomas Aquinas. The top libero is Moises Jiminez of Roberts Wesleyan, the setter is Joaquin La Jara of STA, the Rookie of the Year is Pinejas Wiley of the Dominican Republic, and the coaches are Mike Deddy of Roberts Wesleyan and Patrick Ernst of the Dominican Republic. .
Ava: Penn State's John Kerr was named Player of the Year and his coach, Mark Pavlik, was named Coach of the Year for the 10th time in 30 years. The top freshman is Tristan Whitfield of Princeton University. Click here to learn more about EIVA.
Miba: Loyola Chicago's Parker Van Buren was named Player of the Year, teammate Daniel Fabikovich was named Rookie of the Year, and the top coach was Ball State's Donnan Cruz. Click here to learn more about MIVA.
MPSF: The player of the year was UCLA's Merrick McHenry, and the top freshman was Pepperdine's Ethan Watson. Learn about them here.
This year's coach is Matt Ware of GCU. Please see here for the detail.
NEC: St. Francis U.'s Nathan Gini was named Player of the Year, teammate Peyton Blaine was named Top Defensive Player of the Year and Damen's Ondrej Alabasti was named Rookie of the Year. This year's coach is SFU's Mike Lambeau. Click here for more information from NEC.
SIAC: Coach of the Year was won by Fort Valley State's Larry Lazar, and Player of the Year went to FVSU's Jackson Hicks. The top libero is KJ Harrison of Central State University, the top setter is Kenyon Haynes of Edward Waters, and this year's freshman is Malachi Allen of Kentucky State University. Click here to learn more about SIAC.