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Tempe, Arizona – Top seed and No. 1 ranked USC defeated No. 2 UCLA 3-0 in the 2024 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship title match Friday at the Sun Devil Beach Volleyball Facility, winning the 2024 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship. Decided to win the beach volleyball championship. This is the fifth time in eight events (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022) that the Trojans have won.
The morning started with UCLA scoring a nail-biting 3-2 victory, pushing the Trojans into the championship bracket. This is only the second dual in the tournament to be decided on five courts.
In the morning's first contender's game, No. 6 seed Arizona State picked up a win on its own against No. 3 seed Stanford. After a close game, the Cardinal won, eliminating the host team from the tournament and advancing to the semifinals, where they lost 3-1 to USC.
The championship match pitted the nation's top two teams, the Bruins and Trojans, for the sixth time in conference championship match history. Even though he lost to UCLA in the championship semifinals, the Trojans scored his third victory in the championship, going 3–0.
USC in the title match audrey nurse and nicole nurse came out swinging and scored the first points of the dual with a quick 21-13, 21-11 finish on court three. maven thomas and Madison Gellner He gave the Trojans their second win on Court 5 in a three-set shutdown (21-17, 16-21, 15-13). The Trojans improve on his 2-0 lead and enter the second wave of duals. Ashley Pater and Grace Seitz He took home the final point on Court 4, crowning USC the 2024 Pac-12 Champion.
At the conclusion of the championship, six pairs were named to the Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team.
Ashley Vincent/Maya Harvey, stanford
Lexi Sweeney/Taryn Ames arizona
Lexi Denenberg/Maggie Boyd University of California Los Angeles
Devon Newberry/Peri Brennan University of California Los Angeles
Megan Craft/Delaney Maple, University of Southern California
Audrey Nurse/Nicole Nurse University of Southern California
Pac-12 teams await NCAA selections, which will be announced on NCAA.com on Sunday, April 28 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET. The 2026 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Championship, which expanded to 17 teams last spring, will be held May 3-5 at Gulf Shores Beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Similar to the Pac-12 Championship, either USC (2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023) or UCLA (2018, 2019) have won every NCAA national title to date.
2024 PAC-12 Beach Volleyball Championship
Sun Devil Beach Volleyball Facility, Tempe, Arizona.
friday results (*All duals played until decision)
Dual 13: #2 UCLA def. #1 USC, 3-2
1. Maggie Boyd and Lexi Denaburg (UCLA) def. Laney Maple and Megan Craft (USC) 21-16, 18-21, 15-9
2. Peri Brennan & Devon Newberry (UCLA) def. Madison White & Maddie Kriz (USC) 18-21, 21-12, 16-14
3. Audrey Nurse and Nicole Nurse (USC) def. Kenzie Brower and Jesse Smith (UCLA) 21-18, 21-16
4. Tessa Van Winkle and Jaden Whitmarsh (UCLA) def. Ashley Pater and Grace Seitz (USC) 21-15, 21-14
5. Mayvin Thomas and Madison Gellner (USC) def. Ensley Alden and Natalie Mischkowski (UCLA) 20-22, 21-17, 15-11
Order of arrival: 3, 5, 1, 2, 4
Dual 14: #3 Stanford def. #6 Arizona State, 3-1
1. Zolani Hodel and Brooke Rockwell (STAN) def. Eva Williamson and Daniela Kensinger (ASU) 21-18, 26-24
2. Anya Pemberton & Arden Besecker (ASU) vs. Ruby Sola & Taylor Wilson (STAN) 21-19, 21-23 Unfinished
3. Lexi Sweeney and Taryn Ames (ASU) def. Kelly Berardi & Chloe Hoffman (STAN) 18-21, 21-16, 17-15
4. Kate Riley and Clara Stowell (STAN) def. Kate Fitzgerald and Eva Kirunczyk (ASU) 23-25, 21-13, 16-14
5. Maya Harvey and Ashley Vincent (STAN) def. Eva Hoey and Adri Nieves Papaleo (ASU) 21-14, 21-9
Order of arrival: 5, 3, 1, 4
Dual 15: #1 USC differential. #3 Stanford, 3-1
1. Laney Maple and Megan Craft (USC) def. Zolani Hodel and Brooke Rockwell (STAN) 21-17, 17-21, 15-13
2. Madison White & Maddie Chriss (USC) vs. Ruby Sola & Taylor Wilson (STAN) 18-21, 21-16 Unfinished
3. Audrey Nurse & Nicole Nurse (USC) def. Kelly Berardi & Chloe Hoffman (STAN) 21-19, 19-21, 15-11
4. Ashley Pater and Grace Seitz (USC) def. Kate Riley and Clara Stowell (STAN) 21-15, 22-20
5. Maya Harvey and Ashley Vincent (STAN) def. Mavin Thomas and Madison Gellner (USC) 21-18, 21-17
Order of arrival: 5, 3, 4, 1
Dual 16: #1 USC differential. #2 UCLA, 3-0
1. Laney Maple & Megan Craft (USC) vs. Maggie Boyd & Lexi Denaburg (UCLA) 16-21, 21-17, 0-2 Unfinished
2. Madison White & Maddie Chriss (USC) vs. Peri Brennan & Devon Newberry (UCLA) 19-21, 21-19, 3-3 Unfinished
3. Audrey Nurse & Nicole Nurse (USC) def. Kenzie Brower & Jesse Smith (UCLA) 21-13, 21-11
4. Ashley Pater and Grace Seitz (USC) def. Tessa Van Winkle and Jaden Whitmarsh (UCLA) 21-17, 21-18
5. Mayvin Thomas and Madison Gellner (USC) def. Ensley Alden and Natalie Mischkowski (UCLA) 21-17, 16-21, 15-13
Order of arrival: 3, 5, 4