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| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination until championship |
| Finals site | Gulf Shores Public Beach Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Champions | USC Trojans (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | UCLA Bruins (3rd title game) |
| Winning coach | Dain Blanton (1st title) |
| Television | ESPN |
The 2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship was held from May 7 through May 9, 2021 in Gulf Shores, Alabama as the final part of the 2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball season. [1] It was the fifth edition of the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship that began in 2016. The top-seeded UCLA Bruins are back-to-back defending champions, having won in 2018 and 2019. [2] All divisions of the NCAA are eligible to compete in the Beach Volleyball Championship, however, all teams through the 2021 Championship have been Division I members. [3] USC won the title.
Participants
| Seed | Team | Conference | Record (before NCAA) |
Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCLA | Pac-12 | 28–3 | 5th |
| 2 | USC | Pac-12 | 26–4 | 5th |
| 3 | Florida State | CCSA | 32–4 | 5th |
| 4 | LSU | CCSA | 25–7 | 4th |
| 5 | Loyola Marymount | WCC | 29–6 | 1st |
| 6 | Stanford | Pac-12 | 23–11 | 1st |
| 7 | Cal Poly | Big West | 23–9 | 2nd |
| 8 | TCU | CCSA | 26–8 | 1st |
Bracket
| Matches 1–4 Friday, May 7 | Matches 7–8 Friday, May 7 | Match 11 Saturday, May 8 | Championship Match 14 Sunday, May 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | TCU | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | LMU (CA) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | LMU (CA) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | LSU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | LMU (CA) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | USC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stanford | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | USC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cal Poly | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | USC | 3 | 2 | USC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Florida State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | TCU | 1 | 4 | LSU | 3 | 5 | LMU (CA) | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | LSU | 3 | 4 | LSU | 2 | 1 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cal Poly | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Stanford | 2 | 1 | UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cal Poly | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket source: [4]
All-Tournament Team
At the conclusion of the championship, five pairs (selected from all teams in the field) were honored as members of the All-Tournament Team.
| Court | Pair | Team | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tina Graudina/Megan Kraft | USC | 4-0 | |
| 2 | Julia Scoles/Sammy Slater | USC | 4-0 | |
| 3 | Molly McBain/Payton Caffrey | FSU | 2-0 | 1 other match was left unfinished |
| 4 | Jacinda Ramirez/Darby Dunn | LMU | 2-0 | 2 other matches were left unfinished |
| 5 | Jaden Whitmarsh/Rileigh Powers | UCLA | 4-1 | 1 other match was left unfinished |
References
- ^ "2021 NC Women's Beach Volleyball Championship". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Bruins Earn Top Seed for NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship". uclabruins.com. May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship Records Book" (PDF). ncaa.org. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "2021 NC Beach Volleyball Championship Official Bracket". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.