2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

The 2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship will be held from May 7 through May 9, 2021 in Gulf Shores, Alabama as the final part of the 2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball season.[1] This is 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]

2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination until championship
Finals siteGulf Shores Public Beach
Gulf Shores, Alabama
ChampionsUSC Trojans (3rd title)
Runner-upUCLA Bruins (3rd title game)
Winning coachDain Blanton (1st title)
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TelevisionESPN

Participants

Participants
Seed Team Conference Record
(before NCAA)
Appearance
1UCLAPac-1228–35th
2USCPac-1226–45th
3Florida StateCCSA32–45th
4LSUCCSA25–74th
5Loyola MarymountWCC29–61st
6StanfordPac-1223–111st
7Cal PolyBig West23–92nd
8TCUCCSA26–81st

Bracket

  Matches 1–6
Friday, May 7
    Matches 7–10
Friday, May 7
Saturday, May 8
    Matches 11–12
Saturday, May 8
    Match 13
Sunday, May 9
    Championship
Match 14

Sunday, May 9
                                               
  Winner's bracket
  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
  Loser's bracket      
  8 TCU 1        
  4 LSU 3     3 Florida State 1        
    4 LSU 3          
      4 LSU 2        
  6 Stanford 2         1 UCLA 3     5 LMU (CA) 0    
  7 Cal Poly 3     7 Cal Poly 0         1 UCLA 3  
    1 UCLA 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

  1. "2021 NC Women's Beach Volleyball Championship". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. "Bruins Earn Top Seed for NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship". uclabruins.com. May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  3. "National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship Records Book" (PDF). ncaa.org. March 29, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. "2021 NC Beach Volleyball Championship Official Bracket". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
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