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2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

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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)
TelevisionESPN

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

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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

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Matches 1–4
Friday, May 7
Matches 7–8
Friday, May 7
Match 11
Saturday, May 8
Championship
Match 14

Sunday, May 9
1UCLA3
8TCU0
1UCLA2
5LMU (CA)3
5LMU (CA)3
4LSU2
5LMU (CA)1
2USC3
3Florida State3
6Stanford0
3Florida State1
2USC3
7Cal Poly0
2USC32USC3
1UCLA1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Florida State1
8TCU14LSU35LMU (CA)0
4LSU34LSU21UCLA3
1UCLA3
7Cal Poly0
6Stanford21UCLA3
7Cal Poly3

Bracket source:[4]

All-Tournament Team

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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

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  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.