2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

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

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

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.