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HONOLULU – In front of a roaring home crowd of 7,209 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, the No. 2 seed Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors powered their way into the 2025 Outrigger Big West Men’s Volleyball Championship match, taking down No. 3 seed UC Irvine in four.  

The win sets up a clash between UH and Long Beach State for the coveted Big West crown and the league’s automatic berth into the 2025 National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship.  

For Hawai’i, the finale with a their fifth in the seven years since conference sport sponsorship. The UH versus LBSU clash will be the fourth in the finals, with Hawai’i taking home the title in 2019 and ’22, and LBSU prevailing in 2018’s first-ever Championship.  

The Rainbow Warriors (21–7) combined to hit .306 as a team with an imposing 14.5 total blocks to earn the victory.

Leading the charge was freshman Adrien Roure, who put together an impressive match with 16 kills, hitting .538, while adding four digs, three blocks and a pair of service aces. Kurt Nusterer and Kai Taylor turned the net into a no-fly zone against UCI’s heavy hitters with seven blocks apiece. Sophomore setter Tread Rosenthal orchestrated the offense with 40 assists and seven digs and a pair of aces. 

Hawai‘i got out to the match lead with an aggressive service game and great net play to control the tempo early and get the 25-21 win. The Anteaters only managed .087 hitting in the frame. However, UCI responded in force, to take the second 25-15 while recording a match-high .560 hitting with no errors in the second (14-0-25).  

UH renewed its focus in the third and held the 17-11 advantage before the ’Eaters refocused with a 7-2 run capped by a service ace for senior Hilir Henno to knot the frame at 19 apiece. However, the home team was able to turn back their opponents 25-21 to regain the lead in the match as back-to-back kills for Finn Kearny closed out the frame in favor of the ‘Bows. 

In a tense final set that saw six ties and four lead changes, the Rainbow Warriors got eight kills off the arm of Roure to help survive the UCI pressure and come away with the 25-23 set win.  

Henno’s final collegiate match for the Anteaters included nine kills,12 digs and a match-best six service aces. Fellow senior Nolan Flexen added 15 kills on the night with graduate student Joe Karlous spreading the offense with 30 assists. 

Hawai‘i now advances to the Big West title match for the showdown against rival and national No. 1 Long Beach State. The two powerhouse programs split their regular-season meetings on O’ahu just over two weeks ago setting the table for a high-stakes rubber match with a Big West title and national postseason fates on the line

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – No. 2 seed North Florida beach volleyball clinched the 2025 Atlantic Sun Championship title with a 3-0 sweep over No. 1 Stetson at John Hunt Park on Saturday. 
 
It marked the sixth ASUN Championship title in program history and the second-straight for North Florida. With the win, North Florida earned its second berth and automatic qualification for the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. 
 
The tandem of senior Mariana Feliciano Sanchez and junior Madison Espy was named 2025 ASUN Pair of the Tournament. Redshirt sophomore Sophia Notaro and senior Andrea Da Silva joined Feliciano and Espy on the 2025 ASUN All-Tournament Team. 
 
For the second-straight season, North Florida and Stetson battled in the ASUN Championship Final as the top two seeds. North Florida earned the sweep with wins at the three, four and five lines. Da Silva and Notaro posted a 21-13, 21-16 win at the five line. Senior Hayden Wooldridge and sophomore Eden Anderson responded to a first-set loss to come back and take four, 14-21, 21-14, 15-12. With the top two courts in back-and-forth battles, Espy and Feliciano Sanchez shut the door on a late comeback attempt from the top-seeded Stetson with a 21-16, 21-18 win at three. 
 
North Florida opened up Championship Day with a 3-2 win over No. 3 FGCU. Da Silva and Notaro secured a 25-23, 23-21 win at the five line before FGCU responded at four. Espy and Feliciano Sanchez added a 23-21, 21-18 win at three to command a 2-1 lead. FGCU tied the dual at 2-2 with a win at the two line. The top tandem of Humphries and Pierce claimed a three-set thriller at the one line, 25-23, 19-21, 15-13. 
 
North Florida awaits the results of the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. ET to determine who it will face in the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on Friday-Sunday, May 2-4, in Gulf Shores, Ala. 
 
No. 2 seed North Florida 3, No. 1 seed Stetson 0
1.   Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) v. Marta Carro/Julia Radelczuk (STET), 23-21, 16-16
2.   Katie Camp/Maria Ozaeta (STET) v. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-14, 22-22
3.   Madison Espy/Mariana Feliciano Sanchez (UNF) def. Youna Coens/Caroline De Oliveria (STET), 21-16, 21-18
4.   Eden Anderson/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. Grace Goudy/Vanessa Hurnikova (STET), 14-21, 21-14, 15-12
5.   Sophia Notaro/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Madeline Camp/Julia Czurylo (STET), 21-13, 21-16

No. 2 seed North Florida 3, No. 3 seed Florida Gulf Coast 2

1.   Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Nicole De Oliveira/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU), 25-23, 19-21, 15-13

2.   Alexis Keeter/Ava Lilliquist (FGCU) def. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-18, 14-21, 15-13

3.   Madison Espy/Mariana Feliciano Sanchez (UNF) def. Jacqueline Carpenter/Emma Soncrant (FGCU), 23-21, 21-18

4.   Andrea Dietz/Mia Thompson (FGCU) def. Eden Anderson/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF), 21-13, 21-11

5.   Sophia Notaro/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Sydney Majick/Erin Miller (FGCU), 25-23, 23-21

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. [SCHEDULE & RESULTS | BRACKET] – The final day of the 2025 NAIA Women’s Beach Volleyball Invitational opened with Corban (Ore.) and OUAZ (Ariz.) winning their respective semifinals and ended with OUAZ (Ariz.) winning the Invitational title.

Semifinal: OUAZ (Ariz.) def. Park (Mo.), 3-0

The first wave, with the 2’s and 4’s positions, were won by OUAZ (Ariz.), both in three sets.

The Spirit went into the final wave with the 1s, 3’s and 4’s, needing only one match to win. While the 1’s and 3’s positions went to a third set. It was the 5’s, Diana Enriquez and Shea Marovich, won in two sets to clinch the match for OUAZ to advance to the final.

Semifinal: Corban (Ore.) def. Southern Oregon, 3-2

Southern Oregon opened the match with a two-set win at the 2’s and a three-set win at the 4’s.

The Raiders needed only one more win to advance to the final but one-by-one at the 1’s, then the 5’s and finally the 3’s position, Corban (Ore.) completed the first reverse sweep of the tournament. All three matches in the second wave were won in two sets.

This was the fourth of five wins that the Warriors clinched a match at the 3’s position.

Championship: OUAZ (Ariz.) def. Corban (Ore.), 3-0

OUAZ entered the championship match with a 3-2 tournament record, while Corban had yet to be defeated in tournament play.

Pairs two and four were flipped in results through the first two sets. Corban had won the first set at the 4’s and lost the second. Meanwhile, at the 2’s, OUAZ won the first and Corban won the second. The Spirit rallied in the third set of both matches to win and take a 2-0 lead into the second wave. 

The teams played to decision and OUAZ needed only one more win to clinch the title, while the Warriors would need to complete another reverse sweep.

The second wave opened with Corban winning the first set at the 1’s, 3’s and 5’s positions. The second set looked different with OUAZ winning at the 3’s and 5’s, sending them to a third set, while the 1’s continued to battle for the second set.

It was the OUAZ 3’s, Railey Dykstra and Amanda Carlson, that finished first, clinching the match and winning the Battle for the Red Banner.

All-Tournament Team

Riley Brown, Arizona Christian

Haley Brwon, Arizona Christian

Emmi Marks, Corban (Ore.)

Gabriela Engels, Corban (Ore.)

Alexis Adebodum, Corban (Ore.)

Amey Rainaud, OUAZ (Ariz.)

Summer Hanks, OUAZ (Ariz.)

Grecia Ung, Park (Mo.)

Tessa Zimmerman, Southern Oregon

Tournament MVP: Summer Hanks, OUAZ (Ariz.)

IRVINE, Calif. — Bernadette Doyle’s career day powered top-seeded Hawai’i to an 11-9 win over No. 4 seed UC San Diego in the semifinal round of the Big West Women’s Water Polo Championship on Saturday at the Anteater Aquatics Complex in Irvine, Calif.

UH (20-4) will play for the Big West Championship title in a rematch of last year’s final against Long Beach State, tomorrow at noon Pacific Time (9:00 a.m. Hawai’i Time). The Rainbow Wahine reached 20 wins for the third straight season and 12th time overall and will look to claim back-to-back conference tournament titles for the first time in program history.

Doyle tied her career-high with five goals in her 12th hat trick of the season and set a career best with eight steals. Doyle tied the third highest single-game steals total in program history, matching Karin van Hoff’s eight against UCSD on Feb. 9, 2002, and finished two shy of the school record.

 

Jordan Wedderburn posted her 14th hat trick of the season and second of the tournament and drew seven exclusions. Ema Vernoux added two goals and assisted on another. Daisy Logtens came up with 11 saves and helped seal the win in the final minutes.

UH overcame Caroline Christl’s six-goal performance to defeat UC San Diego (17-13) for a second straight year in the Big West Championship semifinals.

Defense defined the first 16 minutes of the match before UH took a 4-3 lead into halftime.

The teams traded turnovers early in the match and UC San Diego opened the scoring at the 5:50 mark of the first quarter. Camille Radosavljevic and Doyle answered UCSD’s first two goals, but the Tritons also denied two UH penalty shots in the first period and took a 3-2 lead into the second.

UH took advantage of an exclusion on the UCSD goalie and Jordan Wedderburn tied the match with a power-play goal off an assist from Doyle. With time winding down in the final minute of the half, Doyle came up with a steal at the top, outsprinted the UCSD defense, and fired a shot into the net with four seconds left to give UH its first lead of the match.

 

Turning on the jets to beat the buzzer #GoBows #SISTAHHOOD pic.twitter.com/VfaXOJTRA9

— Hawaiʻi Water Polo (@WahineWP) April 26, 2025

After UCSD tied the match on a penalty shot, Doyle converted on a penalty shot of her own to complete her 22nd career hat trick. Ema Vernoux scored on a power play to give UH a 6-4 margin. Wedderburn countered a UCSD goal with UH’s third power-play goal. Vernoux fired in a long-range shot from the top for her second goal of the period and UH led 8-6 heading to the fourth quarter.

UC San Diego scored twice in the first three minutes of the quarter to tie it up. UH took a timeout and Roni Perlman dropped a pass to Doyle in front of the net for the go-ahead goal. Doyle scored on another penalty shot for her fifth goal of the day and UH reclaimed a two-goal advantage at 10-8. Christl scored her sixth goal to bring the Tritons within one. Wedderburn skipped in a penalty shot and UH led 11-9 with 1:23 left. Logtens came up with two saves in the final moments to protect the lead and the ‘Bows ran out the clock to seal their place in the final.

#WahineWWP

CHATTANOOGA — For the second consecutive season, the Chattanooga beach volleyball team punched its ticket into the NCAA Tournament after the Sandy Mocs defeated UT Martin 3-2 to become Ohio Valley Conference tournament champions on Saturday at the UTC Sports Complex.

In front of a raucous home crowd at the UTC Sports Complex, the Mocs (26-5, 10-0 OVC) fought through one of the team’s most dramatic matches in program history as it took all five courts to get the job done. However, it was ultimately the reigning back-to-back OVC Pair of the Year of Neva Clark and Corina Vale who dealt the clinching blow on Court 1 for the Mocs, securing yet another title for the Sandy Moc Dynasty.

“It was gritty,” head coach Darin Van Horn said following the match. “UT Martin was an amazing opponent and every dual we’ve had against them has been a battle. It was just a gritty win for us. Once we split the first round I knew it was going to be a long road ahead, and then it came down to our 1’s pair and there’s nobody else I’d want to have in that position than them. It was just awesome to finish it off that way.”

Both Clark and Vale, as well as UTC’s Court 5 pairing of Sydney Jackwin and Ansley Gulledge received spots on the OVC’s All-Tournament Team for their efforts over the course of the championship weekend. Jackwin and Gulledge were ultimately named as OVC Tournament MVPs after finishing the tournament 3-0 as a pair.

“Coming in as transfers, we didn’t really know what to expect especially going into the tournament ranked as the No. 1 seed,” Gulledge said. “We definitely felt the pressure, but we just stayed in control on our side of the net. It’s the only thing we can control. Syd and I really thrive when we bring a lot of energy, so we just created our energy and trusted each other out there.”

“For everyone else here, they had already had the feeling of what this tournament is like and what it’s like to play in it and win it,” Jackwin continued. “For us, yeah it was new but at the same time we were like ‘why not us?’ Darin picked us and wanted us on the team for a reason.

“He gave us the opportunity to play and believed in us, so we just focused on that. Ansley and I, if either of us start to get in our heads we’re just so good at lifting the other person right back up. It may be our first year playing together, but it feels like she and I have been playing together for years.”

Chattanooga will now wait to learn who the Sandy Mocs will be matching up against in the 2025 NCAA Tournament next weekend in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The 2025 NCAA Tournament is set to run May 2-4 at Gulf Place Beach.

Chattanooga vs. UT Martin – W 3-2

The 2025 OVC title match lived up to the hype right from the get-go as both the Mocs and Skyhawks had their sights set on booking a trip to Gulf Shores. For the championship match formatting, it would be Courts 4 and 5 that would get things underway.

Chattanooga’s Court 5 pairing drew first blood in the in-state rivalry, as the OVC Tournament MVPs Sydney Jackwin and Ansley Gulledge got the ball rolling in favor of the Mocs. The No. 5 duo was dominant in their match, as they have been all weekend, picking up back-to-back 21-13 set wins to put the Mocs up 1-0 early-on in the contest.

The Sandy Mocs then looked to Joy Courtright and Julia Lawrence on Court 4 in what truly was a pivotal match in the game. With a win the Mocs would move just one more victory away from the title, while a loss would level things out for the Skyhawks at the turn.

Courtright and Lawrence got straight to work, feeding off of the crowd’s energy to put together a 21-13 win in the opening set of their match. UT Martin responded right back, however, forcing a third frame after a 21-14 result in the second. It was then the Skyhawks that dealt the final blow on Court 4, as the UTM duo earned a 15-8 win in the third set to officially level things out at 1-1 as Courts 1, 2 and 3 got ready to get underway.

All attention then turned to the top three pairings of the day, as a season of a lifetime for the Sandy Mocs relied on just two more victories out on the beach. All three matches provided thrilling first sets as across the board the opening set scores read: 24-22, 21-19 and 24-22.

McKenna Faychak and Maddie Lecik were the lone UTC pair to win their first set in that Top 3 grouping, as Faychak and Lecik grinded out a 21-19 victory to open their match. Galvanized by their tight win in the first, ‘Kenny and Lee’ left no doubt in their second set as the pair cruised to a 21-11 victory to seal a straight-set sweep on Court 2 that put the Mocs ahead 2-1.

Once again, the Skyhawks found a response though as UT Martin’s Court 3 duo snuck out a narrow 24-22 win over Paige Gallentine and Kit Gresham to kick off their matchup in the No. 3 position. While the senior duo of Gallentine and Gresham left all that they could out on the court in what was their final match at the UTC Sports Complex, the Skyhawks nabbed another 21-15 victory in the second, leveling out the score once more at 2-2.

It was here that the weight of the match, and the season, fell on Court 1. Chattanooga’s top flight pair, Neva Clark and Corina Vale, found themselves in an early hole having dropped the opening set of their match 24-22. It would be over the next two sets, however, that Clark/Vale proved why they are back-to-back OVC Pair of the Year award winners for the Mocs.

Clark and Vale went to work in the second frame, powering past UTM’s No. 1 duo with a 21-15 win. At this point, the record crowd at UTC Sports Complex was at a fever pitch as Chattanooga’s season came down to a third and final set.

From the start of the third frame, Clark and Vale proved they had nerves of steel and were up for the challenge as the UTC pair inched closer and closer to the thrilling conclusion of Championship Saturday. Every shot for the Mocs fell while every attempt from the Skyhawks had an answer, and it looked as though no was going to stop Clark and Vale from willing the Mocs to the victory.

With the scoreboard reading 14-9 in favor of Clark/Vale, it was one last point from the senior Neva Clark that sealed the deal for the Sandy Mocs. The three-time Player of the Year, with her final career point at the UTC Sports Complex, had just clinched the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference title for Chattanooga.

It was a dream realized for a woman who has given everything to building up Chattanooga beach volleyball to what it is today. Not only does she leave behind a legacy; she leaves behind a dynasty.

1. Neva Clark/Corina Vale (UTC) def. Riley Rushing/Dylan Sulcer (UTM) 22-24, 21-15, 15-9

2. McKenna Faychak/Maddie Lecik (UTC) def. Olivia O’Keefe/Kayla Bryant (UTM) 21-19, 21-11

3. Jenna Vallee/Lauren Mariscal (UTM) def. Paige Gallentine/Kit Gresham (UTC) 24-22, 21-15

4. Sydney Eckhardt/Reagan McGee (UTM) def. Joy Courtright/Julia Lawrence (UTC) 13-21, 21-14, 15-8

5. Sydney Jackwin/Ansley Gulledge (UTC) def. Kylie Surratt/Kristin Phillips (UTM) 21-13, 21-13