Recap of the NAIA Beach Volleyball Invitational Pool Play and Quarterfinal Rounds

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. [SCHEDULE & RESULTS | BRACKET] – The 2025 NAIA Women’s Beach Volleyball Invitational second day started with four pool play matches and concluded with four teams remaining.

Pool Play Notes

• Five pairs remained undefeated through the final four pool play matches on Friday morning: Corban (Ore.) pairs 2, 3, 4; The Master’s (Calif.) pair 1; Park (Mo.) pair 2. The Corban 4’s team, Alexis Adebodun and Gabriela Engels,  were the only pair that did not drop a set.
• Only one pair clinched the match for the team at the 3’s position on Friday, while the remaining three matches were clinched at the 5’s position.
• Corban (Ore.) was the only team to go undefeated in pool play.

Quarterfinals

The eight qualifying teams were seeded in the bracket based on their pool play performance. Bracket play changed from playing to completion to playing to decision. After quarterfinal play, Corban’s 2, 3 and 4 pairs, as well as Park’s 2’s pair, remain undefeated in the tournament. Every pair has dropped at least one set after quarterfinal play. 

Park (Mo.) def. Webber International (Fla.), 3-1

In the first wave, the two and four pairs split with the Pirates winning at the 2’s (2-1) and the Warrios at the 4’s (2-1).

The three and five pairs played in the second wave. Park took a one-match lead with the 5’s pair (2-0) of Daniela Gomez and Angelina Rodriguez. It came down to the 1’s and 3’s position and Luna Martins and Mafalda Bras came through for the Pirates with a 2-0 win to secure the 3-1 win for Park to advance to the semifinals.

OUAZ (Ariz.) def. The Master’s (Calif.), 3-2

The first wave ended in a split decision with OUAZ winning at the 2’s position (2-0) and The Master’s winning at the 4’s position (2-0).

The Spirit regained the lead with a 2-0 win from Diana Enriquez and Shea Marovich at the 5’s position but the Mustangs were not done yet as Grace Colburn and Violet Avila tied the match score 2-2 for TMU with a two sets to one win at the 3’s position.

It came down to the 1’s pair where the teams battled through three sets before Summer Hanks and Amey Rainaud won to send OUAZ to the semifinals.

This was the only match that required all five matches to be played before reaching a winning decision.

Southern Oregon def. Mobile (Ala.), 3-0

Southern Oregon was the only team to win in a three-match sweep. All three matches finished in two sets. The decision came from the 1’s position where Madi Gray and Tessa Zimmermann snagged the win that sent the Raiders to the semifinals.

Corban (Ore.) def. Arizona Christian, 4-1

Corban (Ore.) took a 2-0 lead with wins at the 2’s and 4’s positions.

Arizona Christian attempted a reverse sweep as Haley Brown and Riley Brown won 2-0 at the 1’s position to put the Firestorm on the board.

However, Cammie Masanda and Danae Stokes at the 3’s position had other plans and won 2-0 to clinch the match for the Warriors.

The 5’s pair finished 2-0 right after the 3’s clinched the match to secure Corban’s 4-1 win.

At the conclusion of day two, three of the four Pool A teams advanced to the semifinals. Corban is the only Pool B team to advance out of the quarterfinals. 

In the quarterfinals, two 1’s pairs and two 3’s pairs clinched the match for their team.

Saturday, the remaining four teams will battle for a chance to win the 2025 Battle for the Red Banner. The semifinals will begin at 11 a.m. ET and the finals will start at 2 p.m. ET.