Recap of the Semifinals and Final at the 2025 NAIA Women’s Beach Volleyball Invitational

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.)