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TCU wins 2025 beach volleyball championship
Share TCU won its first-ever beach volleyball championship, defeating Loyola Marymount 3-2 in the title matches. This was the first time in NC beach volleyball history that UCLA or Southern Cal did not take home the trophy. The 2025 NC beach volleyball championship with the selection show, live-streamed on NCAA.com, and ended with the national championship […]

TCU won its first-ever beach volleyball championship, defeating Loyola Marymount 3-2 in the title matches. This was the first time in NC beach volleyball history that UCLA or Southern Cal did not take home the trophy.
The 2025 NC beach volleyball championship with the selection show, live-streamed on NCAA.com, and ended with the national championship match on May 4, all taking place in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The NCAA Beach Volleyball Committee announced the 16-team field for the championship here.
2025 NC beach volleyball championship bracket
Click or tap here for the 2025 interactive bracket | Printable bracket
2025 NC beach volleyball schedule, scores
- First round | May 2
- Second round and semifinals | May 3
- Finals | May 4
2025 NC beach volleyball championship format
The 2025 NC beach volleyball championship bracket consisted of 16 teams, with eight making it as automatic qualifiers via conference championships. The selected teams were seeded Nos. 1-16 in the bracket.
The championship was played in single-elimination duals with 10 student-athletes split into five pairs from each team. The dual meet match was formatted in five best-of-three sets, pairs matches, with each pairs match being worth one point.
For more information on the sport’s championship format, click or tap here.
Championship history
Southern California defeated UCLA 3-0 in last year’s national championship to claim its fourth straight title. The Trojans hold the most titles since the first NC beach volleyball championship in 2016 with six.
YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
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2024 | Southern California | Dain Blanton | 3-0 | UCLA | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2023 | Southern California | Dain Blanton | 3-2 | UCLA | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2022 | Southern California | Dain Blanton | 3-1 | Florida State | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2021 | Southern California | Dain Blanton | 3-1 | UCLA | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
2019 | UCLA | Stein Metzger | 3-0 | Southern California | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2018 | UCLA | Stein Metzger | 3-1 | Florida State | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2017 | Southern California | Anna Collier | 3-2 | Pepperdine | Gulf Shores, Ala. |
2016 | Southern California | Anna Collier | 3-0 | Florida State | Gulf Shores, |
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Johnson Qualifies for NCAAs in 400 Hurdles
Story Links VIDEO OF RACE EVENT RESULTS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Graduate student Marcus Johnson has qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 hurdles. The Bearcat standout punched his ticket by placing eighth overall at the NCAA East Region Meet […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Graduate student Marcus Johnson has qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 hurdles. The Bearcat standout punched his ticket by placing eighth overall at the NCAA East Region Meet on Friday evening at the Jax Track at Hodges Stadium.
Running in the first of three heats, Johnson was fourth overall with a personal-best and school-record time of 49.93. The top three finishers in each of the heats – plus the next three fastest times – advanced to the NCAA Championships, which will be held June 11-14 at the University of Oregon. Johnson was the fastest time of the finishers outside of the top three in their heat and posted the eighth-fastest time overall.
Johnson is the first Binghamton men’s track & field athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships since Dan Schaffer in the 5,000 in 2022. He is also the fifth male Bearcat ever to qualify for a NCAA Division I Track & Field Meet, joining Rory Quller, Cazal Arnett, Erik van Ingen, Jesse Garn and Schaffer.
More details to follow ….
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St. Cloud State Volleyball Announces 2025 Schedule
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Volleyball has officially announced its 2025 schedule. The Huskies’ 29-match regular season slate features a nonconference trip to Canada and Washington for the Western Washington Invitational before returning to St. Cloud to host the 2025 UP North Tournament at Halenbeck Hall. Opening its season on Sept. 4 in British […]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Volleyball has officially announced its 2025 schedule. The Huskies’ 29-match regular season slate features a nonconference trip to Canada and Washington for the Western Washington Invitational before returning to St. Cloud to host the 2025 UP North Tournament at Halenbeck Hall. Opening its season on Sept. 4 in British Columbia, SCSU will play eight nonconference matches before beginning Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) play Sept. 19 at home.
The Huskies begin their 2025 season with a trip to Burnaby, British Columbia and Bellingham, Washington for the Western Washington Invitational, hosted by Western Washington and Simon Fraser (B.C.) from Sept. 4-6. SCSU will play at Simon Fraser (British Columbia) before traveling to Bellingham to play San Francisco State (Calif.), the host Western Washington and Central Washington to wrap up the four-match slate. The Huskies have played Simon Fraser three times (1-2, last in 2021), San Francisco State twice (2-0, last in 1990) and Central Washington twice (0-2, last in 2023). SCSU and Western Washington have never met on the volleyball court before. Three of the four teams, and SCSU, ended the 2024 season in the top-25 or were receiving votes.
St. Cloud State returns home the following weekend to host the 2025 UP North Tournament at Halenbeck Hall. The Huskies will play matches against Adelphi (N.Y.), Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan and Barry (Fla.). SCSU has played Adelphi once (1-0, last in 2017), Michigan Tech 22 times (16-6, last in 2024), Northern Michigan 28 times (10-18, last in 2024) and Barry once (0-1, last in 1995 NCAA Elite 8). The Huskies split against MTU and NMU in the 2024 UP North Tournament which was hosted by Michigan Tech in Houghton, Mich.
Northern Sun play starts Sept. 19-20 when Minot State and UMary come to St. Cloud for the Huskies 2025 conference home opener weekend. The following Tuesday, Sept. 23, SCSU makes its first conference road trip of the season when it travels to Mankato to play Minnesota State. St. Cloud State will play its first ever road Northern Sun match against league newcomer, Jamestown with a trip to Jamestown, N.D. on Sept. 26 and will welcome the Jimmies to St. Cloud on Oct. 25. SCSU is 4-0 all-time against Jamestown, but the teams last met in 1988. Towards the end of the NSIC slate, the Huskies will play rival Concordia-St. Paul in a nonconference matchup at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul on Nov. 4.
In total, the Huskies will play 14 home regular season matches (10 conference matches). The NSIC Tournament will run from Nov. 18-Nov. 21 and the NCAA Tournament will begin on Dec. 4 with regional play and conclude with the championship match on Dec. 13.
Eight teams on St. Cloud State’s 2025 schedule finished last season ranked in the Final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DII national poll – San Francisco State (No. 2), Concordia-St. Paul (No. 13), Southwest Minnesota State (No. 16), Wayne State (No. 19), Barry (No. 20), Northern State (No. 22), Central Washington (RV), Simon Fraser (RV), while the Huskies finished ranked No. 5, which tied their best final ranking in program history.
2025 SCHEDULE
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Volleyball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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‘Varsity Blues’ USC Coach Gets New Trial on Fraud Charge
The University of Southern California water polo coach tied to the “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal will get a new trial on a fraud charge but remains convicted on a bribery charge, a panel of First Circuit judges ruled. It’s impossible to tell if the jury reached its guilty verdict on Jovan Vavic’s honest services wire […]

The University of Southern California water polo coach tied to the “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal will get a new trial on a fraud charge but remains convicted on a bribery charge, a panel of First Circuit judges ruled.
It’s impossible to tell if the jury reached its guilty verdict on Jovan Vavic’s honest services wire fraud charge using a recently invalidated legal theory, the judges said in a Friday opinion. The theory that was shot down in a separate “Varsity Blues” appeal argued that payments to USC could be considered “actionable bribes.”
USC was the victim of the bribery scheme and therefore cannot be considered to have received bribes under honest services fraud, the First Circuit found in US v Abdelaziz.
However, the panel in the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found misstatements by prosecutors during closing arguments weren’t enough to prompt a new trial for a separate charge—Vavic’s federal programs bribery conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors didn’t contradict jury instructions, and their statements likely didn’t impact the trial’s outcome, the judges said.
As coach, Vavic was paid to help students pose as members of the water polo team and get admitted to USC, according to prosecutors. The scandal ensnared dozens of ultra-wealthy parents, Hollywood stars, and college coaches. Vavic was the only coach to go to trial.
He was convicted in 2022, but granted a new trial after a district court found some evidence from the government wasn’t reliable.
For example, some of the payments from private equity investor John B. Wilson allegedly to secure his son’s admission went to the school’s water polo program, not Vavic, said Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Separately, Wilson sued USC in Los Angeles state court in September after his fraud and bribery convictions were overturned, asking for his six-figure donation back.
Judge Julie Rikelman wrote the opinion, and Judges Gustavo A. Gelpí and O. Rogeriee Thompson joined.
The case is US v. Vavic, 1st Cir., No. 22-1787, 5/30/25.
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St. Cloud Tech loses in first boys volleyball tournament 2025
ELK RIVER — The first season of boys varsity volleyball in St. Cloud is over. St. Cloud Tech lost to Elk River 3-0 in the Section 8-1A play-in game Tuesday, ending the team’s inaugural season. The Tigers (1-17) were seeded No. 10 in the section and played No. 7 Elk River (13-16) for a […]

ELK RIVER — The first season of boys varsity volleyball in St. Cloud is over.
St. Cloud Tech lost to Elk River 3-0 in the Section 8-1A play-in game Tuesday, ending the team’s inaugural season.
The Tigers (1-17) were seeded No. 10 in the section and played No. 7 Elk River (13-16) for a shot at the two-seed, St. Michael Albertville (22-7). The Elks won the first set handily — 25-12, but Tech kept the second and third sets in single digits. The Elk won 25-20 and 25-22.
The Tigers beat Minneapolis Edison (8-15) on April 12. It was the first season of varsity designation for the sport by the MSHSL and most of the Tech players did not play volleyball competitively until the school added a club team in 2023-24.
There are few teams in Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities or Rochester areas, and the Tigers are the furthest north besides Bemidji (14-2). The Lumberjacks beat Tech in the Tigers’ home opener, and they are to play STMA for a chance to play Rogers (23-1) or Anoka (19-6) in the section final.
Contact reporter Reid Glenn at rglenn@gannett.com.
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Turner Resets School Record In 100m Hurdles To Move On
COLLEGE STATION, Texas—The Long Beach State women’s track and field team opened competition at the NCAA West First Round Thursday at E.B. Cushing Stadium. ON THE TRACK Rahni Turner overcame a slow start in her 100m hurdles heat to win the race in a new school record time of 13.15. Turner previously held the […]

ON THE TRACK
Rahni Turner overcame a slow start in her 100m hurdles heat to win the race in a new school record time of 13.15. Turner previously held the school record with Hailey Fune’ at 13.21. Her victory automatically advanced her to Saturday’s quarterfinals in the event. The quarters begin Saturday at 4:15 p.m.
Claudine Raud-Gumiel missed moving on by one spot in the 100m hurdles. Her 13.44 resulted in 25th in the field of 48. The top 24 compete again on Saturday.
Battling a leg injury, Trinity Barnett competed in the 100m and 200m. She ran 11.66 in the 100m, coming in 44th. Returning a little over an hour later, she put up a time of 24.29 in the 200m, finishing 45th out of 48.
Sofia Lavreshina missed advancing to the quarterfinals in the 400m hurdles. Her 58.78 was the 26th fastest time in the field of 48.
IN THE FIELD
Giszelle Hrehor fouled on her three attempts in the hammer throw and did not record a place in the event.
Jonelle Scott failed to clear the opening height in the pole vault, 13-2 1/4, resulting in a non-placing finish.
UP NEXT
Tristyn Flores has advanced to Friday’s quarterfinals in the men’s 100m and men’s 200m. The 100m is scheduled to begin at 4:35 p.m. PDT. The 200m begins at 5:50 p.m. PDT. Friday’s Long Beach State field entries are listed below.
ALL TIMES PACIFIC
~#LongBeachBuilt~
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