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
	← 2019; NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship; 2022 →;

Teams8

FormatDouble-elimination until championship

Finals siteGulf Shores Public Beach
Gulf Shores, Alabama

ChampionsUSC Trojans (3rd title)

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.

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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


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

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

2021 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

References

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