The 2023 NCAA beach volleyball championship is May 5-7 at Gulf Shores Public Beach in Gulf Shores, Ala. and will feature a new 16-team format with an opening-round game before the round of 16.
🏐 You can get more information here, including tickets and a guide to the venue.
🏐 You can see the interactive bracket for the championship here. The printable bracket .PDF is here and also pictured below.
Here’s the schedule and TV networks for Gulf Shores (all times Eastern):
- Wednesday, May 3
- No. 17 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3, No. 16 UT Martin 0 | Opening round
- Friday, May 5: Round of 16
- Saturday, May 6: Quarterfinals; Semifinals | 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2/ESPN+
- Sunday, May 7: National Championship | noon on ESPN/ESPN+
Here is the bracket for the 2023 championship (click or tap here to open it in a new tab)
Southern California is the defending champion, winning its fourth title in 2022.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Ala. |
Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images
USC celebrates its 2022 beach volleyball championship in the surf.
USC celebrates its 2022 beach volleyball championship in the surf.
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