UNF, FSU, TCU, Chattanooga, Georgia State declare NCAA seashore volleyball bids

The preliminary work is finished after 5 extra automated bids had been clinched on Saturday.

At 11 a.m. Jap Sunday the sphere of 17 can be introduced for the NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Seaside Volleyball Championship that begins Friday in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

The announcement, which might be seen on NCAA.com, will embody North Florida, which received the ASUN; Florida State, which received the CCSA; TCU, which received Convention USA; Chattanooga, which received the Ohio Valley Convention; and Georgia State, which received the Solar Belt Convention.

4 different groups had already claimed their conferences’ respective automated bids: USC, Hawai’i, Loyola Marymount and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

There are eight at-large bids up for grabs and VolleyballMag’s Larry Hamel initiatives them to go to UCLA, Stanford, Cal Poly, Lengthy Seaside State, Arizona State, Cal, LSU and Florida Worldwide. Hamel expects North Florida to face Chattanooga within the play-in match.

ASUN

North Florida is within the NCAA Championship for the primary time. 

From the North Florida recap:

DELAND, Fla. –  North Florida seashore volleyball (24-11) grew to become the primary crew in convention historical past to comb the complete ASUN Match and earned its fifth championship title in program historical past with a 3-0 sweep over No. 2 Stetson (22-12) on Saturday afternoon on the Cooper Seaside Volleyball Courts.

Click on right here for the UNF recap and boxscores.

CCSA

Florida State is a fixture within the NCAA Championship and now awaits seeding. Hamel initiatives the Seminoles because the No. 4 seed after USC, UCLA and Stanford.

From the CCSA recap:

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Florida State captures the 2024 Coastal Collegiate Sports activities Affiliation (CCSA) Seaside Volleyball Championship after a 3-0 win towards #4 South Carolina. Prime-seeded Florida State remained excellent with a 3-0 report all through the CCSA Championship en path to their seventh league title.

The Seminoles confronted #4 South Carolina within the championship match after the Gamecocks accomplished their second upset of the match defeating No. 10 LSU. South Carolina’s 4’s and 5’s pair completed with seven seconds of one another to clinch the win over the Tigers. Within the Gamecocks’ first championship finals look, South Carolina took the primary set on the 1’s courtroom and compelled a three-set match on the two’s and three’s pair. Finally, the Seminoles claimed the 4’s, 5’s pair whereas the highest courtroom sealed the deal in a 15-10 third set win.

Click on right here for the FSU recap and boxscores.

Convention USA

Final yr, TCU received the CCSA title. This season, it moved to CUSA and received the inaugural championship.

From the TCU recap:

YOUNGSVILLE, La. – TCU received the CUSA Championship in its inaugural yr within the convention on Saturday after defeating Tulane 3-0 at Sugar Seaside.

In its first season as a member of CUSA, TCU, who earned the No. 1 seed heading into the championship, went 4-0 to earn the convention title. TCU defeated Tarleton State (3-0), Tulane (3-0) and No. 19 FAU (3-1) earlier than beating the Inexperienced Wave a second time within the finals.

Click on right here for the TCU recap and right here for the CUSA recap that has the boxscores.

Ohio Valley

Chattanooga goes to Gulf Shores for the primary time. 

From the Chattanooga recap:

MOREHEAD, Ky. — For the primary time in program historical past, Chattanooga seashore volleyball can name itself Ohio Valley Convention Match champions after UTC dominated Lindenwood 3-0 within the match ultimate on Saturday.

The Mocs finish their weekend as double champions, having entered the match as co-regular season champions following a 9-1 OVC report on the yr. UTC then went on to go an ideal 3-0 this weekend in Morehead, failing to drop a match towards the likes of Lindenwood and UT Martin within the double elimination bracket.

Click on right here for the Chattanooga recap and boxscore.

Solar Belt

Georgia State is again within the NCAA tourney for the third yr in a row.

From the Georgia State recap: 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— The highest-seeded Georgia State seashore volleyball crew notched a 3-1 victory over Coastal Carolina to assert the 2024 Solar Belt Convention Championship Title. With the convention championship victory on the John Hunt Park Sand Volleyball Complicated, GSU will obtain the league’s automated bid to the 2024 NCAA Seaside Volleyball Championship being contested in Gulf Shores, Ala. from Could 3-5.

Savannah Ebarb and Future White secured match level for the Sandy Panthers in Saturday’s SBC title match, because the duo secured a 25-23, 21-18 victory on the third flight. Elise Saga and Aliisa Vuorinen earned the crew its first level for the twin with a 21-18, 21-19 win on the fourth flight, whereas Lila Bordis and Aree Keller downed opponents on the second flight to earn the second level.

Click on right here for the Solar Belt Convention recap and boxscores.