5-time NCAA-champion USC is the highest seed within the NCAA’s Nationwide Collegiate Seaside Volleyball Championship that begins Friday in Gulf Shores Alabama.
And the one different group that has gained the crown, UCLA, is the No. 2 seed.
The 17-team bracket was introduced Sunday morning and the at-large bids went to UCLA, Stanford, Cal Poly, Cal, Lengthy Seaside State, LSU, Arizona State and Washington.
Three-time defending-champion USC (33-5), which beat UCLA to win the Pac-12 tourney, awaits the winner of the play-in match between No. 16 North Florida (24-11), winner of the ASUN, and No. 17 Chattanooga (19-9), winner of the Ohio Valley Convention and like UNF within the discipline for the primary time.
Second-seeded UCLA (32-6) performs Southland-champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (28-9). UCLA has misplaced simply twice since March 8, each instances to USC.
Third-seeded Stanford (31-5) of the Pac-12 performs No. 14 Georgia State (26-12), which gained the Solar Belt.
Fourth-seeded Florida State (29-7), winner of the CCSA, performs Thirteenth-seeded Washington (20-15) of the Pac-12, within the discipline for the primary time.
The No. 5 seed is Cal Poly (29-6) of the Massive West, which performs Twelfth-seeded Arizona State (21-9) of the Pac-12, additionally in for the primary time.
At No. 6 is Convention USA-champion TCU (25-11), which performs LSU (25-11) of the CCSA.
Seventh-seeded Cal (19-13) of the Pac-12 performs No. 10 Lengthy Seaside State (28-9) of the Massive West.
And No. 8 Loyola Marymount (27-13), which gained the West Coast Convention, performs Massive West-champion Hawai’i (24-11).
For the reason that NCAA took over the match from the AVCA in 2016, simply USC and UCLA have gained titles.
USC gained in 2016 and 2017, UCLA gained the subsequent two, the match was canceled in 2019, and USC has gained the final three.
Click on right here for the bracket: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/beach-volleyball/nc/2024
