Get the sunscreen and the popcorn — because the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship field is HERE, and it’s spicier than Gulf Shores sand in July.
Sixteen teams. Three days. One national title.
Let’s get messy.
🚨 Your Top Seeds
- #1 UCLA – Big dogs. Big pressure.
- #2 TCU – Horned Frogs hopping straight to the threat list.
- #3 Stanford – Smart, scary, and deadly on the sand.
- #4 LMU (CA) – Sleep if you want, but they’re coming for throats.
- #5 USC – Oh, just your four-time defending national champs… seeded fifth? 🧨
📆 First Round Matches — May 2 (Times ET)
- LMU vs. Florida Atlantic – 9:00 AM
- USC vs. North Florida – 10:00 AM
- UCLA vs. Chattanooga – 11:00 AM
- Florida State vs. Long Beach State – Noon
- TCU vs. Georgia State – 1:00 PM
- Texas vs. California – 2:00 PM
- Stanford vs. Boise State – 3:00 PM
- Cal Poly vs. LSU – 4:00 PM
Bookmark it.
Clear your schedule.
Tell your friends you’ll “circle back next week.”
It’s volleyball time.
🧠 Storylines That SLAP
- UCLA’s Title Run: Can the No. 1 seed finally get over the finish line? Pressure’s hotter than the Alabama sand.
- TCU Hype Train: Second seed, but still out to prove they belong at the big kids’ table.
- USC’s Revenge Tour: Four straight titles… and they’re seeded fifth? You know they’re playing this tournament in full villain mode.
- Underdog Mayhem Watch: FAU, North Florida, Boise State — all packing that nothing-to-lose energy that causes bracket meltdowns.
📍 Where It’s Going Down:
Gulf Shores, Alabama
- May 2–4, 2025
- Every match on ESPN2, Championship Match on ESPN
Get ready for epic dives, savage kills, and so much sand you’ll taste it through the screen.
🏁 Final Serve
The bracket’s set. The battles are booked.
And the 2025 beach championship isn’t going to crown a winner —
it’s going to forge a legend.
So who’s leaving Gulf Shores as queens of the court?
UCLA? TCU? USC going full chaos mode?
Or someone about to blow this whole bracket sky high?
We’ll find out on the sand.