NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship 2025: How to Watch, Full Bracket, and Updates

The selection show for the 2025 NC beach volleyball championship was broadcast live on NCAA.com. The competition begins on Friday, May 2, and concludes on Sunday, May 4, with the national championship match. All of this takes place in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

The 16 teams competing for the title were revealed by the NCAA Beach Volleyball Committee.

NC Beach Volleyball Championship Bracket 2025-

2025 NC Beach Volleyball Schedule, Scores

Every match will stream live on ESPN2, except for the national championship, which will air on ESPN.

*All times listed in Eastern Time

• First round | May 2
  • No. 4 LMU (CA) vs. No. 13 Florida Atlantic, 9 a.m.
  • No. 5 Southern California vs. No. 12 North Florida, 10 a.m.
  • No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 16 Chattanooga, 11 a.m.
  • No. 8 Florida St. vs. No. 9 Long Beach St., Noon
  • No. 2 TCU vs. No. 15 Georgia St., 1 p.m.
  • No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 California, 2 p.m.
  • No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 14 Boise St., 3 p.m.
  • No. 6 Cal Poly vs. No. 11 LSU, 4 p.m.
• Second round and semifinals | May 3
  • Beginning at 10 a.m.
• Finals | May 4
  • 10:30 a.m.

Format for the 2025 NC Beach Volleyball Championship

Eight of the 16 teams in the 2025 NC beach volleyball championship bracket will advance automatically through conference titles. The chosen teams will be placed in the bracket as seeds Nos. 1–16.

10 student-athletes from each team will then compete in single-elimination duals for the championship. Five best-of-three-set pairs matches make up the dual meet format, with each pair match worth one point.

History of Championships

Last year, Southern California won their fourth consecutive national championship after defeating UCLA 3-0. With six titles since the inaugural NC beach volleyball tournament in 2016, the Trojans are the most successful team.