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TCU knocks off Loyola Marymount to claim 2025 Women's Beach Volleyball NCAA National Championship

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The TCU Beach Volleyball team won its first national title in program history Sunday, beating Loyola Marymount 3-2 in five sets. The women were the first program not named USC or UCLA to win the NCAA title since beach volleyball was deemed a championship sport in 2016.

Over nine total championships (2020 was canceled due to COVID), USC won six titles and UCLA won two before TCU claimed this year’s title. Now, the celebration can begin and go all the way back to the great state of Texas.

You can see the winning point and celebration below. TCU won with its No. 1 pair of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno.

Beach Volleyball is a 2 vs. 2 matchup, which means every athlete is a utility player. They can serve, dig, block and hit a ball in one rally. There are also no substitutions, so the pair must play the match in its entirety.

TCU wins 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

TCU won 3-2 in the game’s dual meet format. It’s formatted in five best-of-three sets, played to 21, while winning by two, in the first two sets. If there is a third set, it’s played to 15, while winning by two.

Since TCU won 3-2 overall, the Horned Frogs played Loyola Marymount to five “flights,” which are the pairs of players. Seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament, they previously beat No. 15 Georgia State 3-0, No. 7 Texas 3-0, No. 6 Cal Poly 3-1 and finally No. 4 Loyola 3-2. Loyola Marymount upset UCLA in the semifinals to reach the championship match.

The NCAA Tournament is held over three days at Gulf Place in Gulf Shores, Alabama. UAB is the host school and it’s been the tournament location since the sports’ inception under the NCAA banner.

This was the first national finals appearance for TCU in program history and now hold an overall record of 7-6 at the championships. Going into 2026, TCU will surely be a team to watch out for to repeat as national champions.

The 2025 NCAA Championships consisted of 16 teams in a single elimination format. Each team had 10 student athletes split into five pairs for each dual.