This is the game day post UCLA put on their Instagram in honor of the big day. Don't forget to follow them to see what their post season adventures are like: @uclabeachvb
This is the game day post USC put on their Instagram as they prepared to take on the defending national champions, UCLA. Don't forget to give them a follow on Instagram as they spend their summer traveling: @uscbeach
Dear Readers~
On Sunday, May 5, 2019 the final NCAA game of the 2019 women's beach season happened between #1 USC and #2 UCLA at 1 pm Central Time in Gulf Shores, Alabama for the national championship title. After UCLA played it's way through the winner's bracket and USC played it's way through the contender's bracket, the two teams faced off at the finals to see who would be named the NCAA's 2019 beach volleyball national champion. With UCLA winning it in 2018 and USC winning it in 2017, both teams wanted another national championship. Now it's time for the game to begin.
The first team to finish was the 4's. That game had Madi Yeomans and Savvy Simo, for UCLA, taking on Maja Kaiser and Joy Dennis, of USC. The first set ended at 21-16 with Madi and Savvy taking that set. The second set ended at 21-19 with Madi and Savvy taking that set as well and putting UCLA up 1-0 against USC.
The second team to finish was the 5's. That game had Izzy Carey and Lindsey Sparks, for UCLA, taking on Mollie Ebertin and Cammie Dorn, of USC. The first set ended at 21-16 with Izzy and Lindsey taking that set for UCLA. The second set ended at 21-15 with Izzy and Lindsey taking that set as well and putting UCLA up 2-0 against USC in the overall scoring.
The third team to finish was the 3's. That game had Zana Muno and Abby Van Winkle, for UCLA, taking on Haley Hallgren and Alexandra Poletto, for USC. The first set was close, ending at 22-20 with Zana and Abby taking that set for UCLA. The second set ended at 21-13 with Zana and Abby winning the second set for UCLA and putting UCLA up 3-0 in the overall scoring against USC.
The two teams that didn't finish were the 1's and 2's. The 1's had Nicole and Megan McNamara, for UCLA, against Tina Graudina and Abril Bustamante, for USC. The first set ended at 21-18 with Nicole and Megan taking that set. The second set got to 19 all before the game was suspended, which will be explained later.
The second team that was suspended happened to be the 2's. That put Sarah Sponcil and Lily Justine, for UCLA, against Sammy Slater and Terese Cannon, for USC. The first set ended at 21-18 with Sarah and Lily taking that set. The second set got to 19-10, with Sarah and Lily ahead, when it was suspended.
For those that don't know much about NCAA beach volleyball, you're probably wondering why the games of the 1's and 2's got suspended. That's because in order for a school to advance at the national finals they must win 3 of the 5 teams that play each time they play a school. With the 3's, 4's, and 5's winning their games for UCLA, the 1's and 2's had no reason to finish their games. With this game having UCLA beating USC in 3 games, the UCLA Bruins became the 2019 NCAA beach volleyball champions for the second straight year after defeating Florida State for the national title last year in Gulf Shores, Alabama as well.
This is the photo UCLA put on their Instagram page after winning the championship trophy so make sure to follow them on Instagram to see how their summer goes: @uclabeachvb
That concludes the 2019 NCAA beach volleyball season. Don't forget to mark your calendars for June 7-9, 2019 when the AVP makes it's third stop of the season when they go to New York City for the 2019 AVP NYC Open. The AVP is available on Amazon Prime Video for those that want to watch and you can also see some videos done by Riley and Maddison Mckibbin that the two brothers took during the 2018 and 2019 AVP seasons on their YouTube channel: The Mckibbin Brothers. Until next time, Miller out.
~J. Miller
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