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The
2017 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship
was the second annual tournament deciding the
NCAA
championship of
beach volleyball
, which competition is open to women only. It took place May 5-7 in
Gulf Shores, Alabama
, hosted by the
University of Alabama at Birmingham
. It was a
double elimination
tournament, with a single championship match. The
USC Trojans
won their second consecutive national title, defeating the
Pepperdine Waves
3-2 in the championship match.
Qualification
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The tournament is open to teams from
Divisions I
,
II
, and
III
. The top three teams each in the East and West Regions will qualify automatically, and two additional teams will be selected at large. Selections were announced on April 30 on NCAA.com.
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Team
|
Record
|
Bid Type
|
Region
|
Appearance
|
Last Bid
|
USC
|
34?1
|
Automatic
|
West
|
Second
|
2016
|
UCLA
|
29?4
|
Automatic
|
West
|
Second
|
2016
|
Pepperdine
|
24?3
|
Automatic
|
West
|
Second
|
2016
|
Florida State
|
27?7
|
Automatic
|
East
|
Second
|
2016
|
Hawaii
|
25?5
|
At-large
|
West
|
Second
|
2016
|
Long Beach State
|
25?8
|
At-large
|
West
|
First
|
Never
|
LSU
|
26?6
|
Automatic
|
East
|
First
|
Never
|
South Carolina
|
23?9
|
Automatic
|
East
|
First
|
Never
|
Bracket
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| Matches 1?4
Friday, May 5
| | | Matches 7?8
Friday, May 5
| | | Match 11
Saturday, May 6
| | | | | | Championship
Match 14
Sunday, May 7
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|
| | | | |
|
| 1
| USC
| 3
|
| | | |
| 8
| South Carolina
| 0
| | |
| | | 1
| USC
| 3
|
| | | | | |
| | | 5
| Hawaii
| 0
| | |
| 4
| Florida State
| 1
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 5
| Hawaii
| 3
| | |
| | | 1
| USC
| 3
| |
| | | | | | | |
| | | 3
| Pepperdine
| 0
| | | | | |
| 3
| Pepperdine
| 3
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 6
| Long Beach State
| 0
| | |
| | | 3
| Pepperdine
| 3
|
| | | | | |
| | | 2
| UCLA
| 1
| | |
| 2
| UCLA
| 3
| | | | | |
| | | |
| 7
| LSU
| 0
| | | 1
| USC
| 3
|
| | | | | |
| | | | 3
| Pepperdine
| 2
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| Lower round 1
| Lower round 2
| Lower round 3
| Lower final
| |
|
| | | | |
|
| | 4
| Florida State
| 3
| |
| | |
| 4
| Florida State
| 3
| | | 2
| UCLA
| 1
| | | | 3
| Pepperdine
| 3
|
| | | | | | |
| 8
| South Carolina
| 0
| | | | 4
| Florida State
| 2
| | | 5
| Hawaii
| 0
| | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5
| Hawaii
| 3
| | | |
| | | | | |
| | 7
| LSU
| 0
| |
| | |
| 6
| Long Beach State
| 2
| | | 5
| Hawaii
| 3
| | |
| | | | |
| 7
| LSU
| 3
| | | |
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Broadcast
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As in 2016, the tournament was streamed on NCAA.com and broadcast on
TruTV
and
TBS
. NCAA.com streamed matches 1-5, 9, & 13, TruTV televised matches 6-8 & 10-12, and TBS the championship match.
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References
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2016?17 NCAA Division I championships
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Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship
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