GULF SHORES — For the fourth year in a row, and the sixth time in the last eight tournaments, the USC Women of Troy stormed into Gulf Shores’ waters after winning the NCAA Beach …
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USC Women of Troy secure fourth straight beach volleyball national championship in Gulf Shores
Top-ranked team improved record on Alabamian courts to 38-8
The USC Women of Troy pose with their fourth consecutive NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship in Gulf Shores waters following a sweep of UCLA in the finals on Sunday, May 5, at Gulf Place Beach. The win made the beach volleyball team the first from USC, men’s or women’s, to claim four straight national championships since 2013.
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Audrey Nourse celebrates a point during the No. 3 match for the national championship Sunday afternoon on Gulf Place Beach. Nourse and her twin Nicole delivered a 2-1 win to help USC earn a sweep of UCLA to win their fourth straight national title.
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UCLA sophomore Maggie Boyd goes full extension for a save during Sunday’s championship match against USC on Gulf Place Beach Sunday afternoon. It was the third time in the last four seasons that the Bruins and Women of Troy fought for the trophy.
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ESPN and the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship took over Gulf Place Beach last weekend for the eighth collegiate championship tournament hosted by Gulf Shores | Orange Beach Sports and Events. A Saturday attendance record was broken when 4,438 spectators poured in to watch the penultimate day of action on May 4.
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Grace Seits (7) and Tessa Van Winkle (22) battle at the net during Sunday’s national championship match on Gulf Place Beach in Gulf Shores where USC and UCLA fought for the trophy for the third time in four years. After hosting the event since NCAA sanctioned the sport in 2016, the Women of Troy have been crowned champions in Gulf Shores six total times.
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USC freshman Ashley Pater brushes sand off after a diving attempt on Sunday, May 5, during the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship match against UCLA in Gulf Shores.
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The USC Women of Troy storm the Gulf Shores waters after sweeping UCLA to claim its fourth straight NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship on Gulf Place Beach Sunday afternoon. The victory marked the school’s 38th overall women’s championship and the 28th NCAA title.
Graduate twins Audrey and Nicole Nourse brought home the final match to finish off a 3-0 sweep of the UCLA Bruins, who won the other two national championships since the NCAA sanctioned the sport in 2016. The Nourse twins finished their careers 12-1 overall at Gulf Place Beach and closed on a 10-match win streak to help USC improve to 31-4 in NCAA tournament duals.
The beach volleyball team became USC’s first to hoist four straight national titles since the Trojan men’s water polo team claimed six in a row from 2008-2013. Sunday’s win served as the school’s 136th national championship and the 113th NCAA title in program history. The 2024 beach volleyball team collected USC’s 38th overall women’s championship and the 28th NCAA title.
