TCU women first school outside of California to win NCAA beach volleyball championship
- TCU secured its inaugural NCAA women's beach volleyball title on Sunday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, by narrowly defeating Loyola Marymount in a five-set match.
- The team, seeded second, achieved this after key players Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno returned from a year off competing in the Olympics.
- Alvarez and Moreno lost the first game 18-21 but rallied to win the next two games 21-15 and 15-6, finishing the season undefeated as a duo at 21-0.
- TCU ended with a 32-5 record, won its sixth consecutive conference title, and coach John Mayer earned National Coach of the Year honors.
- This victory made TCU the first school outside of USC and UCLA to claim the NCAA women's beach volleyball title, signaling a shift in the sport's competitive landscape.
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TCU defeats LMU for NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball title
TCU’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno came from behind to win the final match as the second-seeded Horned Frogs wrapped up their first NCAA women’s beach volleyball championship with a 3-2 victory over No. 4 seed Loyola Marymount on Sunday at Gulf Shores, Ala. TCU (32-5) is the first school other than USC and UCLA to win the title. The Trojans won the first two and the previous four, while the Bruins won two straight in 2018-19. Alvarez and Mor…
National Champs: TCU women first school outside of California to win beach volleyball championship
TCU is the first school other than USC and UCLA to win the title. TCU’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno came from behind to win the final match on Sunday as the second-seeded Horned Frogs wrapped up their first NCAA women’s beach volleyball championship with a 3-2 victory over No. 4 seed Loyola Marymount. TCU (32-5) is the first school other than USC and UCLA to win the title. The Trojans won the first two and the previous four, while the Bruin…

TCU women first school outside of California to win NCAA beach volleyball championship
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TCU Headed to the NCAA Finals - TCU Athletics
GULF SHORES, Ala. – For the first time in school history, TCU Beach Volleyball (31-5) is headed to the NCAA Finals to compete for the National Championship. After clocking both No. 7-seeded Texas and No. 6-seeded Cal Poly on Saturday, the Horned Frogs will face the No. 4-seeded LMU Lions in the finals on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. CT on ESPN.
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