No. 14 Beach Volleyball Set For NCAA Championship

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 12 seed North Florida beach volleyball battles No. 5 seed and four-straight reigning national champions USC in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on Friday, May 2 at 10 a.m. ET in Gulf Shores, Ala.

Every dual through the first three rounds will be streamed live on ESPN2 and the Championship Final will be aired on ESPN. Each dual will have live statistics that can be found at the StatBroadcast link above.

It marks the second-straight and second-ever appearance in the NCAA Championship for North Florida. North Florida is one of eight non-Power Four and one of 16 teams on the national stage. The No. 12 seed is a program-best for North Florida after it was the No. 16 seed last season.

North Florida earned automatic qualification to the NCAA Championship when it captured its sixth overall and second-straight Atlantic Sun Championships title on Saturday. The tandem of senior Mariana Feliciano Sanchez and junior Madison Espy was named 2025 ASUN Pair of the Tournament. Redshirt sophomore Sophia Notaro and senior Andrea Da Silva joined Feliciano and Espy on the 2025 ASUN All-Tournament Team. The Ospreys tallied nine ASUN Postseason selections prior to the postseason tournament.

The NCAA Championship will run from Friday-Sunday, May 2-4, with the Second Round and Semifinals on Saturday and the Final on Sunday.

Players Mentioned

Andrea Da Silva Encinas

Madison Espy

Mariana Feliciano Sanchez

Sophia Notaro

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