ESPN Serves Up Exclusive Coverage of the 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship

• Competition Begins Friday, May 2 on ESPN2

• Coverage of Each Pairing Live on ESPN+ Throughout Entirety of Championship

For the eighth consecutive year, ESPN platforms will exclusively present the National Collegiate Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship, taking place May 2-4 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Over the three days of action, viewers can tune in to see a total of 15 dual matches across ESPN and ESPN2. Fans can also catch coverage of each pair streaming live on ESPN+.

First serve of the opening round begins Friday morning at 9 a.m. ET and continues all day, featuring eight single-elimination duals – with the winners advancing to Saturday morning’s quarterfinal matchups. The four quarterfinal winners will compete in the national semifinals on Saturday afternoon to earn a spot in the title match. The event culminates with the National Championship on Sunday, May 4 at 10:30 a.m. on ESPN. 

ESPN will bring the heat to Gulf Shores, deploying a pair of commentator teams to announce the action:

• Courtney Lyle and Holly McPeak – a bronze medalist and three-time beach volleyball Olympian – will be joined on the sideline by former FSU beach volleyball standout Madison Fitzpatrick 

• Sam Gore will be joined by beach volleyball Olympian Nicole Branagh in the booth and former Auburn volleyball letterwinner Dawn Davenport on the sideline

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For Sunday’s Championship bout, viewers can find Lyle and McPeak in the booth, and both Davenport and Fitzpatrick reporting from the sidelines.

For the most up-to-date bracket information regarding the National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship, please visit the official NCAA bracket website and NCAA Volleyball on Twitter.

2025 National Collegiate Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship – ESPN Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Match-Up	Platform
First Round
Fri, May 2	9 a.m.	Dual #1 No. 13 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 4 LMU (CA) Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
	10 a.m.	Dual #2 No. 12 North Florida vs. No. 5 USC Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
	11 a.m.	Dual #3 No. 16 Chattanooga vs. No. 1 UCLA Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	Noon	Dual #4 No. 9 Long Beach State vs. No. 8 Florida State Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Dual #5 No. 15 Georgia State vs. No. 2 TCU Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
	2 p.m.	Dual #6 No. 10 California vs. No. 7 Texas Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Dual #7 No. 14 Boise State vs. No. 3 Stanford Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Dual #8 No. 11 LSU vs. No. 6 Cal Poly Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Sat, May 3	10 a.m.	Quarterfinal #1 Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	11 a.m.	Quarterfinal #2 Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	Noon	Quarterfinal #3 Sam Gore, Nicole Branagh, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2/ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Quarterfinal #4 Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
Semifinals
Sat, May 3	2 p.m.	Semifinal #1 Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Semifinal #2 Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick	ESPN2/ESPN+
National Championship
Sun, May 4	10:30 a.m.	National Championship Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak, Madison Fitzpatrick, Dawn Davenport	ESPN/ESPN+