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2024 NCAA Selection

Women's Beach Volleyball

BeachBows Earn No. 9 Seed In NCAAs; Open Versus No. 8 Seed LMU

Two days after claiming the Big West Championship and an NCAA automatic bid, the University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine (24-11) learned its postseason fate early Sunday morning. The BeachBows received the No. 9 seed and will open the 2024 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala., against No. 8 seed LMU (27-13).

Hawai'i will square off against the Lions on Friday, May 3  at 12:00 p.m. CT/7:00 a.m. HT on ESPNU.  It will be a familiar postseason foe for the 'Bows who have now drawn LMU in the NCAA opening round in each of the last three years. The Lions defeated the BeachBows in the previous two meetings as well as in this year's regular-season opener in Honolulu.
 
The UH-LMU  contest will be one of nine dual matches to kick off the single-elimination tournament on Friday, May 3. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be on Saturday, May 4 and the championship will be held on Sunday, May 5. Three-time defending national champions USC earned the top seed, followed by No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 Stanford.
 
Fellow Big West squads Cal Poly (29-6)  and Long Beach State (28-9) also made the 17-team field. It marks the fourth time the league has gained multiple bids, while the three bids are the most ever for the Big West. Cal Poly is the 5 seed and will face No. 12 Arizona State, while LBSU earned a No. 10 seed and will play No. 7 California. 

UH has made seven of eight NCAA Tournaments, missing out only in 2021. Overall, this will be UH's ninth trip as a team to Gulf Shores. The BeachBows also competed for the national title during the 2014 and '15 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Championships.
 
The event will be televised live by ESPN networks, with ESPNU providing live coverage of all nine matches on Friday May 3 starting at 3 a.m. HT. Live coverage will continue Saturday, May 4 on ESPN2, while the championship will air on ESPN on Sunday, May 5. In addition, each individual court of every dual will be streamed live on the ESPN app.
 
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