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2024 NCAA Beach VB Advance

Women's Beach Volleyball

BeachBows Back In Gulf Shores For the NCAA Championship

GULF SHORES, Ala. — The Big West champion University of Hawai'i beach volleyball team heads to Alabama this week for its seventh NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearance. For the third straight time the Rainbow Wahine will take on Loyola Marymount in a opening round matchup. First serve is at 12:00 p.m. CDT/7:00 a.m. HT on Friday May 3 and the match will be broadcast on ESPNU. All five courts will also  be streamed on ESPN+.

NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship - No. 9 Hawai'i (24-11, Big West) vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount  (27-13, WCC)
Opponent | Date | Time Loyola Marymount |  Friday, May 3, 2024  | 12:00 p.m. CT/7:00 a.m. HT 
Location Gulf Shores, Ala. 
Television ESPNU
Live Stream ESPN APP / ESPN+ (Subscription required)
Game Notes Hawai'i 
Social Media @UHBeachVolley Twitter |  @UHBeachVolleyball Instagram | Facebook Facebook
Tournament Bracket Interactive Bracket
Tournament Website NCAA.com
 

ALL-TIME IN THE NCAA TOURAMENTAppearances: 7th
Record: 9-10

ALL-TIME RECORD vs. LMUOverall: UH leads, 12-5
In the NCAA Tournament: LMU, 2-0

NCAA TOURNAMENT STORY LINES
  • UH competes in its seventh NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. The BeachBows have made seven of eight NCAA Tournaments, missing out only in 2021.
  • This marks the third straight year UH and LMU face off in the NCAAs. The Lions defeated the BeachBows, 3-0, in each of the previous two NCAA meetings. The teams also met in the regular-season opener this year in Honolulu when LMU defeated UH, 4-1, in the Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic on Feb. 22.
  • The Rainbow Wahine earned an automatic bid after capturing the 2024 Big West Championship with a dramatic 3-2 win over host Long Beach State on April 26. It marked UH's fourth championship in eight seasons of Big West beach volleyball and first since 2018 when UH completed a run of three straight titles.
  • The 'Bows enter the NCAAs on a  season-long eight-match win streak. The last four of those wins came in the Big West Championship.
  • UH is 7-11 against ranked teams this season. All 11 losses have come against Top 10 squads and eight of the 11 have come against Top 5 teams. Four of UH's seven wins against ranked teams have come against the Top 10.
  • UH has played 11 of the teams in this year's NCAA field during the regular-season. The BeachBows went a combined 5-11 against those squads with wins over Long Beach State (3), LSU and Georgia State.
  •  The 'Bows are led by the No. 1 pair of Alana Embry and Jaime Santer. The duo has gone 24-11 and are the only duo to play together in every single match this season.
  • The Rainbow Wahine are 9-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UH has advanced to Championship Sunday twice, finishing third overall each time (2017, '18).
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Players Mentioned

Jaime Santer

#1 Jaime Santer

6' 1"
Senior
Alana Embry

#8 Alana Embry

5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jaime Santer

#1 Jaime Santer

6' 1"
Senior
Alana Embry

#8 Alana Embry

5' 9"
Sophomore