Beach volleyball is one of the fastest growing NCAA sports and is currently sponsored by 69 institutions. The championship has an eight-team bracket that will be played in a double-elimination format.

The 2022 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament is scheduled to take place May 4-8 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The first round of the 16-team tournament is single elimination. Once ...

"This first NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship is exactly 20 years since beach volleyball was made an Olympic sport," McPeak said. "The first [Olympics with beach volleyball] was 1996 in Atlanta." ...

In 2009 beach volleyball was labeled an “emerging sport” by the NCAA. According to the NCAA’s web site, emerging sports must have at least 20 varsity or club teams, data proving the sport ...