GULF SHORES, Ala. — Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked USC beat fifth-seeded Florida State, 3-1, Sunday to win its second consecutive NCAA women’s beach volleyball championship and its fourth in the past six years.

USC (37-1) made its fifth appearance in the NCAA championship and extended its winning streak to 36 consecutive matches – the second-longest streak in program history. The Trojans won their fifth national title overall and back-to-back NCAA crowns for the second time (2016-17).

USC’s Hailey Harward and Tina Graudina beat Brook Bauer and Maddie Anderson, 21-17, 21-15, to take a 2-1 lead and, shortly thereafter, Julia Scoles and Delaynie Maple closed out Florida State’s Anna Long and Kate Privett, 25-23, 21-12, to give USC the 3-1 win.

Audrey Nourse and Nicole Nourse beat Jordan Polo and Morgan Chacon, 21-18, 21-16, to give USC the early lead but Florida State’s Alaina Chacon and Madison Fitzpatrick rallied – after facing match point twice in the second set – to beat Megan Kraft and Sammy Slater, 14-21, 24-22, 17-15, to make it 1-1.

USC improved to 18-5 all-time against the Seminoles (33-11) and has won five straight over Florida State. USC also improves to 23-4 all-time in duals at the NCAA Championship and to 30-8 in matches played in Gulf Shores.

Complete 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 from @USCBeach.

Back-to-back NCAA titles
4 of the last 6 NCAA titles
36-match win streak to end the season pic.twitter.com/EE455jYvco

— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) May 9, 2022

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