SKYHAWK BEACH VOLLEYBALL MATCHED UP WITH NO. 1 USC IN FIRST ROUND OF 2022 NCAA TOURNAMENT
4/30/2022 8:37:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed this evening and the University of Tennessee at Martin beach volleyball squad learned that it would play USC in the first round on Wednesday, May 4. The match will take place at noon at the Gulf Beach Place facility in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The 2022 NCAA Tournament field expanded to 16 teams this season as the Skyhawks are the first-ever Ohio Valley Conference representative to compete in the event. The first round of the championships will take place on May 4 while the eight teams that advance will compete in a double-elimination, final rounds format starting on May 6 and running through May 8. All games in the tournament will air on the ESPN family of networks.
Earlier today, UT Martin completed a perfect 3-0 run in the OVC Championship, defeating Morehead State by a 3-2 margin. Previously, the Skyhawks turned away Morehead State (3-2) in the first round on Thursday and Chattanooga (3-2) in the second round on Friday. The No. 4 duo of Kayla Carrell/Addison Conley were named OVC Championship Most Valuable Pair while UT Martin also landed Kambree Lucas/Haeleigh Paulino on the OVC All-Tournament team after they won a third-set tiebreaker to clinch the title.
UT Martin enters the postseason with a 17-8 overall record – seven more wins than its previous season-high for the program that began in 2017. Nine different Skyhawks combined for 11 All-OVC accolades this spring, including OVC Freshman of the Year Dylan Mott.
Four-time national champion USC is currently 32-1 on the season and is coming off a Pac-12 championship on Friday, defeating UCLA in the finals. The Trojans are currently ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll and boast AVCA All-Americans Tina Graudina, Hailey Harward, Megan Kraft and Sammy Slater. Graudina is only the fourth player in NCAA history be named a first team All-American on four separate occasions and was also the first collegiate player to qualify for an Olympic Games, representing Latvia in the Tokyo Olympics this past summer.
For more information on the 2022 NCAA Tournament, visit the Championship Central link above.
The 2022 NCAA Tournament field expanded to 16 teams this season as the Skyhawks are the first-ever Ohio Valley Conference representative to compete in the event. The first round of the championships will take place on May 4 while the eight teams that advance will compete in a double-elimination, final rounds format starting on May 6 and running through May 8. All games in the tournament will air on the ESPN family of networks.
Earlier today, UT Martin completed a perfect 3-0 run in the OVC Championship, defeating Morehead State by a 3-2 margin. Previously, the Skyhawks turned away Morehead State (3-2) in the first round on Thursday and Chattanooga (3-2) in the second round on Friday. The No. 4 duo of Kayla Carrell/Addison Conley were named OVC Championship Most Valuable Pair while UT Martin also landed Kambree Lucas/Haeleigh Paulino on the OVC All-Tournament team after they won a third-set tiebreaker to clinch the title.
UT Martin enters the postseason with a 17-8 overall record – seven more wins than its previous season-high for the program that began in 2017. Nine different Skyhawks combined for 11 All-OVC accolades this spring, including OVC Freshman of the Year Dylan Mott.
Four-time national champion USC is currently 32-1 on the season and is coming off a Pac-12 championship on Friday, defeating UCLA in the finals. The Trojans are currently ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll and boast AVCA All-Americans Tina Graudina, Hailey Harward, Megan Kraft and Sammy Slater. Graudina is only the fourth player in NCAA history be named a first team All-American on four separate occasions and was also the first collegiate player to qualify for an Olympic Games, representing Latvia in the Tokyo Olympics this past summer.
For more information on the 2022 NCAA Tournament, visit the Championship Central link above.
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