2025 NCAA men's volleyball tournament

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2025 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament
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Tournament details
DatesMay 2-12, 2025
Teams9
Final positions
ChampionsLong Beach State (4th title)
Runners-upUCLA
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Attendance19,199 (2,400 per match)
Awards
Most Outstanding PlayerMoni Nikolov (Long Beach State)
  2024
2026  

The 2025 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament was the 54th edition of the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament, which was expanded to nine teams with the addition of an automatic bid for the Northeast Conference (NEC), begins with an opening round match. [1]

Contents

The opening round game will be hosted at the seventh seed's campus site on May 2, 2025, while the rest of the tournament will be hosted by Ohio State University from May 8-12, 2025, at Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio. [2] The opening round, quarterfinals, and semifinals will be live on ESPN+, and the National Championship will be live on ESPN2 on May 12, 2025, with ESPN+ simulcasting it.

Bids

The selection show aired live on April 27, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.

SchoolConferenceRecordBerthSource
Hawai'i Big West 26–5Tournament champions [3] [4]
Belmont Abbey Conference Carolinas 17–8Tournament champions [3] [5]
Penn State EIVA 14–15Tournament champions [3] [6]
Loyola Chicago MIVA 25–3Tournament champions [3] [7]
Pepperdine MPSF 20–9Tournament champions [3] [8]
Daemen NEC 15–12Tournament champions [3] [9]
Fort Valley State SIAC 18–9Tournament champions [3] [10]
Long Beach StateBig West27–3At–Large [11]
UCLAMPSF20–6At–Large [11]

Bracket

Opening Round
Friday, May 2
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 8
ESPN+
Semifinals
Saturday, May 10
ESPN+
National Championship
Monday, May 12
ESPN2, ESPN+ (SAP)
2Hawai'i3
7 Daemen 0 7 Penn State 1
7Penn State32 Hawai'i 0
3UCLA3
3UCLA3
6 Belmont Abbey 0
3 UCLA 0
1 Long Beach State3
4 Loyola Chicago 1
5Pepperdine3
5 Pepperdine 1
1Long Beach State3
1Long Beach State3
8 Fort Valley State 0

Schedule and Results

All times Eastern.. [12]
All matches except the championship will stream on ESPN+. The championship will be televised on ESPN2.

MatchTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReferees
Opening Round – Friday, May 2
17:00 p.m. Penn State at Daemen 3–0
(23–25, 21–25, 22–25)
400Ryan Maxwell & Rick AlbanoKurt Fulmer, Bill Wolf, Kristen Hanula, Joshua Galasso
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8
211:00 a.m. UCLA vs. Belmont Abbey 3–0
(25–18, 25–21, 25–19)
2,263Luke Williams & Gabe EakerStephen Shepherd, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines
31:30 p.m. Hawai'i vs. Penn State3–1
(25–19, 21–25, 25–23, 25–23)
45:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Fort Valley State 3–0
(25–21, 25–16, 25–16)
57:30 p.m. Loyola Chicago vs. Pepperdine 1–3
(25–18, 26–28, 13–25, 20-25)
Semifinals – Saturday, May 10
65:00 p.m.Long Beach State vs. Pepperdine3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–19, 25–23)
3,342Gabe Eaker & Hanna Williford
78:00 p.m.Hawai'i vs. UCLA0–3
(14–25, 23–25, 23–25)
Sergio Gonzalez, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines
National Championship – Monday, May 12
87:00 p.m.Long Beach State vs. UCLA3–0
(25–17, 25–23, 25–21)
3,063 Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett (ESPN2)
Cristina Millán & Paulina García Robles (ESPN+ SAP)
Sergio Gonzalez, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines

All Tournament Team

References

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  2. "2025 NCAA men's volleyball championship: Selection show info, bracket, schedule | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
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  4. "Hawaii men's volleyball beats Long Beach State to win Big West". Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  5. "Belmont Abbey captures second straight Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Championship crown". conferencecarolinas.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  6. "Penn State surges to 3rd straight EIVA title". eivavolleyball.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  7. "Loyola Chicago Claims 2025 MIVA Tournament Title". mivavolleyball.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  8. "No. 4 seed Pepperdine Hosts No. 2 Seed USC for MPSF Title". mpsports.org. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  9. "Repeat Complete! Daemen Reigns Again In NEC Men's Volleyball". northeastconference.org. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  10. "Fort Valley State Repeats as SIAC Champions, Earns Return Trip to NCAA Tournament". WMGT-TV . Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Long Beach State is top seed, UCLA is No. 3 for NCAA men's volleyball tournament". Orange County Register . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
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