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]
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.
The selection show aired live on April 27, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
School | Conference | Record | Berth | Source |
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Hawai'i | Big West | 26–5 | Tournament champions | [3] [4] |
Belmont Abbey | Conference Carolinas | 17–8 | Tournament champions | [3] [5] |
Penn State | EIVA | 14–15 | Tournament champions | [3] [6] |
Loyola Chicago | MIVA | 25–3 | Tournament champions | [3] [7] |
Pepperdine | MPSF | 20–9 | Tournament champions | [3] [8] |
Daemen | NEC | 15–12 | Tournament champions | [3] [9] |
Fort Valley State | SIAC | 18–9 | Tournament champions | [3] [10] |
Long Beach State | Big West | 27–3 | At–Large | [11] |
UCLA | MPSF | 20–6 | At–Large | [11] |
Opening Round Friday, May 2 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday, May 8 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, May 10 ESPN+ | National Championship Monday, May 12 ESPN2, ESPN+ (SAP) | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Hawai'i | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Daemen | 0 | 7 | Penn State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Penn State | 3 | 2 | Hawai'i | 0 | ||||||||||||||
3 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Belmont Abbey | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | UCLA | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Long Beach State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Loyola Chicago | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Pepperdine | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Pepperdine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Long Beach State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Long Beach State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Fort Valley State | 0 |
All times Eastern.. [12]
All matches except the championship will stream on ESPN+. The championship will be televised on ESPN2.
Match | Time | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Broadcasters | Referees |
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Opening Round – Friday, May 2 | ||||||
1 | 7:00 p.m. | Penn State at Daemen | 3–0 (23–25, 21–25, 22–25) | 400 | Ryan Maxwell & Rick Albano | Kurt Fulmer, Bill Wolf, Kristen Hanula, Joshua Galasso |
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8 | ||||||
2 | 11:00 a.m. | UCLA vs. Belmont Abbey | 3–0 (25–18, 25–21, 25–19) | 2,263 | Luke Williams & Gabe Eaker | Stephen Shepherd, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines |
3 | 1:30 p.m. | Hawai'i vs. Penn State | 3–1 (25–19, 21–25, 25–23, 25–23) | |||
4 | 5:00 p.m. | Long Beach State vs. Fort Valley State | 3–0 (25–21, 25–16, 25–16) | |||
5 | 7:30 p.m. | Loyola Chicago vs. Pepperdine | 1–3 (25–18, 26–28, 13–25, 20-25) | |||
Semifinals – Saturday, May 10 | ||||||
6 | 5:00 p.m. | Long Beach State vs. Pepperdine | 3–1 (20–25, 25–23, 25–19, 25–23) | 3,342 | Gabe Eaker & Hanna Williford | |
7 | 8:00 p.m. | Hawai'i vs. UCLA | 0–3 (14–25, 23–25, 23–25) | Sergio Gonzalez, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines | ||
National Championship – Monday, May 12 | ||||||
8 | 7:00 p.m. | Long Beach State vs. UCLA | 3–0 (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 |