2025 NCAA men's volleyball tournament

2025 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	May 2-12, 2025
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Long Beach State (4th title)
Runners-up	UCLA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Attendance	19,199 (2,400 per match)
Awards
Most Outstanding Player	Moni Nikolov (Long Beach State)
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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 was hosted at Penn State's Rec Hall on May 2, 2025, while the rest of the tournament was hosted by Ohio State University from May 8-12, 2025, at Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio. ^[2] The opening round, quarterfinals, and semifinals were live on ESPN+, and the National Championship was live on ESPN2 on May 12, 2025, with ESPN+ simulcasting it.

Ultimately the Long Beach State Beach won their fourth title, beating UCLA in three straight sets. This is the Beach's first title since their back-to-back wins in 2018 and 2019. This is the second year in a row that a team receiving an at-large won the title.

Bids

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

School	Conference	Record	Berth	Source
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]

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)
						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

Schedule and Results

All times Eastern.. ^[12]
All matches except the championship were streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised on ESPN2.

Match	Time	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters	Referees
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

All Tournament Team

• Finn Kearney, Hawai'i
• Ryan Barnett, Pepperdine
• Zach Rama, UCLA
• Cooper Robinson, UCLA
• Alex Kandev, Long Beach State
• Skyler Varga, Long Beach State
• Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State (Most Outstanding Player)

References

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3. "What to know about the men's volleyball NCAA Tournament play-in match". Off The Block. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
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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. "Long Beach State is top seed, UCLA is No. 3 for NCAA men's volleyball tournament". Orange County Register . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
12. "2025 NCAA men's volleyball championship: Bracket, schedule, scores". NCAA. Retrieved April 27, 2025.