Regular season play has concluded for beach volleybal in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA), which means that the conference championship tournament brackets have been finalized and divided. The tournament will begin on Friday, April 21, in Emerson, Georgia.
The 21-7 Florida St. Seminoles are the defending champions and top seed in the tournament after going undefeated against CCSA opponents. The Seminoles have remained in the top 4 of the AVCA polls all season long, and are currently 4th exactly following a split this weekend with #2 Pepperdine.
#7 LSU brings a 20-straight dual match winning streak into the tournament as the 2 seed in the CCSA. They haven’t lost a match since March 12th.
The bracket is laid out into two pools of 5 teams each, divided in a snaking order based on records in conference play. #1 goes in Pool A, #2 and #3 go in Pool B, #4 and #5 go in Pool A, and so on.
Every team will play each of the other 4 teams in their pool, with the top two from each side advancing to a single-elimination semi-final.
While the top two seeds, Florida St. and LSU, are near-locks for the NCAA tournament, there are significant tournament implications deeper into the field. The 3rd-through-6th seeds, Georgia State, South Carolina, FIU, and FAU, are all still in play for tournament invites with a good performance in the CCSA, but failing to qualify for at least the semi-finals could be a blow to their hopes.
Groups / Seeding
| Pool A | Pool B |
| No. 1 Florida State | No. 2 LSU |
| No. 4 South Carolina | No. 3 Georgia State |
| No. 5 FIU | No. 6 FAU |
| No. 8 Tulane | No. 7 College of Charleston |
| No. 9 UNCW | No. 10 UAB |
Schedule
| Friday, April 21 | |
| 9:00 AM | Match 1 – Florida State vs. UNCW – Courts 1-5
Match 2 – LSU vs. UAB – Courts 6-10 |
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10:30 AM |
Match 3 – South Carolina vs. FIU – Courts 1-5 Match 4 – Georgia State vs. College of Charleston – Courts 6-10 |
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12:00 PM |
Match 5 – Florida State vs. Tulane – Courts 1-5 Match 6 – LSU vs. FAU – Courts 6-10 |
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1:30 PM |
Match 7 – South Carolina vs. UNCW – Courts 1-5 Match 8 – College of Charleston vs. UAB – Courts 6-10 |
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3:00 PM |
Match 9 – FIU vs. Tulane – Courts 1-5 Match 10 – Georgia State vs. FAU – Courts 6-10 |
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Saturday, April 22 |
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| 9:00 AM | Match 11 – LSU vs. College of Charleston – Courts 1-5
Match 12 – Florida State vs. South Carolina – Courts 6-10 |
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10:30 AM |
Match 13 – FAU vs. UAB – Courts 1-5 Match 14 – Tulane vs. UNCW – Courts 6-10 |
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12:00 PM |
Match 15 – LSU vs. Georgia State – Courts 1-5 Match 16 – Florida State vs. FIU – Courts 6-10 |
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1:30 PM |
Match 17 – FAU vs. College of Charleston – Courts 1-5 Match 18 – South Carolina vs. Tulane – Courts 6-10 |
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3:00 PM |
Match 19 – Georgia State vs. UAB – Courts 1-5 Match 20 – FIU vs. UNCW – Courts 6-10 |
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Sunday, April 23 |
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| 9:00 AM | Semifinal 1 – Group 1 #1 vs. Group 2 #2 – Courts 1-5
Semifinal 2 – Group 2 #1 vs. Group 1 #2 – Courts 6-10 |
| 1:00 PM | Championship Match – Winner Semifinal 1 vs. Winner Semifinal 2 – Courts 5-9 |
| Awards Ceremony will follow immediately after the Championship Match | |
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