2025 NCAA men's 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) |
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.
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 will stream on ESPN+. The championship will be 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, Hawaii
- 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
- ^ vinnielopes (April 26, 2025). "What to know about the men's volleyball NCAA Tournament play-in match - Off the Block". www.offtheblockblog.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "2025 NCAA men's volleyball championship: Selection show info, bracket, schedule | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "What to know about the men's volleyball NCAA Tournament play-in match". Off The Block. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "Hawaii men's volleyball beats Long Beach State to win Big West". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "Belmont Abbey captures second straight Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Championship crown". conferencecarolinas.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "Penn State surges to 3rd straight EIVA title". eivavolleyball.com. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Loyola Chicago Claims 2025 MIVA Tournament Title". mivavolleyball.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "No. 4 seed Pepperdine Hosts No. 2 Seed USC for MPSF Title". mpsports.org. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "Repeat Complete! Daemen Reigns Again In NEC Men's Volleyball". northeastconference.org. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "Fort Valley State Repeats as SIAC Champions, Earns Return Trip to NCAA Tournament". WMGT-TV. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ^ a b "Long Beach State is top seed, UCLA is No. 3 for NCAA men's volleyball tournament". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ "2025 NCAA men's volleyball championship: Bracket, schedule, scores". NCAA. Retrieved April 27, 2025.