LEXINGTON, Ky. - TCU head coach Hector Gutierrez was selected as the 2023 AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball National Coach of the Year, the organization announced on Monday. The leader of the Horned Frogs' beach program and two-time CCSA Coach of the Year (2022-23) guided his program to a 37-3 overall record and its first No. 1 national ranking on March 7. TCU started the season 29-0 and held the top spot in the nation for six consecutive weeks.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two-time CCSA Pair of the Year, Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno of TCU were named as 2023 AVCA Beach Volleyball National Pair of the Year, the organization announced on Monday. Alvarez and Moreno were the CCSA Pair of the Tournament after leading their Horned Frogs squad to their first CCSA Championship Title.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Five Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Beach Volleyball pairs earned AVCA All-American Honors announced by the organization on Thursday. TCU's No. 1 Tandem of Daniela Alvarez and Tania was joined by Florida State's pair of Maddie Anderson and Paige Kalkhoff and LSU's Kylie DeBerg and Ellie Shank to earn First Team honors. Allison Hansen and Abbie Hughes represented Grand Canyon and Skylar Allen and Simone Priebe represented South Carolina as both duos were Second Team honorees.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - TCU was on a mission to capture the 2023 CCSA Beach Volleyball Championship on Saturday, April 29, at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala. The Horned Frogs earned the program's first championship banner by sweeping #4 Grand Canyon, 3-0, and getting revenge over the Lopes from Thursday's second round match.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Grand Canyon continued to swing all the way to the CCSA Beach Volleyball Championship Final on Friday to highlight four more exciting and high-intensity matchups at the John Hunt Beach Volleyball Complex. The Lopes await the winner of #1 TCU and #3 LSU who play at 10:30 AM CT on Saturday. TCU stalled Florida State's quest for a seventh-straight title as the league will crown a new champion for the first time since its inception in 2016.
ATLANTA - The 2023 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Beach Volleyball Championship begins on Thursday, April 27 at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala. The league's seventh championship action gets underway at 9:30 AM CT and concludes with the championship final starting at 1:30 PM CT on Saturday, April 29.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The 2023 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Beach Volleyball Championship got off to a hot start Thursday morning at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala. Third-seeded LSU and #4 Grand Canyon were zeroed in on their quest through the winner's bracket with both set to meet on Friday at 12:30 PM CT in a semifinal dual. The four-match day started with GCU defeating #5 South Carolina and LSU topping #6 Missouri State in the first round. The Lopes and Tigers continued their momentum into a pair of upset victories over top-seeded TCU (3-0) and #2 Florida State (3-1), respectively.
ATLANTA - For the sixth consecutive season, the CCSA Beach Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year hails from Florida State as Paige Kalkhoff earned the honor for the 2023 season, the league office announced on Wednesday. Kalkhoff is joined by nine other student-athletes to be named to the 2023 All-Academic Team.
ATLANTA - TCU's Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno highlighted the CCSA Beach Volleyball Postseason All-Conference accolades with their second consecutive Pair of the Year honor, as voted on by the league's head coaches, announced Wednesday by the league office. The Horned Frogs' Anhelina Khmil earned the Freshman of the Year nod while Head Coach Hector Gutierrez was named the Coach of the Year.
ATLANTA – Grand Canyon's Krista Rowan and Brooke Birch were named the final CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week winners for the 2023 season, the league office announced on Tuesday. The Lopes' duo completed the regular season with four victories on Court 4 and 5 against No. 9 California, No. 10 Stanford, Saint Mary's and Santa Clara to lead GCU on a 3-1 weekend.
ATLANTA - The 2023 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Beach Volleyball Championship begins on Thursday, April 27, at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala. The action for the league's seventh championship gets underway at 9:30 AM CT and concludes with the championship final starting at 1:30 PM CT on Saturday, April 29.
ATLANTA - The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) announced Thursday that tickets for a VIP experience at the 2023 Beach Volleyball Championship are now available for purchase. This year's championship event begins on Thursday, April 27 at the John Hunt Sand Volleyball Complex in Huntsville, Ala.
ATLANTA – South Carolina was featured for the first time this season as Skylar Allen and Simone Priebe were named CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. The Gamecocks' No. 1 pair posted a 4-0 weekend and became the first duo in program history to notch 20 victories together on Court 1.
ATLANTA – LSU's Lara Boos & Ella Larkin claimed the CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Tigers' pair earned two victories over No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 3 Florida State on the opening day of the Unconquered Invitational in Tallahassee, Fla.
ATLANTA – Clinching the match point in Florida State's upset bid over No. 2 UCLA landed Anna Long and Jordan Polo CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week accolades, the league office announced on Wednesday. Long and Polo topped their Bruins counterparts, 21-18, 16-21, 15-12, leading the Seminoles to victory. The pair also tallied ranked wins over No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 8 Hawai'i in the East-West Invitational.
ATLANTA – TCU's Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno earned their third CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors this season, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Horned Frog pair were also named the AVCA/CBVB Pair of the Week on Monday after a 4-0 week including ranked victories over No. 6 Grand Canyon (21-12, 21-19), No. 9 California (21-13, 21-12) and No. 15 Florida International (21-10, 21-13) as well as a straight set win over Texas (21-10, 21-12).
ATLANTA – The Florida State Seminoles garnered the team's first CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors as Alexis Durish and Makenna Wolfe had a strong week in the sand to land the duo's first career honor, the league announced on Wednesday. Durish and Wolfe posted a perfect 5-0 record all against ranked opponents on the week.
ATLANTA – TCU's Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno earned their second consecutive CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Horned Frog pair went 4-0 in straight sets on the week including two victories over #4 LSU, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Southern Miss.
ATLANTA – TCU's No. 1 duo of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno earned CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors, the league office announced on Wednesday. The Horned Frog pair went 4-0 on the week including the match point in the Frogs' upset victory over fellow league member No. 2 Florida State (21-15, 21-15). The pair also topped 10th-ranked Georgia State's No. 1 pair (21-19, 21-14), FGCU and Tampa at the Tampa Invitational. Alvarez and Moreno helped TCU improve to 8-0 to begin the season and earned the first No. 1 national ranking in program history.
ATLANTA – Grand Canyon duo Abbie Hughes and Samaya Morin posted a 4-0 week on Court 2 to become the program' first-ever CCSA Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week, announced Wednesday by the league office. The Antelopes' pairing earned two straight-set wins against ranked opponents in #4 USC and #14 Long Beach en route to their undefeated start this season while also besting Concordia and CSUN opponents in the opening tournament.
ATLANTA - TCU's Daniela Alvarez was named the Preseason Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, highlighting the 2023 CCSA Beach Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team, announced Wednesday by the league office. The Horned Frogs earned a league-best three preseason selections as Sutton McTavish and Tania Moreno were also featured on the preseason team. Florida State (Maddie Anderson and Paige Kalkhoff) and South Carolina (Kaeli Crews and Simone Priebe) earned two selections along with league newcomer Grand Canyon (Allison Hansen and Allanis Navas). LSU's Kylie DeBerg rounded out the 10-person team before the season begins on Feb. 23.
The Hauge, Netherlands (lsusports.net) – LSU’s Kylie Deberg competed for the International Volleyball Federation representing the United States along with Hailey Harward, a USC graduate, at the FIVB Futures Event in The Hauge, Netherlands.
BATON ROUGE (lsusports.net) – LSU Beach Volleyball’s Kylie DeBerg and Ellie Shank secured another national title at the USA Volleyball Men’s and Women’s Beach Collegiate Challenge in Huntington Beach, California over the weekend competing against 32 pairs from top programs in the country.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (gculopes.com) — The Grand Canyon beach volleyball team wrapped its fall season with a strong showing at the American Volleyball Coaches Association Fall Collegiate Beach Championships on Sunday. Both of the pairs the Lopes sent to the championships placed in the event's top 10.
FORT WORTH (gofrogs.com)– Ana Vergara and Sutton MacTavish took silver at the first ever AVCA Pairs Championship this weekend in Huntsville, Ala. Teammates Daniela Alvarez and Anhelina Khmil took third in the 17th bracket.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (lsusports.net) – LSU Beach Volleyball’s Kylie Deberg and Ellie Shank claimed the first ever Fall AVCA Pairs National Championship over the weekend in Huntsville, Alabama, proving to be the best pair in the nation, competing in a field with 64 invitation-only pairs from some of the top programs in the country.
ATLANTA - Five CCSA programs are prepared to play in the inaugural AVCA Fall Collegiate Beach Championship in Huntsville, Ala., announced Wednesday by the organization. The event, which will be held Nov. 4–6, features six-time CCSA Champion Florida State, 2022 newcomer, Grand Canyon, LSU, South Carolina and TCU competing for the women's pairs national championship.
TCU's Hector Gutierrez Selected As 2023 AVCA National Coach of the Year
May 08, 2023LEXINGTON, Ky. - TCU head coach Hector Gutierrez was selected as the 2023 AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball National Coach of the Year, the organization announced on Monday. The leader of the Horned Frogs' beach program and two-time CCSA Coach of the Year (2022-23) guided his program to a 37-3 overall record and its first No. 1 national ranking on March 7. TCU started the season 29-0 and held the top spot in the nation for six consecutive weeks.
