WAVES AT HIGH TIDE: Pepperdine celebrates winning the 2014 Collegiate Sand Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The championship will have an eight-team bracket that will be played in a double-elimination format. Teams will consist of fi ve pairs of players. The fi rst team to win three of the fi ve matches is the winner, which is similar to how team champions are decided in men’s and women’s tennis. However, unlike tennis, in which national individual champions are crowned in singles and doubles, the NCAA does not plan to name individual or pair champions in sand volleyball. “This is incredible news for the development of young fe- male beach players!” said Lauren Fendrick, professional beach
athlete and UCLA alum. “I believe this is an important step to help develop future success for the USA on the international and Olympic stage. I wish this was approved when I was in college. I would’ve loved to have played beach.”
In 2009, Division I and Division II members named sand volleyball an emerging sport for women, supported by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics. The AVCA has con- ducted a collegiate sand volleyball tournament since 2012 and will continue to do so until the NCAA championship begins in 2016.
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