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05/04 14:26 CDT TCU women first school outside of California to win NCAA beach
volleyball championship
TCU women first school outside of California to win NCAA beach volleyball
championship
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) --- TCU's Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno came from
behind to win the final match on Sunday as the second-seeded Horned Frogs
wrapped up their first NCAA women's beach volleyball championship with a 3-2
victory over No. 4 seed Loyola Marymount.
TCU (32-5) is the first school other than USC and UCLA to win the title. The
Trojans won the first two and the previous four, while the Bruins won two
straight in 2018-19.
Alvarez and Moreno, who took a year off to play in the Olympics, returned to
finish unbeaten in four years as a duo. Alvarez and Moreno dropped the first
game 18-21 to LMU's Michelle Shaffer and Anna Pelloia before rallying to win
the final two 21-15 and 15-6.
The Lions (38-7) eliminated No. 5 seed USC in the quarterfinals and top-seed
UCLA in the semifinals.
TCU threes pair Sofia Izuzquizal and Allanis Navas earned a point with a 21-16,
21-13 sweep.
Fours pair Anhelina Khmil and Ana Vergara also swept their way to a point with
21-14 and 21-19 wins. The duo finished 21-0 this season.
The Olympians finished off the championship as the Horned Frogs won 12 straight
to end the season.
LMU twos pair Chloe Hooker and Vilhelmiina Prihti earned a point with a 21-16,
21-17 sweep. Fives pair Tanon Rosenthal and Giuliana Poletti Corrales had the
other point with a pair of 21-16 wins.
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