Beach Volleyball Celebration to Take Place May 23

LOS ANGELES – The back-to-back NCAA Champion UCLA Beach Volleyball team will be honored in an on-campus celebration on Thursday, May 23 at Bruin Plaza. The festivities will begin at 4:00 p.m., and the event is free and open to the public.

NCAA Championship t-shirts will be on sale at the celebration, and the championship trophy, the program's second consecutive and UCLA's 117th all-time, will be on display and available for photo opportunities. Free Diddy Riese cookies will be provided to the fans in attendance.

Bruin Plaza is located on Bruin Walk next to Ackerman Student Union and the John Wooden Center. Parking on campus is $12 per day. Short-term parking is available in Lot 4, underneath the John Wooden Center. For parking information and maps, click here.

UCLA won its second consecutive NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on Sunday, May 5, 2019, downing crosstown rival and top-seeded USC, 3-0 in the championship match in Gulf Shores, Ala. The championship-clinching victory came on court three, as senior Zana Muno and freshman Abby Van Winkle defeated USC's Haley Hallgren and Alexandra Poletto, 22-20, 21-13. The Bruins did not lose a match during the tournament, posting a perfect 4-0 record while also defeating Hawai'i (3-2), Florida State (3-0) and LSU (3-0). UCLA, led by Head Coach Stein Metzger, finished the season with a 35-3 overall record. Both of the Bruins' pairs on courts three and five, Muno and Van Winkle and Izzy Carey and Lindsey Sparks were all named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. The win marked UCLA's 117th NCAA Championship across all sports.