USC claims top seed for 2022 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship

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SAN FRANCISCO - The bracket for the 2022 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship is set with reigning NCAA champs and No. 1 nationally-ranked USC (28-1) earning the event’s No. 1 seed. The double-elimination tournament will be hosted by No. 17 nationally-ranked and fifth-seeded ARIZONA (18-9) from April 27-29 at Bear Down Beach in Tucson, Ariz.

The Trojans lead a group of five Pac-12 teams ranked in the most recent AVCA national poll. No. 3 UCLA (28-5), No. 8 STANFORD (23-9), No. 11 CALIFORNIA (23-11) and No. 17 ARIZONA (18-9) are seeded second through fifth, respectively.

USC has won 3-of-5 prior Pac-12 titles (2016, 2017, 2019), with UCLA claiming the other two (2018, 2021). The Trojans (2016, 2017, 2021) and Bruins (2018, 2019) have then gone on to claim all five NCAA national titles.