The 2025 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 54th edition of the NCAA men's volleyball tournament, an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I and Division II men's collegiate indoor volleyball. The single-elimination tournament, which was expanded to nine teams with the addition of an automatic bid for the Northeast Conference (NEC), begins with an opening round match.
The opening round game was hosted at Penn State's Rec Hall on May 2, 2025, while the rest of the tournament was hosted by Ohio State University from May 8–12, 2025, at Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio. The opening round, quarterfinals, and semifinals were live on ESPN+, and the National Championship was live on ESPN2 on May 12, 2025, with ESPN+ simulcasting it.
Ultimately the Long Beach State Beach won their fourth title, beating UCLA in three straight sets. This is the Beach's first title since their back-to-back wins in 2018 and 2019. This is the second year in a row that a team receiving an at-large won the title.
Bids The selection show aired live on April 27, 2025 at 4 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. School Conference Record Berth Source Hawai'i Big West 26–5 Tournament champion Belmont Abbey Conference Carolinas 17–8 Tournament champion Penn State EIVA 14–15 Tournament champion Loyola Chicago MIVA 25–3 Tournament champion Pepperdine MPSF 20–9 Tournament champion Daemen NEC 15–12 Tournament champion Fort Valley State SIAC 18–9 Tournament champion Long Beach State Big West 27–3 At-large UCLA MPSF 20–6 At-large
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Schedule and results All times Eastern.. All matches except the championship were streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised on ESPN2. MatchTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReferees Opening Round – Friday, May 2 1 7:00 p.m. Penn State at Daemen 3–0(23–25, 21–25, 22–25) 400 Ryan Maxwell & Rick Albano Kurt Fulmer, Bill Wolf, Kristen Hanula, Joshua Galasso Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8 2 11:00 a.m. UCLA vs. Belmont Abbey 3–0(25–18, 25–21, 25–19) 2,263 Luke Williams & Gabe Eaker Stephen Shepherd, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines 3 1:30 p.m. Hawai'i vs. Penn State 3–1(25–19, 21–25, 25–23, 25–23) 4 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Fort Valley State 3–0(25–21, 25–16, 25–16)5 7:30 p.m. Loyola Chicago vs. Pepperdine 1–3(25–18, 26–28, 13–25, 20-25) Semifinals – Saturday, May 10 6 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. Pepperdine 3–1(20–25, 25–23, 25–19, 25–23) 3,342 Gabe Eaker & Hanna Williford 7 8:00 p.m. Hawai'i vs. UCLA 0–3(14–25, 23–25, 23–25) Sergio Gonzalez, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines National Championship – Monday, May 12 8 7:00 p.m. Long Beach State vs. UCLA 3–0 (25–17, 25–23, 25–21) 3,063 Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett (ESPN2) Cristina Millán & Paulina García Robles (ESPN+ SAP) Sergio Gonzalez, Joe Gustafson, Dan Swensen, Anthony Hines
All Tournament Team Finn Kearney, Hawai'i Ryan Barnett, Pepperdine Zach Rama, UCLA Cooper Robinson, UCLA Alex Kandev, Long Beach State Skyler Varga, Long Beach State Moni Nikolov, Long Beach State (Most Outstanding Player)
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