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National Champions! TCU Takes Home Program's First Title - TCU Athletics
GULF SHORES, Ala. – For the first time in program history, TCU, the tournament's No. 2 seed has won a national championship in beach volleyball after defeating No.
National Champions! TCU Takes Home Program's First Title
The Horned Frogs down LMU at the NCAA Championship
GULF SHORES, Ala. – For the first time in program history, TCU, the tournament's No. 2 seed has won a national championship in beach volleyball after defeating No. 4 LMU 3-2 Sunday morning at the Beach of Gulf Shores.
In a battle of two programs looking for their first national championship, it was TCU that avenged two losses earlier this season to LMU to win TCU Athletics' ninth national title.
The Horned Frogs received wins from all three AVCA Top Flight honorees as Anhelina Khmil/Ana Vergara, Sofia Izuzquiza/Allanis Navas and Daniela Alvarez/Tania Moreno recorded points for TCU.
TCU's winningest pair, this season, Izuzquiza and Navas, won at No. 3, 21-16, 21-13 to remain perfect for the championship at 4-0. The freshman and senior duo end their first time year at TCU 26-2.
Khmil and Vergara won at No. 4, 21-14, 21-19, to finish the season undefeated at 21-0. The duo has tallied 41 wins together all-time.
In a storybook ending, the Olympians, Alvarez and Moreno clinched the match for TCU. After taking a year off and coming back to Fort Worth, the duo three-set thriller at the No. 1 spot, 18-21, 21-15, 15-6. The two have never lost a dual in the four years they've been to NCAA Tournament.
TCU completes its historic season on a win streak of 12 with a record of 32-5.
