GULF SHORES, Ala. – No. 2 overall seed TCU won the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball title for the first time in program history by defeating No. 4 LMU 3-2 Sunday morning at Gulf Shores Main Public Beach. 

Both programs in the Championship final were looking for their first national championship but TCU prevailed by avenging two losses earlier this season to LMU. The win marks the first beach volleyball title by a school in the Big 12 in the Conferece's inaugural season sponsoring the sport. The Horned Frogs are only the third school to secure the Championship trophy since the sport debuted in 2016. 

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 ended the 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. 

Alvarez and Moreno clinched the final point and the title with a three-set thriller for TCU at the No. 1 spot (18-21, 21-15, 15-6). The pair of Olympians took the 2024 season off before helping TCU accomplish a 32-5 season.