BERKELEY –The 2024 Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Championship field was finalized Monday, setting up a first-round matchup between fourth-seeded California and fifth-seeded Washington on Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. in Tempe, Arizona.
 
The Golden Bears (22-11) split the two-match regular season series with the Huskies (18-13), winning the most recent meeting between the two programs this past weekend, 4-1.
 
BEARS ON THE AIR
All tournament matches will be aired live on Pac-12 Networks with live scoring also available on CalBears.com.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
The Bears finished second in the 2023 Pac-12 Championship, marking their best outing at the conference tournament in program history. Cal took down Arizona State, host Stanford and second-seeded USC before ultimately falling to top-seeded UCLA, and became the first team other than the Trojans and Bruins to make the final.
 
SELECTION SUNDAY
The NCAA Championship selection show is scheduled for Sunday at 8 a.m. on NCAA.com. The Bears are looking to make the trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama for the third straight year and third time in program history.


BEARS IN THE RANKINGS
After ending 2023 ranked seventh in the final AVCA poll, Cal entered this year with a No. 8 national ranking, three spots higher than its starting spot prior to the 2023 season. Following three weeks of action, the Bears earned their first-ever top-6 ranking from CollegeBeachVB.com and the AVCA Coaches Poll. Cal is currently ranked seventh by CollegeBeachVB.com and eighth in the AVCA Coaches Poll.
 
MILESTONE MADE
Junior Ella Dreibholz picked up a pair of wins at the Stanford Invitational last weekend and became the fourth Bear in program history to reach 75 career wins. She now boasts a 75-28 record and is 22-6 this season.

50-WIN CLUB
Junior Alexandria Young-Gomez and graduate student Lara Boos hit a career milestone last month, reaching 50 career wins as individuals. Boos joined the club with a court-four win over Feather River College on March 26 and Young-Gomez hit the mark with a victory over LSU's court-four pair just three days later.

CAL TO JOIN MPSF IN 2025
It was announced last November that California beach volleyball will be one of seven programs moving to the MPSF for its inaugural season in 2025. Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and Grand Canyon will make up the other six teams in the conference. Cal beach volleyball joins the Golden Bear men's and women's water polo teams as well as men's gymnastics team in the MPSF.

THE STAFF
Meagan Owusu is in her eighth season in charge of the program in 2024. Under her leadership, the Bears have moved into the national conversation of NCAA beach volleyball, finishing 2023 with a program-record 29 wins and ranked in the top 12 for the sixth consecutive year. Joseph Mayer is in his third season overall with the team. He became the program's associate head coach last July, while former volunteer coach Dancer Styles was promoted to assistant coach. The coaching trio helped bring Cal to new heights with its first NCAA Championship win in its second straight appearance last year.

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