Weather delays, alters NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships Tournament schedule on Friday
Weather delayed Friday's action at the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships Tournament in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
The Florida State beach volleyball Twitter account was one of the first to announce the weather delay at 10:02 a.m. CT on Friday. The delay then lasted 3 1/2 hours.
Matches resumed with No. 5 seed Florida State facing No. 4-seeded Loyola Marymount. It is the second of eight matches scheduled for Friday.
Though eight matches were originally scheduled for Friday, the NCAA announced that Friday's final two matches were being moved to Saturday morning starting at 8 a.m. CT.
Due to the Friday weather delay, Duals 7 & 8 will be played on Saturday morning at 8 and 9 a.m. (Central time). For the complete schedule visit https://t.co/RBiBWEKCIB.#NCAABeachVB pic.twitter.com/VmYmk20sYW
— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) May 6, 2022
Florida State tweeted at 12:25 p.m. CT that matches were now going to resume at 1:30 p.m. CT. And the matches did resume at 1:30 p.m. CT.
🚨WEATHER UPDATE🚨
Looks like the storms are done trying to ruin our day 😅 Tentative start time for 1:30 CT!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼#OneTribe— FSU Beach Volleyball (@FSU_BeachVB) May 6, 2022
LSU confirmed via a tweet at 1:20 p.m. CT that matches are going to start at 1:30 p.m. CT on Friday.
🚨 NCAA Championship Update 🚨
Play will resume at 1:30 p.m. CT in Gulf Shores
The LSU and UCLA match is the third match scheduled. There will be a 10 minute gap from the end of one match to the start of the next.
Catch all the action on ESPNU!— LSU Beach Volleyball (@LSUBeachVB) May 6, 2022
The NCAA announced at 10:28 a.m. CT on Friday that matches were scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. CT.
Friday, May 6 Update: We are currently on a weather delay. Gates will reopen at 12:30 p.m. with duals resuming at 1 p.m. Continue to check here for updates. #NCAABeachVB pic.twitter.com/U0t4mW16ou
— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) May 6, 2022
Before the weather delay, Southern California defeated Florida Atlantic 3-0 in Friday's first match of the day.
USC advances to face the winner of FSU and LMU. FAU now faces the loser of FSU and LMU.
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Southern California won the 2021 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament. USC defeated UCLA 3-1 in the national championship match on May 9, 2021.
Erik Hall is the lead digital producer for sports with the USA Today Network. You can find him on Twitter @HallErik.
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Weather delays NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships Tournament on Day 2
