TAMPA, Fla., October 3, 2025 – Head Coach Pri Piantadosi-Lima and the University of South Florida beach volleyball program announced the 2025 fall schedule, highlighted by AVCA bid tournaments and a chance to qualify for the AVCA Pairs National Championships.
 
The fall season provides every Bull the opportunity to gain valuable experience ahead of the championship season in the spring. Each tournament offers bid divisions, where programs can qualify up to two pairs for Nationals, along with lower divisions that allow the rest of the team to compete. Last year, USF earned one bid, and the Bulls are looking to match or surpass that with two pairs representing in Huntsville this November.
 
South Florida will open the fall this weekend at the AVCA Collegiate Beach Central Bid Tournament in New Orleans, La. The Bulls will face strong competition from Southern Miss, LSU, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Houston Christian, McNeese, and New Orleans, with games beginning Saturday morning.

Up next, USF heads to Wilmington, N.C., October 17–18 for the AVCA Collegiate Beach East Bid Tournament, before traveling west October 25–26 to Huntington Beach, Calif., for the AVCA Collegiate Beach West Qualification.

Whoever qualifies for the Pairs Championship will head to Huntsville, Ala., November 7–9 for the AVCA Fall Pairs National Championships, while the rest of the team will close out the fall season at the UAB Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., November 8–9.
 
 
About USF Beach Volleyball
The University of South Florida Beach Volleyball program is one of the newest sports at the university, bringing USF Athletics to a total of 21 teams and marking an exciting era for the Bulls. Pri Piantadosi-Lima was named South Florida's first-ever beach volleyball head coach on June 6, 2023. Coach Pri also serves as the head coach of the beach national team development program and was honored as the 2022 USA Volleyball Female Junior Coach of the Year. Before joining USF, she helped lead Eckerd College to its first AVCA national championship and two consecutive NCAA championship podium finishes. USF Beach Volleyball will join Conference USA effective July 1, 2025, and compete in exhibition-style matches until officially starting Division I competition during the 2025-2026 season. 

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