TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 6, 2025 – The University of South Florida beach volleyball team will compete this week at the 2025 AVCA Beach National Championships in Huntsville, Ala., with Abigail Lagemann and Josephine Sek representing the Bulls as a pair. The rest of the USF team will compete at the UAB Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., wrapping up the fall season.

The women's pairs national championship runs Friday through Sunday at John Hunt Park, featuring a 64-pair bracket with no pool play. Lagemann and Sek will face Arizona State University in their opening match on Friday at 8 a.m. ET. The tournament includes several top programs from last season's AVCA Collegiate Beach Final Poll, including Cal Poly, Stanford, USC, Long Beach State, UCLA, TCU, Loyola Marymount, Texas, Florida State, Arizona State, California, North Florida, Stetson, LSU, Washington, and Hawaii. Schools earned bids through spring 2025 performance, recent qualifying events, and at-large selections.

In the West Qualification Bid Division competition, Josephine Sek teamed with Zoey Mitchell, taking both No. 3 UCLA and Pepperdine to three sets, with each match decided by just two points after opening against Boise State 1s. The pair played Boise State 3s to a decisive third set, falling 13-15.

Abigail Lagemann, competing with Morgan Anderson, pushed Boise State 2s (receiving votes for national ranking) to a third set, falling narrowly 13-15 in the final frame. The duo also faced nationally ranked opponents No. 8 Florida State and No. 10 Long Beach State, along with Saint Mary's, where they dropped a tightly contested first set 19-21.

Lagemann and Sek enter the National Championships looking to build on those close matches and continue their strong play against top-level competition.
Although the team will be competing across two locations, the weekend represents an important opportunity for South Florida's young program to continue developing on the national stage against top-level collegiate competition.
 
About USF Beach Volleyball
The University of South Florida Beach Volleyball program is one of the newest additions to USF Athletics, becoming the 21st varsity sport at the university and marking an exciting new era for the Bulls. Led by Head Coach Pri Piantadosi-Lima, who was named South Florida's first-ever beach volleyball head coach on June 6, 2023. A nationally recognized leader in the sport, Coach Pri also serves as the head coach of the U.S. Beach National Team Development Program and was honored as the 2022 USA Volleyball Female Junior Coach of the Year. Before joining USF, she guided Eckerd College to its first AVCA national championship and two consecutive NCAA championship podium finishes. USF Beach Volleyball officially competes at the NCAA Division I level as a member of Conference USA, beginning with the 2025–26 season. The Bulls continue to build a championship foundation through elite competition, culture, and player development as they take their place among the nation's top collegiate beach programs.

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