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2026 Women's Beach Volleyball Program

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10 a.m.

12 p.m.

2 p.m. PT

4 p.m. PT

Friday, April 24

10 a.m. PT

12 p.m. PT

Friday, April 24

2:30 p.m. PT

4:30 p.m. PT Semifinals

Saturday, April 25

10 a.m. PT

Championship

1 p.m. PT

April 25

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

Invitational Staff

NAIA Staff

NAIA President/ CEO

Director of Championships Marc Burchard Director of Athletics Communications

Officials

Joseph Hernandez

Tony Hill

Kelly Jacobs

Elvin Ottley

Gigi Prieto

Felicia Sardella

Julie Windall

Miguel Gomez

Summer Vicknair Senior Championship Manager

Green Vice President of Championships

Jim Carr Senior Manager of Athletics Communications

Officials

Joseph Hernandez

Tony Hill

Kelly Jacobs

Elvin Ottley

Gigi Prieto

Felicia Sardella

Julie Windall

Miguel Gomez

Abby Schultz

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

Coordinator of Officials

Coordinator of Officials

Summer Vicknair

Tie-Break Procedures

The following procedure is to be used to determine the place in pool play and cannot eliminate a team from the competition:

1 . Overall Match Record

2 . Head-to-Head Competition

3 . Individual Match won/lost

4 . Sets won/lost

5. Point Differential

6 Team’s Seed Entering Invitational If there is a three-way tie, no single sets will be played . The highest-ranked team based on the tie-breaking procedures (Individual Match Won-Lost, Sets Won – Lost, Point Differential, Team’s Seed Entering the Invitational) will advance to bracket play as the top team . The team that won the head-to-head match between the remaining two teams will be the second-highest team, with the last team being third . All three teams will then move to bracket play accordingly .

QUARTERFINALS APRIL 24

Pool B 4 Pool A 2 Pool A 3 Pool A 4 Pool A 1 Pool B 2 Pool B 3 Pool B 1 2:30 p.m.

SEMIFINALS APRIL 25

CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL 25

CHAMPION

2025-26 Conference Tournament Results

Cascade Collegiate Conference

Automatic Berths

AQ 1: Corban (Ore.)

Great Southwest Athletic Conference

Automatic Berths

AQ 1: The Master’s (Calif.)

The Sun Conference

Automatic Berths

AQ 1: New College of Florida

AQ 2: Ave Maria (Fla.)

National Invitational Qualifiers

Two-stop series -

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East + West

$20K+ prize money per stop

Men’s & Women’s Pro

Power Pool format

Winners Travel Stipends

High Level Competition

Tour Stops

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June 6-7

Santa Monica, CA

June 20-21

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Arizona Christian - Firestorm

Roster

No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

Quick Facts

Location ............... Glendale, Ariz. 2026 Overall Record ............ 13-13 X ................... @ACUFirestorm

1 Alyssa Robles 5’ 3” Junior Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS

2 Kapri Espinosa 5’ 6” Senior Santa Maria, Calif./Grand Canyon

3 Abigail Nelson 5’ 9” Senior Edmonds, Wash./Bushnell University

4 Jaiden Zeis 5’ 9” Senior Fargo, N.D./MiraCosta CC

6 Jasmin Joseph 5’ 9” Junior Tucson, Ariz./Pima CC

7 Emily Casner 5’ 10” Freshman Mariposa, Calif./ Yosemite HS

9 Lilly Petersen 5’ 4” Freshman Santa Rosa, Calif./Windsor HS

10 Abby Siebert 5’ 6” Freshman Spokane, Wash./Ridgeline HS

11 Emee Fellens 5’ 6” Senior Peoria, Ariz./MiraCosta CC

12 Ashlynn Craven 5’ 5” Junior Fallbrook, Calif./ Palomar College

14 Jaclyn Stone 5’ 8” Freshman Fort McDowell, Ariz./Cicero Preparatory Academy

15 Bekah Thoenen 5’ 8” Freshman St. Charles, Mo./Westminster Christian Academy

18 Olivia Louie 5’ 5” Junior Salt Lake City, Utah/Big Bend CC

19 Haley Tedrow 6’ 0” Senior Lake Isabella, Calif./Bakersfield College

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Vanessa Burwick

Assistant Coach: Misty McCall

Ave Maria (Fla.) - Gyrenes

Roster

Quick Facts

Location .............. Ave Maria, Fla.

2026 Overall Record ............. 15-3 X ....................... @Gyrenes

No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

1 Inês Lopes 5’ 3” Senior Aveiro, Portugal/Santa Ana College

2 Abbey Grose 5’ 6” Senior Brighton, Mich./St. Catherine of Siena

3 Ryan Getz 5’ 6” Junior Wixom, Mich./St. Catherine of Siena

4 Elle Malczewski 5’ 9” Junior Maumee, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy HS

5 Adriana Bravo 5’ 10” Graduate Student Caracas, Venezuela/Florida College

6 Greta Heiney 5’ 10” Sophomore Wentzville, Mo./St. Dominic HS

7 Maylis Detar 5’ 7” Freshman San Jose, Calif./Thomas More HS

8 Beatriz de Souza Rissi 6’ 0” Senior Sao Paulo, Brazil/Barton CC -

10 Katherine Lyons 5’ 6” Senior Gaffney, S.C./St. Joseph’s Catholic HS

11 DeAnna Barrett 5’ 8” Junior Parma, Mich./Western HS

12 Emily Child 6’ 0” Junior El Dorado Hills, Calif./CSU Monterey Bay

13 Maria Teixeira 5’ 10” Freshman Lisboa, Portugal/Escola secundária de Miraflores

15 Mara Delyon 5’ 8” Freshman Wixom, Mich./St. Catherine of Siena

16 Ava Winkler 5’ 8” Freshman Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny HS

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Teigan McCormick

BATTLE FOR THE RED BANNER

Corban (Ore.) - Warriors

Roster

Name

Quick Facts

School

2 Emmi Marks 5’ 10” Senior Salem, Ore./West Salem HS

4 Rebecca Wilber 5’ 8” Sophomore Puyallup, Wash./Puyallup HS

7 Alexis Adebodun 5’ 6” Senior Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College

8 Kiarah Bryant 5’8” Freshman Woodburn, Ore./Woodburn HS

9 Jordan Faircloth 5’ 7” Senior Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS

11 Stacie Alexander 6’ 0” Junior Yucca Valley, Calif./College of the Desert

12 Erin Scott 5’ 3” Senior Albany, Ore./Albany HS

13 Jacquelyn Christiansen 5’ 9” Freshman Warren, Ore./Westside Christian HS

14 Emily Blagg 5’ 8” Junior Keizer, Ore./George Fox Univ.

15 Gabi Engels 5’ 9” Senior Southlake, Texas/Univ. of Texas at Dallas

17 Cammie Masanda 5’ 6” Senior Keaau, Hawaii/Kamehameha Hawaii HS

18 Emma Bischoff 5’ 11” Junior Medford, Ore./Rogue Valley Adventist Academy

19 Payton Bazant 5’ 7” Senior Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll HS

24 Allyson Reid 6’ 0” Graduate Student Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Dan Stephens

Assistant Coaches: Jolinn Daviscourt, Aleks Kumelex, Ally Schmidt, Ben Isaac

New College of Florida - Banyans

Roster

Name

1 Alba Romanos Gracia 5’ 10” Senior Zaragoza, Spain/Ventura College

2 Amanda Pizzol 5’ 8” Senior Sao Paulo, Brazi/Cook CC

4 Soraya Nacero 5’ 7” Junior Caracas, Venezuela/Santa Fe College

5 Camryn Deem 5’ 5” Senior Tallahassee, Fla./St. John’s River College

7 Olivia Fenstermaker 5’ 5” Freshman Columbus, Ohio/Genoa Christian Academy

8 Mariana Andrade da Rocha Saba 5’ 7” Senior Belo Horizonte, Brazill/Eastern Florida State College 10 Kayla Gentry 5’ 11” Senior Daytona Beach, Fla./State College of Florida-Bradenton 11 Sibelle Dias 5’ 9” Senior Brasilia, Brazil/University of Texas Permian Basin

12 Morgan McGuire 5’ 6” Junior Brandon, Fla./State College of Florida-Bradenton

15 Jayleen Santiago 5’ 11” Senior Miami, Fla./South Florida State College

16 Maria Luiza Barreis de Araujo 5’ 9” Senior Sao Paulo, Brazil/Kent State

20 Camilla Vaerini

5’ 8” Sophomore Bergamot, Italy/La Traccia

21 Cassidy E Casey 6’ 1” Senior Houston, Texas/Coastal Georgia

28 Jayden Ponsford 5’ 7” Senior Aurora, Colo./Lake-Sumter State College

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Allison Denney

Assistant Coaches: JM Plummer, Sam Gibson

OUAZ (Ariz.) - Spirit

Quick Facts

Location Surprise, Ariz. 2026 Overall Record 20-7 X @OUAZSpirit

Roster No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

2 Romero Postigo 5’ 6” Freshman Madrid, Spain/Engage Independent

4 Marielle Emyvik Ramos 5’ 4” Freshman Surprise, Ariz./Valley Vista HS

6 Gabriela Corrales 5’ 4” Graduate Student Albuquerque, N.M./Southwestern Oregon CC

7 Alicia Romero Postigo 5’ 6” Freshman Madrid, Spain/Engage Independent

9 Shayna Martinez 5’ 9” Senior Downey, Calif./Cypress CC

10 Eliana Dean 5’ 6” Junior Keizer, Ore./Multnomah

11 Giulia Aldi 6’ 0” Junior Bologna, Italy/Orangewood Academy

12 Maya Blake 5’ 10” Senior Post Falls, Idaho/Corban

13 Shea Marovich 5’ 9” Graduate Student Chandler, Ariz./Yavapai College

15 Alexia Luengo Henriques 5’ 9” Junior Alicante, Spain/Rio Grande

16 Julianne Hemphill 5’ 6” Sophomore Liberty Lake, Wash./Ridgeline HS

17 Samantha Baer 5’ 7” Senior Surprise, Ariz./Valley Vista HS

18 Ella Keel 5’ 4” Sophomore El Paso, Texas/Walsh

24 Katelyn Shockey 6’ 0” Junior Champaign, Ill./Arizona Christian

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Viri Serrano

Assistant Coaches: Olivia Andersh, Grace Hughes

Southern Oregon - Raiders

Roster

Quick Facts

Location ............... Ashland, Ore.

2026 Overall Record ............. 19-2 X @SOURaiders

No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

1 Maëlle Garon 5’ 6” Freshman Seyssins, France/Lycee lex Eaux Claires

3 Kendal Hadwick 5’ 6” Junior Klamath Falls, Ore./Henley

6 Kaitlyn Shilling 5’ 10” Senior Roseville, Calif./Sierra CC

9 Jenna Whitmore 5’ 10” Senior Myrtle Creek, Ore./Multnomah

12 Emily Anderson 5’ 8” Junior Sunnyside, Wash./Sunnyside

13 Kira Sandoval 5’ 8” Junior Chelan, Wash./Chelan

14 Molly Grace 5’ 10” Graduate Student Cypress, Calif./Oregon Tech

15 Poppy Freeman 5’ 11” Freshman Medford, Ore./Cascade Christian

16 Kiahla Granger 5’ 8” Senior Oceanside, Calif./Simpson

17 Grace Gulbrandsen 5’ 7” Junior Folsom, Calif./Folsom

19 Andressa Ribeiro Soares 5’ 10” Senior Soa Paulo, Brazil/Fort Hays State

20 Tessa Zimmermann 6’ 1” Junior Albany, Ore./West Albany

22 Amanda Moffat 5’ 6” Sophomore Spokane, Wash./Mt. Spokane

24 Natalie Perez 5’ 4” Junior Portland, Ore./Westview

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Paul Elliott

Assistant Coaches: Acey Reyes, Skyy Nihipali-Botelho

The Master’s (Calif.) - Mustangs

Roster

2 Emma Winter 5’ 7” Junior Fresno, Calif./Clovis West HS

3 Brandy Penberthy 5’ 5” Senior Clovis, Calif./Fresno Christian HS

5 Macy Gebhards 6’ 1” Freshman Tampa, Fla./Newsome HS

6 Jacklyn Guglielmana 5’ 8” Senior Madera, Calif./Fresno Christian HS

Quick Facts

7 Ava Clapp 5’ 6” Sophomore Sarasota, Fla./Classical Academy of Sarasota

8 Abigail Unruh 5’ 9” Freshman Chandler, Ariz./Chandler Prep Academy

10 Addison Brock 5’ 9” Freshman Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield Christian HS

11 Ashlan VanGronigen 5’ 11” Junior Hanford, Calif./Fresno City Community College

12 Krista Brady 6’ 0” Freshman Clovis, Calif./Fresno Christian HS

13 Arianna DeRaffaele 5’ 9” Senior Clovis, Calif./Buchanan HS

14 Zoe Yates 5’ 9” Junior Chandler, Ariz./Chandler Prep Academy

15 Kayla Goodwin 5’ 11” Junior Redlands, Calif./Arrowhead Christian Academy

16 Ashlyn Unruh 5’ 10” Junior Chandler, Ariz./Chandler Prep Academy

20 Isabela Rodriguez 5’ 9” Senior San Jose, Costa Rica/Colegio Saint Francis

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Annett Davis

Assistant Coach: Kasie Hernandez

Wayland Baptist (Texas) - Pioneers

Roster

Quick Facts

Location ............. Plainview, Texas 2026 Overall Record ............. 16-2 X @WBUAthletics

No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

2 Selma Sutaj 5’ 10” Graduate Student Podgorica, Montenegro/Trinity Valley CC

3 Davanee McKinney 5’ 6” Sophomore Evans, Colorado/St. Andrews

5 Aubrie Sierra 5’ 3” Sophomore Lubbock, Cooper/Lubbock Cooper High School

6 Jordan Schlageter 5’ 5” Senior Lenoir, North Carolina/Richard Bland College

7 Lilou Henry--Souquet-Bressand 5’ 6” Junior Marillargues, France/Arizona Western College

8 Luíza Valentim de Souza Januário 5’ 10” Junior Sao Paulo, Brazil/Central Arizona College

9 Carlee Heidebrecht 5’ 10” Senior Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Calgary Christian HSl

10 Frida Espeseth 5’ 10” Sophomore Tonsberg, Norway/International

11 Alaina Baran 5’ 6” Sophomore Albuquerque, New Mexico/Trinidad State Junior College

12 Ana Clara Patruni Birckholz 5’ 9” Junior Sao Paulo, Brazil/Hutchinson College

17 Taisiia Kalchenko 6’ 1” Junior Suny, Ukraine/Eastern Arizona College

18 Averi Penner 5’ 8” Sophomore Calgary, Canada/NA

20 Deniz Yileri 5’ 10” Junior Adana, Turkey/Trinidad State Junior College

22 Milena Alliot--Maslankiewicz 5’ 4” Freshman Romans/NA

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Lucie Mahelova

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