In the volleyball world's second national championship repeat in as many days, USC took down Pepperdine for the second time in the 2017 NCAA beach volleyball tournament to take home the title.


The Trojans and the Waves met in the semifinal on Saturday, with USC taking that victory 3-0, but Pepperdine vowed to come back through the contenders' bracket, and did just that, defeating Hawaii 3-0 on Sunday morning to punch their tickets to the championship rematch.

In the final, Pepperdine scored first, with No. 4s Anika Wilson and Deahna Kraft defeating Abril Bustamante and Joy Dennis of USC in straight sets. The No. 5s court finished up shortly after, with USC's Jenna Belton and Jo Kremer evening the dual score 1-1.

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Courts 1, 2, and 3 all went to a third tie-breaking set. On court 1, USC's Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes dropped the first set to Maddy Roh and Delaney Knudsen of Pepperdine, but quickly came out to take sets two and three.

On court 2, Pepperdine's Corinne Quiggle and Brittany Howard came back from a deficit in the latter half of set three to tie the overall score back up at 2-2.

It all came down to court 3, where USC's Terese Cannon and Nicolette Martin were locked in a battle with Pepperdine's Skylar Caputo and Heidi Dyer. Cannon's cutty from the right side of the court ended the set, the match, the dual, and the season with a 15-13 victory.

Photos by Eric Bouscher