The UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights on Sunday, April 27, to commemorate Texas Beach Volleyball’s 2025 CCSA Conference championship, in their first year as a team. Per tradition, the University recognizes UT sports programs that win a conference team championship with an all burnt orange lighting of the campus landmark. The team will meet at the Tower to take their photo this evening.

No. 7 Texas Beach Volleyball earned a 3-0 sweep over No. 8 Florida State on Saturday to win the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Tournament championship at the LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium. With the victory, the Longhorns (27-9) claimed their first conference title in their first season in the league.

In Saturday’s championship match, the No. 4 pair of Noa Sonneville and Macey Butler gave Texas an early 1-0 lead with a 21-16, 14-21, 15-12 victory. In a back-and-forth duel that featured 11 match points in the decisive third set, the No. 2 duo of Emma Grace Robertson and Katie Hashman claimed a 21-16, 14-21, 24-22 win to increase UT’s cushion to 2-0.

The No. 3 pair of Maddison Parmelly and Karin Zolnercikova then clinched the tournament championship for the Longhorns with a 21-7, 16-21, 15-10 win.

The CCSA All-Tournament Team was announced following Saturday’s championship match. A trio of Longhorn pairs were selected to the team, including Sonneville/Butler, Zolnercikova/Parmelly and Robertson/Hashman. In addition, Robertson and Hashman were chosen as the Pair of the Tournament.

On Sunday, it was announced that No. 7 Texas Beach Volleyball earned its first-ever spot at the NCAA Championships as the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 California at Gulf Place in Gulf Shores, Ala., on Friday, May 2 at 1 pm.

Should Texas win its first match, the Longhorns would advance and play either No. 2 TCU or No. 15 Georgia State on May 3.

Texas and Cal have a 1-1 record this season with both matches going to five sets. The Bears took the last meeting, 3-2, on March 21 at home. It was one of just two losses the Longhorns had at home this season. The Longhorns are also one of two teams (Boise State) making its first appearance in the 16-team tournament next weekend.