CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Top-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi won the 2026 Southland Conference Beach Volleyball Championship with a 3-0 win over No. 4 HCU on Friday.

The Islanders have earned an automatic qualification to the 2026 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships, which will be held at Gulf Shores, Alabama, May 1-3.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi went undefeated throughout bracket play without losing a dual to earn its fourth championship title within the last five seasons.

The championship match between the Islanders and Huskies began with a point in straight sets from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s No. 4s pair Mia Stevens and Saskia Hernandez (21-13, 22-20). The was at Court No. 2 between Duda De Melo and Millie Olsson of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Olivia Zeigler and Hannah Foor of HCU. The Islanders pulled it off in the dual (21-11, 21-23, 19-17) to make it 2-0.

The match point came from the No. 5 pair of Lizzie Denyer and Ashlyn Rough (21-4, 21-11).

No. 2 pair Duda de Melo and Millie Olsson were named the tournament MVP.

The NCAA Division I Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship bracket will be announced on Sunday, April 26 before the first round of competition.