TEMPE – No. 12 Sun Devil Beach Volleyball is set for the 2026 Big 12 Beach Volleyball Championship presented by Allstate this Thursday and Friday, April 23-24, in Tucson, Arizona, at Bear Down Beach.
The format of this year’s conference championship will be different with the different teams in the league this season. There are two pools, which will face each other in pool play on Thursday. Arizona State, the No. 3 seed, is in pool B with No. 2 seed TCU and No. 6 seed Arizona. Pool A has No. 1 seed Florida State, No. 4 seed South Carolina and No. 5 seed Boise State.
Based on how teams perform, they will be seeded appropriately in the single elimination bracket on Friday, which will begin at 9 a.m. and will see the championship dual at 3:30 p.m. between the final two teams.
For all duals, the five courts will play at the same time with a clinch ending the dual even if some courts did not finish their match. All duals will be streamed on ESPN+ and there will be live scoring on StatBroadcast.
Sun Devil outlook
No. 12 Arizona State (17-13)
- The Sand Devils are coming off a tight dual at No. 10 Long Beach State last week that saw the Beach take a 3-2 victory. ASU got wins from seniors Daniella Kensinger and Reagan Hope on the twos court and sophomores Layla Williams and Zoe Taylor on the fives court.
- Arizona State is 9-13 against ranked teams this season. Heading into the Big 12 Tournament, the Sand Devils are 4-1 against the teams in their pool (1-1 against TCU, 3-0 against Arizona).
- Under head coach Kristen Glattfelder, Arizona State has 27 ranked wins, including five over teams ranked in the top 10.
- The Sun Devils started out the 2026 season 5-0 in ranked matchups, including a 4-1 victory over the defending champions, then-No. 5 TCU, in the opening weekend.
- Redshirt seniors Ava Kirunchyk and Samaya Morin hold a team-best 19-7 pairs record, with all of their appearances coming on the top court. In their two years playing together, Kirunchyk and Morin are 27-12 as a pair.
- Kirunchyk also holds a 21-9 record, the most wins of any Sand Devil so far this season. She is tied for the 11th-most wins in a single season in team history.
- Junior Kristin Gilmour and senior McKenna Flaherty have the next highest win total as a pair, going 17-10 so far this season. Most of their appearances have come on court 4, where they hold a 16-6 record.
- Three Sun Devils are close to the 20-win mark, with Arden Besecker, Flaherty and Morin each having 19.
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