MADISON, Wis.

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team finished fifth at the Collegiate Nationals Beach Championship on Sunday in San Diego.

Texas won the team title with 14 points, downing San Diego, which finished second with 11 points. Defending champion Nebraska placed third with eight points while Southern California edged the Badgers by one point for fourth place.

“All of our teams had a great day,” said UW assistant coach Colleen Bayer, who traveled with the team. “Everyone had a really great time and loved their experience. It made the whole spring worth it for the team.”

Three of the UW teams won their pools. The team of Nikki Klingsporn and Brittney Dolgner won Flight B with a 2-1 win over Geena Urango and Mychaela Miller from Southern California and a 2-0 win over Leslie Mansfield and Jeannette Abbott from Clemson.

In Flight C, the team of …

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Football is not the only sport where the University of Southern California and the University of Texas have met in legendary championship contests. Ashley Engle and Kiley Hall of Texas defeated Taylor Carico and Jessica Gysin of USC in the 3rd Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship today from Mariner’s Point in San Diego, CA.

The pair of Longhorns defeated the Women of Troy 21-9, 21-12 to win the 2008 Collegiate Beach Volleyball championship as part of the third annual Collegiate Nationals, a first of its kind event that crowns national champions in 11 events. The volleyball tournament, showcasing the nation’s top women’s collegiate volleyball players, was staged by CBS College Sports Network, along with the American Volleyball Coaches …

The Nebraska volleyball teams wraps up the spring portion of its schedule on Sunday, as they head to San Diego for the Collegiate Beach Nationals this weekend. This event, in its third year of competition, brings six of the nation’s top teams to the West Coast for a day of competition. The event, which is coordinated by AVP Tour and the AVCA, begins at Mariner’s Point in San Diego at 10 a.m. (central) with semifinals and finals taking place later that day.

The six teams involved in the 2008 event include the Huskers, USC, Texas, Wisconsin, Clemson and the University of San Diego. The teams are in two three-team pools, with Texas and San Diego joining the Huskers in their side of the bracket. One change from this year from previous years is that the tournament is a team event, as four teams from each …

There is only one event in volleyball that takes the best collegiate volleyball teams and has them showcase their beach skills against top competition. That event is the Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championship, and it arrives in San Diego today.

#1USC (3rd in AVCA poll), #2 Nebraska (5th in AVCA poll), #3 Texas (6th in AVCA poll), #4 Wisconsin (14th in AVCA poll), #5 Clemson (22nd in AVCA poll), and #6 San Diego (25th in AVCA poll) will all be participating in this event and are practicing all day at the game day site Mariner’s Point.

Unlike other Collegiate Nationals championships, the athletes participating in this event are also NCAA athletes. Many of the players have won numerous awards over their collegiate careers on the hard court, including Taylor Carico (USC), Brittany Dolgner (Wisconsin) and Jordan Larson (Nebraska). These athletes were all 2007 …