ATLANTA -- The Georgia State beach volleyball program, coming off a conference title and NCAA Tournament run in 2022, has a new home as the Sun Belt Conference has added beach volleyball as its 19th sponsored sport, beginning this spring with the 2023 season.
Georgia State finished 2022 ranked No. 7 in the AVCA national poll with a school-record 28 victories. Competing in Conference USA, the Panthers won the C-USA title to earn an automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship for Georgia State's third appearance in the national championship tournament. Once there, the 10th-seeded Panthers won a pair of matches, including an upset over No.