The defending national champion Bruins (23-5) and host LBSU (25-2) will be heavy favorites to meet in the final when the eight-team event is held April 30-May 4 at Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid. UC Irvine is seeded fourth.
LBSU takes a pair of tight sets before finishing the sweep in resounding fashion, 27-25, 25-21, 25-17, in the regular-season finale, clinching the top seed for the conference tournament.