May 6-8, 2016: Beach volleyball, the 90th NCAA championship, begins play in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The sport was placed on the NCAA emerging sports for women list in 2009 and reached championship status faster than any sport on the list. Southern California defeats Florida State 3-0 in the final dual to win the first NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship and begins the tradition of the national championship team jumping into the Gulf of Mexico. May 8, 2016 44
June 6, 1998: Fifty-two records are broken or tied as Southern California defeats Arizona State, 21-14, in the Division I Baseball Championship title game. June 6, 1998 54
June 18, 1970: Southern California wins the first of five straight Division I Baseball Championship titles under coach Rod Dedeaux (who coached the Trojans to a total of 10 titles between 1958 and 1978). June 18, 1970 54
