Coastal Carolina 2, Texas State 3
 
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FOLEY, Ala. – No. 15 Texas State (24-2) upset No. 12 Coastal Carolina (18-1) in a five-set thriller (20-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 15-6) to be named the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions for the third consecutive year on Sunday afternoon at the Foley Event Center. It is the Bobcats fourth overall Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship and they become the first league member to three-peat since Little Rock in 1997-99.
 
Senior middle blocker Tyeranee Scott was named to the All-Sun Belt Tournament team and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player in the tournament. Scott is the fourth Sun Belt Conference Most Outstanding Player in program history, including Caylin Mahoney (2013), Madison Daigle (2018), and Cheyenne Huskey (2019). Junior setter Emily DeWalt also joined Scott on the All-Sun Belt Tournament team.
 
"We are feeling really good right now," said head coach Sean Huiet. "This season I preached all year that it is going to take everyone to win this thing. We had to overcome a lot of adversity in 2020 like everyone else, but what I think makes this team so unique is that you never knew whose night it was going to be. Anyone's number can be called at any time and they are always ready to step up. Coastal Carolina is a great team and we knew it was going to be a five-set battle. I thought we played ok, but we were a little too focused and tensed early on. I had to tell them to throw out the game plan and just play volleyball and once they relaxed, I saw the momentum shift."
 
It took five sets for the Bobcats to overcome the Chanticleers. The Chanticleers held the advantage in hitting percentage (.252-.241) and kills (62-61), but the Bobcats matched a season-high nine aces while holding Coastal to zero aces and 13 service errors. CCU is the fifth opponent the Bobcats held to no aces. Both teams tied with 13 blocks. 

 
2020 Sun Belt Volleyball All Tournament Team
 
Ani Bozdava, Coastal Carolina
Emily DeWalt, Texas State
Cheyenne Hayes, Tory
Laura Jansen, Little Rock
Anett Nemeth, Coastal Carolina
Most Outstanding Player, Tyeranee Scott, Texas State