Two-time defending national champion UCLA will take on top-seeded Long Beach State today in the NCAA Tournament championship match of men’s volleyball in Columbus, Ohio.

The third-seeded Bruins (22-6) face an opportunity for their third consecutive championship and their 22nd in program history.

Long Beach State (29-3) will make its 11th NCAA national championship appearance, looking for its fourth national title in the last seven seasons.

Notably, the Beach defeated the Bruins twice in the regular season, dropping just one set in the combined matches.

But winning the national title is no simple feat, and the Bruins showed in the semifinals they can defeat Hawaii, a team that has defeated Long Beach State twice in its last seven matches.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

No. 9 UCLA will host a regional in its first season as a Big Ten member it was learned as NCAA Division I tournament seeds were announced.

Texas A&M earned the overall No. 1 seed, edging four-time defending national champion Oklahoma for the top spot and leading seven Southeastern Conference teams seeded in the top eight.

Oklahoma won the SEC regular-season title by a game over Texas A&M in its first season in the conference. Texas A&M and Oklahoma tied for the conference tournament title after the championship game was canceled because of bad weather.

No. 3 seed Florida, a national semifinalist last season, and No. 4 Arkansas also represent the SEC. Oklahoma State, which has made five consecutive Women’s College World Series appearances, is in the regional with Arkansas.

The final eight teams in the 64-team field will play in the WCWS from May 29-June 5 in Oklahoma City.

MOTORSPORTS

Kyle Larson made it back-to-back spring race wins at Kansas Speedway, dominating the NASCAR Cup Series race from the pole to win for the third time this season and continue a torrid stretch of on-track success.

Larson, who also has won at Homestead and Bristol, swept both of the stages and led 221 of 267 laps, never giving second-place finisher Christopher Bell and third-running Ryan Blaney a chance to challenge him down the stretch.

HOCKEY

The United States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its second shutout win at the ice hockey world championship.

Canada recorded its second win in two games by routing Latvia 7-1.

Frank Nazar had two goals and an assist, Cutter Gauthier scored twice and Conor Garland and Logan Cooley added a goal and an assist each for the Americans in the Group B game in Herning, Denmark.

“It felt really good, obviously,” Nazar, the 21-year-old Chicago Blackhawks forward, said. “There’s nothing like scoring a goal and getting that feeling, especially after the NHL season’s over, continuing to score and just build that confidence and feel good out there on the ice.”

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 13 shots.

The U.S. had previously blanked Denmark 5-0 and will face Switzerland today.

In Canada’s Group A win in Stockholm, Travis Konecny had two goals and an assist, Kent Johnson scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon, Macklin Celebrini and Barrett Hayton also scored.

Next, Canada plays France on Tuesday.

TENNIS

Defending champion Alexander Zverev advanced at the Italian Open by beating Lithuanian qualifier Vilius Gaubas in straight sets.

No. 2-ranked Zverev won 6-4, 6-0 in the third-round match in Rome and will play France’s Arthur Fils next. Fils beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Laslo Djere 7-6 (2), 6-2 and will next face Karen Khachanov.

In the women’s draw, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka fought back from a set down against Sofia Kenin to advance. Kenin, the No. 31-seeded American, won the first set 6-3, but Sabalenka powered back to take the next two sets by the same score. U.S. Open champion Sabalenka will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round.

Coco Gauff won in straight sets against Magda Linette 7-5, 6-3.

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu went a set down against Veronika Kudermetova, but bounced back to win 5-7, 6-0, 6-1.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Jack Della Maddalena beat Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision to wrest away the welterweight championship in the main event at UFC 315 late Saturday night in Montreal. Della Maddalena (18-2-0) extended his win streak to 18 in a row with a 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 decision.

The loss ended Muhammad’s 11-fight streak dating to January 2019.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Miami Hurricanes linebacker Adarius Hayes was one of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that left three people dead and at least two others injured, police said.

The three who died as a result of the crash were all in a Kia Soul, which collided with a Dodge Durango being driven by Hayes on Saturday afternoon, police said. No tickets or criminal charges have been filed, though the investigation is continuing.

A 78-year-old woman who was driving the Kia has died, police said. There also were two children — ages 10 and 4 — killed in the crash, both of them passengers in the Kia, police said.

Another passenger of the Kia was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said, and Hayes also was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

There were no signs of impairment with either driver of the vehicles, Largo police said.

The Hurricanes have not commented on Hayes’ condition.