Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs The 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament continued Sunday with the first day of Elite Eight action. [ 2025 Women’s March Madness Schedule: Dates, locations, channels, how to watch]First, defending national champion and No. 1 seed South Carolina narrowly took down No. 2 seed Duke, 54-50. Then, top-seeded UCLA defeated No. 3 seed LSU, which won the national title game two years ago, 72-65.The Final Four is in Tampa, Florida on Friday night.Here are Sunday’s highlights!No. 1 seed UCLA reaches its first Final Four by beating No. 3 seed LSULauren Betts had 17 points and seven rebounds despite spending the entire second quarter on the bench, and top overall seed UCLA reached its first Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a victory over LSU on Sunday.The 6-foot-7 Betts added six blocks for the Bruins (34-2), who will face the winner of Monday’s game between USC and UConn. Gabriela Jaquez scored 18 points for the Bruins and Timea Gardiner finished with 15, helping to pick up the slack when Betts went to the bench after committing two first-quarter fouls.Defending national champion and top-seeded South Carolina beats No. 2 seed Duke to return to Final FourChloe Kitts scored 14 points and defending national champion South Carolina reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for a fifth straight year, beating Duke on Sunday.The top-seeded Gamecocks are two wins away from becoming the first team to repeat as champions since UConn won four straight from 2013-16. South Carolina will play the winner of the Texas-TCU game that takes place Monday.Second-seeded Duke was looking to get to its first national semifinals since 2006. That team lost in overtime to Maryland in the title game. The Blue Devils women were also looking to join the men’s program in the Final Four.Reporting by The Associated Press.Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience Women’s College Basketball Get more from Women’s College Basketball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
