Victoria Prince made her beach volleyball and reality TV series debuts the last month. After this weekend in Reno, Nev., both can be judged a success.

Prince, a two-time Rainbow Wahine All-American, took second with partner Jen Abernathy at the inaugural CSTV Collegiate Nationals Beach Volleyball Championships yesterday.

Just as critical, Prince swears she managed to avoid embarrassing herself while CSTV was filming a reality series around the tournament.

"There were people sniping but was I never involved in any of it," Prince said. "I promised my mom I'd stay out of it."

According to CSTV, the series "will document the top 16 women's collegiate senior volleyball players on and off the sand as they transition from the hard-court to the beach game." It was filmed this weekend and during a three-day AVP Invitational Camp held in March in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

The final scenes will be shot when Paula Gentil and Bibiana Candelas, who beat Prince and Abernathy, 21-18, 21-10, in the championship, play at the AVP Crocs Tour Hermosa Beach Open in June.

Prince returns to school tomorrow and hopes to play the AVP tour. She has been training with tour veterans Janice Harrer, Heidi Ilustre and Tanya Fuamatu at Waikiki since her UH career ended in December, trying to regain her passing and setting skills.

"I've been telling everybody I can pass," Prince said. "They just never gave me a chance."

The championships will air on CSTV May 3 and 4 at 3 p.m. HST. It is available on a special digital package in Hawai'i.