Ryan Moss had 18 kills, 9 digs and 4 blocks and Jack Wyett added 14 kills with 5 blocks to help the No. 10-ranked USC men's volleyball team defeat Concordia, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Saturday (March 16) in USC's North Gym.

USC improved to 12-8 overall and 4-4 in the MPSF, while Concordia fell to 10-14 overall and 1-6 in league play.

The match was played in the quaint North Gym, the original home of USC volleyball, because of a scheduling conflict in the Galen Center.

Before the match, USC's 1988 NCAA championship team was honored.  Behind the play of Jen-Kai Liu, Tom Duke, Bryan Ivie and Lawrence Hom, the Trojans came back from a 2-set deficit to beat UC Santa Barbara for the program's third NCAA crown.  

USC hit .304 to Concordia's .202.  USC had more blocks (9.5 to 6.0) and digs (34 to 30).

Moss hit .412 and Wyett hit .500.  Teammate Gianluca Grasso added 11 kills and 7 digs and Matt Douglas had 7 digs.

For Concordia, Raymond Barsemian had 13 kills and 9 digs, Jordan Hoppe had 8 kills, 9 digs and 3 aces and Zachary Meyer had 8 kills.

Concordia scored 6 consecutive points to jump out to a 6-1 lead in the first set and USC could never catch up as the Eagles hit .391 and served 2 aces.  USC ran off 6 straight points to go up 10-5 in the second set and were never threatened while hitting .455.  The third set was tight until USC tallied back-to-back points for move ahead, 18-16, and the Eagles couldn't recover.  In the fourth set, USC slowly built leads of 6-4, 10-7, 15-11 and then 20-16, enough of a cushion to capture the match.

USC next hosts No. 1 Long Beach State, the defending NCAA champion, in a non-conference match on Saturday (March 23) at 7 p.m. PT, also in the North Gym.