No. 10 USC Men's Volleyball to Challenge No. 14 UC Irvine in Two Matches

THIS WEEK
The USC men's volleyball team will challenge UC Irvine twice this week – first on Wednesday (Jan. 26) at 7 p.m. in the Galen Center, and then again on the road Friday (Jan. 28) in the Bren Center in Irvine, Calif. 

The Anteaters are 3-3 on the season and most recently lost a pair of matches at BYU (2-3 on Jan. 21 and 0-3 on Jan. 22). 

Wednesday's match at the Galen Center will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Network with Brian Webber on the call. Friday's road match will be available via live stream (all links found on the men's volleyball schedule page at USCTrojans.com).

FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches in the Galen Center are video-streamed live for free on USCTrojans.com, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network.  USC's online announcers are ex-Trojan player and assistant coach Mark Beltran and onetime Northeastern player/Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne.  Fans also can follow USC home matches through Live Stats at USCTrojans.com and all matches via Twitter (@USCmensvolley).

Live streaming and stat links for away matches can be found at USCTrojans.com.

RANKINGS
USC is ranked 10th in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll.  UC Irvine is ranked No. 14. 

OPPONENT
The Trojans hold a 40-34 record in its series with UC Irvine dating back to 1973. USC is 2-8 in its last 10 matches against the Anteaters and are looking to add two more tallies in the win column. 

Middle blocker Connor Campbell is fourth nationally in blocks per set (1.478).

As a team, UC Irvine is 3rd nationally in assists per set (12.04).