USC Women's Volleyball Set For Meetings with No. 8 Stanford, California

by usctrojans.com
Nov 8, 2022

LOS ANGELES – The USC women's volleyball team (18-7, 10-4 Pac-12) concludes a four-match home stand with contests against No. 8 Stanford (18-4, 13-1) and California (7-17, 0-14) this week at Galen Center. The Trojans take on the Cardinal in a rare Wednesday-evening bout (Nov. 9) at 7 p.m. PT, which will be shown live on the Pac-12 Networks. The Women of Tory and the Golden Bears tangle up on Saturday (Nov. 12) at 1 p.m. PT in a match that will be carried on the Pac-12 Insider streaming platform. When the dust settles on the weekend, USC will have played four home matches in the span of just nine days with just two weeks of the regular season remaining.

MATCH #26 • Wednesday, November 9 • 7 p.m. PT
USC (18-7, 10-4) vs. #8 Stanford (18-4, 13-1)
Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: USC trails, 26-69-1 (.271)
LAST MEETING: L 3-0 (Oct. 23, 2022 • Stanford, Calif.)
STREAK: Lost 10 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 0-10
TV/STREAM: Pac-12 Networks (Anne Marie Anderson)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoStanford.com

MATCH #27 • Saturday, November 12 • 1 p.m. PT
USC (18-7, 10-4) vs. California (7-17, 0-14)
Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif.
SERIES RECORD: USC leads, 66-12 (.846)
LAST MEETING: W 3-1 (Oct. 21, 2022 • Berkeley, Calif.)
STREAK: Won 13 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 10-0
TV/STREAM: Pac-12 Insider (Eli Kleinmann)
OPPONENT WEBSITE: CalBears.com

FIRST SERVE (TL;DR)

  • USC is led by third-year head coach Brad Keller who has the unique experience of having also served as an assistant coach for the USC men.
  • The Trojans return just six letterwinners from last year's squad. Four transfers and seven freshmen make up the lion's share of USC's 17-woman roster.
  • USC is 12-1 at Galen Center this season and has won four straight at home entering the weekend. All-time, USC is 191-53 (.783) at Galen Center.
  • Sr. OH Skylar Fields leads the Pac-12 in kills (460), kills per set (5.11 kps), points (495.5) and points per set (5.51 pps). She is the only outside hitter to rank in the league's top 10 for hitting percentage (.320, 10th).
  • So. S Mia Tuaniga set a new school record with 10 service aces against Colorado (Sept. 30) and recorded only the second rally-scoring era triple-double school history (37 assists, 10 digs, 10 aces). She leads the Pac-12 in aces (47), aces per set (0.50 saps), and assists (11.27 aps).
  • Fr. LIB Gala Trubint ranks second in the Pac-12 in digs (4.02 dps) and earned back-to-back Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week awards (Oct. 10, 17).

LAST TIME OUT: USC earned a 4-0 season sweep of the Arizona schools with a four-set win over ASU and a five-set victory over the Wildcats. The Trojans dropped first sets in each of the contests but earned splits before taking both matches. Skylar Fields produced her eighth-career double-double in the win over the Sun Devils and scored the final point of the match to finish with a career-high matching 27 kills and 12 digs. Gala Trubint racked up two more double-digit digs matches in the two victories to make it 22 on the season.