The Trojans will be joined by Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponents UCLA, Stanford, Pepperdine and Concordia, plus non-conference foes UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Northridge and UC San Diego.

USC sophomore middle blocker and USA Volleyball Men's Junior National Team captain Sam Lewis is a force to be reckoned with on the volleyball court. He is also an openly-gay student-athlete. October 11 is National Coming Out Day, and today, Lewis is sharing his "coming out story" and his journey of learning to love the person he is.

LaSance spent the 2018 season as a men's assistant coach at Sacred Heart after serving as an assistant with Central Connecticut's women in 2017.

Patti Lucas Bright, Debbie Landreth Brown, Mick Haley, April Ross, Ken Stanley and Bob Yoder have been named among a group of 27 finalists for the third class of the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Lewis, who started in the middle, had 35 kills and 9 blocks in the 5 matches.

Fifth-year senior Kyle Dagostino and Stanford alum James Shaw helped the U.S. secure a seventh-place finish in the Pan American Cup, defeating Chile in Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico.