No. 6 USC Sweeps Oregon State At Galen Center

Thursday, October 11

Galen Center

7:00 PM

USC

Oregon State

Freshman Geena Urango had a season-high 10 kills, getting her first extended look at outside hitter this season in Thursday's 3-0 sweep of Oregon State

No. 6 USC Sweeps Oregon State At Galen Center

October 11, 2007 | Women's Volleyball

Oct. 11, 2007

Final Stats

LOS ANGELES - Senior All-America outside hitter Asia Kaczor (Wroclaw, Poland/College of Southern Idaho) led No. 6 USC with a team-high 17 kills Thursday in a 3-0 Pac-10 sweep (30-18, 30-23, 30-22) over Oregon State at the Galen Center. Kaczor hit .382 for the match (17-4-34).

USC (15-2, 4-2) received a standout performance from freshman outside hitter Geena Urango (Los Alamitos/Los Alamitos HS), who had a season-high 10 kills and hit .304 to go with nine digs. Junior Jessica Gysin (Los Gatos/St. Francis HS) chipped in 11 kills and eight digs while freshman middle blocker Zoe Garrett (Laguna Beach/Laguna Beach HS) had five kills and six blocks for the Trojans.

Rachel Rourke led the Beavers (8-11, 1-6) with 12 kills on the evening.

USC held Oregon State to a .101 hitting night with the Beavers hitting just .026 in the first game.

A service error by Oregon State made it an 8-8 score in game one and USC responded with six straight points after that to take the lead. Gysin started another run of five as the 12-2 run for the Trojans gave them a 19-10 advantage en route to the game one win.

The Trojans broke away in game two with an 8-2 run with Kaczor earning three kills during the stretch. Bree Knitter's kill sparked four straight points for the Beavers for a 25-19 deficit before Gysin put USC back in the positive column with a kill as the Trojans took the 2-0 match lead.

Kaczor had seven kills in game three as the Women of Troy improved to 36-7 all-time in the series between the two schools.

USC will host No. 19 Oregon tomorrow at 7 p.m. The match will be broadcast live via video webcast on usctrojans.com, courtesy of TrojanTV All-Access.

Notes: USC honored former women's volleyball player Paula Weishoff (1980) for "All-Time Great Night." Weishoff, a three-time U.S. Olympian who was also inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998, will have a banner in her name on permanent display at the Galen Center.

OSU 18-23-22USC 30-30-30
Records: USC (15-2, 4-2), Oregon State (8-11, 1-6)Kills: Asia Kaczor 17 (USC), Rachel Rourke 12 (OSU)
Team:    OSU USC1   .026    .2972   .143    .3613   .139    .275Match   .101    .310