No. 16 USC Falls At Washington State, 3-0

Friday, October 16

Pullman, Wash.

7:00 PM

USC

Washington State

No. 16 USC Falls At Washington State, 3-0

October 16, 2009 | Women's Volleyball

Oct. 16, 2009

Final Stats

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PULLMAN, Washington - Meagan Ganzer led with 15 kills and a .458 night (15-4-24) as the Washington State Cougars upset the No. 16 USC Women of Troy, 3-0 (25-17, 28-26, 25-23), in a Pac-10 Conference match. Washington State snapped an eight-match losing streak to USC.

Jackie Albright had eight kills, no errors and 15 digs for Washington State (15-3, 4-3) while freshman libero Oceana Bush chipped in 15 digs and two service aces.

Sophomore outside hitter Alex Jupiter (Hermosa Beach/Redondo Union HS) led USC (13-5, 2-4) with 21 kills and nine digs while recording a career-high four service aces. Junior outside hitter Kimmee Roleder added 15 kills and hit .414 (15-3-29) while sophomore setter Kendall Bateman had 42 assists and eight digs.

The Cougars set the tone right away as WSU posted 14 kills and no errors for a .538 clip in the first set. At 22-22 in the second set, the Cougars blocked back-to-back attempts by the Trojans to lead the way for the 2-0 lead. With a 23-23 score in the third set, Ganzer and Brittany Tillman registered the back-to-back kills to close out the victory for the Cougars.

USC travels to No. 4 Washington tomorrow night for a match starting at 7 p.m. with Gametracker live stats on usctrojans.com.

Notes: Alex Jupiter failed to record a double-double for the first time in five matches...in six Pac-10 matches this season, Jupiter is averaging over five kills per set (5.05 kps) while posting a 3.68 digs per set average...sophomore middle blocker Lauren Williams failed to record a kill in a match for the first time in her career.

USC 17-26-23WSU 25-28-25
Records: USC (13-5, 2-4), Washington State (15-3, 4-3)Kills: Alex Jupiter 21 (USC), Meagan Ganzer 15 (WSU)
Team:    USC WSU1   .132    .5382   .204    .1583   .371    .379Match   .229    .304

USC head coach Mick Haley post-match quotes

"We could not get in rhythm tonight as a team. We just didn't play well at the start. I thought we fought in the second set and had a chance to win that set, but we hit into blocks which hurt us. We utilized the players as efficiently as we could have."

"We have to come in and compete. We need to win a set tomorrow and put Washington on its heels. We have to come and play with a purpose."