No. 13 USC Sweeps Washington State, 3-0

Saturday, September 17

Pullman, Wash.

7:00 PM

USC

Washington State

No. 13 USC Sweeps Washington State, 3-0

September 17, 2011 | Women's Volleyball

Sept. 17, 2011

Final Stats

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PULLMAN, Wash. - Senior All-America middle blocker Lauren Williams (Houston, Texas) had a team-high 13 kills while hitting .571 (13-1-21) Saturday as the No. 13 USC Women of Troy swept the Washington State Cougars, 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-11), in a Pac-12 Conference match. Junior outside hitter Katie Fuller added 12 kills while hitting .579 (12-1-19) as USC improved to 7-3 on the season with a 2-1 conference mark.

Senior All-America setter Kendall Bateman orchestrated a Trojan offense that hit .447 on the evening, recording 36 assists and five digs. Senior All-America outside hitter Alex Jupiter had 10 kills while hitting .308 with five digs and two service aces.

Meagan Ganzer led Washington State (8-4, 0-2) with 12 kills as the Cougars hit .169 in the match.

"I thought we looked strong, but you could tell this particular road trip had us a little mentally tired tonight," said USC head coach Mick Haley. "We didn't have a lot of hitting errors tonight so that was a key. I thought we served very tough in the match."

USC broke away from a 4-4 tie in the first set with a 15-5 run for the 19-9 lead. Fuller put the set away for the Women of Troy. Jupiter had back-to-back kills in the second set to start another run, later adding back-to-back service aces for the 16-7 advantage. Freshman Hannah Schraer later chipped in back-to-back kills as USC took a 2-0 lead in the match.

A commanding 16-5 run paved the way for the sweep in the third set as freshman Emily Young finished the match for the Women of Troy. The Trojans have won 12 of the last 13 meetings against the Cougars.

USC continues Pac-12 Conference play next weekend against California on Friday (Sept. 23) at 7 p.m. and Stanford on Saturday (Sept. 24) at 6 p.m. in home matches at the Galen Center. Both matches will be broadcast live, along with Gametracker stats, on usctrojans.com.

Notes: Natalie Hagglund has 80 digs (6.67 dps) in her last four matches...Hagglund has a 6.44 dps average in three conference matches this season...Alex Jupiter now has 1,544 career kills, good for sixth place on USC's all-time list...Jupiter needs 32 kills to tie April Ross for fifth place...with two solo blocks, Jupiter recorded her 100th solo block and became just the seventh player in USC history to register 100 or more solo blocks.

USC   25-25-25WSU   17-15-11
Records: USC (7-3, 2-1), Washington State (8-4, 0-2)Kills: Lauren Williams 13 (USC), Meagan Ganzer 12 (WSU)
Team:    USC WSU1   .441    .1472   .429    .3183   .469    .074Match   .447    .169