Women's Volleyball | November 30, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO – The 14th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (22-9) had five student-athletes named for 2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Volleyball All-Academic honorable mention as announced on Thursday, Nov. 30, by Commissioner Larry Scott. In order to be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average, and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
 
Senior middle blocker Jordan Dunn (Corona HS/Corona, Calif.), senior setter Reni Meyer-Whalley (Marymount HS/Los Angeles, Calif.), and junior libero Victoria Garrick (Sacred Heart Preparatory/Atherton, Calif.) each received their second honorable mention nods. All three Women of Troy also received honorable mention in 2016. Senior opposite hitter Brittany Abercrombie (La Costa Canyon HS/Carlsbad, Calif.) and sophomore outside hitter Daley Krage (Saint Charles North HS/Saint Charles, Ill.) were each chosen for honorable mention for the first times in their careers.
 
14th-ranked USC (22-9) received the 10th seed into the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship and will host first- and second-round matches at Galen Center this week. The Trojans open their tournament run against Southland Conference champion Central Arkansas (27-4) on Friday (Dec. 1) at 7 p.m. PT. In the other first-round match, West Coast Conference champ No. 9 San Diego (24-4) faces Louisiana State (20-9) at 5 p.m. Winners of the two first-round matches will meet on Saturday (Dec. 2) at 5 p.m. in the second round. All matches will be streamed live on the USC Pac-12+ platform at http://www.pac-12.com/live/usc.
 
For more information on the USC women's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com. To purchase tickets, please visit USCTrojans.com/tickets. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Periscope, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram.