Friday, October 26
Los Angeles, Calif.
7:00 PM
USC
15-7, 7-4Pac-12
0
vs
3
Stanford
19-1, 11-0Pac-12
1
2
3
F
Stanford
25
25
29
3
USC
19
19
27
0
Team Stats
STAN
USC
Kills
48
36
Errors
10
19
Attempts
102
99
Hitting %
.373
.172
Points
62.0
42.5
Assists
43
34
Aces
6
2
Blocks
8.0
4.5
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
OH
/ Women's VolleyballMB
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's VolleyballPhoto by: Percy Anderson
No. 15 USC Drops Three-Set Sweep to No. 2 Stanford
October 26, 2018 | Women's Volleyball, Features
The Women of Troy fell in straight sets to the Cardinal for the second time this season
LOS ANGELES – The 15th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (15-7, 7-4 Pac-12) suffered a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-19, 29-27) at the hands of No. 2 Stanford (19-1, 11-0) at Galen Center on Friday, Oct. 26.
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- Jr. MB Jasmine Gross racked up nine kills without an error on 13 swings (.692) and had one block.
- So. OH Brooke Botkin led the Trojans' offense with 10.5 points on 10 kills and two blocks.
- Jr. OH Khalia Lanier scored nine kills and had five digs.
- Fr. setter Raquel Lázaro put up 31 assists with eight digs, two blocks, one kill, and one service ace.
- For the Cardinal, Audriana Fitzmorris led with 14 kills (2e, 29att, .414). Kathryn Plummer tallied 12 kills (5e, 29att, .241) with seven digs, two blocks, and a service ace. Setter Jenna Gray had 39 assists to go with five digs, three blocks, three kills, and three service aces.
- The teams were knotted at six-all for the sixth tie of the first set, but the Cardinal put its foot on the gas and ran away to lead by seven at 17-10. The Trojans fought back to close the set, but had too little too late as Stanford won, 25-19. USC hit just .038 in the opening frame while Stanford put up 4.5 blocks and had a .519 hitting rate.
- The second set was also tied six times as the Cardinal came away with another 25-19 win. Despite adding another five service errors (16 total in the match), Stanford overcame its own missteps to post a .467 hitting rate (15-1-30) to hold down the Trojans.
- USC came back from several three-point deficits in the third and grabbed a 14-12 lead by putting together a big 6-0 run. The Trojans maintained their distance and led by three at 22-19, but the Cardinal had other plans and used a 4-0 run to grab a 23-22 lead. The teams went back and forth for a total of 11 ties before Stanford closed with a kill from Fitzmorris in a 29-27 win.
- USC hosts California (12-10, 4-7) at Galen Center on Sunday (Oct. 28) at 1 p.m. PT. The Golden Bears defeated No. 20 UCLA in a 3-0 sweep at Pauley Pavilion earlier tonight. The Trojans and the Bears will be streamed on USC's Pac-12+ platform.
- USC fell to 26-65-1 all-time against Stanford and lost its sixth straight match to the Cardinal.
- The Trojans lost back-to-back matches for only the second time this season (BYU and Marquette, Sept. 7).
- The Women of Troy were facing their fifth straight ranked opponent (14th overall) and fell to 8-6 against ranked foes.
- USC fell to 158-34 all-time at Galen Center and suffered its second loss on home court this season.
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