Sunday, November 18
Tempe, Ariz.
3:30 PM
USC
20-9, 12-6Pac-12
1
at
3
Arizona State
14-16, 5-13Pac-12
1
2
3
4
F
USC
14
19
25
18
1
Arizona State
25
25
19
25
3
Team Stats
USC
ASU
Kills
48
60
Errors
23
20
Attempts
172
151
Hitting %
.145
.265
Points
58.0
74.0
Assists
45
57
Aces
3
3
Blocks
7.0
11.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
OH
/ Women's VolleyballOH
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
L
/ Women's Volleyball
OH
/ Women's Volleyball
L
/ Women's Volleyball
MB
/ Women's VolleyballMB
/ Women's VolleyballPhoto by: Hali Helfgott
No. 14 Trojans Suffer Upset at Arizona State
November 18, 2018 | Women's Volleyball, Features
Sophomore outside hitter Brooke Botkin posted her 11th double-double of the season in the loss
TEMPE, Ariz. – The 14th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (20-9, 12-6 Pac-12) fell in four sets, 25-14, 25-19, 19-25, 25-18, to Arizona State (14-16, 5-13) at Wells Fargo Arena on Sunday, Nov. 18. The Women of Troy dropped the first two sets in a match for the seventh time this season and fell to 1-6 in those situations as the Sun Devils snapped an 11-match losing streak at USC's expense.
KEY PLAYERS
KEY PLAYERS
- So. OH Brooke Botkin posted her 11th double-double of the season (12th career) with 16 kills (7e, 61att, .148), and 10 digs.
- Out of position at OH, Jr. OPP Emily Baptista added 10 kills (6e, 40att, .100) to go with eight digs and a service ace.
- Fr. setter Raquel Lázaro put up 37 assists, and had four kills, four digs, and two blocks.
- Sr. defender Reni Meyer-Whalley led the Trojan defense with 15 digs and had one of the Trojans' three service aces.
- Sr. MB Brittany Welsh contributed eight kills (one short of tying her career mark) and hit .438 (1e, 16att) with four blocks.
- For the Sun Devils, former Trojan OH Alyse Ford led the way with 25 kills (8e, 42att) and a .405 hitting percentage to go with two digs and two blocks. Claire Kovensky added 11 kills and 14 digs while Ivana Jeremic had 10 kills and five blocks. Carmen Unzue totaled six kills and hit .545 with six blocks. Nicole Peterson had the double-double with 31 assist and 18 digs.
- Arizona State was the aggressor to open the match and got nine kills from Ford in the first set alone. The Devils out-hit USC, .375 to .147 in the opening set and had a six-dig edge, 17-11. ASU led by just three at 11-8 but ripped the set open with a big run through the middle and ended with back-to-back kills from Unzue for the 25-14 win.
- The Sun Devils shined down the stretch of the second set. Ford added seven more kills and ASU out-dug the Trojans, 20-13, as it finished with a 5-0 run to seal a 25-19 win for a 2-0 lead in the match. USC hit just .098 in the frame.
- The third set was tied 13 times before USC went ahead for good at 15-14. The Trojans used a short burst to get ahead by four, 20-16, and held on to score on five of the final seven rallies and got a 25-19 win to force the fourth. USC hit .381 in the frame and earned sideout at an 89-percent rate. Despite losing, ASU had a .282 hitting rate with a 70-percent sideout ratio.
- USC wasn't nearly as sharp in the fourth as it hit .000 and had 10 errors to its 10 kills. Arizona State broke an 11-all tie and raced away for a 19-12 lead on the power of an 8-1 run. ASU scored set point at 24-15, but the Trojans wouldn't go quietly as they mounted a 3-0 run, but that was all USC would get as ASU closed out the 25-18 win for the match victory.
- USC returns to Los Angeles to close out the regular season and begins Thanksgiving week as host to Utah (16-13, 8-10 Pac-12) on Wednesday (Nov. 21) at Galen Center. The Women of Troy will honor seniors Victoria Garrick, Reni Meyer-Whalley, Madison Murtagh, and Brittany Welsh in pre-match ceremonies and the match will be streamed live on USC's Pac-12+ platform. The Trojans close the regular season at crosstown rival UCLA on Friday (Nov. 21) at 5 p.m. PT at Pauley Pavilion. That match will be shown live on Pac-12 Los Angeles.
- USC fell to 70-14-1 all-time against Arizona State and had a seven-match winning streak over the Sun Devils snapped.
- The Trojans were without starting All-American outside hitter Khalia Lanier who was held out for concussion protocols for the fourth straight match.
- The Women of Troy fell to 55-25 all-time in the state of Arizona; and to 30-9 in Tempe specifically.
- USC fell behind, 2-0, in a match for the seventh time this season and dropped to 1-6 in those situations. Previously, the Trojans were swept in four matches; lost, 3-1, to Central Florida (Sept. 1); and defeated Syracuse, 3-2 (Sept. 8).
- The Trojans lost to an unranked opponent for the first time since falling to Central Florida on Sept. 1 and suffered only their second loss to an unranked foe all season.
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