Saturday, December 1
Los Angeles, Calif.
7:00 PM
USC
22-11
0
vs
3
San Diego at USC
18-12
1
2
3
F
San Diego
27
25
25
3
USC
25
21
19
0
Team Stats
USD
USC
Kills
46
36
Errors
17
19
Attempts
104
103
Hitting %
.279
.165
Points
56.0
45.0
Assists
45
34
Aces
2
1
Blocks
8.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
2
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
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Trojans’ Season Ends in NCAA Second Round to Toreros
December 01, 2018 | Women's Volleyball, Features
The 11th-seeded Women of Troy were swept by San Diego at Galen Center
LOS ANGELES – The 11th-seeded USC women's volleyball team (22-11) was defeated in three sets (27-25, 25-21, 25-19) by San Diego (18-12) in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship at Galen Center on Saturday, Dec. 1.
KEY PLAYERS
KEY PLAYERS
- Jr. OPP Emily Baptista led all players with 13 kills (3e, 26att) and hit .385 to go with two blocks.
- Jr. OH Khalia Lanier had 12 kills and So. OH Brooke Botkin posted eight.
- Fr. setter Raquel Lázaro dished out 30 assists and had three digs and two blocks.
- Defensively, Jr. MB Jasmine Gross led the Trojans with five blocks and Sr. libero Victoria Garrick led all players with 19 digs.
- For the Toreros, Katie Lukes collected 12 kills (4e, 23att) and hit .348. Lauren Fuller had six kills and led USD with 12 digs. Anna Newsome had 25 assists and four digs to go with a service ace and a block.
- The Trojans allowed an eight-point lead (17-9) to slip away in the first set. Despite having set point at 24-22, USC couldn't hold off the Toreros who came all the way back to claim a 27-25 win in the opening frame.
- San Diego created a sizeable early lead in set two but were caught at 11-all by the Trojans. USC stepped in front for a lead momentarily before USD seized control and wrapped up a .300 hitting set with a 25-21 win.
- USC raced out to a 7-3 lead to open the third, but San Diego used a 7-1 run to claim a 10-8 lead and forced the first USC timeout. The Trojans closed to within a point at 13-12, but Toreros were never threatened again after that as USD built several six-point leads before sealing a six-point win, 25-19, for the sweep.
- USC fell to San Diego for just the second time in 14 meetings. The other loss came in 2013 at Jenny Craig Pavilion when the Toreros upended a No. 1-ranked Trojan squad. USC falls to 12-2 all-time against USD.
- The Trojans fell to 80-33 all-time in the NCAA tournament and to 126-40 in all postseason matches.
- USC moves to 161-37 all-time at Galen Center and to 20-4 in NCAA tournament matches played in the arena (since 2006).
- The Women of Troy faced San Diego in the second round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season and for the fourth time since 2010 (2010, '15, '17, '18). USC fell to 7-1 all-time against the Toreros in NCAA matches.
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