USC Men's Volleyball Plays Final Regular Season Home Matches This Week Versus No. 5 Pepperdine, No. 3 UCLA

THE FACTS
The USC men's volleyball team (6-16 overall, 2-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) plays its final regular season home matches this week when it hosts No. 5 Pepperdine (13-6, 6-3) on Thursday (March 29) and then No. 3 UCLA (19-5, 7-2) on Saturday (March 31) in a pair of MPSF contests both at 7 p.m. PT in the Galen Center. The UCLA match, which will have Crosstown Cup points on the line, will be shown live on Pac-12 Network and Pac-12 Los Angeles, with Kevin Barnett mikeside.

FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches are video- and audio-streamed live for free on USCTrojans.com and the TuneIn Radio app, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network (those matches only are audio-streamed). Some of USC's road matches are audiocast live on USCTrojans.com and the TuneIn Radio app. USC's online announcers are onetime Northeastern player/Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne and ex-Trojan player Paul Yoder (one of 6 Yoders to have played volleyball at USC). Fans can also follow USC home matches through Live Stats at USCTrojans.com and all matches via Twitter (@USCmensvolley).

RANKINGS
USC is not ranked in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll. Pepperdine is No. 5 and UCLA is No. 3.

OPPONENTS
Pepperdine leads the series with USC, 65-41, and the Waves won the most recent meeting, 3-2 last month in Malibu. USC trails in its series against UCLA, 96-42, and the Bruins have won the last 5 meetings, including 3-0 last month in Westwood. UCLA hosts non-conference opponent UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday (March 28) before visiting USC.

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