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No. 14 USC Sweeps No. 17 UCLA For First Pac-12 Win
September 19, 2018 | Women's Volleyball, Features
The Women of Troy had 15 kills from junior opposite hitter Emily Baptista in a 3-0 victory over UCLA
LOS ANGELES – The 14th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (9-3, 1-0 Pac-12) earned a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-8, 29-27) over crosstown rival No. 17 UCLA (5-3, 0-1) at the Galen Center on Wednesday, Sept. 19, to open Pac-12 play. The sweep is the Trojans' first over the Bruins since 2015 but UCLA's eight-point total in the second set is the fewest points a UCLA squad has scored against USC in the rally-scoring era. The Trojans ran their winning streak to four matches and 12 straight sets.
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- Fr. Setter Raquel Lázaro logged her fifth double-double with 28 assists and 11 digs. She led the Trojans to a .276 hitting rate and had six service aces; the most by a USC player since 2015 (Samantha Bricio).
- Jr. OPP Emily Baptista led all scorers with 15 kills (3e, 25att) and hit .480 with four digs.
- So. OH Brooke Botkin had 12 kills (5e, 36att, .194) and added nine digs.
- On her birthday, Jr. OH Khalia Lanier put up 10 kills (4e, 36att, .167) to go with six digs and a service ace.
- Jr. MB Jasmine Gross patrolled the net for five blocks and scored 13.0 points with nine kills (1e, 18att, .444) and a service ace.
- On defense, Sr. libero Victoria Garrick led all players with 18 digs and had seven assists.
- For the Bruins, Madeleine Gates and Mac May scored eight kills apiece. Zana Muno had 12 digs while Savvy Simo had 13 digs. Kylie Miller dished out 20 assists in relief of starting setter Devon Chang who finished with eight assists and five digs.
- The first set may have been tied six ties, but the Trojans remained in control and held off a late charge by the Bruins to complete a 25-21 win. Gross had five of her kills in the first frame and helped USC hold UCLA to a .089 hitting rate.
- The Bruins mustered only eight points to set a new record low in their series with the Trojans. It was the fewest a UCLA squad has scored in a single set against USC since the rally-scoring era began (2001). Baptista led the Trojans with six kills and had no errors, but Lázaro was key as she served nine straight rallies and earned four of her aces.
- USC led for most of the third set, but the Bruins caught up to knot the score at 20-all and then went in front, 22-20. USC had set point several times but closed the match on a kill by Gross for a 29-27 win.
- USC heads to Boulder, Colo. to face Colorado (8-3) at the Coors Events Center on Sunday, Sept. 23, at noon PT. The match will be shown live on Pac-12 Los Angeles and Pac-12 Mountain.
- USC improves to 58-53 all-time against the Bruins and wins the 111th meeting between the two schools.
- The Trojans matched their season high with their fourth straight match victory and set a new season high with their 12th consecutive set victory.
- UCLA was the seventh ranked foe the Trojans faced this season. The win is USC's fifth.
- USC improves to 33-10 in all-time conference openers.
- The Trojans moved to 155-32 all-time at Galen Center and are still undefeated at home (4-0) this season.
- The win is first-year head coach Brent Crouch's first league victory. USC head coaches are now 4-2 in their first-time meetings with crosstown rival UCLA.
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