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No. 9 USC Men's Volleyball Hosts No. 6 Stanford, No. 10 BYU
March 26, 2019 | Men's Volleyball, Features
THE FACTS
The No. 9-ranked USC men's volleyball team (13-8 overall, 4-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)-- coming off a huge upset sweep over top-ranked, undefeated Long Beach State--returns to MPSF play when it hosts No. 6 Stanford (14-8, 5-4) on Friday (March 29) and No. 10 BYU (12-8, 6-3) on Saturday (March 30), both at 7 p.m. PT in the Galen Center. Troy is undefeated at home in 2019 and sports its ranking since 2015. Both matches will be shown live on Pac-12 Network, with Kevin Barnett mikeside.
FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches are video-streamed live for free on USCTrojans.com, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network (those matches only are audio-streamed live on the TuneIn Radio app). USC's online announcers are ex-Trojan player and assistant coach Mark Beltran and onetime Northeastern player/Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne. Fans also can follow USC home matches through Live Stats at USCTrojans.com and all matches via Twitter (@USCmensvolley).
RANKINGS
USC is ranked No. 9 in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll. Stanford is No. 6 and BYU is No. 10.
OPPONENTS
USC is 65-34 all-time against Stanford, but dropped the most recent meeting (3-2 on the raod in mid-Feburary). The Trojans trail in their series with BYU, 43-23, and have lost the past 7 matches, including 3-1 on the road in mid February. USC hasn't beaten BYU in Provo since 1996, a string of 21 consecutive defeats. The Cougars visit Concordia on March 28 before playing at USC.
50TH SEASON
The 2019 season is the 50th of USC men's volleyball. Since 1970, the Trojan program has been among the finest in college: winning 4 NCAA championships, playing in 14 NCAA Final Fours and producing 20 Olympians, 34 All-American first teamers and 7 College Players of the Year.
