USC Men's Volleyball Faces Ohio State, Host Penn State In Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge

THE FACTS
The USC men's volleyball team (1-4 overall, 0-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) makes its second trip to the East Coast in 3 weeks when it competes in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, hosted at Rec Hall by Penn State. The Trojans first play Ohio State (5-0 overall, 0-0 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) on Friday (Jan. 24) at 4:30 p.m. ET, then battles host No. 10 Penn State (2-2, 0-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) on Sunday (Jan. 26) at 4 p.m. ET. Fellow MPSF member No. 6 UCLA also will compete in the tourney, swapping foes with the Trojans by playing Penn State at 7 p.m. ET on Friday and Ohio State at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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). 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 and Ohio State are not ranked in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll. Penn State is No. 10.

OPPONENTS
•USC holds a 19-4 series edge over Ohio State, including a 3-2 win last year at USC in the most recent meeting.

•USC is 19-10 all-time against Penn State, including most recently a 3-2 home victory last season.

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