USC Men's Volleyball Hosts Non-League Foes St. Francis, Lindenwood

THE FACTS
The USC men's volleyball team (3-13 overall, 1-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) hosts non-conference teams for the second consecutive week when it plays its first-ever match versus St. Francis of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (5-11, 2-5 EIVA) on Thursday (March 5) and then welcomes Lindenwood (11-6, 4-2 MIVA) of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association on Saturday (March 7). Both matches start at 7 p.m. PT in the Galen Center.

FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches in the Galen Center are video-streamed live for free on USCTrojans. com, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network. 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 unranked in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll. St. Francis and Lindenwood are not ranked.

OPPONENTS
This will be the first-ever meeting between USC and St. Francis. USC has won both of its matches against Lindenwood, most recently a 3-0 sweep last season in the Off The Block Grow the Game Challenge. Lindenwood plays at Long Beach State on Friday (March 6) before playing USC.

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