USC Women's Volleyball Pulls Out Reverse Sweep Over Arizona State

Friday, October 15

Tempe, Ariz.

7:00 PM

USC

8-8,4-3Pac-12

Arizona State

8-10,1-6Pac-12

Southern California

Arizona St.

Photo by: Jenny Chuang

USC Women's Volleyball Pulls Out Reverse Sweep Over Arizona State

October 15, 2021 | Women's Volleyball

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The Women of Troy broke through to take down the Sun Devils in a hard-fought five-set contest

TEMPE, Ariz. – The USC women's volleyball team (8-8, 4-3 Pac-12) went the distance with Arizona State (8-10, 1-6) at Desert Financial Arena and came away with a reverse-sweep five-set victory (19-25, 19-25, 25-13, 25-21, 16-14) on Friday, Oct. 15

KEY PLAYERS

Jr. OH Kalen Owes returned to her hometown and came off the bench to lead the Women of Troy with 12 kills and a .321 hitting night to go with five digs.
Jr. OPP Emilia Weske added 10 kills with four blocks and three digs.
Gr. MB Candice Denny hit .462 with seven kills (1e, 13att) and had five blocks (two solo).
Fr. MB Tyrah Ariail also had seven kills (2e, 15att, .333) and tallied six blocks (one solo).
Fr. S Mia Tuaniga put up her first-career double-double with 28 assists and 11 digs and added two kills and two aces.
Gr. OH Shannon Scully started at outside hitter but finished the match in the libero jersey and had 16 digs and two aces.
For Arizona State, Marta Levinska led with 17 kills (6e, 49att, .224) and had a double-double with 14 digs. Iman Isanovic had 15 kills (6e, 39att, .231) with eight digs and three aces. Ella Snyder had the double-double with 40 assists and 11 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC out-hit ASU, .207 to .103 and had more kills (9-7) and more blocks (4-2) in the first set, but the Trojans committed nine service errors and had five receptions errors as the Devils claimed a 25-19 win.
More of the same in the second gave ASU another 25-19 win as the Sun Devils hit .324 with 17 kills (5e) on 37 attacks. Levinska (5), Isanovic (4), and Claire Jeter (4) led the ASU attack.
Tied for the ninth time at 12-all, the Trojans reeled off an incredible 13-1 run to claim set three, 25-13. Weske had four kills while Owes added three and the Trojans served five aces to run away with the win.
The Trojans dug out of a four-point hole and used a 7-1 run in the fourth set to get a 25-21 win. Owes added five more kills as USC held ASU to a .119 hitting percentage (12k, 7e, 42att).
USC led by as many as four on three occasions in the fifth and appeared to have held off the Sun Devils at 15-12, but Arizona State won a challenge review to make it 14-13. USC got the next point, but another successful challenge made the score 14-all. ASU's final two errors were most costly as the Trojans completed the 16-14 win.

UP NEXT

The Trojans head south on the interstate to face Arizona (11-7, 3-4 Pac-12) on Sunday (Oct. 17) at 1 p.m. PT at McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. The match will be shown live on the Pac-12 Networks.

MATCH NOTES

USC improved to 72-14-1 all-time against Arizona State and to 32-9 when the teams meet in Tempe.
The Trojans improved to 58-25 all-time in the state of Arizona.
USC won its first five-setter of the season and improved to 1-3 in four such matches this fall. The Trojans also improved to 143-97 all-time in five-set matches and to 64-47 in road five-set contests.
In five-set matches against ASU, the Trojans go to 11-4 all-time and to 8-3 when played in Tempe.
The Women of Troy won a five-set match after losing the first two sets for the first time since USC defeated Syracuse in Milwaukee, Wis., on Sept. 8, 2018.

For more information on the USC women's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.