USC Women’s Volleyball Wrangles Wildcats for 3-0 Sweep

Friday, November 19

Los Angeles, Calif.

8:00 PM

USC

12-14,8-9Pac-12

Arizona

15-13,7-10Pac-12

Arizona

Southern California

Photo by: Jenny Chuang

USC Women’s Volleyball Wrangles Wildcats for 3-0 Sweep

November 19, 2021 | Women's Volleyball

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Outside hitter Brooke Botkin posted a career-best .591 hitting percentage and had 13 kills in the Trojans’ victory

LOS ANGELES – The USC women's volleyball team (12-14, 8-9 Pac-12) earned its second straight sweep with a 3-0 victory (25-14, 25-15, 25-11) over Arizona (15-13, 7-10) at Galen Center on Friday, Nov. 19.

KEY PLAYERS

Gr. OH Brooke Botkin led the USC attack with 13 kills (0e, 22att) and logged a career-high .591 hitting percentage to go with nine digs, a block, and two assists.
Jr. OPP Emilia Weske racked up 10 kills (2e, 21att) and hit .381 and posted a season-high four service aces.
Jr. OH Kalen Owes tallied 11 kills (4e, 20att) and registered a career-high .350 hitting night.
Gr. MB Candice Denny posted five kills (2e, .231) and led the Trojans with five blocks to go with one service ace.
Fr. S Mia Tuaniga dished out 28 assists and had four blocks, two service aces, and one kill.
Gr. LIB Shannon Scully led the Women of Troy with 10 digs and served up two aces.
For Arizona, Sofia Maldonado Diaz led with eight kills (5e, 23att, .130). Kamaile Hiapo had 10 digs. Jaelyn Hodge had six kills (5e, 20att) but hit .050.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Trojans hit .366 in the match with 40 kills (10e) on 82 swings and recorded 10 service aces. USC held Arizona to a .026 hitting rate in the match and just 19 kills with 17 errors (76att).
USC got four kills from Owes in the opening set and three each from Botkin and Weske to run away with an 11-point win. Botkin collected six more kills in the second and the Trojans had six service aces while hitting .462 (14k, 2e, 26att) to grab a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.
The Women of Troy were relentless in the third and rolled out to an early 7-1 lead. They closed hitting .524 with 14 kills (3e) on just 21 swings and held the Wildcats to a negative .083 hitting rate with just five kills (7e) on 24 attempts.

UP NEXT

USC takes on Arizona State (14-14, 7-10 Pac-12) in a Sunday matinee at 1 p.m. PT at Galen Center. The match will be streamed live on the USC stream platform.

MATCH NOTES

USC won its seventh straight match over Arizona and improved to 69-22 all-time against the Wildcats; 36-6 at home.
The Trojans collected their fifth 3-0 sweep of the season.
The Women of Troy improved to 5-6 in home matches this season and to 176-51 all-time at Galen Center.

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.