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USC Women's Volleyball Opens 38th NCAA Tournament Run with High Point
November 29, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
The sixth-seeded Women of Troy will play the Panthers in Columbus, Ohio
LOS ANGELES – The USC women's volleyball team (21-10) was awarded one of 32 at-large berths into the 2022 NCAA tournament and will hold the sixth seed in the Texas quarter of the bracket where the Trojans face Big South champion High Point (23-9) in a first-round match at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT) on Friday, Dec. 2, at Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio. In the other first-round match at the Columbus site, Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee State (19-15) will take on third-seeded host Ohio State (19-9) from the Big Ten. The winners of the two first-round contests will meet in the second round on Saturday, Dec. 3 (6 p.m. ET).
2022 NCAA TOURNAMENT
First and Second Rounds
Covelli Center • Columbus, Ohio
MATCH #32 • Friday, December 2 • 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT)
USC (21-10) vs. High Point (23-9)
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
TV/STREAM: ESPN+
OPPONENT WEBSITE: HighPointPanthers.com
FIRST SERVE (TL;DR)
PAC-12 PRIZES: Five Women of Troy were recognized by the league's coaches for postseason honors. OH Skylar Fields and setter Mia Tuaniga were each chosen to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team for the first times in their careers. Fields was a three-time All-Big-XII selection at Texas. Fields and Tuaniga were the 50th and 51st all-conference Trojans in program history and run the school's total to 103 all-time all-conference certificates. LIB Gala Trubint and OPP Emilia Weske were each honorable mention choices for the all-conference team. Trubint and OH Jordan Wilson were each named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team marking the eighth time that two USC athletes have been named to the all-freshman squad and just the first time in back-to-back seasons following Tuaniga and MB Tyrah Ariail's selections in 2021.
NCAA HISTORY LESSON: The Trojans are 127-41 (.756) in all-time postseason matches and have an 81-34 (.704) record in the NCAA tournament. USC has appeared in all but four NCAA tournaments (1986, '90, 2020-21, '21) and are the owners of six national championships including three NCAA crowns (1981, 2002, '03). USC won the first-ever NCAA championship in 1981. The Women of Troy also captured three AIAW championships in 1976, '77, and 1980.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: USC is 32-5 in NCAA first-round matches. The five times USC has not advanced out of the first round were in 1983, '87, '88, '89, and 2016.
FIVE BUCKS: USC will play its fifth match in the Buckeye State when it takes the court to face High Point. The Trojans are 4-0 all-time in the state of Ohio. In 2007, USC earned wins over Ohio State and Purdue in Columbus. In 2010, the Women of Troy ventured to Dayton for the NCAA regional championship and defeated Indiana and Stanford to advance to that year's national semifinal.
SEASONAL SUCCESS: OH Skylar Fields' 570 kills rank third on USC's single-season ladder. Only Samantha Bricio (668 kills, 2015) and Asia Kaczor (659 kills, 2007) have had more. Fields is also up to 1,303 attacks this season, which ranks ninth in program history. Her 616.5 points are eighth in school history for a single season. Setter Mia Tuaniga is up to 57 aces in 2022. The total ranks tied for sixth in USC records. Only Bricio has ever broken the 60-ace mark with three seasons of 89. 85, and 84. Tuaniga is also at 1,293 assists on the season (ninth), which threatens the 10th-place mark set by Hayley Crone in 2012 (1,337).
MIMI MILESTONE: OPP Emilia Weske became the 19th player in program history to reach the 1,000-kill plateau when the Trojans played at Washington (Nov. 23). She upped her season total to 295 kills and now has 1,017 career kills in the Cardinal & Gold.
2022 NCAA TOURNAMENT
First and Second Rounds
Covelli Center • Columbus, Ohio
MATCH #32 • Friday, December 2 • 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT)
USC (21-10) vs. High Point (23-9)
SERIES RECORD: First meeting
TV/STREAM: ESPN+
OPPONENT WEBSITE: HighPointPanthers.com
FIRST SERVE (TL;DR)
- USC makes its 38th appearance in the NCAA tournament; first since 2019.
- The Trojans have won six national championships. Three AIAW titles (1976, '77, '80) and three NCAA crowns (1981, 2002, '03).
- USC is 127-41 (.756) all-time in postseason matches with an 81-34 (.704) record in the NCAA tournament. USC is 32-5 in NCAA first-round matches.
- Since the NCAA expanded to a 64-team field in 1998, USC has advanced to 12 regional championship matches, seven national semifinals (final four), and two national finals (both victories).
- USC is led by third-year head coach Brad Keller who has the unique experience of having also served as an assistant coach for the USC men.
- USC is 4-0 in the Buckeye State. The Trojans are 2-0 in Columbus (2007) and 2-0 in Dayton (2010), the latter of which was the NCAA regional final.
- Sr. OH Skylar Fields leads the Pac-12 in kills (570), kills per set (5.14 kps), points (616.5) and points per set (5.55 pps). She is the only outside hitter to rank in the league's top 15 for hitting percentage (.324, 14th).
- So. S Mia Tuaniga set a new school record with 10 service aces against Colorado (Sept. 30) and recorded only the second rally-scoring era triple-double school history (37 assists, 10 digs, 10 aces). She leads the Pac-12 in aces (57), aces per set (0.49 saps), and assists (1,293).
PAC-12 PRIZES: Five Women of Troy were recognized by the league's coaches for postseason honors. OH Skylar Fields and setter Mia Tuaniga were each chosen to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team for the first times in their careers. Fields was a three-time All-Big-XII selection at Texas. Fields and Tuaniga were the 50th and 51st all-conference Trojans in program history and run the school's total to 103 all-time all-conference certificates. LIB Gala Trubint and OPP Emilia Weske were each honorable mention choices for the all-conference team. Trubint and OH Jordan Wilson were each named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team marking the eighth time that two USC athletes have been named to the all-freshman squad and just the first time in back-to-back seasons following Tuaniga and MB Tyrah Ariail's selections in 2021.
NCAA HISTORY LESSON: The Trojans are 127-41 (.756) in all-time postseason matches and have an 81-34 (.704) record in the NCAA tournament. USC has appeared in all but four NCAA tournaments (1986, '90, 2020-21, '21) and are the owners of six national championships including three NCAA crowns (1981, 2002, '03). USC won the first-ever NCAA championship in 1981. The Women of Troy also captured three AIAW championships in 1976, '77, and 1980.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: USC is 32-5 in NCAA first-round matches. The five times USC has not advanced out of the first round were in 1983, '87, '88, '89, and 2016.
FIVE BUCKS: USC will play its fifth match in the Buckeye State when it takes the court to face High Point. The Trojans are 4-0 all-time in the state of Ohio. In 2007, USC earned wins over Ohio State and Purdue in Columbus. In 2010, the Women of Troy ventured to Dayton for the NCAA regional championship and defeated Indiana and Stanford to advance to that year's national semifinal.
SEASONAL SUCCESS: OH Skylar Fields' 570 kills rank third on USC's single-season ladder. Only Samantha Bricio (668 kills, 2015) and Asia Kaczor (659 kills, 2007) have had more. Fields is also up to 1,303 attacks this season, which ranks ninth in program history. Her 616.5 points are eighth in school history for a single season. Setter Mia Tuaniga is up to 57 aces in 2022. The total ranks tied for sixth in USC records. Only Bricio has ever broken the 60-ace mark with three seasons of 89. 85, and 84. Tuaniga is also at 1,293 assists on the season (ninth), which threatens the 10th-place mark set by Hayley Crone in 2012 (1,337).
MIMI MILESTONE: OPP Emilia Weske became the 19th player in program history to reach the 1,000-kill plateau when the Trojans played at Washington (Nov. 23). She upped her season total to 295 kills and now has 1,017 career kills in the Cardinal & Gold.
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