No. 25 USC Women's Volleyball Sweeps Washington in Seattle

Friday, November 10

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 PM

USC

17-8,11-4Pac-12

Washington

14-12,5-10Pac-12

Southern California

Washington

Photo by: Jamie Mitchell

No. 25 USC Women's Volleyball Sweeps Washington in Seattle

November 10, 2023 | Women's Volleyball

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Senior OH Skylar Fields had 22 kills to lead the Women of Troy to a three-set win over the Huskies

SEATTLE – The 25th-ranked USC women's volleyball team (17-8, 11-4 Pac-12) completed a 3-0 win (25-20, 25-14, 29-27) to sweep Washington (14-12, 5-10) at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on Friday, Nov. 10. It was the first straight-set win by the Trojans over the Huskies in the Emerald City since 2011.

KEY PLAYERS

Sr. OH Skylar Fields led USC with 22 kills (4e, 52att) and hit .346 to go with five digs, two blocks, and a service ace. It was her 54th time in double-digit kills as a Trojan; and her 33rd time with 20 or more kills in a match. She now has 1,113 kills at USC and 2,039 in her career.
Jr. S Mia Tuaniga set the Trojans to a .331 hitting percentage (51k, 10e, 124att) and totaled 40 assists to go with 10 digs for her 10th double-double of the season (25th career). She also added four kills, two blocks, and a service ace. Tuaniga's 40 assists give her 3,023 in her career and make her only the eighth USC player to record over 3,000 career assists.
Fr. OH London Wijay tallied 10 kills (3e, 27att, .259) with 10 digs for her third-career double-double and added two aces.
So. MB Tyrah Ariail scored six kills (1e, 13att) and hit .385 to go with five blocks (one solo) and two service aces.
Sr. MB Lindsey Miller had four kills (0e, 9att, .444) with four blocks.
Gr. OPP Kalyah Williams collected five kills (0e, 11att) and hit .455 to go with four blocks and two digs.
So. LIB Gala Trubint racked up 15 digs to go with four assists. It was her 17th match in double-digit digs this season.
For the Huskies, May Pertofsky had 10 kills with .474 hitting; and Madi Endsley had 10 kills on .182 hitting and added seven digs. Lauren Bays led all players with 18 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Trojans hit .331 to Washington's .198 output and had more kills (51-38), assists (48-35), service aces (6-1), and blocks (9-3) than the Huskies. UW had the slight edge in digs, 53-51.
Behind eight kills from Fields and a scorching .421 hitting rate, the Trojans took the first set, 25-20. USC led by four at 18-14 and then went in front by as many as six points at 23-17 before closing out the five-point win. Trubint supplied five digs and Wijay added four digs to go with her four kills. USC also served three aces and got three kills from Miller.
USC led the second set by as many as 11 and finished off an 11-point win, 25-14, to lead, 2-0, in the match. Fields racked up four more kills and Wijay had two to go with her second service ace of the match to set the Trojans up at 23-13. USC hit .250 to outpace the Huskies' negative .125 output thanks to another three Trojan blocks.
Fields had 10 kills without an error in the third set (22att) to hit .455 and scored the final kill of a 29-27 win off a bump set from Trubint. The Trojans trailed by four points several times but doubled up the Huskies on a 10-5 run to take a 24-23 lead for match point. The teams went back and forth for four more times before Fields put the final ball to the floor for the win.

UP NEXT

The Women of Troy head to the Palouse to take on ninth-ranked Washington State (19-6, 9-5) on Sunday, Nov. 12, at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman at noon PT. The match will be shown live on the WSU Live Stream platform.

MATCH NOTES

USC improved to 45-33 all-time against Washington and went to 18-20 in matches played in Seattle. The Trojans swept the season series against the Huskies for the first time since 2019.
The Women of Troy swept the Huskies (3-0) in Seattle for the first time since 2011 and for only the third time since 2003. USC got its 23rd 3-0 sweep over Washington all-time and its 11th as the road team.
The Trojans get their seventh 3-0 victory of the season (third in a row) and improved to 7-2 in three-set matches.
USC recorded three straight sweeps of Pac-12 opponents for the first time since Nov. 8-12, 2015 (Utah, Oregon, OSU).
The Trojans go to 42-35 all-time in the Evergreen State.
USC had more kills than its opponent for the 19th time this season.

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, X, and Instagram.