No. 13 USC Men's Volleyball Falls to No. 9 Stanford in Four

Friday, February 24

Los Angeles, Calif.

7:00 PM

USC

6-7,0-3MPSF

Stanford

9-5,2-1MPSF

Stanford

Southern California

Photo by: John McGillen

No. 13 USC Men's Volleyball Falls to No. 9 Stanford in Four

February 24, 2023 | Men's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score Highlights

Simon Gallas powered the Trojan offense with a season-high 21 kills and .471 hitting

LOS ANGELES – The 13th-ranked USC men's volleyball team (6-7, 0-3 MPSF) lost to No. 9 Stanford (9-5, 2-1) in four sets (25-22, 24-26, 25-16, 25-20) at Galen Center on Friday, Feb. 24.

KEY PLAYERS

Sr. OPP Simon Gallas led the Trojans with a season-high 24.0 points and 21 kills with .471 hitting (5e, 34att). He also added two blocks, two service aces, and had six digs.
Fr. OH Dillon Klein recorded his 10th match in double-digit kills and his 11th in double-digit points (14.5) with 13 kills to go with eight digs, a block, and a service ace.
Jr. S Nate Tennant put up 39 assists and was one dig shy of a double-double with nine to go with two blocks and two kills.
Sr. LIB George Dyer put up his second match in double-digit digs and finished with 10 and three assists.
For the Cardinal, Theo Snoey led with 17 kills and two of Stanford's six aces. Kevin Lamp added 13 kills and had two aces with two blocks. Will Rottman tallied 11 kills. Nathan Lietzke put up 43 assists with five digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The score was tied nine times in the opening set, but Stanford never trailed en route to a 25-22 win. Gallas and Lucas Frassrand each had four kills in the set as the Trojans hit .440, but the Cardinal hit .576 as Rottman put up six kills. Snoey and Lamp had five kills apiece to help Stanford score on 20 kills in the first frame.
The Trojans racked up three blocks and got five kills from Klein in the second set. USC led by as many as six points at 12-6 but had to hold off a late Cardinal surge to close out the 26-24 win and even the match.
Gallas added another seven kills in the third and Klein had four, but Stanford raced away for a 25-16 win to lead, 2-1.
The Trojans had 4.5 blocks in the fourth set and Gallas posted seven more kills, but the Cardinal held off the Trojans to take the match on a 25-20 win.

UP NEXT

USC and Stanford meet for a rematch on Sunday (Feb. 26) at Galen Center. First serve is set for 4 p.m. PT and the match will be carried live on Pac-12 Networks, Pac-12 Los Angeles, and Pac-12 Bay Area.

MATCH NOTES

USC fell to 71-36 all-time against Stanford.
The Trojans go to 1-7 against AVCA ranked opponents this season.

For more information on the USC men's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/MVB. Fans of the Trojans can follow @USCmensvolley on Twitter and Instagram.