No. 7 USC Men's Volleyball Sweeps Saints

Friday, January 17

Los Angeles, Calif.

7:00 p.m. PT

USC

3-0,0-0MPSF

D'Youville

0-1,0-0NEC

D'Youville

Southern California

Photo by: Drake Lee

No. 7 USC Men's Volleyball Sweeps Saints

January 17, 2025 | Men's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score Highlights

The Trojans hit .333 in a three-set win over D’Youville at Galen Center

LOS ANGELES – The seventh-ranked USC men's volleyball team (3-0) collected a three-set sweep (25-19, 25-16, 25-16) of D'Youville (0-1) at Galen Center on Friday, Jan. 17.

KEY PLAYERS

Fr. MB Parker Tomkinson led all scorers with 9.5 points earned on eight kills (0e, 10att) with .800 hitting and three blocks.
Redshirt So. OPP Noah Roberts recorded nine points with five blocks (one solo), five kills, an ace, and seven digs.
Jr. OH Dillon Klein posted four kills and had a dig and a pair of service aces.
Fr. OH Sterling Foley led the team with eight digs and had three kills and two blocks (one solo).
For the Saints, Tymek Brzoza and Ian De Wilde each had six kills apiece. Jacob Malak had eight digs. Randy Adorno put up 17 assists to go with four kills, five digs, three blocks, and a service ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC hit .333 to D'Youville's .034 percentage and had more kills (32-26), assists (28-24), digs (29-25), and blocks (9-4.5).
The Trojans hit .280 in the opening frame and got four kills from Tomkinson to snag a 25-19 win. Klein had three kills and Roberts added two to go with a service ace. USC scored one block, but the Saints struggled hitting and finished with a negative .080 percentage with seven kills (9e) on 25 swings. D'Youville scored three service aces and had 2.5 blocks.
USC never trailed and swung just 17 times to collect nine kills and hit .529 in a 25-16 set-two victory. Tomkinson and Foley each scored two kills while Klein racked up a pair of service aces. The Trojans put up 4.5 blocks to hold the Saints to a .207 hitting rate in the second.
The Trojans put up 3.5 blocks to hold D'Youville to a negative .030 hitting percentage (7k, 8e, 33att). Markus Olsson and Christian Connell each had three kills apiece and Roberts tallied three more kills as USC hit .267. Ryan Sprague dug up five balls and dished out 11 assists in the Trojans' third set.

UP NEXT

USC hosts Emmanuel (0-1) at the Galen Center on Saturday (Jan. 18) for a 7 p.m. PT tilt set to be shown on Big Ten Plus.

MATCH NOTES

USC met D'Youville for the first time.
The Trojans improved to 3-0 under head coach Jeff Nygaard for the fourth time and for the third time in the last four seasons. Previously, USC was 3-0 in 2018, '22, and '24.

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 Facebook, X, and Instagram.