No. 4 USC Men's Volleyball Carves Through Oaks For Sixth Straight Win

Saturday, March 28

Los Angeles, Calif.

5:00 p.m. PT

USC

14-3,6-2MPSFMVB

Menlo

3-13,2-5MPSFMVB

Menlo

Southern California

Photo by: Kevin Kim

No. 4 USC Men's Volleyball Carves Through Oaks For Sixth Straight Win

March 28, 2026 | Men's Volleyball

Box Score Highlights

The Trojans extended to a six-match win streak and have won 18 consecutive sets

LOS ANGELES – The fourth-ranked USC men's volleyball team (14-3, 6-2 MPSF) swept Menlo (3-13, 2-5) in straight sets (25-21, 25-16, 25-11) at Galen Center on Saturday, March 28, to extend to a six-match win streak, which includes 18 sets in a row for the longest set streak under head coach Jeff Nygaard, and the second-longest streak in program history.

KEY PLAYERS

Sr. OH Dillon Klein led all players with 10 kills (4e) on 19 swings for a .316 hitting percentage to go with four blocks (one solo), four digs, and a service ace. It was his 75th-career match in double-digit kills in 94 contests.
Redshirt Jr. OPP Noah Roberts poured in eight kills (4e, 20att, .200) and had four blocks, two digs, and two aces.
So. OH Christian Connell totaled nine kills (2e, 20att) to hit .350 and had six digs, a pair of blocks, and a service ace.
Jr. MB Thiago Zamprogno scored six kills (1e, 8att) and hit .625 to go with five blocks (two solo) for 9.5 points.
So. LIB Johnny Dykstra put up seven digs.
Sr. S Ryan Sprague got the start and logged his second-career double-double with 31 assists and a career-high tying 12 digs. He also had two blocks. Sprague entered the match with eight digs this season and had nine in the third set alone.
For the Oaks, Max Jarrett led with nine kills. Alexandre Ferdani had four kills while Mark Ensalaco and Mathias Durfee each had two kills apiece. Jarrett also had four digs and a block. Former Trojan Joshua Friedman dished out 16 assists, had a pair of digs, and served the only Menlo service ace.

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC hit .312 (39k, 14e, 80att) over Menlo's .035 (23k, 20e, 84att) and finished the day with more kills, assists (35-22), digs (30-20), blocks (12.0-1.5) and service aces (4-1). The Trojans hit better than .300 for the 14th time this season and put up double-digit blocks for the eighth time.
The Oaks came out firing and tested the Trojans. Set one had 11 ties and the lead changed hands four times before USC closed out a 25-21 win behind .500 hitting with 14 kills (3e) on 22 swings. Klein and Connell each tallied five kills in the frame while Dykstra had five of his digs. USC put up three blocks to slow an Oak attack that hit .296 (11k, 3e, 27att).
Both teams committed seven hitting errors in the second set, but USC walked away with a 25-16 win to go up, 2-0, in the match. Roberts had four of his kills and Parker Tomkinson racked up three kills and three blocks. Both sides had five digs apiece, but USC's four blocks and four service aces handed the set to the Trojans.
Despite a brief early Menlo lead, USC rolled to a 25-11 victory in the third to sew up the sweep. Connell and Klein each had three kills while Roberts, Tomkinson, and Zamprogno each added two. USC hit .281 but far out-did the Oak attack, which registered a negative .111 hitting rate with six kills (10e) on 35 swings. Sprague—who entered the set with three digs—racked up nine in the third to finish with 12 and secured his double-double performance.

UP NEXT

USC hosts No. 14 Stanford (9-10, 6-2 MPSF) for a pair of home matches next week. The Trojans and the Cardinal meet at Galen Center for the first match on Friday (April 3) at 7 p.m. PT and then do it again on Saturday (April 4) at 5 p.m. Both contests will be shown live on Big Ten Plus streams.

MATCH NOTES

USC improved to 4-0 all-time against Menlo.
The Trojans moved to 11-2 at Galen Center this spring.
USC logged its 10th straight-set sweep of the season.
USC's sixth straight win is also its sixth straight sweep to bring the Trojans' run of sets won to a season-best 18 in a row. The streak is the longest under head coach Jeff Nygaard and the second-longest in school history. The only longer streak occurred in 1991 when the Trojans won 21 straight sets in the sideout scoring era.
The Trojans hit better than .300 for the 14th time.
USC logged double-digit blocks for the eighth time.
The Trojans won set three over Menlo by 14 points (25-11). USC also beat the Oaks by a 25-11 count in the second set of yesterday's match (March 27). The two 14-point margins are the largest in a set by USC this season.

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