Defending NCAA Champion USC Beach Volleyball Opens 2024 on Hawaiian Sand

Women’s Beach Volleyball | February 21, 2024

HONOLULU – The three-time defending NCAA champion and No. 1-ranked USC beach volleyball team (0-0) makes its 2024 debut with the Trojans’ first trip to Hawai’i since 2018. USC will face a stacked field in the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Classic with duals against No. 2 UCLA, No. 5 Loyola Marymount, No. 7 Stanford, and ninth-ranked host Hawai’i. All matches will be played on Queen’s Beach. 

THIS WEEK

OUTRIGGER DUKE KAHANAMOKU BEACH INVITATIONAL

Queen’s Beach • Honolulu, Hawai’i

MATCH #1 • Thursday, Feb. 22 • 10:15 a.m. HT (12:15 p.m. PT)

No. 1 USC (0-0) vs. No. 2 UCLA (0-0)

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 23-17 (.575)

STREAK: Won 1 • LAST 10: 7-3

LAST MEETING: W 3-2 (May 7, 2023 • Gulf Shores, Ala.)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: UCLABruins.com

MATCH #2 • Thursday, Feb. 22 • 2 p.m. HT (4 p.m. PT)

No. 1 USC (0-0) vs. No. 7 Stanford (0-0)

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 13-0 (1.000)

STREAK: Won 13 • LAST 10: 10-0

LAST MEETING: W 5-0 (March 12, 2023 • MNS)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoStanford.com

MATCH #3 • Friday, Feb. 23 • 10:15 a.m. HT (12:15 p.m. PT)

No. 1 USC (0-0) vs. No. 5 Loyola Marymount (0-0)

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 27-0 (1.000)

STREAK: Won 27 • LAST 10: 10-0

LAST MEETING: W 3-1 (May 6, 2023 • Gulf Shores, Ala.)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: LMULions.com

MATCH #4 • Friday, Feb. 23 • 12:45 p.m. HT (2:45 p.m. PT)

No. 1 USC (0-0) at No. 9 Hawai’i (0-0)

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 15-3 (.833)

STREAK: Won 3 • LAST 10: 8-2

LAST MEETING: W 5-0 (April 2, 2022 • Manhattan Beach)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: HawaiiAthletics.com

BARE E-SAND-SHELLS • TL;DR

• USC has won the last three NCAA championships and owns six national titles including the first NCAA crown in 2016 (AVCA ’15, NCAA ’17, ’21, ’22, ’23).
• The Trojans have won four Pac-12 championships (2016, ’17, ’19, ’22).
• USC is 105-15 (.875) under fifth-year head coach Dain Blanton.
• The Trojans are ranked No. 1 in both the AVCA and CBVB polls. It is the 101st time (of 101) USC is ranked by the AVCA; its 100th time among the top 5. The Trojans have also held the No. 1 spot a record 43 times.
• USC is 23-2 all-time in the Aloha State. Both losses were to host Hawai’i and both occurred on back-to-back days in 2018, the last time the Women of Troy played a dual in the state of Hawai’i.
• The…