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No. 2 USC Beach Volleyball Wraps Regular Season in Los Angeles

No. 2 USC Beach Volleyball Wraps Regular Season in Los Angeles


Women’s Beach Volleyball | April 16, 2023

LOS ANGELES – The No. 2-ranked USC beach volleyball team (24-2) wraps the regular season this week with three duals in Los Angeles. The Women of Troy will celebrate graduates Jenna JohnsonAshlyn Rasnick-Pope, and Madison Shields, and seniors Harper Hallgren and Caitlin Cummings on Tuesday (April 18) when they host CSU Bakersfield for a noon PT tilt at Merle Norman Stadium. On Thursday (April 20), USC heads across town to take on rival No. 3 UCLA (30-2) at noon and then faces No. 6 Loyola Marymount (23-6) in the regular-season finale at 2 p.m. Both matches in Westwood will be shown live on the Pac-12 Networks. USC recently crossed the 300-win plateau as a team, but third-year head coach Dain Blanton is officially on watch as he needs just three wins for his 100th-career victory.

THIS WEEK

MATCH #27 • Tuesday, April 18 12 p.m. PT SENIOR DAY

No. 2 USC (24-2) vs. CSU Bakersfield (16-7)

Merle Norman Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif.

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 9-0 (1.000)

STREAK: Won 9 • LAST 10: 9-0

LAST MEETING: W 5-0 (Mar. 22, 2022 • Merle Norman Stadium)

LIVE STREAM: USC Live Stream (Chas Messman)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoRunners.com

MATCH #28 • Thursday, April 20 12 p.m. PT

No. 2 USC (24-2) at No. 3 UCLA (30-2)

Mapes Beach • Los Angeles, Calif.

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 22-15 (.595)

STREAK: Lost 1 • LAST 10: 7-3

LAST MEETING: L 3-2 (Apr. 15, 2023 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)

TV: Pac-12 Networks (Anne Marie Anderson)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: UCLABruins.com

MATCH #29 • Thursday, April 20 2 p.m. PT

No. 2 USC (24-2) vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount (23-6)

Mapes Beach • Los Angeles, Calif.

SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 25-0 (1.000)

STREAK: Won 25 • LAST 10: 10-0

LAST MEETING: W 3-2 (Apr. 14, 2023 • San Luis Obispo, Calif.)

TV: Pac-12 Networks (Anne Marie Anderson)

OPPONENT WEBSITE: LMULions.com

BARE E-SAND-SHELLS  TL;DR

  • USC is the back-to-back defending NCAA champion and owns five national titles including the first NCAA crown in 2016 (AVCA ’15, NCAA ’17, ’21, ’22).
  • USC has also won four Pac-12 championships (2016, ’17, ’19,…

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