Women’s Beach Volleyball | April 08, 2023
STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 2-ranked USC beach volleyball team (21-1) collected its eighth sweep of the season in a 5-0 win over Utah (7-19) to conclude the Pac-12 North Invitational at Stanford’s Sand Hill Courts on Saturday, April 8. The Women of Troy extend their active win streak to 11 consecutive duals, the eighth longest win streak in program history.
USC improves to 6-0 in all-time meetings with Utah and goes to 16-2 all-time on the Farm. The Women of Troy improved to 114-0 all-time against unranked foes and recorded the team’s 137th all-time 5-0 sweep. The Trojans’ all-time record now stands at 299-49 on the verge of becoming the first program ever to record 300 victories.
Courts finished in reverse order starting with the Trojans’ No. 5 pair of graduate Ashlyn Rasnick-Pope and Bailey Showalter, which got things started with a 21-16, 21-10 win over Azure McOmber and Sonja Wessel.
One position up, graduate Jenna Johnson and freshman Gabby Walker took out Sydney Jacinto and Kylie Pitzak in three sets, 18-21, 21-16, 15-7, to put USC in front, 2-0, in the dual.
Team Madison racked up the clinching point at court three, when graduate Madison Shields and freshman Madison White went quickly for a 21-6, 21-8 win over Grace Andrews and Chloe Narancich for their 11th consecutive win. Shields-White is now 16-5 on the year.
USC got its fourth point of the day from the No. 2 position when twin seniors Audrey Nourse and Nicole Nourse went 21-10, 21-14 over Abby Karich and Bella Vezzani to improve to 18-3 on the season. The Nourses picked up their 80th career victory as a pair. They are the third USC pair ever to reach that milestone behind Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes (147 wins from 2015-17) and Nicolette Martin and Allie Wheeler (91 wins from 2014-16).
The sweep was complete when the Trojans’ junior duo of Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple went 21-9, 21-9 over Katie McAlister and Amaya Messier at the No. 1 position to improve to 15-1 on the season.
The Trojans are on the road once more next weekend (April 14-15) at the Center of Effort Challenge hosted by Cal Poly at the Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex in San Luis Obispo, Calif. USC will face No. 7 Loyola Marymount, No. 3 Florida State, and No. 12 Long Beach…
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