Women’s Beach Volleyball | April 04, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO – USC beach volleyball seniors Audrey Nourse (Newport Beach, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) and Nicole Nourse (Newport Beach, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS) were selected as the Pac-12 Pair of the Week for the week of March 27-April 2, as announced by the Pac-12 Conference on Tuesday, April 4.
USC’s twin seniors went 3-0 as a pair and each sister went 4-0 as individuals to help the Trojans go 4-0 at the East Meets West Invitational with wins over fourth-ranked Florida State, No. 5 LSU, No. 11 Georgia State, and 16th-ranked Florida International.
The two sisters played with different partners in the same dual for the first time in their careers and helped USC knock off LSU, 4-1. Nicole had previously paired with other Trojans but only due to Audrey’s absence from the lineup because of injury. This time, Nicole teamed with Megan Kraft to get a win at the No. 1 position while Audrey linked up with Delaynie Maple to get a win at the No. 2 spot.
Reunited at the No. 2 position for the other three duals, Audrey and Nicole dropped just one set all weekend and opened with a 21-19, 21-18 win over Florida State’s Audrey Koenig and Carra Sassack. In a three-set match, the twins came back from a first-set loss to get a 17-21, 21-15, 15-10 win over Georgia State’s Kelly Dorn and Elise Saga. They then capped the weekend with a straight-set 21-19, 21-15 victory against Florida International’s Rachele Mancinelli and Roberta Ribeiro.
The Nourses extended their active win streak to six matches and improved to 14-3 overall this season. The three wins together also marked their 76th all-time victory as a pair, which ranks third in school history. Individually, Nicole collected her 79th-career win and Audrey racked up her 77th-career victory.
Audrey and Nicole were previously chosen for Pac-12 Pair of the Week laurels as sophomores in 2021 (March 5). They bring home USC’s 28th all-time weekly honor; most among Pac-12 schools.
No. 3-ranked USC (17-1) is on a seven-dual win streak as the Women of Troy head to the Bay Area for the Pac-12 North Invitational hosted by Stanford this weekend. The Trojans take on Arizona State (7-7) and Oregon (7-15) on Friday (April 7) and then meet 18th-ranked Arizona (16-4) and Utah (6-16) on Saturday (April 8)….
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