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2 0 2 0 - 2 1 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL Six-Time National Champions • 8 Conference Championships • 37 NCAA Tournament Appearances 77 AVCA All-America Selections • 99 All-Conference Team Selections For release: Feb. 18, 2021 University of Southern California Sports Information • 3501 Watt Way • HER 103 • Los Angeles, Calif. • (213) 740-8480 • Fax: (213) 740-7584 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR [WVB] Jeremy Wu • OFFICE (213) 740-3807 • MOBILE (213) 379-3977 • E-MAIL [email protected] USC Heads to Bay Area for Golden Bear Battles SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 1-5 Overall • 1-5 Pac-12 • AVCA Rank: N/R MATCH #5 • Friday, Feb. 19 • 7 p.m. PT 0-2 Home • 1-3 Away • 0-0 Neutral MATCH #6 • Saturday, Feb. 20 • 3 p.m. PT JANUARY USC (1-5, 1-5 Pac-12) at California (1-7, 1-7 Pac-12) 22 Stanford * Canceled Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, Calif. SERIES RECORD: USC leads, 62-12 (.838) 24 Stanford * Canceled LAST MEETING: W, 3-1 (Nov. 17, 2019 • Berkeley, Calif.) 29 at Oregon State * L 1-3 STREAK: Won 9 • LAST 10: 9-1 31 at Oregon State * W 3-1 TV/STREAM: None OPPONENT WEBSITE: CalBears.com FEBRUARY 5 Oregon * (P12N) L 2-3 FIRST SERVE 7 Oregon * (P12N) L 2-3 • The Women of Troy are under the direction of first-year head coach Brad 12 at No. 7 Utah * (P12N) L 0-3 Keller who previously served as an assistant coach for the Men of Troy. 14 at No. 7 Utah * (P12N) L 2-3 • Sr. OH Brooke Botkin and Jr. S Raquel Lázaro were each chosen to the Pac- 19 at California * 7 p.m. 12 Preseason All-Conference Team. • USC was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. 20 at California * 3 p.m. • The Trojans are 62-12 all-time against California, which includes a 26-7 re- 26 Arizona State * TBD cord in Berkeley, where USC has won nine straight since 2010. 28 Arizona State * TBD • USC holds a 61-60 all-time record in Northern California, which includes matches played in Davis, Sacramento, and Stockton. • Brooke Botkin has posted a double-double in each of the five matches she MARCH has played in this season and has 23 such matches in her career. Raquel 5 Washington State * TBD Lázaro leads all current Trojans with 35-career double-doubles. 7 Washington State * TBD • USC looks to snap a four-match losing streak, which is the team’s longest 12 at Washington * TBD since a four-match streak to end the 2016 season. The Trojans have not lost five consecutive matches since 1990 (Nov. 2-14). 14 at Washington * TBD • Pac-12 teams in California have a combined overall record of 8-18 with 19 UCLA * TBD UCLA in the lead at 5-3. Cal is 1-7, USC is 1-5, and Stanford is 1-3. 21 at UCLA * TBD 26 at Arizona * TBD LOS ANGELES – The USC women’s volleyball team (1-5, 1-5 Pac-12) looks to end 28 at Arizona * TBD a four-match losing streak as the Trojans head north for two matches against California (1-7, 1-7) in Berkeley, Calif., this weekend. Despite the losses, USC-- APRIL under the direction of first-year head coachBrad Keller--has held its own against the Pac-12’s top teams. In the three losses in which USC has had the majority 1 Colorado * TBD of its lineup, the Trojans pushed both Oregon and No. 7 Utah to five sets. Sr. 3 Colorado * TBD OH Brooke Botkin has produced a double-double in each of the five matches she has played. Jr. setter Raquel Lázaro leads all Trojans with 35-career double- * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted doubles and ranks third in the league for assists. Due to travel concerns with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pac-12 programs are scheduled to play a league-only schedule in which teams will face the same opponent twice each weekend. USC is playing its third road series in four weekends of action after opening the season at Oregon State and facing Utah on the road last week. USC WOMEN OF TROY PROJECTED STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 3 Emilia WESKE OPP 6-2 So. 2.58 .162 0.77 0.62 3.04 4 Candice DENNY MB 6-2 Sr. 1.91 .284 0.59 0/82 2.45 5 Kalen OWES OH 6-2 So. 2.72 .104 1.33 0.39 2.92 @USCWomensVolley 7 Brooke BOTKIN OH 6-2 Sr. 3.39 .224 2.61 0.35 3.85 10 Raquel LÁZARO S 6-0 So. 0.30 .074 1.78 9.57 aps 0.98 #FightOn • #Pac12VB 12 Sam HASTINGS LIB 5-8 Fr. 0.04 -.111 3.54 0.85 aps 0.08 18 Aleksandra GRYKA MB 6-3 So. 1.89 .337 0.84 0.58 2.39 2020-21 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Brooklyn SCHIRMER OH 6-1 Jr. 2V Long Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 2 Chandlar DUFF MB 6-2 So. 1V Detroit, Mich. (Grosse Point South HS/Oregon) 3 Emilia WESKE OPP 6-2 So. 1V Potsdam, Germany (Leibniz Gymnasium) 4 Candice DENNY MB 6-2 Sr. SQ Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS/Arizona) 5 Kalen OWES OH 6-2 So. 1V Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 6 Sophia THERIOT L 5-7 So. TR Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS/Marist College) 7 Brooke BOTKIN OH 6-2 Sr. 3V Houston, Texas (Pearland HS) 10 Raquel LÁZARO S 6-0 Jr. 2V Málaga, Spain (IES Castilla) 11 Sarah NELSON S 5-9 Gr. TR Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos HS/Duke) 12 Sam HASTINGS L 5-8 Fr. HS Frisco, Texas (Frisco Centennial HS) 14 Keila BARRA L 5-8 So. 1V Pasadena, Calif. (San Marino HS) 18 Aleksandra GRYKA MB 6-3 So. HS Warsaw, Poland (Liceum Marii Konopnickiej) 20 Kylie BAUMERT L 5-6 Jr. TR Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls HS/College of Southern Idaho) 21 Madison HORIN MB 6-2 So. 1V Munster, Ind. (Munster HS) 23 Malaya JONES OH 6-0 Fr. HS Mission Viejo, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS) COACHES AND STAFF HEAD COACH Brad KELLER, 1st year (Loyola Marymount ‘02) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JJ VAN NIEL, 3rd year (USC ‘98) ASSISTANT COACH Amy PAULY, 1st year (Alabama ‘09) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Matt GEMEINHARDT, 1st year DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Virginia PHAM STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Tim Ojeda ATHLETIC TRAINER Lauren Crawford AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL USC POLL PROGRESSION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RK TEAM PTS REC. PREV. Keila BARRA KAY-lah BAIR-uh 1 Wisconsin (51) 1490 8-0 1 Kylie BAUMERT KYE-lee BAH-mert 2 Texas (8) 1433 14-0 2 Brooke BOTKIN BOUGHT-kin 3 Kentucky (1) 1350 12-0 3 4 Nebraska 1305 6-0 4 REC. AVCA RPI Aleksandra GRYKA GREE-kah 5 Minnesota 1267 8-0 5 JAN 5 (PRE) 0-0 RV -- Madison HORIN HOR-enn 6 Baylor 1210 13-3 6 JAN 26 0-0 RV -- Malaya JONES mah-LAY-uh 7 Utah 1166 8-0 7 FEB 1 1-1 RV -- Raquel LÁZARO LAW-throw 8 Penn State 1044 2-2 8 FEB 8 1-3 RV -- 9 Florida 1000 10-2 9 Kalen OWES KAY-lenn FEB 15 1-5 -- -- 10 Washington 886 6-2 10 Brooklyn SCHIRMER SHERR-merr 11 Purdue 862 4-4 11 FEB 22 Sophia THERIOT THEE-ree-oh 12 BYU 811 5-0 12 MAR 1 13 Notre Dame 735 6-1 13 MAR 8 Emilia WESKE emm-EE-lee-uh VESS-kah 14 Louisville 688 5-2 14 MAR 15 15 UCLA 572 5-3 18 16 Georgia Tech 549 7-1 17 MAR 22 17 Washington State 467 6-2 22 MAR 29 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL 18 San Diego 443 4-0 20 APR 5 TEAM POINTS 19 Pittsburgh 379 5-4 19 APR 12 1 Utah (9) 119 T20 Creighton 322 4-2 21 APR 19 2 Washington (1) 100 T20 Western Kentucky 322 7-0 23 APR 26 (FINAL) 3 Stanford (1) 99 22 Oregon 267 6-2 NR 4 UCLA (1) 98 23 Stanford 202 1-3 15 5 USC 81 24 Marquette 179 6-2 25 USC AVCA POLL SUPERLATIVES 6 Washington State 71 25 Missouri 161 8-4 16 517 weeks ranked in the poll’s top 25 7 Oregon 59 8 Colorado 51 Others receiving votes: Michigan 99; Ohio State 68; 316 weeks ranked in the top 10 9 Arizona State 41 Hawai’i 36; Texas State 35; Tennessee 29; Kansas 47 weeks ranked No. 1 10 Arizona 34 State 20; Pepperdine 16; Texas A&M 16; Illinois 15; 11 California 26 Wright State 12; Colorado 10; Arizona 6; Bowling 96-10 overall record when ranked No. 1 12 Oregon State 13 Green 6; Arkansas 5; UCF 4 * First-place votes in parentheses as of Feb. 15, 2021 2 2020-21 USC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL USC HEAD COACH BRAD KELLER Brad Keller is in his first season as USC’s head coach. He was hired as the seventh coach in program history on February 20, 2020. Keller was previously the associate women’s head coach at UCLA in 2019 and helped the Bruins to a 19-12 overall record. Prior to the 2019 season with the women’s team, Keller served six years (2013-18) as an assistant coach for the UCLA men’s volleyball program.