2017 USC Beach Volleyball • Two-Time National Champions DEFENDING CHAMPS: the Women of Troy Are the Two-Time Defending National 2017 USC Quick Facts Champions
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2 0 1 7 U S C B EACH V O LLEY B ALL 2016 NCAA Champions • 2015 AVCA Champions • Three-time AVCA Pairs Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015 2-Time Pac-12 Champions • 2014 AVCA National Coach of the Year Anna Collier • 6 AVCA All-Americans For release: May 1, 2017 University of Southern California Sports Information • 3501 Watt Way • HER103 • Los Angeles, Calif. • (213) 740-8480 • Fax: (213) 740-7584 Assistant Director: Jeremy Wu • Office: (213) 740-3807 • Cell: (213) 379-3977 • E-mail: [email protected] USC Beach Set to Defend NCAA Crown in Gulf Shores 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Match #36 • Friday, May 5 - 9 a.m. CT (7 a.m. PT) 34-1 Overall 2017 NCAA BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST RD. 8-0 Home • 4-0 Away • 22-1 Neutral [1] No. 1 USC (34-1) vs. [8] No. 10 South Carolina (23-9) AVCA Poll: No. 1 • DiG Magazine Poll: No. 1 Gulf Place • Gulf Shores, Ala. Series History: USC leads, 2-0 (1.000) • Streak: W2 MARCH Last Meeting: W, 5-0 (Mar. 25, 2017 • Columbia, S.C.) 4 vs. No. 3 UCLA 1 (FloVolley) W 3-2 TV: truTV/TBS (selected matches) at No. 4 Pepperdine 1 (FloVolley) W 4-1 Tournament Web: NCAA.com 11 vs. No. 12 Florida International 2 W 4-1 vs. No. 10 Louisiana State 2 W 4-1 16 vs. Nebraska W 5-0 vs. No. 4 Florida State W 3-2 17 vs. Nebraska 3 W 5-0 vs. Utah 3 W 4-1 18 vs. No. 7 Arizona 3 W 4-1 vs. No. 4 Florida State 3 W 4-1 BARE E-SAND-SHELLS at No. 5 Hawai’i 3 W 4-1 • USC is the two-time defending national champion and won the 22 Loyola Marymount (P12+) W 5-0 first-ever NCAA title in the sport in 2016 (AVCA, 2015). The Trojans 25 vs. No. 4 Florida State 4 W 4-1 are also the two-time defending Pac-12 Champions. at No. 9 South Carolina 4 (SEC+) W 5-0 • The Women of Troy have won 96 of their last 99 dual matches. 26 vs. No. 13 Stetson 4 W 4-1 • The Trojans have won eight consecutive matches in Gulf Shores. vs. No. 9 Georgia State 4 W 5-0 28 California (P12N/LA/BA) W 5-0 • Sixth-year head coach Anna Collier was the 2014 AVCA Na- tional Coach of the Year. She is 142-18 (.888) at USC and was the first collegiate APRIL coach to reach 100 career victories; just one of two coaches with 100 wins. 1 vs. San Francisco 5 W 5-0 • Seniors Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes set a national record with a 103-match win- 2 vs. Saint Mary’s College 6 W 5-0 ning streak between April 2, 2015 and April 8, 2017. They are the winningest pair vs. San Jose State 6 W 5-0 in USC history with a 136-4 overall record. 7 Washington (P12+) W 4-1 • Only five teams have ever beaten the Trojans in a dual: Pepperdine (8), Long No. 15 Arizona State (P12+) W 5-0 Beach State (5), Florida State (3), Hawai’i (1), and UCLA (1). All are part of the 8 vs. Loyola Marymount # W 4-1 vs. No. 15 Arizona State # W 4-1 eight-team field of 2017 NCAA championship participants. vs. Saint Mary’s College # W 4-1 • USC has used 16 different pairings in duals this season. Three Trojan pairs have 18 at Stanford (P12N/LA/BA) W 5-0 won at least 30 matches and six have reached double-digit wins. 20 No. 5 Long Beach State (P12N/LA) W 4-1 • Trojans pairs won Pac-12 Pair of the Week honors five times this season. USC leads Bakersfield (P12N/LA) W 5-0 all conference teams with 11 all-time weekly honors. 22 Cal Poly W 5-0 No. 2 UCLA [Senior Day] W 4-1 27 vs. Utah * (P12N) W 5-0 LOS ANGELES – No. 1-ranked USC (34-1) carries the top seed into the 2017 NCAA vs. Arizona State * (P12N) W 5-0 Beach Volleyball Championship this weekend and will begin defense of its back- 28 vs. No. 2 UCLA * (P12N) L 3-2 to-back national titles against eighth-seed No. 10 South Carolina (23-9) on Friday vs. Washington * (P12N) W 5-0 (May 5) at 9 a.m. CT (7 a.m. PT) on the sands of Gulf Shores, Ala. The Women of vs. No. 2 UCLA * (P12N) W 3-2 Troy are two-time Pac-12 Champions and won the first-ever NCAA title in 2016. MAY 5 vs. No. 10 South Carolina ^ 9 a.m. CT USC has won 96 of its last 99 duals and has won eight straight matches played in 6 NCAA Championship ^ TBD CT Gulf Shores. Should the Trojans advance out of the first round, they would face 7 NCAA Championship ^ TBD CT the winner of a dual between fourth-seeded Florida State (27-7) and fifth-seeded 11-13 USAV Collegiate Pairs Championship 7 TBD Hawai’i (25-5) at 3 p.m. CT later that day. Seniors Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes All times PST unless otherwise noted won their second Pac-12 pairs title last weekend and lead a senior-laden Trojan Bold indicates home match at Merle Norman Stadium 1 Pepperdine Kick-Off • Zuma Beach • Malibu, Calif. squad that features Sophie Bukovec and Allie Wheeler at the No. 2 spot and 2 East Meets West Invitational • Manhattan Beach, Calif. Nicolette Martin at three, where she pairs with junior Terese Cannon. 3 Outrigger Hawai’i Invitational • Queen’s Beach • Honolulu 4 Gamecock Grand Slam • Wheeler Beach • Columbia, S.C. 5 San Francisco Invitational • Main Beach • Santa Cruz, Calif. 6 Monterey Invitational II • Del Monte Beach • Monterey, Calif. ANTICIPATED USC LINEUP # USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge • Manhattan Beach, Calif. * Pac-12 Championships • Sand VB Courts • Tucson, Ariz. PAIRING DUAL OVR. ALL-TIME STREAK ^ NCAA Championship • Gulf Shores Beach • Gulf Shores, Ala. 7 USAV Collegiate Pairs Championship • Manhattan Beach, Calif. No. 1 :: Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes 34-1 44-1 136-4 W14 No. 2 :: Sophie Bukovec/Allie Wheeler 21-4 25-6 25-6 L1 No. 3 :: Terese Cannon/Nicolette Martin 29-6 32-8 32-8 W2 No. 4 :: Abril Bustamante/Joy Dennis 15-5 16-5 16-5 L1 No. 5 :: Jenna Belton/Jo Kremer 29-4 33-6 33-6 L1 @USCBeach 2017 USc woMeN of troy ## NAME HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 3 Kelly Claes 6-2 Sr. Fullerton, Calif. (El Dorado HS) 5 Sophie Bukovec 6-1 Sr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bishop Allen Academy/LBSU) 10 Abril Bustamante 6-0 So. Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 11 Joy Dennis 6-0 Fr. Cypress, Calif. (Keystone Academy) 12 Allie Wheeler 5-11 Sr. Saratoga, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS) 13 Lainy Thomas 5-10 Fr. Frisco, Texas (Frisco HS) 14 Sara Hughes 5-10 Sr. Costa Mesa, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 15 Becca Dunn 5-11 So. San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) 20 Katrina Kernochan 5-9 So. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 24 Cammie Dorn 6-0 Fr. Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) 25 Jo Kremer 5-8 Jr. Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS/Notre Dame) 30 Brianna Sizemore 6-0 Jr. Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad HS/Point Loma Nazarene Univ.) 31 Jenna Belton 6-1 Jr. Aptos, Calif. (Aptos HS) 35 Nicolette Martin 5-9 Sr. Anaheim, Calif. (Canyon HS) 40 Avery Hazelrigg 5-7 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 41 Terese Cannon 6-3 Jr. Pittsford, N.Y. (Our Lady of Mercy HS/Georgetown) Head Coach Anna Collier (6th year), USC ‘77 Assistant Coach Ali Wood Lamberson (2nd year), UC Irvine ‘90 Volunteer Assistant Coach Dain Blanton (3rd year), Pepperdine ‘94 Director of Operations TBA Athletic Trainer Katie Johnson Strength & Conditioning Coach Kelly Dormandy USC HEAD COACH ANNA COLLIER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Anna Biller Collier, who coached women’s beach volleyball teams Bukovec ............................... BOO-co-veck in two Olympic games, is in her sixth season as USC’s first-ever head Bustamante ............... April, like the month coach of beach volleyball with a 142-18 (.888) overall record. Cannon ............................................ ter-EES Claes .................................................. CLAYS Collier led the Trojans to the first-ever NCAA championship in 2016. Collier .............................. AW-nuh CALL-yur USC went 34-2 and finished with a 30-match winning streak to Hazelrigg .................................. HAY-zuhl-rig become the first back-to-back national champions in the history of Kernochan .............................. KER-nah-KIN the sport. Under her care, the Trojans have also won back-to-back Kremer ...................................... CREMM-err Pac-12 crowns (2016-17). In 2015, USC went undefeated (28-0) and Sizemore ................................ bree-AW-nuh won the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship. Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes brought the program a third consecutive AVCA pairs championship. In 2014, USC was 23-3 and made a second straight national COLLIER’S CAREER RECORD semifinal appearance. Kirby Burnham and Hughes won the AVCA pairs’ national title and Collier was named the 2014 AVCA National Coach of the Year. YEAR RECORD H A N 2012 7-4 2-0 1-2 4-2 USC went 16-8 in 2013 and made its first-ever AVCA semifinals appearance in the team’s 2013 16-8 7-3 2-2 7-3 first selection to the national championship tourney. Burnham and Stevi Robinson won the 2014 23-3 8-0 3-1 12-2 pairs national title and became USC’s first-ever All-Americans in the sport.