USC Set for Rivalry Clashes with No. 15 UCLA Schedule and Results 3-7 Overall • 3-7 Pac-12 • AVCA Rank: N/R Match #11 • Friday, March 19 • 8 P.M
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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: March 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 Set For Rivalry Clashes With No. 15 UCLA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 3-7 Overall • 3-7 Pac-12 • AVCA Rank: N/R MATCH #11 • Friday, March 19 • 8 p.m. PT 0-2 Home • 3-5 Away • 0-0 Neutral Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif. • Pac-12 Network JANUARY MATCH #12 • Sunday, March 21 • 4:30 p.m. PT Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, Calif. • Pac-12 Network 22 Stanford * Canceled 24 Stanford * Canceled USC (3-7, 3-7) vs. No. 15 UCLA (11-5, 11-5) 29 at Oregon State * L 1-3 SERIES RECORD: USC leads, 59-55 (.518) LAST MEETING: L, 3-0 (Nov. 29, 2019 • Galen Center) 31 at Oregon State * W 3-1 STREAK: Lost 2 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 4-6 OPPONENT WEBSITE: UCLABruins.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 • Keller served as the associate head coach for UCLA last season (2019). 19 at California * W 3-1 • Sr. OH Brooke Botkin and Jr. S Raquel Lázaro were each chosen to the Pac- 12 Preseason All-Conference Team. 20 at California * W 3-1 • The Women of Troy will be playing only their third home match of the sea- 26 Arizona State * Canceled son. USC had its home series against Stanford, Arizona State, and Washing- 28 Arizona State * Canceled ton State each canceled for various reasons. • USC was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches. • The Trojans are 59-55 all-time against UCLA, which includes a 22-23 record at MARCH home and a 6-8 mark at Galen Center (since 2006). 5 Washington State * Canceled • USC has had six matches canceled this season due to COVID-19 protocols. 7 Washington State * Canceled From the Pac-12, only Stanford has had more matches canceled (10). 12 at No. 8 Washington * L 2-3 14 at No. 8 Washington * L 0-3 LOS ANGELES – The USC women’s volleyball team (3-7, 3-7 Pac-12) renews its 19 UCLA * (P12N) 8 p.m. series with crosstown rival No. 15 UCLA (11-5, 11-5) for a home-and-home 21 at UCLA * (P12N) 4:30 p.m. weekend that begins with an 8 p.m. PT matchup at Galen Center on Friday (March 19) before it moves to Pauley Pavilion for a Sunday-afternoon (March 26 at Arizona * 6 p.m. 21) collision at 4:30 p.m. 28 at Arizona * 12 p.m. First-year head coach Brad Keller will face his old team for the first time. He APRIL served as the Bruins’ associate head coach during the 2019 season. 1 Colorado * 6 p.m. On Friday night, the Trojans will play their first home match since Feb. 7, and only 3 Colorado * 1 p.m. their third home contest of the season. Coming off two consecutive canceled weekends due to a pause in team activities for COVID-19 protocols, the Women * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted of Troy resumed play with a pair of road matches at No. 8-ranked Washington. USC pushed the Huskies to five sets in their first meeting but was swept in the second. Despite the record, USC has held its own against top Pac-12 teams. Four of the Trojans’ losses have come in five sets against Utah, Oregon, and UW. USC WOMEN OF TROY PROJECTED STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 3 Emilia WESKE OPP 6-2 So. 2.54 .186 0.80 0.59 2.98 4 Candice DENNY MB 6-2 Sr. 1.84 .305 0.61 0.66 2.37 5 Kalen OWES OH 6-2 So. 2.55 .083 1.35 0.35 2.73 6 Sophia THERIOT LIB 5-7 So. 0.00 -- 2.11 0.22 aps 0.26 @USCWomensVolley 7 Brooke BOTKIN OH 6-2 Sr. 3.54 .225 2.23 0.33 4.05 #FightOn • #Pac12VB 10 Raquel LÁZARO S 6-0 So. 0.34 .179 2.00 9.11 aps 0.92 18 Aleksandra GRYKA MB 6-3 So. 1.86 .345 0.71 0.71 2.54 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 (53) 1492 10-0 1 Kylie BAUMERT KYE-lee BAH-mert 2 Texas (6) 1442 19-0 2 Brooke BOTKIN BOUGHT-kin 3 Kentucky (1) 1379 18-0 3 4 Minnesota 1309 11-1 5 REC. AVCA RPI Aleksandra GRYKA GREE-kah 5 Nebraska 1248 10-2 4 JAN 5 (PRE) 0-0 RV -- Madison HORIN HOR-enn 6 Baylor 1183 16-4 6 JAN 26 0-0 RV -- Malaya JONES mah-LAY-uh 7 Florida 1111 16-2 7 FEB 1 1-1 RV -- Raquel LÁZARO LAW-throw 8 Washington 1075 13-3 8 FEB 8 1-3 RV -- 9 Ohio State 1037 13-1 11 Kalen OWES KAY-lenn FEB 15 1-5 -- -- 10 Purdue 939 9-5 10 Brooklyn SCHIRMER SHERR-merr 11 Utah 915 11-3 9 FEB 22 3-5 -- -- Sophia THERIOT THEE-ree-oh 12 Penn State 815 7-5 12 MAR 1 3-5 -- -- 13 Louisville 710 9-2 13 MAR 8 3-5 -- #202 Emilia WESKE emm-EE-lee-uh VESS-kah 14 Washington State 687 10-2 16 MAR 15 3-7 -- #201 15 UCLA 644 11-5 17 16 BYU 612 10-1 15 MAR 22 17 Oregon 551 9-3 19 MAR 29 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL 18 Notre Dame 444 10-2 14 APR 5 TEAM POINTS 19 Pittsburgh 394 9-4 22 APR 12 1 Utah (9) 119 20 Western Kentucky 374 14-0 21 APR 19 2 Washington (1) 100 21 San Diego 334 11-1 18 APR 26 (FINAL) 3 Stanford (1) 99 22 Pepperdine 254 11-2 24 4 UCLA (1) 98 23 Georgia Tech 214 9-2 20 5 USC 81 24 Creighton 190 8-2 23 USC AVCA POLL SUPERLATIVES 6 Washington State 71 25 Florida State 58 9-3 NR 517 weeks ranked in the poll’s top 25 7 Oregon 59 8 Colorado 51 Others receiving votes: Missouri 29; Bowling Green 316 weeks ranked in the top 10 9 Arizona State 41 14; Marquette 12; Tennessee 6; UNLV 6; Wright State 47 weeks ranked No. 1 10 Arizona 34 3 96-10 overall record when ranked No. 1 11 California 26 12 Oregon State 13 as of March 15, 2021 * First-place votes in parentheses 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. While on staff, Keller coached 10 All-Americans and helped the Bruins reach the NCAA national semifinals in 2016 and a national runner-up finish in 2018.