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2 0 1 7 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL Six-Time National Champions • 8 Conference Championships • 34 NCAA Tournament Appearances 73 AVCA All-America Selections • 94 All-Conference Team Selections For release: Oct. 23, 2017 University of Southern California Sports Information • 3501 Watt Way • HER 103 • Los Angeles, Calif. • (213) 740-8480 • Fax: (213) 740-7584 Asst. Director (Women’s Volleyball): Jeremy Wu • Office:(213) 740-3807 • Cell: (213) 379-3977 • E-mail: [email protected] No. 19 USC Opens Pac-12 Back 10 in Pacific Northwest SCHEDULE AND RESULTS MATCH #22 15-6 Overall • 7-3 Pac-12 • AVCA: No. 19 No. 19 USC (15-6, 7-3) at No. 14 Washington (16-5, 6-4) 6-1 Home • 6-3 Away • 3-2 Neutral Alaska Airlines Arena • Seattle, Wash. Friday, Oct. 27 • 6 p.m. PT AUGUST Series Record: USC leads, 40-26 (.606) 25 at Loyola Marymount % W 3-1 Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (Oct. 1, 2017 • Galen Center) No. 16 Michigan % (P12LA) W 3-1 Current Streak: Won 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 3-7 26 Albany % (P12+) W 3-1 TV: Pac-12N/LA/W (Anne M. Anderson & Tammy Blackburn) Opponent Website: GoHuskies.com SEPTEMBER MATCH #23 1 vs. Northern Iowa $ L 3-1 No. 19 USC (15-6, 7-3) at Washington State (13-9, 2-8) 2 at No. 7 Creighton $ (FSGo) W 3-0 Bohler Gymnasium • Pullman, Wash. vs. No. 13 Kentucky $ L 3-1 Sunday, Oct. 29 • 1 p.m. PT 8 vs. Arkansas & W 3-2 Series Record: USC leads, 49-14 (.778) at UC Santa Barbara & W 3-0 Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Sept. 30, 2017 • Galen Center) 9 vs. Yale & W 3-0 Current Streak: Won 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 8-2 14 at Maryland # (BTN Plus) L 3-0 TV: Pac-12 Washington (Elise Woodward & Mike Dodd) 15 vs. Oklahoma # (BTN Plus) W 3-1 Opponent Website: WSUCougars.com 20 at No. 11 UCLA * (ESPNU) W 3-2 24 Oregon State * (P12LA/O) W 3-1 FIRST SERVE 30 Washington State * (P12+) W 3-1 • USC remains ranked No. 19 in the AVCA poll for the third consecutive week. • In 12 of the preceding 16 years under head coach Mick Haley, the Trojans OCTOBER have posted at least the same or better record in the back half of confer- 1 No. 6 Washington * (P12N/LA/W) W 3-0 ence matches as they have in the front half. 6 at Arizona * (P12LA/A) L 3-0 • USC owns five wins over ranked opponents this season: No. 6 Washington, at 7 at Arizona State * (P12+) W 3-1 No. 7 Creighton, at No. 11 UCLA, at No. 12 Utah, and No. 16 Michigan. 13 California * (P12+) W 3-1 • The Women of Troy are 1-9 in their last 10 visits to face UW in Seattle, but are 15 No. 3 Stanford * (P12N/LA/BA) L 3-1 7-3 in the last 10 visits to Pullman to face WSU. 20 at Colorado * (P12LA/M) L 3-0 22 at No. 12 Utah * (P12M) W 3-2 27 at No. 14 Washington * (P12N/LA/W) 6 p.m. LOS ANGELES – 19th-ranked USC (15-6, 7-3 Pac-12) opens the back half of its 29 at Washington State * (P12W) 1 p.m. league schedule with a trip to the Pacific Northwest for matches at No. 14 Washington (16-5, 6-4) and at Washington State (13-9, 2-8). USC and UW face off at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle on Friday (Oct. 27) at 6 p.m. PT. The Trojans and NOVEMBER the Cougars meet at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Wash., on Sunday (Oct. 29) 3 Arizona State * (P12+) 7 p.m. at 1 p.m. Both matches will be shown on the Pac-12 Networks. 5 Arizona * (P12N/LA/A) 11 a.m. 9 Utah * (P12LA/M) 6 p.m. Despite being without the services of sophomore OH Khalia Lanier, USC earned 11 Colorado * (P12+) 1 p.m. a split on the road last weekend. The Trojans dropped a 3-0 decision to Colorado 15 at Stanford * (P12N/LA/BA) 7 p.m. but fought back to take a 3-2 win over 12th-ranked Utah in the Mountains. 17 at California * (P12+) 6 p.m. 22 at Oregon * (P12LA/O) 2 p.m. The Trojans are stacked at the pins and rely heavily on Lanier (4.08 kps) and 25 UCLA * (P12LA) [Senior Day] 7 p.m. OPP Brittany Abercrombie (3.20 kps) to drive the attack. Niki Withers (2.61 kps), Alyse Ford (2.39 kps), and Daley Krage (1.62 kps) are also scoring threats. Senior * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted captain Jordan Dunn and Brittany Welsh occupy the middle of the net. Setters % USC/LMU Tournament • Galen Center/Gersten Pavilion Reni Meyer-Whalley (6.31 aps) and Cindy Marina (5.32 aps) run USC’s 6-2 system $ Bluejay Invitational • D.J. Sokol Arena (Omaha, Neb.) & Thunderdome Classic • Thunderdome (Santa Barbara, Calif.) in which libero Victoria Garrick puts up 4.04 digs per set. # Maryland Challenge • Xfinity Pavilion (College Park, Md.) USC WOMEN OF TROY PROJECTED STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 4 Victoria GARRICK L 5-10 Jr. -- -- 4.04 1.10 aps 0.19 5 Jordan DUNN MB 6-4 Sr. 0.96 .325 0.39 0.95 1.49 6 Brittany ABERCROMBIE OPP 6-2 Sr. 3.20 .318 0.68 0.66 3.55 12 Brittany WELSH MB 6-4 Jr. 0.79 .292 0.32 0.75 1.31 14 Reni MEYER-WHALLEY S 5-5 Sr. -- -- 2.10 6.31 aps 0.14 @USCWomensVolley 16 Khalia LANIER OH 6-2 So. 4.08 .229 2.42 0.39 4.65 20 Jenna ADAMS DS 5-10 So. -- -- 1.38 0.09 aps 0.10 2017 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Alyse Ford OH 5-10 Jr. 2V Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 2 Madison Murtagh MB 6-1 Jr. 1V San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory/San Francisco) 3 Niki Withers OPP 6-0 Sr. 2V Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS/CSU Fullerton) 4 Victoria Garrick L 5-10 Jr. 2V Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory) 5 Jordan Dunn MB 6-4 Sr. 2V Corona, Calif. (Corona HS) 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 Sr. 3V Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS) 7 Brooke Botkin OPP 6-1 Fr. HS Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS) 9 Cindy Marina S 5-11 So. TR Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS/Duke) 10 Zoe Gries DS 5-4 Fr. HS Tampa, Fla. (Berkeley Preparatory School) 11 Alexa Gallegos S 5-11 Fr. HS Los Alamitos, Calif. (Saint Joseph HS) 12 Brittany Welsh MB 6-4 Jr. TR Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS/Louisiana State) 13 Raegan LeGrand DS 5-10 So. 1V Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South HS) 14 Reni Meyer-Whalley S 5-5 Sr. 1V Los Angeles, Calif. (Marymount HS/Washington) 15 Nikki Leonard DS 5-8 Sr. 1V Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS/Gonzaga) 16 Khalia Lanier OH 6-2 So. 1V Scottsdale, Ariz. (Xavier College Preparatory School) 17 Daley Krage OPP 6-4 So. 1V Saint Charles, Ill. (Saint Charles North HS) 20 Jenna Adams DS 5-10 So. TR San Mateo, Calif. (Saint Francis HS/Ohio State) 21 Danielle Geiger MB 6-0 Sr. TR Mission Viejo, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS/UC Irvine) 22 Brennan Wilhite MB 6-3 Fr. HS Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS) COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Mick Haley, 17th year (Ball State ‘65) Associate Head Coach Jason Kennedy, 3rd year (Santa Clara ‘07) Assistant Coach Kyle Weindel, 3rd year (Ball State ‘03) Volunteer Assistant Coach Drew Burdette, 1st year (Pfeiffer ‘11) Director of Operations Alexis Olgard Technical Coordinator Jeffrey Liu Strength & Conditioning Coach Steve Novencido Athletic Trainer Katie Johnson Graduate Managers Justin Chang, Chris Orenic Student Managers Mary Labanowski, Michelle Sacks, Malia Sato, Natalie Swegler AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL USC POLL PROGRESSION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RK TEAM PTS REC. PREV. Brooke Botkin BOUGHT-kin 1 Penn State (52) 1588 19-1 1 Alyse Ford ah-LEESE 2 Stanford (11) 1535 17-2 2 Alexa Gallegos guy-YAY-gohs 3 Texas (1) 1436 16-2 3 Danielle Geiger GUY-gerr REC. AVCA RPI 4 Florida 1397 16-1 4 Zoe Gries GREECE (like the country) 5 Minnesota 1334 19-2 5 Preseason 0-0 RV -- Daley Krage CRAW-gee (like “froggy”) 6 Kentucky 1273 17-2 6 Aug 28 3-0 #18 -- Khalia Lanier kah-LEE-uh len-EER 7 Nebraska 1238 16-4 7 Sept 4 4-2 #19 -- Raegan LeGrand RAY-gehn lah-GRAND 8 BYU 1155 21-1 8 Cindy Marina mah-REE-nah 9 Wisconsin 1049 14-5 9 Sept 11 7-2 #18 -- Madison Murtagh MERR-taw 10 Michigan State 1024 15-4 10 Sept 18 8-3 #21 -- Brennan Wilhite WILL-height 11 Kansas 975 18-3 11 Sept 25 10-3 #20 -- 12 Utah 834 17-4 12 Oct 2 12-3 #15 #12 13 UCLA 769 13-6 13 Kyle Weindel wine-DELL 14 Washington 733 16-5 14 Oct 9 13-4 #19 #17 15 Oregon 684 13-5 15 Oct 16 14-5 #19 #16 16 Creighton 641 16-5 16 Oct 23 15-6 #19 #14 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL 17 Purdue 579 16-5 17 Oct 30 -- -- -- 18 San Diego 558 16-4 18 TEAM POINTS 19 USC 446 15-6 19 Nov 6 -- -- -- 1 Washington (8) 118 20 Colorado State 393 20-2 20 Nov 13 -- -- -- 2 Stanford (3) 113 3 Oregon 93 21 Wichita State 302 18-3 21 Nov 20 -- -- -- 22 Iowa State 243 14-4 22 4 Utah (1) 88 Nov 27 -- -- -- 23 Cal Poly 211 19-2 23 5 UCLA 83 24 Baylor 117 16-5 24 Dec 18 -- -- -- 6 USC 71 25 Northern Iowa 100 20-5 25 7 Washington State 66 USC AVCA POLL SUPERLATIVES 8 Arizona 51 Others receiving votes: Western Kentucky 87; 9 Colorado 38 Missouri State 35; Colorado 23; Illinois 17; VCU 9; 490 weeks ranked in the poll’s top 25 Michigan 6; Oregon State 5; Pittsburgh 3 10 Oregon State 33 312 weeks ranked in the top 10 11 California 23 as of Oct.