2 0 2 0 U S C B e a c h V o l l e y b a l l 2016 & 2017 NCAA Champions • 2015 AVCA Champions • 4 Pairs National Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 3-Time Pac-12 Champions • 11 AVCA All-Americans • 20 AVCA All-America Awards

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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] No. 5 USC Set For Five-Dual Week 2020 Schedule and Results Match #5 • Thursday, March 5 • 12 p.m. PT No. 5 USC (2-2) vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount (3-2) 2-2 Overall SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 19-0 (1.000) • STREAK: Won 19 0-0 Home • 0-0 Away • 2-2 Neutral LAST MEETING: W 4-1 (Feb. 27, 2019 • MNS) AVCA Poll: No. 5 • DiG Magazine Poll: No. 5 OPPONENT WEBSITE: LMULions.com February ac outh nvitational 29 vs. College of Charleston 1 W 5-0 2020 P -12 S I vs. No. 17 South Carolina 1 L 2-3 Mapes Beach, Los Angeles, Calif. • Ocean Park, Santa Monica, Calif.

March Match #6 • Saturday, March 7 • 9 a.m. PT 1 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon 1 L 2-3 No. 5 USC (2-2) vs. No. 19 Stanford (3-6) vs. No. 3 Florida State 1 W 3-2 SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 5-0 (1.000) • STREAK: Won 5 5 No. 8 Loyola Marymount 12 p.m. LAST MEETING: W 4-1 (April 6, 2019 • Stanford, Calif.) 7 vs. No. 19 Stanford 2 9 a.m. OPPONENT WEBSITE: GoStanford.com at No. 2 UCLA 2 2:30 p.m. 8 vs. No. 11 California 2 10:00 a.m. vs. Utah 2 2:30 p.m. Match #7 • Saturday, March 7 • 2:30 p.m. PT 11 Pepperdine 12 p.m. No. 5 USC (2-2) at No. 2 UCLA (7-2) UCLA 2 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 12-9 (.571) • STREAK: Lost 1 Pepperdine vs. UCLA 4 p.m. LAST MEETING: L 3-0 (May 5, 2019 • Gulf Shores, Ala.) 14 vs. Florida State 3 8 a.m. ET OPPONENT WEBSITE: UCLABruins.com at Stetson 3 12 p.m. ET 15 vs. UAB 3 12 p.m. ET Match #8 • Sunday, March 8 • 10 a.m. PT vs. Hawai’i 3 4 p.m. ET 17 at Florida Atlantic 11 a.m. ET No. 5 USC (2-2) vs. No. 11 California (5-1) 24 vs. Loyola Marymount # 12:15 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 8-1 (.889) • STREAK: Won 3 at Pepperdine 1:20 p.m. LAST MEETING: W 5-0 (April 6, 2019 • Stanford, Calif.) OPPONENT WEBSITE: CalBears.com APRIL 4 vs. Arizona 4 9 a.m. Match #9 • Sunday, March 8 • 2:30 p.m. PT vs. California 4 11:45 a.m. No. 5 USC (2-2) vs. Utah (0-4) 5 vs. UCLA 4 9 a.m. vs. Washington 4 (P12N) 1 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: USC leads, 2-0 (1.000) • STREAK: Won 2 11 vs. TCU 5 (P12N) 2:30 p.m. LAST MEETING: W 5-0 (April 27, 2017 • Tucson, Ariz.) vs. Florida International 5 (P12N) 4:30 p.m. OPPONENT WEBSITE: UtahUtes.com 12 vs. Florida State 5 (P12N) 11:30 a.m. vs. LSU 5 (P12N) 1:30 p.m. 14 Cal Poly (P12N) 12 p.m. Bare E-sand-shells Long Beach State (P12N) [SENIOR DAY] 2 p.m. • USC owns three beach volleyball national championships includ- Cal Poly vs. Long Beach State 4 p.m. ing the first-ever NCAA title in 2016 (AVCA, 2015). 23 Pac-12 Championship Day 1 * (P12N) TBD • The Trojans have won three Pac-12 crowns (2016, ‘17, ‘19). 24 Pac-12 Championship Day 2 * (P12N) TBD 25 Pac-12 Championship Day 3 * (P12N) TBD • First-year head coach Dain Blanton takes the helm for the de- fending Pac-12 champions following the retirement of two-time May AVCA National Coach of the Year Anna Collier. 1 NCAA Championship ^ (ESPN) TBD • USC players have received AVCA All-America notice 20 times. The Trojans return 2 NCAA Championship ^ (ESPN) TBD All-American Jr. Sammy Slater to the lineup this spring. 3 NCAA Championship ^ (ESPN) TBD • Among returning USC players, Sr. Joy Dennis leads with 72-career victories. Jr. Haley Hallgren (61) and Slater (58) follow Dennis in career wins. All times PST unless otherwise noted • The 2020 USC roster features 10 newcomers, including three transfers. Bold indicates home match at Merle Norman Stadium # at Zuma Beach • Malibu, Calif. • LMU’s 19 duals against is the third most among USC opponents (Pepp, UCLA). 1 Hilton Head Island Invitational • Coligny Beach • Hilton Head, S.C. 2 Pac-12 South Invitational • Santa Monica/Los Angeles, Calif. 3 Stetson Beach Blast • Cooper Beach Courts • DeLand, Fla. 4 Pac-12 North Invitational • Beach VB Stadium • Stanford, Calif. Anticipated USC Lineup 5 East Meets West Invitational • Manhattan Beach, Calif. * Pac-12 Championship • Mapes Beach • Los Angeles, Calif. Pairing Record all-Time Streak ^ NCAA Championship • Gulf Shores Beach • Gulf Shores, Ala. No. 1 :: Haley HALLGREN/Hailey HARWARD 2-2 2-2 L2 No. 2 :: Kyla DOIG/Sammy SLATER 3-1 3-1 W2 No. 3 :: Audrey NOURSE/Nicole NOURSE 2-2 2-2 W1 No. 4 :: Joy DENNIS/Harper HALLGREN 3-1 3-1 L1 @USCBeach No. 5 :: Cammie DORN/Paige DREEUWS 2-0 2-0 W2 2020 USC Women of Troy ## NAME HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Molly DAVIS 6-0 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Grace Preparatory Academy) 2 Belen CASTILLO 6-3 Gr. Merced, Calif. (Golden Valley HS/California) 3 Maja KAISER 6-0 Jr. Bulverde, Texas (Smithson Valley HS) 4 Sammy SLATER 5-10 Jr. Ventura, Calif. (Ventura HS) 5 Paige DREEUWS 5-9 Jr. San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS/Hawai’i) 10 Kyla DOIG 6-0 Fr. Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 11 Joy DENNIS 6-0 Sr. Cypress, Calif. (Keystone Academy) 12 Haley HALLGREN 6-1 Jr. Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS) 13 Audrey NOURSE 5-11 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) 15 Ariyana KIM 5-6 Fr. Encinitas, Calif. (San Dieguito Academy) 20 Josannah VAZQUEZ 5-10 Jr. Mansfield, Texas (Lake Ridge HS/Long Beach CC) 21 Hailey HARWARD 5-9 Gr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 24 Cammie DORN 6-0 Sr. Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) 25 Anaree SMITH 5-10 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Santa Fe Christian Schools) 30 Mollie EBERTIN 6-1 So. Saratoga, Calif. (Saint Francis HS) 31 Nicole NOURSE 5-11 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. (Orange Lutheran HS) 35 Karina MYSZKOWSKI 6-3 So. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 40 Harper HALLGREN 5-11 Fr. Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS)

HEAD COACH Dain BLANTON (1st year), Pepperdine ‘94 ASSISTANT COACH Gustavo ROCHA (3rd year), Park ‘06 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Laurel WEAVER (1st year), Hawai’i ‘18 ATHLETIC TRAINER Lauren CRAWFORD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH Jillian ZELLER

USC Head Coach Dain Blanton Pronunciation Guide Dain Blanton, an Olympic gold-medalist, is in his first season as USC’s CASTILLO bel-ENN coss-TEE-jho head coach (2020). He was the volunteer assistant coach at USC DOIG sounds like “boy” for four seasons (2015-18) when the Trojans won the 2015 AVCA DREEUWS sounds like “blues” championship and the 2016 and 2017 NCAA championships. USC EBERTIN EEE-ber-tin also captured back-to-back (2016-17) Pac-12 titles. KAISER MY-uhh Blanton helped USC produce eight AVCA All-Americans and KIM arr-ee-AW-nuh coached USC’s top pair of Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes to the 2015 MYSZKOWSKI car-EE-nah mis-COW-skee AVCA Pairs Championship and the 2017 USAV Collegiate Pairs crown. NOURSE NORSE The duo also won back-to-back Pac-12 titles in 2016 and 2017. SMITH anna-REE VAZQUEZ hose-ANNA VASS-kez In 2019, Blanton was a color analyst and sideline reporter for ESPN and the Olympic Channel. He has had a distinguished career as a sports broadcaster, covering NBA basketball, Major ROCHA goo-STAH-voh ROW-kah League Baseball, college basketball, football, and beach volleyball for networks including ESPN, NBC, ABC, FOX Sports Net, Universal Sports Network, Pac-12 Networks, Olympic Channel, and Amazon Prime. He covered beach volleyball for NBC at the 2016 Olympics. The Blanton File Blanton was the first two-time U.S. male beach volleyball Olympian. He andEric Fonoimoana won gold at the 2000 Sydney Games as the ninth seed. He then partnered with ALMA MATER at the 2004 in Athens. • Pepperdine, 1994 (Public Relations) • 1992 NCAA men’s volleyball champion Blanton has won an NCAA title, Olympic gold, and multiple pro crowns. At Pepperdine • 1994 All-America honorable mention (1991-94), he won the 1992 NCAA title as a sophomore and received All-America honorable mention in 1994. Blanton won 11 beach tournaments, including nine AVP championships HONORS & AWARDS and two FIVB titles. In 2003, he and Nygaard were the AVP Team of the Year and Blanton • 2015 AVCA Championship, USC was the AVP’s Best Offensive Player. He was the first male African-American to win a major • 2016 NCAA Championship, USC beach volleyball event when he won the 1997 AVP Hermosa Grand Slam. He and Kent • 2017 NCAA Championship, USC Steffes won bronze medals at the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships. PRO BEACH CAREER Blanton was the 1990 Orange County Boys’ Volleyball Player of the Year at Laguna Beach • 2000 Olympic gold medalist (Calif.) High, where he was also an All-State basketball player. In 1997, Blanton started • 2004 Olympic participant a charity called Dain’s Day at the Beach; and he has spent time mentoring students • 1997 AVP Hermosa Grand Slam as a motivational speaker through his non-profit organization Getting to Gold. Blanton • 1997 bronze at World Championships graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Pepperdine in 1994 and also holds a teaching credential in physical education.

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions LOS ANGELES – The fifth-ranked USC beach volleyball team (2-2) gets set for a 2020 USC Quick Facts busy weekend of action with five duals over the course of four days, including four against ranked foes. The Trojans are coming off three straight 3-2 results and University Information needed a third-set victory to defeat No. 3 Florida State. Location Los Angeles, California Founded 1880 The Trojans take on one of their oldest local rivals when they host eighth-ranked Enrollment 48,500 (20,500 undergraduates) Loyola Marymount (3-2) for the 20th meeting between the teams in USC’s home Campus Size 226 acres President Dr. Carol L. Folt opener at Merle Norman Stadium on Thursday, March 5. USC then hits the Pac- Athletic Director Mike Bohn 12 beach circuit and tangles with No. 19 Stanford (3-6), No. 2 UCLA (7-2), No. 11 Senior Woman Administrator Joyce Bell California (5-1), and Utah (0-4) in the Pac-12 South Invitational hosted by UCLA National Affiliation NCAA Division I on Saturday and Sunday (March 7-8). Conference Affiliation Pac-12 Nickname Trojans / Women of Troy USC opened up the Dain Blanton era with a 5-0 victory over College of Charleston Fight Song Fight On but stumbled against No. 17 South Carolina and No. 10 Grand Canyon before Colors Cardinal and Gold righting the ship for a 3-2 win over third-ranked Florida State. It is the earliest the Mascot Traveler Trojans have ever had two losses on their record, but USC figures to improve as Home Court (Cap) Merle Norman Stadium (500) the season progresses with a particularly young lineup. Beach Volleyball Staff Four of the players among USC’s top three pairs are newcomers to the program, Head Coach Dain Blanton (1st year) including three true freshmen. At the fourth and fifth positions, each pair is made Alma Mater Pepperdine, ‘94 up of a veteran and a freshman or newcomer via transfer. Collier’s Record at USC 2-2 (.500) Collier’s Career Record 2-2 (.500) The Trojans were last year’s NCAA runner-up, but must replace over 280 career Assistant Coach Gustavo Rocha (3rd year) Vol. Assistant Coach Laurel Weaver (1st year) victories with the departures of All-Americans Abril Bustamante (121) and Terese Office Phone (213) 740-0855 Cannon (112); and All-Pac-12 choice Alexandra Poletto (51). Among USC’s Athletic Trainer Lauren Crawford leaders are returning All-American Sammy Slater; and captains Haley Hallgren Training Room Phone (213) 740-0891 and Joy Dennis. Sports Information TRACK THE TROJANS: Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCBeach on Director Tim Tessalone Twitter for score updates during home matches and select road matches. The Mailing Address USC Sports Information Trojans are also active on Instagram and Facebook. 3501 Watt Way, Heritage Hall 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 LAST TIME OUT: USC swept College of Charleston (5-0) in the first-ever meeting Office Phone (213) 740-8480 between the programs to start the Hilton Head Island Invitational and the Dain Beach Volleyball SID Jeremy Wu Blanton era on a positive foot. Tournament host South Carolina had other plans, Office Phone (213) 740-3807 however. The 17th-ranked Gamecocks battled the Trojans to a 3-2 victory to Office Fax (213) 740-7584 become only the second team from the east to own multiple wins over USC Mobile Phone (213) 379-3977 (Florida State, the other). The Trojans couldn’t quite bounce back in their next E-Mail [email protected] match and fell in another 3-2 final to No. 10 Grand Canyon. The loss to the Lopes USC Ticket Office (213) 740-GOSC Website www.usctrojans.com/beach was the first in the teams’ eight meetings and made GCU only the 10th team Instagram, Twitter, Facebook @USCBeach ever to beat USC. The Women of Troy would not be denied though—up against third-ranked Florida State, USC hit the Seminoles with their first loss of the season Beach Volleyball History in a 3-2 victory to end the weekend. First Season of Beach Volleyball * 2012 First Head Coach Anna Collier CENTURY CITY: USC has had eight different players reach the 100-career win All-Time Record 207-40 (.838) mark. Four-time All-American Sara Hughes leads all players with 190-career Record at Merle Norman Stadium 55-8 (.873) victories. Kelly Claes (180), Nicolette Martin (141), and Allie Wheeler (130), All-Time AVCA Postseason Record 7-4 (.636) comprise an elite group of four Women of Troy to have recorded over 125 wins. All-Time NCAA Postseason Record 14-4 (.778) Jenna Belton finished with 124 wins and is followed byAbril Bustamante (121) and Team Conference Championships 3 (2016-17, ‘19) Terese Cannon (112). Jo Kremer had 103-career victories. Pairs Conference Championships 2 (2016-17) Team National Championships 3 (2015-17) PAIR’S LAIR: Six different USC pairs have recorded 50 or more victories together. Pairs National Championships 4 (2013-15, ‘17) Atop that list is the two-time Pac-12 Champion duo of Kelly Claes and Sara AVCA Team Appearances 3 Hughes who won 147 matches together. Nicolette Martin and Allie Wheeler NCAA Team Appearances 4 AVCA All-America Selections 20 (11 players) (91 wins) stands next in line and is followed by the tandem of Sophie Bukovec * First season women’s beach volleyball scholarships awarded at USC and Alexa Strange with 66 wins. In just two seasons, Abril Bustamante and Tina Graudina produced 64 wins. Jenna Belton and Jo Kremer stayed together for 2019 Season Review 54 wins and last season, Terese Cannon and Sammy Slater finished with 50 wins. Overall Record 32-6 Home Record 11-1 POW-WOW: USC pairs have won the Pac-12 Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week Away Record 4-2 award 17 times since its inception in 2016. In 2019, Abril Bustamante and Tina Neutral Site Record 17-3 Graudina won on March 5 and were chosen again on March 26 for their third Final AVCA Ranking No. 2 honor as a duo. Haley Hallgren and Alexandra Poletto were selected on March Postseason Finish NCAA runner-up (L 3-0 vs. UCLA) 12; and Terese Cannon and Sammy Slater were voted for the award (April 16). In 2018, Bustamante paired with Cannon for one of two USC awards. She also 2020 Team Information won with then-freshman Graudina. In 2017, USC pairs claimed five of the eight Letterwinners Returning / Lost 8 / 6 awards. All-Americans Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes are owners of a record Starters Returning / Lost 5 / 5 five Pac-12 POW awards. Jenna Belton and Jo Kremer became the first-ever Newcomers 10 No. 5 pair to win the honor on March 21, 2017. USC’s Nicolette Martin and Allie Class Breakdown (Gr / Sr / Jr / So / Fr) 2 / 2 / 5 / 2 / 7 Wheeler have the great distinction of being the first-ever Pac-12 Pair of the Week honorees; chosen from the No. 3 position as juniors on March 8, 2016.

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions AVCA Coaches Top 20 Poll SAND CASTLE: The Women of Troy are 55-8 (.873) at Merle Norman Stadium since it opened in 2013. The Trojans won 19 straight home matches between 2014 and 2016; and went 10-0 in 2015 and 8-0 in 2014 on MNS sand. USC’s later 16-match winning streak was snapped on Feb. 28, 2018, when UCLA and Pepperdine claimed back-to-back 3-2 wins over the Trojans. Only four teams have ever come to Merle Norman Stadium and beaten the Women of Troy: Pepperdine (3), Florida State (2), UCLA (2), and Long Beach State (1). RK TEAM RECORD LAST 1 LSU (10) 8-2 2 POLL POSITION: USC opened 2020 ranked No. 4 in both the AVCA Coaches Top 2 UCLA 7-2 1 20 and the DiG Magazine Top 20 media poll. The Trojans have been ranked in 3 Florida State (1) 10-1 3 the AVCA’s top 5 (and in every poll) for 61 weeks. USC seized the top spot in both 4 Hawai’i 7-2 5 polls on March 23, 2015, following a victory over then No. 1-ranked Hawai’i on 5 USC 2-2 4 the road and held the ranking for the rest of 2015. USC has been ranked No. 1 in 6 Cal Poly 4-2 8 36 AVCA polls, the most all-time. The Trojans, Pepperdine, Hawai’i, UCLA, and LSU 7 Grand Canyon 7-1 10 are the only five teams ever to hold the top spot in the poll. USC is100-9 all-time 8 Loyola Marymount 3-2 9 when ranked No. 1. The Trojans received their first-ever No. 1 ranking in 2014 and 9 Pepperdine 0-2 6 maintained the position for much of the season, before the they fell to eventual 10 Stetson 6-3 7 AVCA champion Pepperdine in the national semifinals. In 2013, USC started the 11 California 5-1 11 season ranked third and finished in fourth. 12 Florida International 7-1 14 LET’S GO STREAKING: USC set a new program record to close the 2016 season 13 Florida Atlantic 7-1 18 as winners of 30 consecutive dual matches. That streak carried into the 14 Long Beach State 3-0 12 2017 campaign and reached 62 before a loss on April 28 in the 2017 Pac-12 15 South Carolina 3-5 17 Championship. The 62 victories rank sixth among longest streaks in the history 16 TCU 6-2 15 of USC athletics. All-Americans Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes won 103 straight 17 Arizona 7-0 13 matches as a pair between April 2, 2015 and April 8, 2017. During that streak, the 18 Georgia State 5-3 16 two Trojans lost just seven sets (only one in 2016 and one in 2017). 19 Stanford 3-6 20 20 Tulane 5-2 NR 1-2 PUNCH: The Trojans have played in 15 1v2 matchups and are 8-7 all-time in Also receiving votes: Arizona State, Houston Baptist, such duals. In 2019, USC was part of 1v2 matches six times and went 3-3. USC Saint Mary’s, Coastal Carolina went 3-1 in 2016 but didn’t play any such matches in 2015. In three 1-vs-2 duals in 2014, USC went 1-2. Overall, in these duals, USC is 5-4 when ranked No. 1 and as of March 2 • Next poll: March 9 3-3 when ranked No. 2.

HIGHEST HIGHS: Freshmen twins Audrey and Nicole Nourse were each named AVCA High School Beach All-Americans last fall. The phenom sisters have also DiG Magazine Top 20 Poll experienced success on the pro tour advancing into the main draw at both the Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach Open AVP events in 2019. The Nourse twins also own three fifth-place finishes from 2019 FIVB tour stops. They were the sixth and seventh all-time USC players to earn High School All-America honors and got a jumpstart to their collegiate careers when they traveled to Europe with the Women of Troy in the summer of 2019. RK TEAM RECORD LAST 1 LSU (12) 8-2 3 IN TRANSIT: The Women of Troy welcome three transfers for the 2020 season. In 2 Florida State (4) 10-1 2 the fall, Paige Dreeuws (San Marcos, Calif.) arrived on campus after spending 3 UCLA 7-2 1 two seasons at Hawai’i. Belen Castillo (Merced, Calif.), who played two seasons 4 Hawaii 7-2 5 of indoor volleyball at California joined the Trojans as a graduate student. 5 USC 2-2 4 Following the conclusion of her indoor season, Hailey Harward (Phoenix, Ariz.) 6 Cal Poly 4-2 9 made the jump from Long Beach State to USC and will have two years to play 7 Grand Canyon 7-1 10 in the cardinal and gold as a grad student. Freshman Molly Davis (Arlington, 8 Loyola Marymount 3-2 8 Texas) initially enrolled at Texas but did not play volleyball in the fall before she 9 Pepperdine 0-2 6 transferred to USC in time for the start of the spring season. 10 Stetson 6-3 7 11 California 5-1 11 TOP OF THE CLASS: The Trojans signed four of the top high school/prep players in 12 Florida Atlantic 7-1 19 the country to National Letters of Intent to play at USC beginning in the 2020-21 13 Florida International 7-1 14 academic year. Olivia Bakos (Mira Costa HS/Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Caitlin 14 TCU 6-2 13 Cummings (Lick-Wilmerding HS/Pacific, Calif.), Megan Kraft (Torrey Pines HS/San 15 Long Beach State 3-0 15 Diego, Calif.), and Delayne Maple (Torrey Pines HS/Temecula, Calif.) will join the 16 South Carolina 3-5 17 Women of Troy next fall. Kraft and Maple have already made national noise as 17 Arizona 7-0 16 the youngest pair to first emerge from the AVP qualifier (2019 Huntington Beach 18 Georgia State 5-3 12 Open) and then as the youngest pair to advance to finish in fifth place (2019 19 Arizona State 2-2 18 Hermosa Open). 20 Stanford 3-6 NR Others receiving votes: Tulane, College of SAND SHARK: Sophomore Mollie Ebertin used to lace up skates and played ice Charleston, Saint Mary’s College, Houston Baptist, hockey for several years as a youth; taking after her older brothers. As a native North Florida of the Bay Area, she naturally is a fan of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks. TEXAS TOWN: The Trojans’ roster features five players who hail from the Lone Star as of March 2 • Next poll: March 9 State. Junior Maja Kaiser is from Bulverde, a small town north of San Antonio. Fellow junior Haley Hallgren prepped at Carroll High School in Southlake, in the Dallas Metro area; which is also where younger sister Harper Hallgren is from.

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions The Hallgren family has roots in California, where they lived before relocating to 2020 USC Poll Progression Texas. Junior Josannah Vazquez is from Mansfield, a suburb to the southwest of Dallas. Vazquez is no stranger to California either after having spent one year at Long Beach City College. Freshman Molly Davis is from Arlington, a suburb west of Dallas and east of Fort Worth. DATE RECORD AVCA DiG MAG ALL-AMERICAN GIRLS: USC has celebrated 11 AVCA All-Americans and 20 All- FEB 10 (PRE) 0-0 No. 4 No. 4 America certificates in eight seasons. Sara Hughes became the first-ever four- FEB 24 0-0 No. 4 No. 4 time All-American in 2017. Kelly Claes is USC’s second three-time All-American. MAR 2 2-2 No. 5 No. 5 Among two-time selections, Kirby Burnham, Sophie Bukovec, Abril Bustamante, and Tina Graudina hold the honor. Stevi Robinson, Alexa Strange, Allie Wheeler, MAR 9 Terese Cannon, and Sammy Slater each hold one All-America distinction on their MAR 16 resumes. Several Trojans have also been chosen for DiG Magazine All-America honors in their careers. MAR 23 MAR 30 HIGH MARKS: Trojan All-Americans Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes are the APR 6 winningest pair in program history. The duo won 147 matches (4 losses) together over the course of a three-year relationship. Nicolette Martin and Allie Wheeler APR 13 formed the second-most successful duo in school history from 2014-16 as they APR 20 amassed 91 victories (91-14) through the end of the 2016 NCAA championship APR 27 run. Claes and Hughes own the USC single-season record for wins with a 48-0 mark achieved in 2016 and the record for longest winning streak with a 103-match run MAY 5 (FINAL) between April 2, 2015 and April 8, 2017. USC AVCA POLL SUPERLATIVES FOUR SCORE: Trojans own four pairs’ national titles. Kirby Burnham and Stevi Robinson won the 2013 AVCA championship. Burnham won again with Sara 61 • Number of weeks ranked in the poll (1.000) Hughes in 2014. Hughes later teamed with Kelly Claes to win in 2015. With 61 • Number of weeks ranked in top 5 the NCAA’s sponsorship of beach volleyball as its 90th championship sport, it 36 • Number of weeks ranked No. 1 (most all-time) decided to hold a team championship and not a pairs’ tournament. Claes and Hughes won a second national title as the USAV Pairs Champions in 2017. 1 • One of five teams to hold No. 1 ranking 100-9 • Overall record when ranked No. 1 DISTANCE RUNNING: No team can claim a winning record against the Women of Troy. Just 10 teams have ever registered a win over USC and together are responsible for all 40 of USC’s all-time losses. Pepperdine (13), UCLA (9), Long 2020 Honors and Awards Beach State (5), Florida State (4), Hawai’i (3), South Carolina (2), California (1), LSU (1), Stetson (1), and Grand Canyon (1) own those victories. USC is otherwise Preseason National Ranking undefeated against the other 31 of their all-time opponents. No. 4, AVCA Coaches Poll No. 4 DiG Magazine Media Poll STAFF INFECTION: Over the years, the Trojans’ coaching staff has featured some of the game’s biggest names. Before he became the head coach, for four seasons (2015-18) Olympic gold-medal winner Dain Blanton served as the team’s volunteer assistant coach. Blanton won beach volleyball gold in the 2000 Sydney Games with partner . Fonoimoana was the team’s volunteer assistant for the 2019 season. In 2015, Blanton replaced the Trojans’ former assistant Misty May-Treanor, who was a three-time Olympic gold-medal winner on the sand herself. In 2017, Gustavo Rocha joined the staff following a stint at Pepperdine as the Waves’ volunteer assistant coach. Rocha has also served as an assistant to Marcio Sicoli (now Pepperdine’s head coach), who coached Olympic gold medalists May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings.

USC ALUMS ON THE BEACH: USC women’s volleyball players have shined on the pro beach world circuit, both internationally and domestically. Some top stars include Olympic medalists April Ross and Jennifer Kessy; Tracy (Lindquist) Jones (13-year pro); Geena Urango, Jessica Gysin, and Keao Burdine (young beach stars); Bibiana Candelas (indoor All-American who won the first-ever Collegiate Nationals Beach Championship in 2006); Paula Weishoff (an indoor Olympian and Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee); and Miki McFadden (indoor Olympian). More recently, Sara Hughes, Kelly Claes, Nicolette Martin, Allie Wheeler, and Terese Cannon have made inroads on the AVP (American Volleyball Professionals) tour.

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2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions Merle Norman Stadium 2020 USC Superlatives Merle Norman Stadium is the on-campus home to the Overall Longest Streaks USC women’s beach volleyball program. Located on Overall Record 2-2 Winning Streak W1, twice the east side of University Park Campus on Figueroa Home 0-0 Losing Streak L2, Feb 29-Mar 1 Street across from the Galen Center, it features three Road 0-0 Active Streak W1 courts with sand from the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Neutral 2-2 The palm tree-encircled stadium also has bleachers Match Clinchers and a grass berm for spectator seating, a scoreboard vs. AVCA Ranked 1-2 Pair No. 1 0 / 1 and audio system, lighting, restrooms, showers, and vs. AVCA Top 10 1-1 Pair No. 2 1 / 0 multiple team storage areas. vs. AVCA Top 5 1-0 Pair No. 3 1 / 1 vs. AVCA Unranked 1-0 Pair No. 4 0 / 0 Ground was broken to build the new venue in July USC Ranked Higher 1-2 Pair No. 5 0 / 0 of 2012 under the generous donations of Jack and USC Ranked Lower 1-0 Helen Nethercutt and John and Melinda Muller, and By Positional Result a large sum from an anonymous donor. The Mullers In 5-0 Matches 1-0 Pair No. 1 Win 1-1 have a daughter (Erica) on the 2013 squad. A USC In 4-1 Matches 0-0 Pair No. 1 Loss 1-1 alumnus, Jack Nethercutt served as vice president In 3-2 Matches 1-2 Pair No. 2 Win 2-1 of marketing and later President of Merle Norman Other Finishes 0-0 Pair No. 2 Loss 0-1 Cosmetics in 1973. He left the company to pursue Pair No. 3 Win 2-0 other ventures but returned to his presidency in In February 1-1 Pair No. 3 Loss 0-2 March of 2002 and now serves as Chairman of the In March 1-1 Pair No. 4 Win 1-2 Board with his wife Helen as Vice Chairman. In April 0-0 Pair No. 4 Loss 1-0 In May 0-0 Pair No. 5 Win 2-0 The stadium is named for Nethercutt’s great aunt Pair No. 5 Loss 0-2 and namesake of the cosmetics corporation, Merle Nethercutt Norman. Jack and Helen are active in Los Angeles non-profits and charities and are Galen Founders, Scholarship Club members, and Conquest USC All-Time Individual Win Leaders supporters of the USC Trojan Marching Band. PLAYER SEASONS MATCHES WINS LOSSES PCT. 1 Sara HUGHES 2014-17 198 190 8 .960 On Thursday, March 7, 2013, USC officially opened 2 Kelly CLAES 2014-17 192 181 11 .943 and dedicated Merle Norman Stadium in conjunction with the beach volleyball program’s alumni match. 3 Nicolette MARTIN 2014-17 166 141 25 .850 The Nethercutts were on hand to cut the ribbon with 4 Allie WHEELER 2014-17 153 130 23 .850 first Trojan head coach Anna Collier and athletic 5 Jenna BELTON 2015-18 160 124 36 .775 director Pat Haden. USC All-America alumnae and 6 Abril BUSTAMANTE 2016-19 145 121 24 .834 Olympic beach volleyball silver medalists Jennifer 7 Terese CANNON 2016-19 143 112 31 .783 Kessy and April Ross christened the sand in their return 8 Jo KREMER 2015-18 134 103 31 .769 to campus for the special match. 9 Alexa STRANGE 2014-16 125 99 26 .792 10 Kirby BURNHAM 2012-14 119 96 23 .807 The Women of Troy played their first dual match in the 11 Sophie BUKOVEC 2015-17 119 93 26 .782 stadium on Sunday, March 10, 2013, and earned a 4-1 victory over Loyola Marymount. The stadium hosted the inaugural Pac-12 Championship in 2016 and USC All-Time Pairs Win Leaders hosted the tournament again in 2019. The Trojans won the league crown in both years. USC produced a 7-3 PAIR MATCHES WINS LOSSES PCT. mark in 2013 and was 8-0 in 2014 on its home sand at 1 Kelly CLAES/Sara HUGHES 151 147 4 .974 Merle Norman Stadium. USC also went undefeated 2 Nicolette MARTIN/Allie WHEELER 106 91 15 .859 in 2015 (10-0) and in 2017 (8-0). The Trojans are 55-8 3 Sophie BUKOVEC/Alexa STRANGE 85 66 19 .777 (.873) all-time at Merle Norman Stadium. 4 Abril BUSTAMANTE/Tina GRAUDINA 68 64 4 .941 5 Jenna BELTON/Jo KREMER 70 54 16 .771 6 Terese CANNON/Sammy SLATER 66 50 16 .758 7 Haley HALLGREN/Alexandra POLETTO 51 42 9 .824 Kirby BURNHAM/Sara HUGHES 46 42 4 .913 9 Terese CANNON/Nicolette MARTIN 51 41 10 .804 10 Eve ETTINGER/Bria RUSS 57 39 18 .684 11 Kelly CLAES/Alexa STRANGE 40 33 7 .825 12 Eve ETTINGER/Meg NORTON 38 32 6 .842 Jo KREMER/Zoe NIGHTINGALE 38 32 6 .842 14 Sam HIRSCHMANN/Natasa SILJKOVIC 50 31 19 .620 15 Jenna BELTON/Bria RUSS 35 30 5 .857 16 Jenna BELTON/Abril BUSTAMANTE 35 28 7 .800 17 Sophie BUKOVEC/Allie WHEELER 32 25 7 .781 Kirby BURNHAM/Stevi ROBINSON 29 25 4 .862

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions All-Time USC Beach Volleyball Annual Record YEAR RECORD HOME AWAY NEUTRAL NATIONAL FINISH HEAD COACH TEAM CAPTAINS 2012 7-4 2-0 1-2 4-2 -- Anna Collier Geena Urango 2013 16-8 7-3 2-2 7-3 AVCA Semifinal Anna Collier Kirby Burnham, Sam Hirschmann 2014 23-3 8-0 3-1 12-2 AVCA Semifinal Anna Collier Kirby Burnham, Sam Hirschmann 2015 28-0 10-0 5-0 13-0 AVCA Champion Anna Collier Sara Hughes, Meg Norton 2016 * 34-2 9-1 3-1 22-0 NCAA Champion Anna Collier Sophie Bukovec, Sara Hughes 2017 * 38-1 8-0 4-0 26-1 NCAA Champion Anna Collier Sara Hughes, Nicolette Martin 2018 27-14 2-3 3-5 22-6 NCAA Semifinal Anna Collier Jenna Belton, Terese Cannon 2019 * 32-6 11-1 4-2 17-3 NCAA Runner-up Anna Collier Abril Bustamante, Terese Cannon 2020 2-2 -- -- 2-2 -- Dain Blanton Joy Dennis, Haley Hallgren TOTALS 207-40 57-8 25-13 125-19 * denotes Pac-12 Championship

All-Time USC Series Records by Opponent OVERALL FIRST LONGEST LONGEST LAST OPPONENT RECORD PCT. HOME ROAD NEUT. MEETING WIN STREAK LOSS STREAK 10 ARIZONA 8-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 5-0 2014, W 4-1 W8, 2014- -- 8-0 ARIZONA STATE 12-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 6-0 2014, W 5-0 W12, 2014- -- 10-0 BOISE STATE 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2014, W 5-0 W2, 2014- -- 2-0 CALIFORNIA 8-1 .889 3-0 -- 5-1 2015, W 5-0 W5, 2015-18 L1, 2018 8-1 CAL POLY 3-0 1.000 2-0 -- 1-0 2017, W 5-0 W3, 2017- -- 3-0 CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD 7-0 1.000 4-0 1-0 2-0 2013, W 5-0 W7, 2013- -- 7-0 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 2-0 1.000 1-0 -- 1-0 2014, W 5-0 W2, 2014- -- 2-0 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2020, W 5-0 W1, 2020- -- 1-0 CONCORDIA (CA) 2-0 1.000 1-0 -- 1-0 2015, W 5-0 W2, 2015- -- 2-0 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2016, W 5-0 W2, 2016- -- 2-0 FLORIDA GULF COAST 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2012, W 5-0 W1, 2012- -- 1-0 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6-0 1.000 -- 1-0 5-0 2016, W 5-0 W6, 2016- -- 6-0 FLORIDA STATE 12-4 .750 3-2 0-1 9-1 2012, L 1-4 W6, 2016-18 L2, 2012-13 9-1 FULLERTON COLLEGE 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2013, W 5-0 W1, 2013- -- 1-0 GEORGIA STATE 4-0 1.000 -- 1-0 3-0 2016, W 4-1 W4, 2016- -- 4-0 GRAND CANYON 7-1 .875 3-0 2-0 2-1 2013, W 5-0 W7, 2013-19 L1, 2020- 7-1 HAWAI’I 14-3 .824 1-0 4-2 9-1 2012, W 4-1 W8, 2015-18 L2, 2018 8-2 IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE 1-0 1.000 -- 1-0 -- 2015, W 5-0 W1, 2015- -- 1-0 LONG BEACH STATE 8-5 .615 4-1 1-1 3-3 2012, W 4-1 W7, 2015- L5, 2012-13 7-3 LOUISIANA-MONROE 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2013, W 3-2 W2, 2013- -- 2-0 LOUISIANA STATE 3-1 .750 -- -- 3-1 2017, W 4-1 W2, 2019- L1, 2018 3-1 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 19-0 1.000 12-0 -- 7-0 2012, W 5-0 W19, 2012- -- 10-0 NEBRASKA 10-0 1.000 1-0 -- 9-0 2013, W 3-2 W10, 2013- -- 10-0 NEW MEXICO 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2015, W 4-1 W2, 2015- -- 2-0 NORTH FLORIDA 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2013, W 4-1 W1, 2013- -- 1-0 OREGON 4-0 1.000 2-0 -- 2-0 2014, W 5-0 W4, 2014- -- 4-0 PACIFIC 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2013, W 4-1 W1, 2013- -- 1-0 PEPPERDINE 14-13 .519 4-3 2-7 8-3 2012, L 1-4 W6, 2016-17 L6, 2012-14 5-5 SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE 5-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 3-0 2013, W 5-0 W5, 2013- -- 5-0 SAN FRANCISCO 2-0 1.000 1-0 -- 1-0 2015, W 5-0 W2, 2015- -- 2-0 SAN JOSE STATE 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2014, W 5-0 W2, 2014- -- 2-0 SANTA BARBARA CC 1-0 1.000 -- 1-0 -- 2013, W 5-0 W1, 2013- -- 1-0 SANTA CLARA 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2014, W 5-0 W2, 2014- -- 2-0 SOUTH CAROLINA 3-2 .600 -- 1-0 2-2 2016, W 5-0 W3, 2016-17 L2, 2019- 3-2 STANFORD 5-0 1.000 -- 2-0 3-0 2017, W 5-0 W5, 2017- -- 5-0 STETSON 6-1 .857 1-0 -- 5-1 2012, W 5-0 W6, 2012-19 L1, 2019- 6-1 TCU 4-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 2-0 2015, W 5-0 W4, 2015- -- 4-0 TULANE 1-0 1.000 -- -- 1-0 2016, W 5-0 W1, 2016- -- 1-0 UCLA 12-9 .571 6-2 0-2 6-5 2013, W 5-0 W7, 2013-17 L6, 2018-19 3-7 UTAH 2-0 1.000 -- -- 2-0 2017, W 4-1 W2, 2017- -- 2-0 WASHINGTON 5-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 2-0 2017, W 4-1 W5, 2017- -- 5-0 TOTAL 207-40 .838 57-8 25-13 125-19 39-2

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions 2020 USC Beach Volleyball Broadcast Roster

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Molly DAVIS Belen CASTILLO Maja KAISER Sammy SLATER Paige DREEUWS Fr. • 6-0 Gr. • 6-3 Jr. • 6-0 Jr. • 5-10 Jr. • 5-9 Arlington, Texas Merced, Calif. Bulverde, Texas Ventura, Calif. San Marcos, Calif. #10 #11 #12 #13 #15

Kyla DOIG Joy DENNIS Haley HALLGREN Audrey NOURSE Ariyana KIM Fr. • 6-0 Sr. • 6-1 Jr. • 6-1 Fr. • 5-11 Fr. • 5-6 Redondo Beach, Calif. Cypress, Calif. Southlake, Texas Newport Beach, Calif. Encinitas, Calif. #20 #21 #24 #25 #30

Josannah VAZQUEZ Hailey HARWARD Cammie DORN Anaree SMITH Mollie EBERTIN Jr. • 5-10 Gr. • 5-9 Sr. • 6-1 Fr. • 5-10 So. • 6-1 Mansfield, Texas Phoenix, Ariz. Laguna Beach, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Saratoga, Calif. #31 #35 #40

Nicole NOURSE Karina MYSZKOWSKI Harper HALLGREN Fr. • 5-11 So. • 6-3 Fr. • 5-11 Newport Beach, Calif. Manhattan Beach, Calif. Southlake, Texas

Dain BLANTON Gustavo ROCHA Laurel WEAVER Head Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Asst. Coach 1st year 3rd year 1st year

2020 USC Beach Volleyball • Three-time National Champions 2020 USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Overall Record: 2-2 Home: 0-0 • Away: 0-0 • Neutral: 2-2 AVCA Ranking: No. 4 • DiG Magazine Ranking: No. 4 as of March 1, 2020

Dual Results

DATE OPPONENT SCORE RECORD 1 2 3 4 5 RANK OPP RANK

FEB 29 vs. College of Charleston 1 5-0 W 1-0 W W W W W No. 4 -- FEB 29 vs. South Carolina 1 2-3 L 1-1 W L L W L No. 4 No. 17 MAR 1 vs. Grand Canyon 1 2-3 L 1-2 L W L W L No. 4 No. 10 MAR 1 vs. Florida State 1 3-2 W 2-2 L W W L W No. 4 No. 3 MAR 5 Loyola Marymount MAR 7 vs. Stanford 2 MAR 7 at UCLA 2 MAR 8 vs. California 2 MAR 8 vs. Utah 2 MAR 11 Pepperdine MAR 11 UCLA MAR 14 vs. Florida State 3 MAR 14 at Stetson 3 MAR 15 vs. UAB 3 MAR 15 vs. Hawai’i 3 MAR 17 at Florida Atlantic MAR 24 vs. Loyola Marymount # MAR 24 at Pepperdine APR 4 vs. Arizona 4 APR 4 vs. California 4 APR 5 vs. UCLA 4 APR 5 vs. Washington 4 APR 11 vs. TCU 5 APR 11 vs. Florida International 5 APR 12 vs. Florida State 5 APR 12 vs. LSU 5 APR 14 Cal Poly APR 14 Long Beach State

BOLD denotes home matches played at Merle Norman Stadium RED indicates clinching point All times Pacific unless otherwise noted # at Zuma Beach • Malibu, Calif. 1 Hilton Head Island Invitational • Coligny Beach • Hilton Head, S.C. 2 Pac-12 South Invitational • Santa Monica/Los Angeles, Calif. 3 Stetson Beach Blast • Cooper Beach Courts • DeLand, Fla. 4 Pac-12 North Invitational • Beach VB Stadium • Stanford, Calif. 5 East Meets West Invitational • Manhattan Beach, Calif. * Pac-12 Championship • Mapes Beach • Los Angeles, Calif. ^ NCAA Championship • Gulf Shores Beach • Gulf Shores, Ala. USC Pairs Records

PAIR NO. 1 NO. 2 NO. 3 NO. 4 NO. 5 DUAL OTHER OVERALL Joy DENNIS/Harper HALLGREN ------3-1 -- 3-1 -- 3-1 Kyla DOIG/Sammy SLATER -- 3-1 ------3-1 -- 3-1 Cammie DORN/Paige DREEUWS ------1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 Mollie EBERTIN/Maja KAISER ------1-2 1-2 -- 1-2 Haley HALLGREN/Hailey HARWARD 2-2 ------2-2 -- 2-2 Ariyana KIM/Karina MYSZKOWSKI ------0-1 0-1 Audrey NOURSE/Nicole NOURSE -- -- 2-2 -- -- 2-2 -- 2-2 TOTALS 2-2 3-1 2-2 3-1 2-2 12-8 1-1 13-9

Individual Records

PLAYER NO. 1 NO. 2 NO. 3 NO. 4 NO. 5 DUAL OTHER OVERALL #1 Molly DAVIS ------#2 Belen CASTILLO ------#3 Maja KAISER ------1-2 1-2 -- 1-2 #4 Sammy SLATER -- 3-1 ------3-1 -- 3-1 #5 Paige DREEUWS ------1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 #10 Kyla DOIG -- 3-1 ------3-1 -- 3-1 #11 Joy DENNIS ------3-1 -- 3-1 -- 3-1 #12 Haley HALLGREN 2-2 ------2-2 -- 2-2 #13 Audrey NOURSE -- -- 2-2 -- -- 2-2 -- 2-2 #15 Ariyana KIM ------0-1 0-1 #20 Josannah VAZQUEZ ------#21 Hailey HARWARD 2-2 ------2-2 -- 2-2 #24 Cammie DORN ------1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 #25 Anaree SMITH ------#30 Mollie EBERTIN ------1-2 1-2 -- 1-2 #31 Nicole NOURSE -- -- 2-2 -- -- 2-2 -- 2-2 #35 Karina MYSZKOWSKI ------0-1 0-1 #40 Harper HALLGREN ------3-1 -- 3-1 -- 3-1 USC Starters by Dual Position

DATE OPPONENT 1 2 3 4 5

FEB 29 vs. College of Charleston W Haley/Harward W Doig/Slater W Nourse/Nourse W Dennis/Harper W Ebertin/Kaiser FEB 29 vs. South Carolina W Haley/Harward L Doig/Slater L Nourse/Nourse W Dennis/Harper L Ebertin/Kaiser MAR 1 vs. Grand Canyon L Haley/Harward W Doig/Slater L Nourse/Nourse W Dennis/Harper L Ebertin/Kaiser MAR 1 vs. Florida State L Haley/Harward W Doig/Slater W Nourse/Nourse L Dennis/Harper W Dorn/Dreeuws MAR 5 Loyola Marymount MAR 7 vs. Stanford MAR 7 at UCLA MAR 8 vs. California MAR 8 vs. Utah MAR 11 Pepperdine MAR 11 UCLA MAR 14 vs. Florida State MAR 14 at Stetson MAR 15 vs. UAB MAR 15 vs. Hawai’i MAR 17 at Florida Atlantic MAR 24 vs. Loyola Marymount MAR 24 at Pepperdine APR 4 vs. Arizona APR 4 vs. California APR 5 vs. UCLA APR 5 vs. Washington APR 11 vs. TCU APR 11 vs. Florida International APR 12 vs. Florida State APR 12 vs. LSU APR 14 Cal Poly APR 14 Long Beach State

BOLD RED indicates clinching point 2020 Team Dual Agate Results

MATCH #1 No. 4 USC def. College of Charleston 5-0 2020 Hilton Head Island Invitational Coligny Beach • Hilton Head Island, S.C. Saturday, February 29, 2020 0 Records: USC (1-0), College of Charleston (0-1) 1. Haley Hallgren/Hailey Harward (USC) def. Lauren Freed/Mandy Napierala (CofC) 21-15, 21-16 2. Kyla Doig/Sammy Slater (USC) def. Claire Campbell/Amani Dunston (CofC) 21-18, 21-10 5 3. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) def. Sky Benjamin/Ella Ridinger (CofC) 21-9, 21-17 4. Joy Dennis/Harper Hallgren (USC) def. Brooke Harris/Meghan Murphy (CofC) 21-11, 21-10 5. Mollie Ebertin/Maja Kaiser (USC) def. Logan Manusky/Molly Russell (CofC) 21-11, 21-16 Exh. Cammie Dorn/Paige Dreeuws (USC) def. Caroline Bower/Kyra Thompson (CofC) 21-8, 21-13 Order of finish: 4, 5, 3*, 2, 1

MATCH #2 No. 17 South Carolina def. No. 4 USC, 3-2 2020 Hilton Head Island Invitational Coligny Beach • Hilton Head Island, S.C. Saturday, February 29, 2020 3 Records: USC (1-1), South Carolina (2-4) 1. Haley Hallgren/Hailey Harward (USC) def. Carly Schnieder/Jess Vastine (SC) 21-16, 21-18 2. Skylar Allen/Katie Smith (SC) def. Kyla Doig/Sammy Slater (USC) 25-23, 21-16 2 3. Avery Davis/Franky Harrison (SC) def. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) 20-22, 21-18, 17-15 4. Joy Dennis/Harper Hallgren (USC) def. Madison Brabham/Hannah Edelman (SC) 21-15, 21-16 5. Morgyn Greer/Jordan Smith (SC) def. Mollie Ebertin/Maja Kaiser (USC) 17-21, 21-15, 18-16 Exh. Cammie Dorn/Paige Dreeuws (USC) vs. Kaeli Crews/Sarah Nacouzi (SC) 21-17, 19-21 DNF Order of finish: 4, 5, 1, 2, 3*

MATCH #3 No. 10 Grand Canyon def. No. 4 USC, 3-2 2020 Hilton Head Island Invitational Coligny Beach • Hilton Head Island, S.C. Sunday, March 1, 2020 3 Records: USC (1-2), Grand Canyon (6-1) 1. Bella Bauman/Teagan DeFalco (GCU) def. Haley Hallgren/Hailey Harward (USC) 18-21, 21-17, 15-13 2. Kyla Doig/Sammy Slater (USC) def. Jessica Stansfield/Hannah Towne (GCU) 23-21, 23-25, 15-9 2 3. Ayana Evans/Katie Sarber (GCU) def. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) 21-19, 18-21, 15-12 4. Joy Dennis/Harper Hallgren (USC) def. Katie Hess/Natalie Honzovicova (GCU) 21-19, 21-18 5. Taylor Jarzombek/Madi Relaz (GCU) def. Mollie Ebertin/Maja Kaiser (USC) 24-22, 21-11 Exh. Cammie Dorn/Paige Dreeuws (USC) vs. Micaela Mirabel/Alina Randall (GCU) 21-23, 21-11 DNF Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1*, 2

MATCH #4 No. 4 USC 3 def. No. 3 Florida State, 3-2 2020 Hilton Head Island Invitational Coligny Beach • Hilton Head Island, S.C. Sunday, March 1, 2020 2 Records: USC (2-2), Florida State (10-1) 1. Alaina Chacon/Molly McBain (FSU) def. Haley Hallgren/Hailey Harward (USC) 19-21, 21-17, 15-10 2. Kyla Doig/Sammy Slater (USC) def. Madison Fitzpatrick/Alice Zeimann (FSU) 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 3 3. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) def. Maddie Anderson/Kate Privett (FSU) 21-19, 21-17 4. Payton Caffrey/Liz Waters-Leiga (FSU) def. Joy Dennis/Harper Hallgren (USC) 21-16, 21-13 5. Cammie Dorn/Paige Dreeuws (USC) def. Morgan Chacon/Keara Rutz (FSU) 22-20, 15-21, 15-12 Exh. Jenna Johnson/Lexi McKeown (FSU) def. Ariyana Kim/Karina Myszkowski (USC) 21-7, 21-11 Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2* 2020 USC Pairs Results and Records

Joy DENNIS • Harper HALLGREN DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston No. 4 W Brooke Harris/Meghan Murphy (CofC) 21-11, 21-10 2-29 vs. No. 17 South Carolina No. 4 W Madison Brabham/Hannah Edelman (SC) 21-15, 21-16 3-01 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon No. 4 W Katie Hess/Natalie Honzovicova (GCU) 21-19, 21-18 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State No. 4 L Payton Caffrey/Liz Waters-Leiga (FSU) 21-16, 21-13 TOTAL 3-1

Kyla DOIG • Sammy SLATER DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston No. 2 W Claire Campbell/Amani Dunston (CofC) 21-18, 21-10 2-29 vs. No. 17 South Carolina No. 2 L Skylar Allen/Katie Smith (SC) 25-23, 21-16 3-01 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon No. 2 W Jessica Stansfield/Hannah Towne (GCU) 23-21, 23-25, 15-9 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State No. 2 W* Madison Fitzpatrick/Alice Zeimann (FSU) 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 TOTAL 3-1

Cammie DORN • Paige DREEUWS DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston Exh W Caroline Bower/Kyra Thompson (CofC) 21-8, 21-13 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State No. 5 W Morgan Chacon/Keara Rutz (FSU) 22-20, 15-21, 15-12 TOTAL 2-0

Mollie EBERTIN • Maja KAISER DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston No. 5 W Logan Manusky/Molly Russell (CofC) 21-11, 21-16 2-29 vs. No. 17 South Carolina No. 5 L Morgyn Greer/Jordan Smith (SC) 17-21, 21-15, 18-16 3-01 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon No. 5 L Taylor Jarzombek/Madi Relaz (GCU) 24-22, 21-11 TOTAL 1-2

Haley HALLGREN • Hailey HARWARD DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston No. 1 W Lauren Freed/Mandy Napierala (CofC) 21-15, 21-16 2-29 vs. No. 17 South Carolina No. 1 W Carly Schnieder/Jess Vastine (SC) 21-16, 21-18 3-01 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon No. 1 L* Bella Bauman/Teagan DeFalco (GCU) 18-21, 21-17, 15-13 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State No. 1 L Alaina Chacon/Molly McBain (FSU) 19-21, 21-17, 15-10 TOTAL 2-2

Ariyana KIM • Karina MYSZKOWSKI DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State Exh L Jenna Johnson/Lexi McKeown (FSU) 21-7, 21-11 TOTAL 0-1

Audrey NOURSE • Nicole NOURSE DATE DUAL/TOURNAMENT (ROUND) RES/POS OPPONENT (SCHOOL) SCORE 2-29 vs. College of Charleston No. 3 W* Sky Benjamin/Ella Ridinger (CofC) 21-9, 21-17 2-29 vs. No. 17 South Carolina No. 3 L* Avery Davis/Franky Harrison (SC) 20-22, 21-18, 17-15 3-01 vs. No. 10 Grand Canyon No. 3 L Ayana Evans/Katie Sarber (GCU) 21-19, 18-21, 15-12 3-01 vs. No. 3 Florida State No. 3 W Maddie Anderson/Kate Privett (FSU) 21-19, 21-17 TOTAL 2-2