No. 3 USC Puts Record to Test Against No. 8 Stanford
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2 0 1 5 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL Six-Time National Champions • 7 Conference Championships • 32 NCAA Tournament Appearances 71 AVCA All-America Selections • 89 All-Conference Team Selections For release: Sept. 25, 2015 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. 3 USC Puts Record to Test Against No. 8 Stanford SCHEDULE AND RESULTS MATCH #14 13-0 Overall • 1-0 Pac-12 • AVCA Rank: No. 3 No. 3 USC (13-0, 1-0) at No. 8 Stanford (7-2, 1-0) 7-0 Home • 3-0 Away • 3-0 Neutral Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif. Sunday, Sept. 27 • 4 p.m. PT AUGUST Series Record: Stanford leads, 59-25-1 28 No. 7 North Carolina ^ (P12N) 3-1 W Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Nov. 12, 2014 • Galen Center) 29 Chicago State ^ 3-0 W Current Streak: Lost 2 | Last 10 Meetings: 5-5 No. 11 BYU ^ (P12N) 3-0 W TV: Pac-12 Net (Anne Marie Anderson & Dain Blanton) Opponent Web: GoStanford.com SEPTEMBER MATCH #15 4 vs. Creighton % 3-0 W No. 3 USC (13-0, 1-0) vs. Washington State (11-2, 0-1) 5 vs. No. 10 Kentucky % 3-0 W Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif. at Northern Iowa % (ESPN3) 3-0 W Friday, Oct. 2 • 7 p.m. PT 10 Utah State $ 3-0 W Series Record: USC leads, 46-13 (.780) Pepperdine $ (P12N) 3-0 W Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Oct. 31, 2014 • Galen Center) 11 Idaho State $ 3-0 W Current Streak: Won 2 | Last 10 Meetings: 9-1 New Mexico $ (P12N) 3-0 W Web Stream: P12N Portal (Umberto Gatti) 17 at Oklahoma & 3-1 W Opponent Web: WSUCougars.com 18 vs. Maryland & 3-0 W 23 at No. 13 UCLA * (P12N) 3-0 W LOS ANGELES – The third-ranked USC women’s volleyball team (13-0, 1-0 Pac-12) 27 at No. 8 Stanford * (P12N) 4 p.m. will put its unblemished record on the line when it heads north to face No. 8-ranked defending conference champion Stanford (7-2, 1-0) on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 4 OCTOBER p.m. PT. The match will be carried live on the Pac-12 Networks (LA, Bay Area, and 2 Washington State * 7 p.m. National) with Anne Marie Anderson and former USC beach volleyball volunteer 4 Washington * (P12N) 1 p.m. assistant coach Dain Blanton on the call. 9 at Colorado * (P12N) 8 p.m. MT 11 at Utah * 1 p.m. MT The Women of Troy opened their Pac-12 schedule with a resounding 3-0 win over 16 Arizona State * (P12N) 8 p.m. rival UCLA at Pauley Pavilion. It was the 11th straight-set sweep for the Trojans, who 18 Arizona * (P12N) 11 a.m. are 13-0 to start a season for the fifth time under the direction of head coachMick 23 at Oregon State * (P12N) 8 p.m. Haley. USC improved to 4-0 against teams ranked in the top 15 (at the time of 25 at Oregon * (P12N) 1 p.m. meeting) and moved to 11-4 in 15 conference openers with Haley. 30 at Washington * (P12N) 8 p.m. The Trojans and the Cardinal will meet only once this season due to the new Pac-12 NOVEMBER scheduling procedures. USC and Stanford will face each other in the Bay Area, but 1 at Washington State * 12:30 p.m. not in Los Angeles. At the end of the season, the Trojans will host California for the 6 Colorado * (P12N) 8 p.m. final match of the regular season, but won’t play the Golden Bears in the Bay Area. 8 Utah * (P12N) 11 a.m. 11 Oregon * (P12N) 7:30 p.m. USC finished 10th in the final 2014 league standings and dropped both matches 12 Oregon State * 7:30 p.m. to the Cardinal last fall. The Trojans fell, 3-1, at Maples Pavilion, and were swept 20 at Arizona * 6 p.m. at Galen Center. Stanford is the only Pac-12 opponent that USC does not own a 22 at Arizona State * 1 p.m. winning win percentage against. The Cardinal leads the all-time series, 59-25-1, and 25 UCLA * (P12N) 8 p.m. has won four of the last five meetings on The Farm. The Trojans bring a balanced 27 California * (P12N) 4 p.m. attack to the road that is led by senior outside hitter Samantha Bricio who ranks first in the country for points (6.15 pps) and service aces (0.83 saps). Bricio needs just * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted eight kills to move into fifth place on USC’s career ladder, and into a tie withLonise ^ WOT Baden Invitational • Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Norfleet(1,636 kills; 1987-90). % UNI Tournament • McLeod Center (Cedar Falls, Iowa) $ USC Classic • Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) & Oklahoma Invitational • McCasland Field House (Norman, Okla.) USC WOMEN OF TROY PROBABLE STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 2 Samantha Bricio OH 6-2 Sr. 4.90 .348 2.46 0.73 6.15 4 Victoria Garrick DS 5-10 Fr. 0.00 .000 2.31 -- 0.21 @USCWomensVolley 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 So. 2.47 .289 0.58 0.79 2.87 8 Alicia Ogoms MB 6-4 Sr. 1.95 .427 1.00 1.71 3.08 10 Taylor Whittingham L 5-8 Jr. -- -- 4.76 1.12 aps 0.12 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Jr. 1.71 .478 0.32 0.97 2.29 12 Alice Pizzasegola S 5-10 Jr. 0.00 .000 1.05 5.39 aps 0.20 2015 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Alyse Ford OH 5-10 Fr. HS Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 2 Samantha Bricio OH 6-2 Sr. 3V Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (Del Valle De Atemajac) 3 Niki Withers OH 6-0 So. TR Lakewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS/CSU Fullerton) 4 Victoria Garrick L 5-10 Fr. HS Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory) 5 Jordan Dunn MB 6-4 So. 1V Corona, Calif. (Corona HS) 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 So. 1V Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS) 8 Alicia Ogoms MB 6-4 Sr. 3V Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (St. Mary’s Academy) 9 Tatum Harvey OH 5-11 Fr. HS San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) 10 Taylor Whittingham L 5-8 Jr. 2V Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS) 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Jr. 2V Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Aliso Niguel HS) 12 Alice Pizzasegola S 5-10 Jr. 2V Rivergaro, Italy (Istituto Superiore d’Istruzione La Grangia) 14 Rachel Reed MB 6-1 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS) 15 Baylee Johnson S 6-0 Fr. HS Dayton, Ohio (Centerville HS) 16 Eve Ettinger OH 6-2 Sr. TR Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara HS) 23 Sarah Livingston OH 6-2 So. 1V Morton, Ill. (Morton HS, Ill./Illinois) COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Mick Haley, 15th year (Ball State ‘65) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach Tim Nollan, ninth year (USC ‘00) Samantha Bricio ................................ BREE-see-oh Assistant Coach Jason Kennedy, first year (Santa Clara ‘07) Eve Ettinger ............................................. ETT-injure Volunteer Assistant Coach Kyle Weindel, first year (Ball State ‘03) Alyse Ford ................................................... ah-LEES Tatum Harvey ............................................ TATE-um Director of Operations Shea McBrearty Tim Nollan ................................................. NO-lenn Technical Coordinator Jeffrey Liu Alicia Ogoms .......................................... OH-gums Strength & Conditioning Coach Brent Metz Shea McBrearty ............... SHAY muck-BRARE-tee Athletic Trainer Katie Johnson Alice Pizzasegola .............................. ah-LEE-chay Graduate Manager Krista Atzinger PEET-sah-SEH-go-lah Student Managers Sara Kim and Heather Reitzfeld Kyle Weindel ......................................... wine-DELL AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL USC POLL PROGRESSION PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL RK TEAM PTS REC. PREV. REC. AVCA RPI TEAM POINTS 1 Penn State (64) 1600 11-0 1 Preseason 0-0 No. 22 -- 1 Stanford (11) 121 2 Texas 1500 10-1 2 Aug 31 3-0 No. 8 -- 2 Arizona State 99 3 USC 1472 12-0 3 3 Washington (1) 97 4 Nebraska 1381 9-1 4 Sept 7 6-0 No. 6 -- 4 Oregon 94 5 Florida 1344 8-1 5 Sept 14 10-0 No. 3 -- 5 USC 84 6 Washington 1262 10-0 7 Sept 21 12-0 No. 3 -- 7 Arizona State 1197 11-0 10 6 Colorado 61 Sept 28 8 Stanford 1161 6-2 8 7 Arizona 60 9 Illinois 1074 9-2 6 Oct 5 8 UCLA 57 10 BYU 1061 10-1 9 Oct 12 9 Oregon State 35 11 Hawai’i 914 10-1 12 Oct 19 10 Utah 34 12 Ohio State 895 11-1 13 Oct 26 13 UCLA 845 9-1 14 11 California 28 14 Arizona 725 10-2 16 Nov 2 12 Washington State 22 15 Kansas 711 12-0 17 Nov 9 * First-place votes in parentheses 16 Wisconsin 668 8-2 11 Nov 16 17 Florida State 515 7-4 18 Nov 23 18 Oregon 463 6-3 19 PAC-12 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE 19 Colorado State 445 7-3 15 Nov 30 NAME POS YR HOMETOWN 20 Purdue 341 9-2 22 Dec 21 Adora Anae, UTAH OH So. Laie, Hawai’i 21 Minnesota 297 8-2 23 Alexis Austin, COLO OH So.