2 0 1 6 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL Six-Time National Champions • 8 Conference Championships • 33 NCAA Tournament Appearances 71 AVCA All-America Selections • 92 All-Conference Team Selections For release: Nov. 9, 2016 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] Trojans Bound For Bay Area Bouts with Stanford and Cal SCHEDULE AND RESULTS MATCH #26 16-9 Overall • 8-6 Pac-12 • AVCA: RV USC at No. 9 Stanford (16-6, 10-4 Pac-12) 8-8 Home • 6-1 Away • 2-0 Neutral Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif. Thursday, Nov. 10 • 7:30 p.m. PT AUGUST Series Record: Stanford leads, 60-26-1 (.299) 26 Marquette % L 3-1 Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Oct. 23, 2016 • Galen Center) 27 Santa Clara % (P12N/LA) L 3-1 Current Streak: Lost 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 5-5 UC Irvine % (P12N/LA) L 3-0 TV: ESPNU (Paul Sunderland & Karch Kiraly) Opponent Web: GoStanford.com SEPTEMBER MATCH #27 2 No. 23 Kentucky $ W 3-0 USC at California (9-15, 3-11 Pac-12) 3 Northern Iowa $ (P12N/LA) W 3-1 Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, Calif. No. 22 Creighton $ (P12N/LA) W 3-2 Saturday, Nov. 12 • 3 p.m. PT 9 vs. Sam Houston State & W 3-0 Series Record: USC leads, 55-12 (.821) 10 vs. Oakland & W 3-0 Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (Oct. 21, 2016 • Galen Center) at Rice & W 3-1 Current Streak: Won 2 • Last 10 Meetings: 9-1 15 Oklahoma # (P12N/LA) W 3-0 Video Stream: Pac-12.com/live 16 Maryland # (P12N/LA) W 3-0 Opponent Web: CalBears.com 21 No. 9 UCLA * (P12N/LA) L 3-1 23 No. 4 Washington * (P12N/LA/W) L 3-0 THE FOOT FAULT 30 at No. 20 Colorado * (P12N/LA/M) W 3-1 • USC is in the midst of a four-match road swing and has 6 of its final 8 regular- season matches away from home. OCTOBER • Senior L Taylor Whittingham has 1,623 career digs and is only the fourth Tro- 1 at No. 25 Utah * W 3-2 jan ever to collect more than 1,600 in a career. She needs 80 to move into 5 Arizona State * (P12N/LA/A) W 3-1 third place all-time ahead of Katie Haller (1990-93). 7 Arizona * [Alumni Day] L 3-0 • Whittingham is one of 10 finalists for the 2016 Volleyball Senior CLASS Award. 14 at No. 16 Oregon * (P12LA/O) W 3-1 • Freshman OH Khalia Lanier has logged 12 double-doubles this season. 16 at Oregon State * (P12LA/O) W 3-0 • USC’s win over Arizona State (Oct. 5) was the program’s 1,000th and made 21 California * (P12LA/BA) W 3-0 the Trojans the 17th team to reach that mark in NCAA Division I history. 23 No. 14 Stanford * (ESPNU) L 3-0 • The Trojans have earned five-set victories over Stanford in two of their last 28 No. 21 Utah * (P12LA/M) L 3-1 three visits to Maples Pavilion (2013, 2015). 29 Colorado * W 3-0 • USC has won five in a row against Cal at Haas Pavilion since the Bears took wins in 2008 and 2009. NOVEMBER 2 at Arizona * (P12N/LA/A) L 3-2 LOS ANGELES – The USC women’s volleyball team (16-9, 8-6 Pac-12) heads to 4 at Arizona State * W 3-0 the Bay Area for meetings with No. 9-ranked Stanford (16-6, 10-4) and California 10 at No. 9 Stanford * (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. (9-15, 3-11) this week. The Women of Troy face the Cardinal at Maples Pavilion in 12 at California * 3 p.m. Stanford, Calif., on Thursday (Nov. 10) at 7:30 p.m. PT on ESPNU; and then head 18 Oregon State * (P12N) 7 p.m. across the bay to take on the Golden Bears at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif., 19 Oregon * [Senior Day] 7 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 12) at 3 p.m. The Trojans’ match with Cal will be streamed live. 23 at Washington State * 7 p.m. 26 at UCLA * (P12N) TBD The Women of Troy are in the middle of a four-match road swing and must play six of their final eight regular-season matches on the road. USC is 8-1 in * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted matches away from home this season and has had success in the Bay Area of % USC Baden Invitational • Galen Center late including winning two of the last three at Maples Pavilion and their last five $ USC Radisson Classic • Galen Center in a row at Haas Pavilion. & Rice Adidas Invitational I • Tudor Fieldhouse (Houston, Texas) # Pac-12 Challenge • Galen Center USC WOMEN OF TROY PROBABLE STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 1 Alyse Ford OH 5-10 So. 2.61 .216 2.10 0.29 2.85 5 Jordan Dunn MB 6-4 Jr. 1.00 .220 0.31 1.05 1.58 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 Jr. 2.13 .258 0.52 0.73 2.53 10 Taylor Whittngham L 5-8 Sr. -- -- 4.93 1.17 aps 0.25 @USCWomensVolley 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Sr. 1.66 .423 0.39 1.12 2.38 14 Reni Meyer-Whalley S 5-5 Jr. -- -- 2.12 5.92 aps 0.16 16 Khalia Lanier OH 6-2 Fr. 3.99 .207 2.72 0.41 4.44 2016 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Alyse Ford OH 5-10 So. 1V Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 2 Madison Murtagh MB 6-1 So. TR San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart/U. San Francisco) 3 Niki Withers OPP 6-0 Jr. 1V Lakewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS/CSU Fullerton) 4 Victoria Garrick L 5-10 So. 1V Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory) 5 Jordan Dunn MB 6-4 Jr. 1V Corona, Calif. (Corona HS) 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 Jr. 2V Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon HS) 9 Noelle Pardo L 5-2 Fr. HS Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield HS) 10 Taylor Whittingham L 5-8 Sr. 3V Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita HS) 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Sr. 3V Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Aliso Niguel HS) 12 Alice Pizzasegola S 5-10 Sr. 3V Rivergaro, Italy (Istituto Superiore d’Istruzione La Grangia) 13 Raegan LeGrand L 5-10 Fr. HS Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South HS) 14 Reni Meyer-Whalley S 5-5 Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. (Marymount HS/Washington) 15 Nikki Leonard S 5-8 Jr. TR Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty HS/Gonzaga) 16 Khalia Lanier OH 6-2 Fr. HS Scottsdale, Ariz. (Xavier College Preparatory School) 17 Daley Krage OPP 6-4 Fr. HS Saint Charles, Ill. (Saint Charles North HS) 23 Sarah Livingston OH 6-2 Jr. 2V Morton, Ill. (Morton HS, Ill./Illinois) COACHES AND STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach Mick Haley, 16th year (Ball State ‘65) Assistant Coach Jason Kennedy, 2nd year (Santa Clara ‘07) Alyse Ford ................................................... ah-LEES Assistant Coach Kyle Weindel, 2nd year (Ball State ‘03) Daley Krage ................. CRAW-gee (like “froggy”) Volunteer Assistant Coach Kendall Bateman, 1st year (USC ‘12) Khalia Lanier ............................ kah-LEE-uh len-EER Student Assistant Coach Imani Davis Raegen LeGrand ............... RAY-guhn lah-GRAND Director of Operations Katie Fuller Alice Pizzasegola .............................. ah-LEE-chay Technical Coordinator Jeffrey Liu PEET-sah-SEH-go-lah Strength & Conditioning Coach Brent Metz Athletic Trainer Katie Johnson Kyle Weindel ......................................... wine-DELL Graduate Manager Krista Atzinger Student Managers Sara Kim, Evalina Godecki, Mary Labanowski, Tatum Harvey AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL USC POLL PROGRESSION PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL RK TEAM PTS REC. PREV. TEAM POINTS 1 Nebraska (64) 1600 22-1 1 1 Stanford (9) 119 2 Minnesota 1525 19-4 2 2 UCLA (1) 103 3 Wisconsin 1462 20-3 3 3 Washington (1) 99 4 Kansas 1403 22-2 4 REC. AVCA RPI 4 Oregon 95 5 Texas 1353 18-3 5 Preseason 0-0 T-No. 7 -- 5 USC (1) 85 6 Florida 1283 23-2 6 Aug 29 0-3 RV -- 6 Arizona 72 7 San Diego 1204 21-3 7 Sept 5 3-3 No. 24 -- 7 Colorado 50 8 North Carolina 1054 21-3 12 8 Utah 48 Sept 12 6-3 No. 21 -- 9 Stanford 1013 16-6 13 9 Washington State 46 10 Penn State 969 18-7 11 Sept 19 8-3 No. 21 -- 10 California 27 11 Washington 924 20-4 8 Sept 26 8-5 No. 23 -- 11 Arizona State 26 12 BYU 914 22-3 14 Oct 3 10-5 No. 22 No. 25 12 Oregon State 22 13 UCLA 796 19-5 9 14 Hawai’i 787 18-5 15 Oct 10 11-6 RV No. 28 * First-place votes in parentheses 15 Michigan State 748 21-5 16 Oct 17 13-6 No. 25 No. 24 16 Oregon 625 17-6 20 Oct 24 14-7 T-No. 24 No. 28 PAC-12 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE 17 Michigan 571 20-6 17 Oct 31 15-8 T-No. 25 No. 27 18 Florida State 551 18-5 10 NAME POS YR HOMETOWN 19 Utah 375 17-8 19 Nov 7 16-9 RV No. 34 Brittany Abercrombie, USC OPP Jr.