2 0 1 8 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL Six-Time National Champions • 8 Conference Championships • 35 NCAA Tournament Appearances 75 AVCA All-America Selections • 96 All-Conference Team Selections For release: Aug. 20, 2018 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. 10 USC Hosts Trojan Invitational to Open Crouch Era SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2018 TROJAN INVITATIONAL 0-0 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • AVCA: No. 10 Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif. 0-0 Home • 0-0 Away • 0-0 Neutral MATCH #1 UGUST No. 10 USC (0-0) vs. No. 5 Kentucky (0-0) A Friday, Aug. 24 • 7:30 p.m. PT 24 No. 5 Kentucky % (P12+) 7:30 p.m. Series Record: USC leads, 4-1 (.800) 25 Northern Iowa % (P12+) 5:30 p.m. Last Meeting: L, 3-1 (Sept. 2, 2017 • Omaha, Neb.) No. 13 Creighton % (P12+) 7:30 p.m. Current Streak: Lost 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 4-1 31 at Florida $ (SECN) 7 p.m. ET Live Stream: Pac-12+ (Paul Duchesne) Opponent Website: UKAthletics.com SEPTEMBER 1 vs. Central Florida $ 5:30 p.m. ET MATCH #2 2 vs. Louisville $ 1 p.m. ET No. 10 USC (0-0) vs. Northern Iowa (0-0) 7 vs. BYU & 10 a.m. CT Saturday, Aug. 25 • 10:30 a.m. PT at Marquette & 7 p.m. CT Series Record: USC leads, 5-1 (.833) 8 vs. Syracuse & 3 p.m. CT Last Meeting: L, 3-1 (Sept. 1, 2017 • Omaha, Neb.) 14 vs. Louisiana # 12 p.m. Current Streak: Lost 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 5-1 at San Diego # 6 p.m. Live Stream: Pac-12+ (Mark Beltran) 19 UCLA * (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Opponent Website: UNIPanthers.com 23 at Colorado * (P12LA/M) 12 p.m. 28 at Stanford * (ESPN2) 8 p.m. MATCH #3 30 at California * (P12+) 1 p.m. No. 10 USC (0-0) vs. No. 13 Creighton (0-0) Saturday, Aug. 25 • 7:30 p.m. PT Series Record: USC leads, 5-0 (1.000) OCTOBER Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (Sept. 2, 2017 • Omaha, Neb.) 4 Oregon State * (P12+) 7 p.m. Current Streak: Won 5 • Last 10 Meetings: 5-0 7 Oregon * (P12+) 1 p.m. Live Stream: Pac-12+ (Mark Beltran) 12 Arizona State * (P12A) 7 p.m. Opponent Website: GoCreighton.com 14 Arizona * (P12LA/A) 1 p.m. 17 at Washington *(P12N/LA/W) 7 p.m. IRST ERVE 19 at Washington State * (P12N/LA/W) 8 p.m. F S • USC will play its first matches under first-year head coachBrent Crouch. 26 Stanford * (P12LA/BA) 7 p.m. • The Trojans are ranked No. 10 in the AVCA presesason coaches poll. They 28 California * (P12+) 1 p.m. were ranked No. 7 in the final poll of 2017. • The Women of Troy advanced to the 2017 NCAA regional finals (their sixth NOVEMBER in the last eight years) and made their 27th consecutive appearance in the 2 at Oregon * (P12O) 8 p.m. NCAA tournament (35th overall). 4 at Oregon State * (P12N) 12 p.m. • USC is 35-7 all-time in season-openers. The Trojans are 10-2 when they open 8 Washington * (P12W) TBA a season at home (3-1 at Galen Center). 11 Washington State * (P12+) 1:30 p.m. • In home openers, USC is also 35-7 all-time; 8-3 at Galen Center. 16 at Arizona * (P12+) 6 p.m. MT • The Trojans are 151-32 (.825) in all-time matches at the Galen Center. 18 at Arizona State * (P12N) TBA • USC head coaches have won their first-career matches with the Trojans on 21 Utah * (P12+) [SENIOR DAY] 3 p.m. four out of five previous occasions. 23 at UCLA * (P12LA) TBA • The Trojans are led by Jr. OH Khalia Lanier who was named a 2017 AVCA First-Team All-American and to the Pac-12 preseason all-conference team. * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted % Trojan Invitational • Galen Center $ Bubly Invitational • Exactech Arena (Gainesville, Fla.) & Marquette Tournament • McGuire Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) LOS ANGELES – The 10th-ranked USC women’s volleyball team opens the 2018 # SDSU/USD Challenge • Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego, Calif.) season and the Brent Crouch era this weekend as host of the Trojan Invitational at Galen Center. The Women of Troy welcome No. 5 Kentucky, No. 13 Creighton, and Northern Iowa for a round-robin tournament set for Friday and Saturday (Aug. 24-25). This group of four teams has met in a non-conference tourney in each of the previous four years and will play the first of a four-year cycle following the renewal of the teams’ commitment to face each other in the preseason. @USCWomensVolley USC is 35-7 in all-time season openers and is 8-3 in home openers at the Galen Center. Crouch is the program’s sixth head coach and inherits a squad that advanced to 2017 NCAA regional final. Previously, new coaches won their first- career matches with the Trojans on four out of five occasions. 2018 USC WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Brooklyn Schirmer OH 6-1 Fr. HS Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 2 Madison Murtagh OPP 6-1 Sr. 2V San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory/San Francisco) 4 Victoria Garrick L 5-10 Sr. 3V Atherton, Calif. (Sacred Heart Preparatory) 6 Emily Baptista OH 6-2 Jr. TR Stevinson, Calif. (Hilmar HS/Pacific) 7 Brooke Botkin OH 6-1 So. 1V Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS) 8 Ashley Humphreys S 5-11 Fr. HS Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona Del Mar HS) 9 Cindy Marina S 5-11 Jr. 1V Temecula, Calif. (Great Oak HS/Duke) 10 Raquel Lázaro S 6-0 Fr. HS Córdoba, Spain (Castile HS) 11 Jasmine Gross MB 6-3 Jr. TR Portland, Ore. (Jesuit HS/Pepperdine) 12 Brittany Welsh MB 6-4 Sr. 1V Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS/Louisiana State) 13 Raegan LeGrand L 5-10 Jr. 2V Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista South HS) 14 Reni Meyer-Whalley L 5-5 Sr. 2V Los Angeles, Calif. (Marymount HS/Washington) 15 Abby Hansen MB 6-4 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 16 Khalia Lanier OH 6-2 Jr. 2V Scottsdale, Ariz. (Xavier College Preparatory School) 17 Daley Krage OH 6-4 Jr. 2V Saint Charles, Ill. (Saint Charles North HS) 20 Jenna Adams L 5-10 Jr. 1V San Mateo, Calif. (Saint Francis HS/Ohio State) COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Brent Crouch, 1st year (Texas A&M ‘98) Associate Head Coach JJ Van Niel, 1st year (USC ‘98) Assistant Coach Alex Dunphy, 1st year (USC ‘07) Volunteer Assistant Coach Eric Barber, 1st year (UC San Diego ‘14) Director of Operations Haley Brightwell Technical Coordinator Justin Chang Strength & Conditioning Coach Steve Novencido Athletic Trainer Shannon Murphy AVCA COACHES TOP 25 POLL USC POLL PROGRESSION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RK TEAM PTS REC. PREV. Emily BAPTISTA bap-TEE-stah 1 Stanford (43) 1575 30-4 4 Brooke BOTKIN BOUGHT-kin 2 Nebraska (20) 1525 32-4 1 Daley KRAGE CRAW-gee (like “froggy”) 3 Texas 1389 27-3 5 Khalia LANIER kah-LEE-uh len-EER 4 Minnesota 1342 28-6 10 REC. AVCA RPI Raquel LÁZARO LAH-throw 5 Kentucky 1260 29-4 6 PRESEASON 0-0 #10 -- Raegan LeGRAND RAY-gehn lah-GRAND 6 Penn State 1227 33-2 3 AUG 27 Cindy MARINA mah-REE-nah 7 Florida (1) 1208 30-2 2 SEPT 3 Madison MURTAGH MERR-taw Brooklyn SCHIRMER SHERR-merr 8 BYU 1183 30-3 7 SEPT 10 9 Wisconsin 1146 22-10 12 10 USC 1019 25-10 7 SEPT 17 11 UCLA 850 21-11 14 SEPT 24 12 Illinois 782 23-11 17 OCT 1 13 Creighton 651 26-7 16 OCT 8 14 San Diego 632 25-5 13 OCT 15 15 Colorado 609 24-10 19 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL 16 Baylor 597 24-7 21 OCT 22 17 Washington 503 25-8 15 OCT 29 TEAM POINTS 18 Oregon 443 18-12 RV NOV 5 1 Stanford (11) 121 19 Utah 424 24-10 13 NOV 12 2 USC (1) 100 3 Oregon 96 20 Pittsburgh 352 26-7 RV NOV 19 21 Iowa State 284 22-7 25 4 UCLA 90 22 Michigan State 250 24-9 8 NOV 26 5 Colorado 89 23 Purdue 225 23-10 18 DEC 17 6 Washington 73 24 Cal Poly 209 27-3 22 7 Washington State 64 25 Colorado State 174 29-4 24 USC AVCA POLL SUPERLATIVES 8 Utah 47 9 Arizona 46 497 weeks ranked in the poll’s top 25 Others receiving votes: Marquette 163; Michigan 10 Oregon State 27 153; Missouri 148; Wichita State 103; Louisville 88; 314 weeks ranked in the top 10 Kansas 66; Western Kentucky 58; Washington State 11 Arizona State 24 47; Hawai’i 27; Florida State 17; LSU 13; Miami (FL) 8; 47 weeks ranked No. 1 12 California 15 Oregon State 6; Missouri State 4 96-10 overall record when ranked No. 1 * First-place votes in parentheses as of Aug. 8 (Preseason) 2018 USC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 2 USC HEAD COACH BRENT CROUCH Brent Crouch is in his first season as head coach at USC. He was hired on Jan. 8, 2018, following four seasons as the head coach at Portland, where he was named the 2016 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year.