2018 USC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL ALMANAC AND RECORD BOOK 2 0 1 8 Q UICK F ACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION Location Los Angeles, California Director Tim Tessalone Founded 1880 Mailing Address USC Sports Information Enrollment 43,000 Heritage Hall 103 Campus Size 150 Acres Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 Interim President Dr. Wanda M. Austin Main Office Phone (213) 740-8480 Athletic Director Lynn Swann Women’s Volleyball SID Jeremy Wu Senior Woman Administrator Dr. Donna C. Heinel Office Phone (213) 740-3807 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Office Fax (213) 740-7584 Conference Pac-12 Mobile Phone (213) 379-3977 Nickname Trojans / Women of Troy E-Mail [email protected] Fight Song Fight On USC Ticket Office (213) 740-GOSC Colors Cardinal and Gold Website www.USCTrojans.com Mascot Traveler Twitter / Periscope @USCWomensVolley Home Court (Capacity) Galen Center (10,258) Instagram USCWomensVolley Facebook Facebook.com/USCWomensVolley WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STAFF Head Coach Brent Crouch (1st year, 5th overall) USC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL HISTORY Alma Mater Texas A&M ‘98 First Season of Women’s Volleyball * 1976 Crouch’s Record at USC 0-0 (.000), 1st year First Volleyball Head Coach Chuck Erbe (1976-77) Crouch’s Career Record 55-66 (.455), 4 years All-Time Record 1,032-356-4 (.741) Crouch’s Pac-12 Record 0-0 (.000), 1st year All-Time Conference Record 497-206 (.707) Crouch’s Career Conference Record 23-49 (.319), 4 years All-Time Postseason Record 125-39 (.762) Associate Head Coach JJ Van Niel (1st year) All-Time NCAA Postseason Record 79-32 (.712) Assistant Coach Alex Dunphy (1st year) National Championships 6 (1976, ‘77, ‘80, ‘81, 2002, ‘03) Volunteer Assistant Coach Eric Barber (1st year) Conference Championships 8 (‘76, ‘77, ‘80, ‘00, ‘02, ’03, ’11, ‘15) Director of Operations Haley Brightwell NCAA Appearances 35 Volleyball Office Phone (213) 740-4151 AIAW Appearances 4 Athletic Trainer Shannon Murphy All-America Selections 75 Training Room Phone (213) 740-0929 All-Conference Selections 96 (73 Pac-12) * First season women’s volleyball scholarships awarded at USC 2017 SEASON REVIEW Overall Record 25-10 Pac-12 Conference Record 14-6 (T-2nd) Home Record 12-2 (8-2 Pac-12) Away Record 9-6 (6-4 Pac-12) Neutral Site Record 4-2 Final AVCA Ranking No. 7 Postseason Finish NCAA Regional Final (L, 3-2, at Florida) CREDITS The 2018 USC women’s volleyball record book and almanac was 2018 TEAM INFORMATION written, compiled, designed, and published by Jeremy Wu, Assis- Letterwinners Returning / Lost 9 + libero / 9 tant Director of Sports Information. Cover design by Jeremy Wu. Starters Returning / Lost 5 + libero / 3 This document is available for download at USCTrojans.com in Por- Newcomers 6 table Document Format (PDF). Class Breakdown (Sr. / Jr. / So. / Fr.) 4 / 7 / 1 / 4 Position Breakdown (OH / OPP / MB / S / L) 3 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 3 2 0 1 8 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL 1 2 0 1 8 USC W OMEN O F T ROY ## 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 Houston, 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) 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 ATHLETIC TRAINER Shannon Murphy STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Steve Novencido 2 0 1 8 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL 2 2 0 1 8 USC W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL S CHEDULE DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV/STREAM TROJAN INVITATIONAL • GALEN CENTER • LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Aug 24 Friday Kentucky vs. Creighton Galen Center 10:30 a.m. P12+ Creighton vs. Northern Iowa Galen Center 5 p.m. P12+ Kentucky vs. USC Galen Center 7:30 p.m. P12+ Aug 25 Saturday Northern Iowa vs. USC Galen Center 10:30 a.m. P12+ Northern Iowa vs. Kentucky Galen Center 5 p.m. P12+ Creighton vs. USC Galen Center 7:30 p.m. P12+ BUBLY INVITATIONAL • EXACTECH ARENA AT STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL CENTER • GAINESVILLE, FLA. Aug 31 Friday at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 7 p.m. ET ESPN/SECN Sept 1 Saturday vs. Central Florida Gainesville, Fla. 5:30 p.m. ET ESPN3 Sept 2 Sunday vs. Louisville Gainesville, Fla. 1 p.m. ET ESPN3 MARQUETTE TOURNAMENT • AL McGUIRE CENTER • MILWAUKEE, WIS. Sept 7 Friday vs. BYU Milwaukee, Wis. 10 a.m. CT Marquette FB at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 7 p.m. CT UM All-Access Sept 8 Saturday vs. Syracuse Milwaukee, Wis. 3 p.m. CT Marquette FB SDSU/USD CHALLENGE • JENNY CRAIG PAVILION • SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Sept 14 Friday vs. Louisiana San Diego, Calif. 12 p.m. at San Diego San Diego, Calif. 6 p.m. Sept 19 Wednesday UCLA * Galen Center 8 p.m. ESPNU Sept 23 Sunday at Colorado * Boulder, Colo. 12 p.m. P12LA/M Sept 28 Friday at Stanford * Stanford, Calif. 8 p.m. ESPN2 Sept 30 Sunday at California * Berkeley, Calif. 1 p.m. P12+ Oct 4 Thursday Oregon State * Galen Center 7 p.m. P12+ Oct 7 Sunday Oregon * Galen Center 1 p.m. P12+ Oct 12 Friday Arizona State * Galen Center 7 p.m. P12A Oct 14 Sunday Arizona * Galen Center 1 p.m. P12LA/A Oct 17 Wednesday at Washington * Seattle, Wash. 7 p.m. P12N/LA/W Oct 19 Friday at Washington State * Pullman, Wash. 8 p.m. P12N/LA/W Oct 26 Friday Stanford * Galen Center 7 p.m. P12LA/BA Oct 28 Sunday California * Galen Center 1 p.m. P12+ Nov 2 Friday at Oregon * Eugene, Ore. 8 p.m. P12O Nov 4 Sunday at Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. 12 p.m. P12N Nov 8 Thursday Washington * Galen Center 8 p.m. P12W Nov 11 Sunday Washington State * Galen Center 1:30 p.m. P12+ Nov 16 Friday at Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. 5 p.m. P12+ Nov 18 Sunday at Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. 3:30 p.m. P12N Nov 21 Wednesday Utah * [SENIOR NIGHT] Galen Center 3 p.m. P12+ Nov 23 Friday at UCLA * Pauley Pavilion 5 p.m. P12N/LA N29-D2 Thu-Sat NCAA First and Second Rounds TBD TBD Dec 7-8 Fri-Sat NCAA Regional Championships TBD TBD Dec 13-15 Thu-Sat NCAA Championship Minneapolis, Minn. TBD • * denotes Pac-12 Conference match • All times Pacific unless noted • Dates and times subject to change • NCAA Regional site hosts determined and assigned to the highest remaining seeds. • The 2018 NCAA Championship will be held at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is hosted by University of Minnesota and the Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association. 2 0 1 8 U S C W OMEN ’ S V OLLEYBALL 3 AIAW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AIAW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1976 1977 34-1 Overall • 8-0 WCAA (1st) 38-0 Overall • 8-0 WCAA (1st) 7-0 Home • 11-0 Away • 16-1 Neutral 8-0 Home • 12-0 Away • 18-0 Neutral FINAL RANKING: No. 1 FINAL RANKING: No. 1 HEAD COACH: Chuck Erbe HEAD COACH: Chuck Erbe S25 W UC Irvine 15-6, 15-3, 15-0 O1 W UC Santa Barbara 15-5, 15-3, 15-0 S28 W at Cal State Northridge 15-5, 15-1 O4 W * San Diego State 15-5, 15-11, 15-1 O2 W San Jose State 15-0, 15-5, 15-1 O5 W Pepperdine 15-6, 15-5, 15-5 O8 W * at Long Beach State 15-6, 15-5, 15-5 O7 W * Long Beach State 15-6, 15-11, 15-6 O9 W Cal State Northridge 15-8, 15-6 O11 W * San Diego State 15-9, 15-6, 15-3 O12 W at UC Irvine 15-10, 15-0, 15-3 O14 W at Stanford 15-6, 15-3, 15-3 O15 W * at San Diego State 15-1, 15-7, 15-2 O15 W at San Jose State 15-7, 15-6, 15-9 O19 W * at Cal State Fullerton 15-7, 15-1, 15-11 O20 W at UC Santa Barbara 15-1, 15-2, 15-4 O21 W at Hawai‘i 15-7, 15-8, 15-8 O24 W * Cal State Fullerton 15-5, 15-2, 15-0 O22 W at Hawai‘i 15-1, 10-15, 15-7, 15-13 O26 W * at UCLA 7-15, 15-9, 17-15, 14-16, 15-12 O28 W * UCLA 14-16, 15-8, 15-13, 15-13 O29 W at Pepperdine 15-13, 15-1, 15-6 O30 W UC Santa Barbara 15-7, 15-4, 15-2 O31 W Mexico 15-7, 15-5, 16-14 N2 W * Long Beach State 15-1, 15-2, 15-12 N2 W * at Long Beach State 15-7, 15-5, 15-1 N5/6 W % vs.