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: Nov. 17, 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. 1 Trojans Ready For Desert Battles SCHEDULE AND RESULTS MATCH #29 27-1 Overall • 15-1 Pac-12 • AVCA Rank: No. 1 No. 1 USC (27-1, 15-1) at No. 23 Arizona (17-11, 7-9) 15-0 Home • 9-1 Away • 3-0 Neutral McKale Center • Tucson, Ariz. Friday, Nov. 20 • 6 p.m. PT AUGUST Series Record: USC leads, 61-19 (.763) 28 No. 7 North Carolina ^ (P12N) W 3-1 Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Oct. 18, 2015 • Galen Center) 29 Chicago State ^ W 3-0 Current Streak: Won 3 • Last 10 Meetings: 9-1 No. 11 BYU ^ (P12N) W 3-0 Web Stream: Pac-12.com/live Opponent Web: ArizonaWildcats.com SEPTEMBER MATCH #30 4 vs. Creighton % W 3-0 No. 1 USC (27-1, 15-1) at No. 24 Arizona State (19-8, 8-8) 5 vs. No. 10 Kentucky % W 3-0 Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, Ariz. at Northern Iowa % (ESPN3) W 3-0 Sunday, Nov. 22 • 1 p.m. PT 10 Utah State $ W 3-0 Series Record: USC leads, 64-13-1 (.821) Pepperdine $ (P12N) W 3-0 Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Oct. 16, 2015 • Galen Center) 11 Idaho State $ W 3-0 Current Streak: Won 1 • Last 10 Meetings: 7-3 New Mexico $ (P12N) W 3-0 Audio: USCTrojans.com (Paul Duchesne) 17 at Oklahoma & (FCSC) W 3-1 Web Stream: Pac-12.com/live 18 vs. Maryland & W 3-0 Opponent Web: TheSunDevils.com 23 at No. 13 UCLA * (P12N) W 3-0 27 at No. 8 Stanford * (P12N) W 3-2 LOS ANGELES – The top-ranked USC women’s volleyball team (27-1, 15-1 Pac- 12) heads to the Arizonan desert for pivotal conference matches this week. The OCTOBER Women of Troy draw No. 23 Arizona (17-11, 7-9) first and will face the Wildcats at 2 Washington State * W 3-0 McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, Nov. 20 (6 p.m. PT). The Trojans then take 4 No. 5 Washington * (P12N) W 3-1 on No. 24 Arizona State (19-8, 8-8) at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz., on Sunday, 9 at Colorado * (P12N) W 3-2 Nov. 22 (1 p.m.). Both matches will be streamed live and will be viewable for free 11 at Utah * W 3-0 via links at Pac-12.com/live. 16 No. 10 Arizona State * (P12N) W 3-1 18 No. 14 Arizona * (P12N) W 3-1 The Trojans carry a five-match winning streak into the final weekend of regular- 23 at Oregon State * (P12N) W 3-1 season road matches and received the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA poll for the fifth 25 at No. 25 Oregon * (P12N) W 3-0 time this season (46th all-time). USC is 93-9 when ranked No. 1, but the last time the 30 at No. 5 Washington * (P12N) L 3-0 Women of Troy visited Tucson with the top ranking, the Wildcats upset the Trojans, 3-0, on Oct. 20, 2013. NOVEMBER 1 at Washington State * W 3-2 USC should be well rested following a three-day layoff that was preceded by a 6 Colorado * (P12N) W 3-1 span in which the Trojans played four matches in seven days. USC remains on 8 Utah * (P12N) W 3-0 the inside track for the Pac-12 title with just four regular-season matches left. No. 11 Oregon * (P12N) W 3-0 2-ranked Washington is a single match behind with a 14-2 league record. 12 Oregon State * W 3-0 20 at No. 23 Arizona * 6 p.m. Last week, senior OH Samantha Bricio became the program’s all-time kills leader 22 at No. 24 Arizona State * 1 p.m. (1,919). She is already USC’s career leader for attacks (5,085), service aces (284), 25 UCLA * (P12N) 8 p.m. and points (2,347.5). This season, she leads the country in kills (5.07 kps), service aces 27 California * (P12N) 4 p.m. (0.74 saps), and points (6.23 pps). At the pins, freshman OH Alyse Ford (2.80 kps) and sophomore OPP Brittany Abercrombie (2.47 kps) bolster the Trojans’ offensive * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted firepower. Senior MBAlicia Ogoms leads the Pac-12 in blocks (1.56 bps) while junior ^ WOT Baden Invitational • Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) libero Taylor Whittingham is the Pac-12 leader for digs (4.94 dps). % 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. 5.16 .296 2.68 0.76 6.32 4 Victoria Garrick DS 5-10 Fr. 0.00 -.125 2.71 -- 0.17 @USCWomensVolley 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 So. 2.48 .295 0.76 0.70 2.86 8 Alicia Ogoms MB 6-4 Sr. 1.97 .395 0.55 1.60 2.93 10 Taylor Whittingham L 5-8 Jr. -- -- 4.99 1.12 aps 0.13 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Jr. 1.56 .403 0.55 0.92 2.14 15 Baylee Johnson S 6-0 Fr. 0.96 .181 2.60 7.21 aps 1.32 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. TEAM POINTS 1 USC (47) 1575 27-1 2 1 Stanford (11) 121 2 Washington (10) 1516 24-2 3 2 Arizona State 99 3 Minnesota (7) 1504 23-3 4 3 Washington (1) 97 4 Penn State 1395 24-3 1 REC. AVCA RPI 4 Oregon 94 5 Texas 1356 22-2 5 Preseason 0-0 No. 22 -- 5 USC 84 6 Nebraska 1206 22-4 8 Aug 31 3-0 No. 8 -- 7 Stanford 1188 18-6 6 6 Colorado 61 Sept 7 6-0 No. 6 -- 8 Hawai’i 1184 23-1 7 7 Arizona 60 9 Kansas 1050 23-2 10 Sept 14 10-0 No. 3 -- 8 UCLA 57 10 Wisconsin 1040 20-6 11 Sept 21 12-0 No. 3 -- 9 Oregon State 35 11 UCLA 954 21-5 9 Sept 28 14-0 No. 2 -- 10 Utah 34 12 BYU 918 23-3 12 Oct 5 16-0 No. 1 No. 1 13 Colorado State 820 22-3 13 11 California 28 14 Florida 715 20-5 15 Oct 12 18-0 No. 1 No. 1 12 Washington State 22 15 Purdue 654 20-7 17 Oct 19 20-0 No. 1 No. 1 * First-place votes in parentheses 16 Ohio State 628 21-7 14 Oct 26 22-0 No. 1 No. 2 17 Louisville 524 21-5 22 Nov 2 23-1 No. 2 No. 1 18 Illinois 520 18-9 16 PAC-12 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE 19 Kentucky 326 18-8 18 Nov 9 25-1 No. 2 No. 2 NAME POS YR HOMETOWN 20 Florida State 292 20-7 20 Nov 16 27-1 No.