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: Sept. 13, 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] No. 21 USC Hosts Pac-12 Challenge at Galen Center SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2016 PAC-12 CHALLENGE 6-3 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • AVCA: No. 21 Galen Center • Los Angeles, Calif. 3-3 Home • 1-0 Away • 2-0 Neutral MATCH #10 AUGUST No. 21 USC (6-3) vs. Oklahoma (9-1) 26 Marquette % L 3-1 Thursday, Sept. 15 • 8 p.m. PT 27 Santa Clara % (P12N) L 3-1 Series Record: USC leads, 4-0 (1.000) UC Irvine % (P12N) L 3-0 Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (Sept. 17, 2015 • Norman, Okla.) Current Streak: Won 4 • Last 10 Meetings: 4-0 SEPTEMBER TV: P12N/P12LA (Anne Marie Anderson & Kelli Tennant) 2 No. 23 Kentucky $ W 3-0 Audio: USCTrojans.com (Paul Duchesne & Umberto Gatti) 3 Northern Iowa $ (P12N) W 3-1 Opponent Web: SoonerSports.com No. 22 Creighton $ (P12N) W 3-2 9 vs. Sam Houston State & W 3-0 MATCH #11 10 vs. Oakland & W 3-0 No. 21 USC (6-3) vs. Maryland (7-2) at Rice & W 3-1 Friday, Sept. 16 • 8 p.m. PT 15 Oklahoma # (P12N) 8 p.m. Series Record: USC leads, 3-0 (1.000) 16 Maryland # (P12N) 8 p.m. Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (Sept. 18, 2015 • Norman, Okla.) 21 UCLA * (P12N) 7 p.m. Current Streak: Won 3 • Last 10 Meetings: 3-0 23 Washington * (P12N) 7 p.m. TV: P12N/P12LA (Chris Marlowe & Tammy Blackburn) 30 at Colorado * (P12N) 7 p.m. Audio: USCTrojans.com (Paul Duchesne & Umberto Gatti) OCTOBER Opponent Web: UMTerps.com 1 at Utah * 7 p.m. 5 Arizona State * (P12N) 7 p.m. THE FOOT FAULT 7 Arizona * 7 p.m. • USC is on a season-long six-match winning streak. 14 at Oregon * (P12N) 8 p.m. • The Women of Troy are ranked No. 21 in the Sept. 12 AVCA coaches poll. 16 at Oregon State * (P12N) 12 p.m. • The Trojans are a combined 7-0 all-time against Oklahoma and Maryland. 21 California * (P12N) 6 p.m. • Head coach Mick Haley is 2 wins away from reaching 400 in his USC career. 23 Stanford * (ESPNU) 2 p.m. • USC is 5 wins from reaching the 1,000-victory threshold. 28 Utah * (P12N) 8 p.m. • The Trojans are 133-24 (.857) all-time in matches played at Galen Center. 29 Colorado * 5 p.m. • Sr. MB Elise Ruddins was chosen MVP of the Rice Invitational last weekend. • Jr. OPP Brittany Abercrombie was chosen to the preseason All-Pac-12 team. NOVEMBER 2 at Arizona * (P12N) 7 p.m. 4 at Arizona State * 6 p.m. LOS ANGELES – The No. 21-ranked USC women’s volleyball team (6-3) seeks 10 at Stanford * (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. to extend its six-match winning streak when the Women of Troy close the non- 12 at California * 3 p.m. conference portion of their schedule as hosts of the Pac-12 Challenge at Galen 18 Oregon State * (P12N) TBD Center this week (Sept. 15-16). The Trojans will face Oklahoma (9-1) from the Big 19 Oregon * [Senior Day] 7 p.m. XII Conference on Thursday (Sept. 15) at 8 p.m. PT and then take on Maryland 23 at Washington State * 7 p.m. (7-2) from the Big Ten Conference on Friday (Sept. 16) at 8 p.m. Fellow Pac- 26 at UCLA * (P12N) TBD 12 member No. 5 Washington (8-0) will also take on the opposite opponent on each day at 5 p.m. PT. Oklahoma and Maryland will meet in a separate match * Pac-12 Conference match • All times PST unless noted at 11 a.m. PT on Friday. Each of the four evening matches will be broadcast on % USC Baden Invitational • Galen Center the Pac-12 Network with each of the Trojans’ matches also available on Pac- $ USC Radisson Classic • Galen Center & Rice Adidas Invitational I • Tudor Fieldhouse (Houston, Texas) 12 Los Angeles. Each of the Huskies’ matches will also be shown live on Pac- # Pac-12 Challenge • Galen Center 12 Washington. The non-Pac-12 match will be streamed live on USC’s Pac-12 Network web portal. The Women of Troy are a combined 7-0 all-time against the Sooners and the Terrapins. USC WOMEN OF TROY PROBABLE STARTERS ## NAME POS HT YR KPS Pct. DPS BPS PPS 1 Alyse Ford OH 5-10 So. 2.47 .183 1.88 0.31 2.69 5 Jordan Dunn MB 6-4 Jr. 1.18 .410 0.12 1.29 1.82 6 Brittany Abercrombie OPP 6-2 Jr. 2.18 .231 0.39 0.73 2.58 10 Taylor Whittingham L 5-8 Sr. -- -- 4.61 0.88 aps 0.30 @USCWomensVolley 11 Elise Ruddins MB 6-3 Sr. 1.70 .433 0.45 0.97 2.30 14 Reni Meyer-Whalley S 5-5 Sr. -- -- 1.84 5.65 aps 0.16 16 Khalia Lanier OH 6-2 Fr. 3.79 .217 2.94 0.48 4.39 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 6-0 1 1 Stanford (9) 119 2 Texas 1500 7-1 3 2 UCLA (1) 103 3 Minnesota 1416 5-1 5 3 Washington (1) 99 4 Kansas 1389 9-0 4 REC. AVCA RPI 4 Oregon 95 5 Washington 1304 8-0 6 Preseason 0-0 T-No. 7 -- 5 USC (1) 85 6 Wisconsin 1247 6-1 2 Aug 29 0-3 RV -- 6 Arizona 72 7 Florida 1210 6-1 8 Sept 5 3-3 No. 24 -- 7 Colorado 50 8 North Carolina 1164 6-1 11 8 Utah 48 Sept 12 6-3 No. 21 -- 9 BYU 1111 9-0 10 9 Washington State 46 10 San Diego 971 5-2 15 Sept 19 -- -- -- 10 California 27 11 UCLA 941 7-1 7 Sept 26 -- -- -- 11 Arizona State 26 12 Stanford 885 4-2 9 Oct 3 -- -- -- 12 Oregon State 22 13 Florida State 818 6-1 13 14 Purdue 692 7-1 20 Oct 10 -- -- -- * First-place votes in parentheses 15 Hawai’i 673 5-4 14 Oct 17 -- -- -- 16 Texas A&M 617 6-3 16 Oct 24 -- -- -- PAC-12 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE 17 Santa Clara 586 9-0 19 Oct 31 -- -- -- 18 Colorado 518 5-2 18 NAME POS YR HOMETOWN 19 Ohio State 462 7-2 12 Nov 7 -- -- -- Brittany Abercrombie, USC OPP Jr. Carlsbad, CA 20 Penn State 434 5-3 17 Nov 14 -- -- -- Inky Ajanaku, STAN MB Jr. Tulsa, OK 21 USC 207 6-3 24 Nov 21 -- -- -- Adora Anae, UTAH OH Jr. Laie, HI 22 Michigan State 194 8-1 NR Jordan Anderson, UCLA OH Sr. Flower Mound, TX Nov 28 -- -- -- 23 Michigan 152 8-1 22 Haley Hodson, STAN OH So. Newport Beach, CA 24 Oregon 148 7-2 NR Dec 19 -- -- -- Kyra Holt, WSU OH Sr. Hercules, CA 25 Kansas State 110 7-2 NR Crissy Jones, WASH OH Jr.