2019 TROJAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL ALMANAC AND RECORD BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS & CREDITS 2019 VITAL INFORMATION PROGRAM HISTORY The 2019 USC beach volleyball almanac Quick Facts 1 Year-by-Year Annual Results 5-8 and record book was written, compiled, Credits 1 Opponent Series Records 9-11 designed, and published by Jeremy Wu, 2019 Team Roster 2 Opponent Series Superlatives 12 Assistant Director of Sports Information. 2019 Schedule 3 Annual Record and Rankings 13 This document is available for download Merle Norman Stadium 4 All-Time Roster and Coaches 14 at USCTrojans.com as a PDF. All-Time Jersey Numbers 15 Honors and Awards 16-17 2019 USC QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION BEACH VOLLEYBALL HISTORY Location Los Angeles, California First Season of Beach Volleyball * 2012 Founded 1880 First Head Coach Anna Collier Enrollment 43,000 (19,000 undergraduates) All-Time Record 173-32 (.844) Campus Size 150 Acres Record at Merle Norman Stadium 44-7 (.863) Interim President Dr. Wanda M. Austin All-Time AVCA Postseason Record 7-4 (.636) Athletic Director Lynn Swann All-Time NCAA Postseason Record 10-2 (.833) Senior Woman Administrator Dr. Donna C. Heinel Team Conference Championships 2 (2016-17) National Affiliation NCAA Division I Pairs Conference Championships 2 (2016-17) Conference Affiliation Pac-12 Team National Championships 3 (2015-17) Nickname Trojans / Women of Troy Pairs National Championships 4 (2013-15, ‘17) Fight Song Fight On AVCA Team Appearances 3 Colors Cardinal and Gold NCAA Team Appearances 3 Mascot Traveler AVCA All-America Selections 16 (9 players) Home Court (Cap) Merle Norman Stadium (500) * First season women’s beach volleyball scholarships awarded at USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL STAFF 2018 SEASON REVIEW Head Coach Anna Collier (8th year) Overall Record 27-14 Alma Mater USC, ‘77 Home Record 2-3 Collier’s Record at USC 173-32 (.844) Away Record 3-5 Collier’s Career Record 173-32 (.844) Neutral Site Record 22-6 Assistant Coach Gustavo Rocha (2nd year) Final AVCA Ranking No. 5 Vol. Assistant Coach Eric Fonoimoana (1st year) Postseason Finish NCAA Semifinal (L 3-1 vs. UCLA) Office Phone (213) 740-0855 Athletic Trainer Shannon Murphy 2019 TEAM INFORMATION Training Room Phone (213) 740-0891 Letterwinners Returning / Lost 9 / 5 Starters Returning / Lost 8 / 2 SPORTS INFORMATION Newcomers 5 Director Tim Tessalone Class Breakdown (Sr / Jr / So / Fr) 3 / 2 / 5 / 4 Mailing Address USC Sports Information 3501 Watt Way, Heritage Hall 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 Office Phone (213) 740-8480 Beach Volleyball SID Jeremy Wu Office Phone (213) 740-3807 Office Fax (213) 740-7584 Mobile Phone (213) 379-3977 E-Mail [email protected] USC Ticket Office (213) 740-GOSC Website www.usctrojans.com/beach Instagram, Twitter, Facebook @USCBeach @USCBeach 1 2019 USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2019 WOMEN OF TROY ## NAME HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Laurel Kujan 5-8 Fr. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Laguna Blanca HS) 2 Alexandra Poletto 6-3 Gr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (De La Salle HS/Colorado State) 3 Maja Kaiser 6-0 So. Bulverde, Texas (Smithson Valley HS) 4 Sammy Slater 5-10 So. Ventura, Calif. (Ventura HS) 10 Abril Bustamante 6-1 Sr. Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) 11 Joy Dennis 6-0 Jr. Cypress, Calif. (Keystone Academy) 12 Haley Hallgren 6-1 So. Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS) 14 Tina Graudina 6-0 So. Jurmala, Latvia 20 Josannah Vazquez 5-10 So. Mansfield, Texas (Lake Ridge HS/Long Beach CC) 24 Cammie Dorn 6-0 Jr. Laguna Beach, Calif. (Laguna Beach HS) 25 Hannah Martin 5-10 Fr. Solana Beach, Calif. (Canyon Crest Academy) 30 Mollie Ebertin 6-1 Fr. Saratoga, Calif. (Saint Francis HS) 35 Karina Myszkowski 6-3 Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) 41 Terese Cannon 6-3 Gr. Pittsford, N.Y. (Our Lady of Mercy HS/Georgetown) HEAD COACH Anna Collier (8th year), USC ‘77 ASSISTANT COACH Gustavo Rocha (2nd year), Park ‘06 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Eric Fonoimoana (1st year), UC Santa Barbara ‘93 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH Jillian Zeller ATHLETIC TRAINER Shannon Murphy DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Rachel Frain BACK (L to R): Maja Kaiser, Haley Hallgren, Karina Myszkowski, Alexandra Poletto, Terese Cannon, Julia Devine, Joy Dennis, Abril Bustamante, Cammie Dorn FRONT: Laurel Kujan, Peri Green, Hannah Martin, Tina Graudina, Mollie Ebertin, Josannah Vazquez, Sammy Slater 2 2019 USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2019 SCHEDULE DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME FEB 21 Thursday Cardinal and Gold Alumni Match Merle Norman Stadium 6 p.m. FEB 27 Wednesday Loyola Marymount Merle Norman Stadium 1 p.m. UCLA Merle Norman Stadium 3 p.m. MAR 2 Saturday at Arizona 1 Tucson, Ariz. 10:30 a.m. vs. Stanford 1 Tucson, Ariz. 2:15 p.m. MAR 3 Sunday vs. Oregon 1 Tucson, Ariz. 8 a.m. MAR 7 Thursday Florida State Merle Norman Stadium 10 a.m. Stetson Merle Norman Stadium 2 p.m. MAR 9 Saturday vs. Florida International 2 Manhattan Beach, Calif. 8:30 a.m. vs. TCU 2 Manhattan Beach, Calif. 1:30 p.m. MAR 10 Sunday vs. LSU 2 Manhattan Beach, Calif. 10 a.m. vs. Florida State 2 Manhattan Beach, Calif. 3 p.m. MAR 12 Tuesday vs. South Carolina Atlanta, Ga. 10 a.m. ET at Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. 12:30 p.m. ET MAR 15 Friday vs. Florida Atlantic 3 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 12 p.m. ET vs. Florida International 3 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 2 p.m. ET MAR 22 Friday at Arizona State 4 Tempe, Ariz. 12 p.m. vs. Pepperdine 4 Tempe, Ariz. 2 p.m. MAR 23 Saturday vs. Hawai’i 4 Tempe, Ariz. 10 a.m. MAR 30 Saturday at Pepperdine Malibu, Calif. 10 a.m. APR 3 Wednesday at UCLA Westwood, Calif. 3 p.m. APR 6 Saturday vs. UCLA 5 Stanford, Calif. 9 a.m. at Stanford 5 Stanford, Calif. 1:30 p.m. APR 7 Sunday vs. California 5 Stanford, Calif. 10:30 a.m. vs. Washington 5 Stanford, Calif. 1:30 p.m. APR 11 Thursday Long Beach State Merle Norman Stadium 1 p.m. Pepperdine Merle Norman Stadium 3 p.m. APR 18 Thursday Grand Canyon Merle Norman Stadium 1 p.m. Cal Poly [SENIOR DAY] Merle Norman Stadium 3 p.m. APR 25 Thursday Pac-12 Championship * (1st Rd.) Merle Norman Stadium TBD APR 26 Friday Pac-12 Championship * (QF/SF) Merle Norman Stadium TBD APR 27 Saturday Pac-12 Championship * (F) Merle Norman Stadium TBD MAY 3 Friday NCAA Championship ^ Gulf Shores, Ala. TBD MAY 4 Saturday NCAA Championship ^ Gulf Shores, Ala. TBD MAY 5 Sunday NCAA Championship ^ Gulf Shores, Ala. TBD MAY 10 Thursday USAV Beach Collegiate Pairs Championship Hermosa Beach, Calif. TBD MAY 11 Friday USAV Beach Collegiate Pairs Championship Hermosa Beach, Calif. TBD MAY 12 Saturday USAV Beach Collegiate Paris Championship Hermosa Beach, Calif. TBD Bold denotes home matches played at Merle Norman Stadium • All times Pacific unless otherwise noted 1 Pac-12 South Invitational • Bear Down Beach • Tucson, Ariz. 2 UCLA East Meets West Invitational • Manhattan Beach Pier • Manhattan Beach, Calif. 3 FIU Invitational • Fort Lauderdale Beach • Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 4 ASU Invitational • Pera Club • Tempe, Ariz. 5 Pac-12 North Invitational • Stanford Beach Volleyball Stadium • Stanford, Calif. * Pac-12 Championship • Merle Norman Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif. ^ NCAA Championship • Gulf Shores Beach • Gulf Shores, Ala. @USCBeach 3 2019 USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL MERLE NORMAN STADIUM Merle Norman Stadium is the on-campus home to the USC women’s beach volleyball program. Located on the east side of University Park Campus on Figueroa Street across from the Galen Center, it features three courts with sand from the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The palm tree-encircled stadium also has bleachers and a grass berm for spectator seating, a scoreboard and audio system, lighting, restrooms, showers, and multiple team storage areas. Ground was broken to build the new venue in July of 2012 under the generous donations of Jack and Helen Nethercutt and John and Me- linda Muller, and a large sum from an anonymous donor. The Mullers have a daughter (Erica) on the 2013 squad. A USC alumnus, Jack Neth- ercutt served as vice president of marketing and later President of Merle Norman Cosmetics in 1973. He left the company to pursue other ventures but returned to his presidency in March of 2002 and now serves as Chairman of the Board with his wife Helen as Vice Chairman. The stadium is named for Nethercutt’s great aunt and namesake of the cosmetics corporation, Merle Nethercutt Norman. Jack and Helen are active in Los Angeles non-profits and charities and are Galen Founders, Scholarship Club members, and Conquest supporters of the USC Trojan Marching Band. On Thursday, March 7, 2013, USC officially opened and dedicated Merle Norman Stadium in conjunction with the beach volleyball pro- gram’s alumni match. The Nethercutts were on hand to cut the ribbon with first Trojan head coach Anna Collier and athletic director Pat Haden. USC All-America alumnae and Olympic beach volleyball silver medalists Jennifer Kessy and April Ross christened the sand in their return to campus for the special match. The Women of Troy played their first dual match in the stadium on Sunday, March 10, 2013, and earned a 4-1 victory over Loyola Mary- mount. The stadium hosted the inaugural Pac-12 Championship in 2016. USC produced a 7-3 mark in 2013 and was 8-0 in 2014 on its home sand at Merle Norman Stadium. USC also went undefeated in 2015 (10-0) and in 2017 (8-0). The Trojans are 46-7 (.868) all-time at Merle Norman Stadium. 4 2019 USC BEACH VOLLEYBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2012 2013 7-4 Overall 16-8 Overall 2-0 Home • 1-2 Away • 4-2 Neutral 7-3 Home • 2-2 Away • 7-3 Neutral Final AVCA Rank: N/A Final AVCA Rank: No.