Males’s Volleyball | April 01, 2024
LOS ANGELES – The Thirteenth-ranked USC males’s volleyball workforce (11-11, 2-6 MPSF) hosts sixth-ranked BYU (15-7, 6-4) for its closing pair of dwelling regular-season matches this weekend (April 5-6) at Galen Heart. Each contests are set for 7 p.m. PT begins and can each be proven dwell on the USC dwell stream platform. The Trojans search to bounce again from three straight losses and are at the moment fifth within the MPSF standings with 4 common season matches left to play.
SENIOR WEEK
Galen Heart • Los Angeles, Calif.
No. 13 USC (11-11, 2-6 MPSF) vs. No. 6 BYU (15-7, 6-4 MPSF)
WATCH LIVE: USC Stay Stream (Max Kelton)
MATCH #23 • Friday, April 5 • 7 p.m. PT
MATCH #24 • Saturday, April 6 • 7 p.m. PT
SERIES RECORD: USC trails, 25-50 (.333)
LAST MEETING: L 3-1 (March 31, 2023 • Provo, Utah)
STREAK: Misplaced 2 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 3-7
OPPONENT WEBSITE: BYUCougars.com
FIRST SERVE (TL;DR)
- USC is led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Nygaard, a three-time Olympian in indoor and seashore volleyball and a two-time NCAA champion. On March 6, in a win over Penn State, he recorded his One hundredth-career win.
- The Trojans are ranked Thirteenth within the AVCA/NVA Coaches Ballot. This 12 months’s ballot is expanded to incorporate 20 groups for the primary time.
- USC has reached double-digit blocks in 10 matches and has had extra blocks than its opponent in 14 contests. The Trojans’ 2.47 blocks per set ranks second within the MPSF and is eighth within the nation.
- The Trojans have out-hit their opponent in 12 matches. USC’s .309 hitting proportion ranks fourth within the MPSF and is twelfth within the NCAA.
- So. OH Dillon Klein has reached double-digit kills in 17 matches this season and has had 37 double-digit matches in his profession. He has additionally registered 5 matches with 20 or extra kills.
- Freshmen Wesley Smith (MB), Jakobi Lange (OH), Jack Ebertin (OH), Brad Pan (LIB), and switch Josh Friedman (S) had been rated the No. 1 recruiting class by VolleyballMag.com. Smith was the No. 1-ranked particular person participant.
- Fr. S Caleb Blanchette signed to be part of the Trojans’ 2025 freshman class in November, however accomplished highschool necessities and reclassified to affix USC’s 2024 class in time to compete within the spring.
- Three Trojans rank within the MPSF’s high 15 for blocks led by Sr. MB Kyle Paulson who’s third within the league (seventh within the NCAA) at 1.12 blocks per set.
- The 2024 MPSF Event will probably be hosted by USC at Galen Heart, April 17-20. Quarterfinal matches happen on Wednesday, April 17, and the championship match will probably be performed on Saturday (April 20) at 6 p.m. PT.
FOLLOW THE TROJANS: House matches at Galen Heart are streamed dwell without spending a dime, with hyperlinks accessible at USCTrojans.com, aside from matches televised by Pac-12 Networks. Observe USC matches on dwell stats with hyperlinks at USCTrojans.com.
LAST TIME OUT: USC fell to eighth-ranked Pepperdine in 4 units at Galen Heart on Saturday (March 30) after 15 days between matches. Dillon Klein put up his seventeenth match with double-digit kills this season (the thirty seventh of this profession) and led the Trojans with 17 kills and 19.5 factors. Caleb Blanchette posted 33 assists and led the workforce with eight digs to go together with a career-best three kills. Kyle Paulson had a match-high six blocks to go together with 5 kills. Noah Roberts set new profession marks with .435 hitting on 10 kills and 23 assaults with out an error.
POLL POSITION: The Trojans had been ranked No. 12 within the AVCA/NVA Preseason Coaches Ballot. 2024 marks the enlargement of the ballot to twenty groups (beforehand 15). USC is at the moment ranked No. 13 within the April 1 ballot.
BIG BLOCK ENERGY: The Trojans’ 2.47 blocks per set ranks second within the MPSF and is eighth within the nation. USC has produced 10 matches in double-digit blocks and set a season-high mark with 15.5 blocks towards No. 4 Ohio State on Jan. 20. Throughout a four-match stretch from Jan. 11-19, USC progressively completed with the next block complete; and had 12.5 towards Harvard (Jan. 11), 13.0 towards Lincoln Memorial (Jan. 13); after which put up 15.0 towards Ball State (Jan. 19) earlier than the 15.5 towards the Buckeyes. In all, USC has out-blocked its opponent 14 instances this spring. In a single different match (vs. UC Irvine, Feb. 10) the Trojans had the identical block complete because the Anteaters (13.0).
HIT ‘EM HIGH: USC has hit higher than its opponent in 12 contests. In actual fact, USC has hit higher than .300 in 12 matches and had a season-high .614 hitting proportion in a win over Morehouse School (Jan. 6). The Trojans have additionally hit .400 or higher six instances and have recorded two matches over the .500 mark. USC’s .309 hittingranks fourth within the MPSF and is twelfth nationally.