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USC Shocks BYU
February 28, 2001 | Men's Volleyball
Feb. 28, 2001
LOS ANGELES - The No. 7-ranked USC men's volleyball team, behind 28 kills >from junior All-American opposite hitter Brook Billings, gave No. 1 BYU its first loss of the 2001 season with a 30-26, 23-30, 30-27, 30-18 victory in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Wednesday (Feb. 28) in the USC North Gym.
USC?which has won 5 matches in a row?improved to 8-3 both overall and in the MPSF, while the Cougars fell to 10-1 and 6-1. The Trojans' win avenged a 3-game home loss to BYU last month.
USC played without head coach Pat Powers, who was with his ill mother. In his place, assistant Turhan Douglas directed the Trojans with the help of assistant Laura Ames.
Billings hit .429 for the match and had 8 digs. Teammate Eli Fairfield, a senior outside hitter, added 21 kills while hitting .417 and had a match-high 13 digs.
BYU was led by a pair of junior outside hitters, Mike Wall (15 kills) and Joaquin Acosta (12 kills). Senior middle blocker Scott Bunker of the Cougars had a match-high 8 blocks.
Troy outhit BYU, .384 to .314, and had 8 aces to the Cougars' 3 and 38 digs to their 24.
USC next hosts No. 4 Long Beach State in an MPSF match on Saturday (March 3) at 7 p.m. in the North Gym.
