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Long Beach State Men's Volleyball Sweeps USC
February 01, 2008 | Men's Volleyball
Feb. 1, 2008
The third-ranked Long Beach State men's volleyball team--behind Paul Lotman's 18 kills and Dean Bittner's 13 kills--remained perfect in 2008 as it dispatched of No. 11 USC, 30-25, 32-30, 30-23, on Friday (Feb. 1) in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at LBSU's Walter Pyramid.
The 49ers improved to 8-0 overall and remained in first place in the MPSF with a 6-0 mark. USC fell to 4-6 and 3-4 in league action.
USC was led by Andrew Vernon's 9 kills and 5 blocks. Hunter Current and Murphy Troy each added 7 kills as did Sean Dennis off the bench. USC hit .116 in the match.
Dan Alexander added 6 kills and 7 blocks for LBSU. The 49ers hit .289 for the match, including a sizzling .469 in the third game.
Long Beach State limited the Trojans to a .077 hitting percentage in the first game as Bittner had 6 kills and Lotman added 5. The 49ers led 29-24 in the second game, but saw a USC rally tie the score at 29-29. Tied at 30-30, the 49ers broke through on a USC service error and a combo block by Bittner and Alexander. In the third game, the 49ers led 17-16 but then had a 5-0 run and were never threatened from there as Lotman recorded 9 kills.
USC next plays at UC San Diego on Saturday (Feb. 2) at 7 p.m. on another MPSF match.
