No. 15 USC Sweeps No. 18 Oregon In Eugene

Friday, November 20

Eugene, Ore.

7:00 PM

USC

Oregon

No. 15 USC Sweeps No. 18 Oregon In Eugene

November 20, 2009 | Women's Volleyball

Nov. 20, 2009

Final Stats

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EUGENE, Ore. - Sophomore outside hitter Alex Jupiter (Hermosa Beach/Redondo Union HS) registered 22 kills, 12 digs and four blocks Friday while hitting .514 (22-3-37) as the No. 15 USC Women of Troy swept the No. 18 Oregon Ducks, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-19), in Pac-10 Conference action. USC (18-9, 7-8) hit .361 as a team in the match and had an 85% sideout percentage in the final set.

Sophomore setter Kendall Bateman, who leads the nation in assists per set, generated the pace for the Trojans' offense with 40 assists, five digs and three block assists. Sophomore middle blocker Lauren Williams had eight kills to go with seven blocks (one solo, six assisted) while hitting .467 (8-1-15) while senior All-American Jessica Gysin added eight kills and eight blocks.

Katherine Fischer and Heather Meyers had 11 kills each for Oregon (16-9, 6-9), but Meyers had 11 hitting errors on the night.

Jupiter started a key run in the first set at 17-17 as USC, who had not won in Eugene since 2006, scored four straight for the eventual win. Williams and Jupiter stuffed a Meyers block in the second set to make it 13-10 and would close out with the 12-8 run. Gysin's kill broke a 14-14 tie in the third and USC was able to get to 20 points first at 20-16 to finish the sweep of the Ducks.

USC travels to Oregon State tomorrow for a 7 p.m. match in the final Pac-10 road match of the season for the Trojans.

USC 25-25-25UO  22-18-19
Records: USC (18-9, 7-8), Oregon (16-9, 6-9)Kills: Alex Jupiter 22 (USC), Katherine Fischer/Heather Meyers 11 (UO)
Team:    USC UO1   .265    .2332   .387    .1053   .438    .179Match   .361    .168

USC head coach Mick Haley post-match quotes

"We didn't start out well, but we really battled. The team took control of everything. Kendall was phenomenal. Alex has it going now and she is on it. She should be like this from here on in. Jessica was jumping out of the gym and both Lauren and Audrey blocked very well tonight. Kimmee and Alli did a great job of passing in the back for us."

"This is about us. The whole focus was that we wanted to control what we do and take charge. We won every long rally. If Kendall is not the best setter in the nation, I don't know who is."

"We needed to do it back to back, but if Lauren puts another great match tomorrow then she is putting it together."

"Playing on the road is difficult, especially back-to-back efforts, so tomorrow is a very big challenge in a facility we haven't played well as of late. It's a great challenge to see if we can take it."