WVB Post-Match Notes: USC vs. Oregon State
November 19, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 18, 2016
MATCH NOTES
- USC improved to 52-9 all-time against Oregon State and has won four straight over the Beavers. By pulling out the win, the Trojans avoided losing to OSU at home for the first time since 1996.
- The Women of Troy came back to win a match after losing the first two sets for the first time since Aug. 26, 2011, when they defeated Minnesota (University Park, Pa.), 23-25, 24-26, 25-13, 25-21, 15-7. Until tonight's win, USC was 0-19 in 0-2 matches since that victory.
- The Trojans had a season-high 15.0 blocks; reached double digits in blocks in a match for the 11th time this season and improved to 12-1 when out-blocking their opponent.
- Senior MB Elise Ruddins had a career-high 25.0 points and scored a season-high 23 kills. The 23 kills are the most by a USC middle blocker since three-time All-American Emily Adams had 23 kills in a match against UCLA on Sept. 19, 2003.
- Freshman OH Khalia Lanier recorded her 26th double-digit points match of the season.
- Senior libero Taylor Whittingham registered her 24th match this season in double digits for digs (21).
- Whittingham's 21 digs gives her 1,673 career digs and puts her within 30 digs of third place in USC's all-time record books (Katie Haller, 1990-93; 1,702 digs).
- Senior setter Alice Pizzasegola put up her eighth-career double-double (second this season) with 29 assists and 12 digs.
- Pizzasegola's 29 assists give her 2,519 career assists and move her into 10th place in USC's career record books ahead of Hayley Crone (2,516 assists; 2011-14).
- Junior setter Reni Meyer-Whalley had her eighth double-double of the season with 24 assists and a career-high 23 digs.
- Junior MB Jordan Dunn put up a career-high 11 blocks; the most by a Trojan in a single match since All-American MB Alicia Ogoms had 11 in 2015.
- Junior OH Sarah Livingston came off the bench to score a career-high 6.0 points with a career-high six blocks.
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