University Southern California Trojans
USC
2-10, 2-8MPSF
Long Beach State
11-2, 8-2MPSF
No. 1 Long Beach State Men's Volleyball Sweeps USC
February 12, 2016 | Men's Volleyball
TJ DeFalco had 15 kills and Kyle Ensing added 9 kills and 10 digs to lead the No. 1-ranked Long Beach State men's volleyball team to a 25-18, 25-19, 25-15 sweep over unranked USC in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Friday (Feb. 12) at USC's Galen Center Pavilion.
USC fell to 2-10 overall and 2-8 in the MPSF. Long Beach State improved to 11-2 overall and 8-2 in the MPSF.
Tommy Leonard and Lucas Yoder each had 7 kills to lead USC, while Brooks Varni had 9 digs.
Long Beach State hit .356 while the Trojans hit just .093. The 49ers also had more digs (36 to 31).
The first set was tied at 13-13 before Long Beach State ran off 5 consecutive points and USC couldn't recover as the 49ers hit .400 in the set. It was 17-17 in the second set before LBSU scored back-to-back points and steadily pulled away. Long Beach State went on a 3-0 run early in the third set to forge a 7-4 lead and the 49ers continued to build on the lead the rest of the way.
The match was played in the upstairs Pavilion at the Galen Center because of a conflict with a Women of Troy basketball game scheduled at the same time in the Galen Center.
USC, in the midst of playing 4 MPSF home matches in a 7-day span, next welcomes No. 4 Hawaii on Monday (Feb. 15) and Tuesday (Feb. 16), both at 7 p.m. in the Galen Center.
