USC Men's Volleyball Opens MPSF Tourney Quarterfinal Play At No. 5 Pepperdine

THE FACTS
The USC men's volleyball team (7-19 overall, 3-9 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) begins MPSF Tournament play by visiting No. 5-ranked Pepperdine (15-7 overall, 8-4 MPSF) on Saturday (April 14) at 7 p.m. PT in a quarterfinal match. If the sixth-seed Trojans defeat the third-seed Waves, USC would advance to the April 19 MPSF semifinals (the semis and the April 21 final will be at top-seed BYU).

FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches are video- and audio-streamed live for free on USCTrojans.com and the TuneIn Radio app, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network (those matches only are audio-streamed). Some of USC's road matches are audiocast live on USCTrojans.com and the TuneIn Radio app. USC's online announcers are onetime Northeastern player/Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne and ex-Trojan player Paul Yoder (one of 6 Yoders to have played volleyball at USC). Fans can also follow USC home matches through Live Stats at USCTrojans.com and all matches via Twitter (@USCmensvolley).

RANKINGS
USC is not ranked in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll. Pepperdine is No. 5.

OPPONENTS
Pepperdine leads the series with USC, 66-41, and the Waves have won the 2 most recent meetings, 3-2 in February in Malibu and 3-0 in March at USC.

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