USC Men's Volleyball Goes To UC San Diego, Then Returns To MPSF Play By Hosting Grand Canyon

THE FACTS
The USC men's volleyball team (2-7 overall, 0-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) travels to UC San Diego (7-3 overall, 0-0 Big West) on Thursday (Feb. 6) for a non-conference match, then the Trojans resume Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play when they host Grand Canyon (8-2, 1-0) on Saturday (Feb. 8) in the Galen Center. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. PT.

FOLLOW THE TROJANS
All of USC's home matches in the Galen Center are video-streamed live for free on USCTrojans. com, except for matches televised live on Pac-12 Network. USC's online announcers are ex-Trojan player and assistant coach Mark Beltran and onetime Northeastern player/Winthrop assistant coach Paul Duchesne. Fans also can follow USC home matches through Live Stats at USCTrojans.com and all matches via Twitter (@USCmensvolley).

RANKINGS
USC, Grand Canyon and UC San Diego are not ranked in the current AVCA Division I-II Top 15 poll.

OPPONENTS
•USC holds a 44-10 series edge over UC San Diego, but has lost the past 2 meetings, including most recently 3-1 on the road in 2018. The Tritons visit Concordia on Tuesday (Feb. 4) before hosting the Trojans.

•USC is 4-3 all-time against Grand Canyon, including most recently a 3-0 home sweep in the opening round of the 2019 MPSF tourney.

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