USC Women's Volleyball Sweeps New Mexico State to Collect 1,100th All-Time Win

Thursday, September 15

Los Angeles, Calif.

7:00 PM

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New Mexico State

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USC Women's Volleyball Sweeps New Mexico State to Collect 1,100th All-Time Win

September 15, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

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The Women of Troy improved to 4-0 at home this season with a win over New Mexico State

LOS ANGELES – The USC women's volleyball team (6-3) collected a 3-0 sweep (26-24, 25-17, 25-16) of New Mexico State (6-3) in the first match of the Trojan Challenge at Galen Center on Thursday, Sept. 15. The Trojans improved to 4-0 in home matches and to 12-0 in sets played at Galen Center this fall. The win was also the program's 1,100th all-time victory.

KEY PLAYERS

So. setter Mia Tuaniga dished out 26 assists and had 11 digs to post her second double-double of the season (10th career) and added a pair of service aces, a kill, and a block.
Fr. LIB Gala Trubint matched her career high with 17 digs and reached double-digit digs for the ninth straight match. She also put up four assists with a service ace.
Sr. OPP Emilia Weske hit .550 with 11 kills (0e, 20att) and had three blocks and two service aces for 14.5 points.
Sr. OH Skylar Fields led the Trojan attack with 13 kills (3e, 31att) and hit .323 to go with two digs and two aces.
For the Aggies, Katie Birtcil led with 12 kills but hit .100 on the night (8e, 40att). Darian Markham had 12 digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

USC outscored NMSU, 55.0 to 40.5, and had big edges in digs (49-41) and service aces (11-6). The Trojans won the first set with a .125 hitting percentage but dialed in the offense to hit .474 in set two and .448 in the third.
The Aggies led by as many as four points three times in the first. USC erased the first four-point lead to tie the score at 17-all, but NMSU went on a 4-0 run to lead by four again. Against the ropes, the Trojans stared down a three-point hole (24-21) to score the final five points in a 26-24 win. Trubint turned in nine of her digs in the opening set.
The score was tied at every point through 10-all in the second set, but USC used an 8-1 run to pull away and finished off a 25-17 win. Fields scored four of her kills in the second and Trubint picked up four more digs, but the Trojans did six points worth of damage from the service line with a pair of aces each from Fields and Kalyah Williams.
USC carried momentum into the third and put its foot on the gas to run away with a 25-16 victory for the sweep. Fields had six kills, Weske had four, and Lindsey Miller had three more to help the Trojans hit .448 in the final frame.

UP NEXT

USC meets Milwaukee (1-7) for the first time when the Trojans and Panthers clash at 7 p.m. PT on Friday (Sept. 16) at Galen Center in the third match of the Trojan Challenge. New Mexico State and San Jose State (4-3) will play an earlier match at 4:30 p.m. PT.

MATCH NOTES

USC improved to 4-0 all-time against New Mexico State and faced the Aggies for the first time since 1982.
The Women of Troy won the program's 1,100th all-time match to improve to 1,100-407-4.
The Trojans improved to 4-0 in home matches this season with a 12-0 record in sets. It is also USC's fifth straight home victory dating back to last season's final home match (a five-set win over UCLA on Nov. 26, 2021).
USC improved to 183-52 in all-time matches played at Galen Center.

For more information on the USC women's volleyball team and a complete schedule and results, please visit USCTrojans.com/WVB. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow @USCWomensVolley on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.