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USC Men’s Volleyball Announces 2026 Schedule
December 18, 2025 | Men's Volleyball
The Trojans will play 16 home matches this spring
LOS ANGELES – USC men's volleyball has revealed its 2026 competition schedule and will play 16 home matches in the spring.
NONCONFERENCE
The Trojans open 2026 as host to St. Thomas Aquinas College (Jan. 10) and will face the Spartans at Galen Center for a 5 p.m. PT Saturday-night bout. The next week, USC goes to Costa Mesa for its first road test and takes on Vanguard at the Freed Center for Leadership on Jan. 15. The Trojans' next five matches will be played at Galen Center starting with Princeton (Jan. 16) followed by Fort Valley State (Jan. 24), Ohio State (Jan. 30), Cal State Northridge (Feb. 4), and UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 7).
USC plays a home-and-home with UC Irvine ahead of Valentine's weekend and visits the Anteaters for a mid-week match on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. PT at Bren Events Center. UCI then comes to Galen Center for a Friday-night rematch on Feb. 13 set at 7 p.m.
To conclude the month of February, USC will take part in a four-team tournament hosted at the Honda Center Feb. 19-20. The Anaheim arena will serve as the volleyball venue for the 2028 Olympic Games and the tournament—which will also feature UCLA from the MPSF and Big West foes Hawai'i and Long Beach State—will award an NIL prize to the winner.
USC's final nonconference regular-season match will be against Penn State. The Trojans host the Nittany Lions for a mid-conference one-off on March 14 at Galen Center.
MPSF CONFERENCE
USC—which was picked to finish second in a preseason poll of the league's head coaches—opens MPSF play with crosstown rival UCLA and will meet the Bruins on March 4 for a 7 p.m. match at Galen Center. The teams then play a second time on March 6 at Pauley Pavilion. Each home team won in last spring's meetings. The Trojans then head to Concordia to face the Eagles on March 12 in Irvine, Calif. USC plays CUI just once in an unbalanced conference schedule.
The Trojans then play their next six MPSF matches at home and host conference newcomer Jessup in back-to-back matches at USC's North Gym (March 20-21). Menlo will visit Galen Center for matches on March 27 and 28. While the Oaks joined the MPSF for the 2025 season, USC did not face Menlo last spring. Stanford then comes to Galen Center for the Trojans' first two matches of the month of April. The teams will meet in Friday-Saturday matches (April 3-4) set for 7 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively.
In its first and only out-of-state regular-season competition, the Trojans head to Provo, Utah, to take on BYU (April 10-11) at the Smith Fieldhouse. USC then closes the regular season with 2025 MPSF champion Pepperdine. The Trojans host the Waves on April 16 for Senior Night and then visit Pepperdine for the rematch on April 18 at Firestone Fieldhouse.
MPSF TOURNAMENT
BYU and the Smith Fieldhouse will serve as host of the 2026 MPSF Tournament set for April 22-25 in Provo, Utah. Quarterfinal matches will be played on Wednesday (April 22) followed by two semifinal matches on Thursday (April 23). The MPSF championship match is set for Saturday evening, April 25. The winner receives the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship set to be played May 9-11 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.
In 2025, the Trojans went 21-7, finished second in the MPSF (8-4), and were awarded the second seed into the conference tournament. There, USC finished as runner-up to Pepperdine, which hosted the championship in Malibu, Calif. USC opened the year with a nine-match win streak for its best start to a season since 1991 (28-0) and won 10 matches in a row (Feb. 26-April 3) for the program's longest win streak since 2012 (18 in a row). It was head coach Jeff Nygaard's second 20-win season (20th in program history). USC led the MPSF for many weeks in all statistical categories but aces and finished the season as the NCAA leader in blocks (2.86 bps) with 16 matches in double-digits. The Trojans set a new school record for hitting percentage in a match (.691 vs. Dominican, Feb. 8) and hit better than .300 in 19 matches (plus-.400 in 10 contests). Dillon Klein was named to the AVCA All-America first team and was a first-team All-MPSF choice.
For more information on the USC men's volleyball team and to purchase tickets, please visit USCTrojans.com/MVB. Fans of the Trojans can follow @USCmensvolley on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
NONCONFERENCE
The Trojans open 2026 as host to St. Thomas Aquinas College (Jan. 10) and will face the Spartans at Galen Center for a 5 p.m. PT Saturday-night bout. The next week, USC goes to Costa Mesa for its first road test and takes on Vanguard at the Freed Center for Leadership on Jan. 15. The Trojans' next five matches will be played at Galen Center starting with Princeton (Jan. 16) followed by Fort Valley State (Jan. 24), Ohio State (Jan. 30), Cal State Northridge (Feb. 4), and UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 7).
USC plays a home-and-home with UC Irvine ahead of Valentine's weekend and visits the Anteaters for a mid-week match on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. PT at Bren Events Center. UCI then comes to Galen Center for a Friday-night rematch on Feb. 13 set at 7 p.m.
To conclude the month of February, USC will take part in a four-team tournament hosted at the Honda Center Feb. 19-20. The Anaheim arena will serve as the volleyball venue for the 2028 Olympic Games and the tournament—which will also feature UCLA from the MPSF and Big West foes Hawai'i and Long Beach State—will award an NIL prize to the winner.
USC's final nonconference regular-season match will be against Penn State. The Trojans host the Nittany Lions for a mid-conference one-off on March 14 at Galen Center.
MPSF CONFERENCE
USC—which was picked to finish second in a preseason poll of the league's head coaches—opens MPSF play with crosstown rival UCLA and will meet the Bruins on March 4 for a 7 p.m. match at Galen Center. The teams then play a second time on March 6 at Pauley Pavilion. Each home team won in last spring's meetings. The Trojans then head to Concordia to face the Eagles on March 12 in Irvine, Calif. USC plays CUI just once in an unbalanced conference schedule.
The Trojans then play their next six MPSF matches at home and host conference newcomer Jessup in back-to-back matches at USC's North Gym (March 20-21). Menlo will visit Galen Center for matches on March 27 and 28. While the Oaks joined the MPSF for the 2025 season, USC did not face Menlo last spring. Stanford then comes to Galen Center for the Trojans' first two matches of the month of April. The teams will meet in Friday-Saturday matches (April 3-4) set for 7 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively.
In its first and only out-of-state regular-season competition, the Trojans head to Provo, Utah, to take on BYU (April 10-11) at the Smith Fieldhouse. USC then closes the regular season with 2025 MPSF champion Pepperdine. The Trojans host the Waves on April 16 for Senior Night and then visit Pepperdine for the rematch on April 18 at Firestone Fieldhouse.
MPSF TOURNAMENT
BYU and the Smith Fieldhouse will serve as host of the 2026 MPSF Tournament set for April 22-25 in Provo, Utah. Quarterfinal matches will be played on Wednesday (April 22) followed by two semifinal matches on Thursday (April 23). The MPSF championship match is set for Saturday evening, April 25. The winner receives the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Championship set to be played May 9-11 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.
In 2025, the Trojans went 21-7, finished second in the MPSF (8-4), and were awarded the second seed into the conference tournament. There, USC finished as runner-up to Pepperdine, which hosted the championship in Malibu, Calif. USC opened the year with a nine-match win streak for its best start to a season since 1991 (28-0) and won 10 matches in a row (Feb. 26-April 3) for the program's longest win streak since 2012 (18 in a row). It was head coach Jeff Nygaard's second 20-win season (20th in program history). USC led the MPSF for many weeks in all statistical categories but aces and finished the season as the NCAA leader in blocks (2.86 bps) with 16 matches in double-digits. The Trojans set a new school record for hitting percentage in a match (.691 vs. Dominican, Feb. 8) and hit better than .300 in 19 matches (plus-.400 in 10 contests). Dillon Klein was named to the AVCA All-America first team and was a first-team All-MPSF choice.
For more information on the USC men's volleyball team and to purchase tickets, please visit USCTrojans.com/MVB. Fans of the Trojans can follow @USCmensvolley on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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