USC Women's Volleyball Walks Down No. 18 Washington for Five-Set Win

Saturday, November 14

Los Angeles, Calif.

7:00 p.m .PT

USC

11-15,5-11Big Ten

Washington

18-7,9-7Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Washington	25	22	25	20	12	2
Southern California	22	25	21	25	15	3

Highlights Press Conference

Photo by: Bryce Dechert

November 14, 2026 | Women's Volleyball

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The Women of Troy collected a big top-20 win over the Huskies on Senior Night at Galen Center

LOS ANGELES – The USC women's volleyball team (11-15, 5-11 Big Ten) topped No. 18 Washington (18-7, 9-7) in five sets (22-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 15-12) on Senior Night at Galen Center, Saturday, Nov. 14.

KEY PLAYERS

RS Jr. OH London Wijay tied for team-high honors with 17.5 points earned on 15 kills (6e, 41att, .220), three blocks, and a service ace. She also picked up 10 digs to log her fourth double-double (21st of her career).
RS Jr. MB Leah Ford also scored 17.5 points on 12 kills (1e, 25att) with .440 hitting and eight blocks (one solo). She also had three digs and delivered the match-winning service ace.
RS Sr. OH Adonia Faumuina logged 10.5 points on eight kills and four blocks (one solo) to go with three digs.
So. OPP Abigail Mullen also had a team-best 17.5 points with 13 kills, five blocks, and two aces, to go with seven digs.
Jr. MB Mia Tvrdy posted 15.0 points with 10 kills (2e) on 21 swings to hit .381 and added nine blocks (one solo).
Fr. S Milly McGee tossed out 44 assists and had five blocks, three digs, and a kill.
So. LIB Taylor Deckert led the Trojans with 19 digs and had five assists.
For the Huskies, Maija Howse led with 18 kills and added eight digs. Simona Mateska had a double-double with 17 kills and 20 digs. Kaitlyn Nguyen dug up 19 balls and had four assists. Samantha Destler scored 12 kills and Hayden Conner had 11 kills as the fourth Husky in double-digit kills.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first set was tied nine times before Washington pulled out a 25-22 win. The Trojans hit .355 and collected 14 kills (3e) on 31 attempts over the Huskies' .270 hitting rate with 16 kills (6e) on 37 attacks. USC used five blocks to hold the Washington offense at bay and Deckert racked five of her digs in the opening frame and Wijay led the Trojan attack with five of the 14 kills.
USC racked up five more blocks in the second set to hold UW to .243 hitting despite 17 kills (8e, 37att) by the Huskies and evened the match on a 25-22 win. USC had 12 kills (3e) on 31 attacks to hit .290 led by four kills from Mullen and three from Faumuina. The Trojans used three straight blocks to go ahead, 11-9, and were never tied again. The Huskies came no closer than a single point and last did it at 14-13 in the loss.
The Trojans led by as many as six points in the third, but the Huskies chipped away to force the set's fourth tie at 17-all. USC led just once more before Washington held on to take a 25-21 win for a 2-1 lead in the match. This time, it was the UW block that had five to hold USC to .184 hitting (14k, 7e, 38att). Wijay totaled six kills while Tvrdy had three, but Howse and Mateska each had six apiece to power the Huskies to .316 hitting (16k, 4e) on 38 attacks.
USC built a seemingly insurmountable nine-point lead at 14-5, but again the Huskies fought back and closed to within three at 20-17. The Trojans went in front, 23-17, on back-to-back Washington errors and then claimed set point on a Ford kill, but the Huskies scored three in a row before Ford knocked down the final ball in a 25-20 win. USC hit just .179 with 13 kills (6e) on 39 attacks but stayed in front of a UW attack that was .030 with nine kills (8e) on 33 attempts thanks to another four blocks.
The Trojans used a big 7-2 run to seal a 15-12 win in the fifth. USC created the first separation of the set at 7-5 when Mullen came through with back-to-back kills, but a 3-0 run by the Huskies put UW on top, 10-8. Two USC kills sandwiched a Trojan block and put the Women of Troy in front for good at 11-10. An ace from Paisley Douglaspushed USC out to a 12-10 lead and then a Ford kill had USC on top, 13-12. Poetically—on Senior Night—Ford delivered an ace to seal the win.

UP NEXT

USC closes the regular season on the road at crosstown rival UCLA (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) on Tuesday (Nov. 17) in a 7:30 p.m. PT match at Pauley Pavilion that will be carried live by Big Ten Network.

MATCH NOTES

USC improves to 50-33 all-time against Washington, which includes a 28-12 mark at home. The Trojans have now won seventh in a row against the Huskies. The Trojans are now 10-11 in five-set matches against UW.
The Trojans move to 5-9 at home this fall which includes a 1-7 record against Big Ten opponents.
USC put up 18.5 blocks to reach double-digit blocks for the 13th time this season.
The Women of Troy played their fifth five-set match of the season and improved to 2-3 in those contests. USC goes to 162-115 all-time in five-set matches; 70-44 at home.
USC goes to 3-9 against ranked opponents this season.
Since joining the Big Ten in 2024, USC is now 11-3 against the other former Pac-12 schools with two losses to Oregon and one to UCLA.

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, X, TikTok, and Instagram.